Hello fellow ship builders

[MichaelJ]

After along time I decided to start building ship models again. My skill levels need some waking up and tlc. To test my skills, patience and tenacity to stay with a project even when I run into problems and difficulty I started with the Graupner Tön 12 Shrimping Cutter, scale 1:25. It’s a fishing boat very common on the coast of northern Germany ( North Sea). I am about two thirds into the built and I love it. This kit has been on the market since 1973 with periodic revisions, not always for the best imho. It’s so common it’s the VW Beetle of ship model kits. Graupner recently went out of business and so I decided to built this one before it disappears. Yes, it’s a rc model but it will mostly sit on the shelf. There are things I don’t like though. An example is the thin rigging and chains which look like out of somebody’s jewelry box. My question is what is the correct rigging size for a 1950s to 1980s Era fishing cutter scale 1:25? 
 

Thank you,

Michael

 

Edited April 18, 2020 by MichaelJ

[acaron41120]

Welcome aboard. You find a wealth of info and assistance here.

 

Allen

[mtaylor]

Welcome to MSW.  I'd suggest that a) you might ask in the sub forum for masting and rigging.  Also, start a build log as some folks just look at those.

[MichaelJ]

Yes, I’ll look at the mast and rigging sub forum. Lots of info for sure. I have to take more pics from now on to start a building log.

Thank you Allen and Mark!

[Jim Lad]

Hello Michael, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'.

 

John

[JeffT]

Welcome to MSW 

[acaron41120]

Michael. Nice to have another fellow from Cincinnati here on the site. As I've said welcome before I will second what Mark has suggested about starting a build log. I'll be starting mine later today. They show your progress and allow others to follow along with your progress. Like the old saying "a picture is worth a thousand words."

[Baker]

Hello 

 

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[markjay]

[GrandpaPhil]

Welcome!