Pegasus by hdrinker - 1:48 - POF - Swan practicum

[Kevin Kenny]

Wow Henry you  not horsing around 

[hdrinker]

Ha Ha!

[hdrinker]

I decided to use rice paper for the ensign. I placed the paper over the pattern which was produced on a regular lined notebook sheet. As suggested by David, the rice paper was wetted and taped over the pattern to a board just as it started to dry. Once dry, I painted the first side. When that was dry, the rice paper was peeled off the pattern. In doing so, areas of the pattern paper adhered to the rice paper. These were removed by wetting the painted rice paper and gently rubbing off the adherent paper. A tear in the rice paper resulted in a small hole which was covered with a patch.  The ensign was turned over and taped down again, this time over waxed paper. The reverse side was then painted. The patch adhered nicely. When dry both sides were touched up. Final trimming of the edges to the proper dimensions was followed by gluing a  narrow strip of sail cloth along the halliard edge, folded over to the reverse side with the halliard incorporated. The composite was clamped until dry. Next, the halliard was passed through the sheeve atop the ensign staff and down around a cleat at the bottom of the staff. The final step was wetting the ensign with a paint brush and shaping it to resemble a flag assuming a collapsed posture in the absence of wind. The result is shown. 
 

The next image shows the big bower anchor in a styalised pose representing the process of fishing it towards its stowed location on the ship’s side. The cat fall and hook are still  engaged, the stopper and shank pendant are in place, and the fish hook is engaged around the inboard fluke arm. I’m afraid that this will complicate rigging the model some if I decide to proceed in that direction. 

[hdrinker]