Ab Hoving Posted June 27, 2020 Share #1 Posted June 27, 2020 If you are looking for material for sails this address may be the solution for your you: Whaleys (Bradford) located at Harris Court, Great Horton, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD7 4EQ in England. E-mailaddress: info@whaleysltd.co.uk. For my purposes the best material to work with appeared to be 'voile cotton', but also 'Navara Fine Lawn White' works splendidly for my 1/77 scale. For the bigger scales there is also 'Poplin cotton shirting neroli white'. Prices are here. The material can very well be treated with starch and dried as wanted with a hair-dryer: Good luck, Ab RdK, VTHokiEE, allanyed and 3 others 5 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce d Posted June 27, 2020 Share #2 Posted June 27, 2020 Those sails look fantastic. I appreciate this advice, doing experiments to find the 'right stuff' is not my favorite use of time. mtaylor 1 Quote 🌻 STAY SAFE A model shipwright and an amateur historian are heads & tails of the same coin current builds: HMS Berwick 1775, 1/192 scratchbuild; a Slade 74 in the Navy Board style Mediator sloop, 1/48 - an 18th century transport scratchbuild French longboat - CAF - 1/48, on hold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JpR62 Posted June 27, 2020 Share #3 Posted June 27, 2020 Thank you for the address. These sails are really beautiful. Interested in knowing your work technique. 😉 mtaylor 1 Quote Jean-Paul 'You are not carving a bear with a chain saw here folks', Chuck Passaro, ´Queen Anne Style Barge´ manual of instructions Current builds : Medway Longboat 1742 - Syren Ship Model - 1:24 HM Cutter Cheerful 1806 - Syren Ship Model Company - 1:48 Santa Maria boat 1492 - Korabel (Ukraine) - 1:24 Captain John Smith's shallop - Korabel (Ukraine) - 1:32 Finished build : Queen Anne Barge - Syren Ship Model - 1:24 Armed Virginia Sloop - Model Shipways - 1:48 Batelina - MarisStella - 1:10 Next on list : HMS Winchelsea 1764 - Syren Ship Model - 1:48 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ab Hoving Posted June 27, 2020 Author Share #4 Posted June 27, 2020 1 hour ago, JpR62 said: Thank you for the address. These sails are really beautiful. Interested in knowing your work technique. 😉 Easy. Look here, page 4: bruce d and mtaylor 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JpR62 Posted June 27, 2020 Share #5 Posted June 27, 2020 Thank you 😊 I will read your build log. mtaylor 1 Quote Jean-Paul 'You are not carving a bear with a chain saw here folks', Chuck Passaro, ´Queen Anne Style Barge´ manual of instructions Current builds : Medway Longboat 1742 - Syren Ship Model - 1:24 HM Cutter Cheerful 1806 - Syren Ship Model Company - 1:48 Santa Maria boat 1492 - Korabel (Ukraine) - 1:24 Captain John Smith's shallop - Korabel (Ukraine) - 1:32 Finished build : Queen Anne Barge - Syren Ship Model - 1:24 Armed Virginia Sloop - Model Shipways - 1:48 Batelina - MarisStella - 1:10 Next on list : HMS Winchelsea 1764 - Syren Ship Model - 1:48 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelnou Posted June 30, 2020 Share #6 Posted June 30, 2020 Thank you for these informations. However, concerning cloth's choosing, I have difficulty in believing that XIX ship's builder selected transparent sail's fabrics. Reasons are that salt atmosphere is not favourable for any materials and that winds could be very strong. Mike mtaylor 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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