folded sails for brig syren

[svein erik]

hi... so am thinking of making some folded sails for the syren and there is not a template for this ship 

but i think i can get away with it if i fold it... or not😉

am using silk paper and paint to look used. I have never dunn this befor ... but i think this wil be my first try... 

Before i jump on it is there something i need to think of do to rigging the mast etc ??

 

svein erik

 

[soilsguy]

Hello svein, I was wanting to do something similar with my syren build and have also never done this before. Do you have any advice you could share on how to proceed? 

[allanyed]

Erik

There are several topics in the rigging forum on furled sails that you may find helpful.  Go the search box and go to the magnifier class and be sure you are in the masting and rigging forum.  Then type furled sails and hit enter.

Allan

Edited October 11, 2023 by allanyed

[Roger Pellett]

Eric, even with silk paper your sails will be much thicker than “scale.”  It is, therefore common practice to make the area of the sail smaller so the furl will not look too bulky.

 

Roger

[RossR]

There is a free online book available on the Modelexpo web site, How to Build First-Rate Model Ships.  It has a drawing of how to cut down a regular sized sail if you are going to furl it.  

[robert952]

You might find this video useful.

Making Sails for Ship Models from Silkspan, Part 3

[soilsguy]

I wasn't the original poster of this thread, but thank you everyone for the information. It's all very helpful!