Keith Black Posted January 10, 2022 Share #1 Posted January 10, 2022 (edited) Would the upper running line (topgallant braces and lifts) have been a lighter shade due to sun bleaching and less inadvertent contact with tarred stay lines at the lower levels? I've never seen a model depicted in such a manner and I don't know if it would have been noticeable at scale. Just curious, TYIA. Edited January 10, 2022 by Keith Black EricWilliamMarshall, mtaylor and WalrusGuy 3 Quote Current Builds: Wood Hull Screw Frigate USS Tennessee Decorative Carrack Warship Restoration, the Amelia Completed: Early Swift 1805 Model Restoration Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Lad Posted January 10, 2022 Share #2 Posted January 10, 2022 An interesting thought, Keith, but I don't think there would be any difference in colour. Manilla rope bleaches out pretty quickly to a light grey. John Keith Black and mtaylor 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Black Posted January 10, 2022 Author Share #3 Posted January 10, 2022 John, thank you. As I said, I was just curious if there's a shade differences between the upper and lower running lines. Every model I've seen (which isn't all that many) has been depicted with running lines being the same color and that seems counterintuitive but as I said, would it be noticeable at scale with the exception of a new running line. EricWilliamMarshall and mtaylor 2 Quote Current Builds: Wood Hull Screw Frigate USS Tennessee Decorative Carrack Warship Restoration, the Amelia Completed: Early Swift 1805 Model Restoration Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaager Posted January 10, 2022 Share #4 Posted January 10, 2022 As far as the running rigging color, I would think it would depend on the story that you are telling. Navy - Just leaving the rigging dock for the first time - depending on the dock stores, all could be from the same lot - uniform color. new rope Merchant - even then I could imagine that differences could happen - chasing a deal, there could be more than one source for rope. Hemp color may not have been uniform - different seasons, different varieties grown by suppliers. Since they probably had to save seed from year to year from themselves, I wonder if there was even a common concept of "variety" yet? Been at sea - the most used lines could have been replaced with new. If only a section was worn, even a single line could have a different color section where a patch was made. Bob Cleek, tarbrush, Keith Black and 3 others 4 2 Quote NRG member 45 years Current: HMS Centurion 1732 - 60-gun 4th rate - Navall Timber framing HMS Beagle 1831 refiit 10-gun brig with a small mizzen - Navall (ish) Timber framing The U.S. Ex. Ex. 1838-1842 Flying Fish 1838 pilot schooner - framed - ready for stern timbers Porpose II 1836 brigantine/brig - framed - ready for hawse and stern timbers Vincennes 1825 Sloop-of-War - timbers assembled, need shaping Peacock 1828 Sloop-of -War - timbers ready for assembly Sea Gull 1838 pilot schooner - timbers ready for assembly Relief 1835 ship - timbers ready for assembly Other Portsmouth 1843 Sloop-of-War - timbers ready for assembly Le Commerce de Marseilles 1788 118 cannons - framed La Renommee 1744 Frigate - framed - ready for hawse and stern timbers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wefalck Posted January 12, 2022 Share #5 Posted January 12, 2022 I think most people would use the same colour for aesthetic reasons on 'presentation' style models. If you dress up your (waterline-)model in workaday conditions, then the rope would/should have different colours as Jaager was already indicating. I have indeed done this on scenic presentations of models. mtaylor, Keith Black, BenD and 1 other 4 Quote wefalck panta rhei - Everything is in flux Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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