Looking for advice on making billowed sails

[Biggsy]

First I would like to thank Model Ship World for accepting my membership. I have nearly completed the ship Gorch Fock but I am not sure how to make the sails supplied look full. The rigging is complete but I do not want to add sails if it makes the ship look false. Any advice would be appreciated, thank you.

[allanyed]

Welcome to MSW Biggsy

Please do post an intro about yourself on the new member forum.

Do you have photos you can post?  If this is the OcCre model, you might want to consider some alternatives.    Leave off their sails as  the cloth they use is usually way out of scale and sails tend to block the view of all the work you put into putting up the standing and running rigging.   Second is to make your own sails with non-woven material such as silk span.  There are many detailed discussions here at MSW on using this type of material as well as a very nice $5 booklet from SeaWatch Books on sail making by David Antscherl and You Tube videos using similar methods and materials.  If you must use cloth there are some very high thread count cotton materials that will look pretty good compared to the typical sail materials used by some kit makers.

Allan 

Edited September 9, 2022 by allanyed

[ccoyle]

Welcome aboard, Biggsy!

[Keith Black]

Biggsy, welcome to MSW. Glad to have you aboard. 

[oldmate]

Welcome to the forum. I am of the belief to leave them fo the reasons mentioned by allanyed above

 

Ric