More modelling
20 April 2011 06:16 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
igenlodeI think I've finally got the sail for my model yacht sorted out, after unpicking all the careful mending I had done (which made the leading edge too thick to fit up the slot in the mast) and substituting a piece of woven cotton tape as a repair for the damaged area.
The halyards are definitely ornamental only. You could never use those little bits of string to haul the mainsail up the mast; it takes both hands and all my coaxing to get it up.
(The hull did float, by the way!)
Six replaced shrouds later... I'm now wondering how to set up the rest of the rigging. Forestay and backstay required, I think. Complicated stuff under the boom. Unfortunately none of the model Dragons on the Web seem to be rigged anything like this one (I'm starting to wonder if it was ever intended as a sailing model at all, or just as a replica for display).
One thing my Web researches have demonstrated is that these models are pretty expensive to buy new...
The halyards are definitely ornamental only. You could never use those little bits of string to haul the mainsail up the mast; it takes both hands and all my coaxing to get it up.
(The hull did float, by the way!)
Six replaced shrouds later... I'm now wondering how to set up the rest of the rigging. Forestay and backstay required, I think. Complicated stuff under the boom. Unfortunately none of the model Dragons on the Web seem to be rigged anything like this one (I'm starting to wonder if it was ever intended as a sailing model at all, or just as a replica for display).
One thing my Web researches have demonstrated is that these models are pretty expensive to buy new...