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3d printing parts doesn't mean that are ready always there is work to be done in many cases

Model boats were from an old era with planking effects on sides. So I had to sand them down to give the desirable plastic look. Ropes added as well as bilge keels

Lot of work small progress.

Bridge part fell off, many pieces broken especially those made from older resin with 0 elasticity.All repaired, added communication antennas and radar masts. All cranes in place except those at the funnels. These are fragile need to tighten down with rigging.

forgot to make a whole mast. Its thicker that the others and has has a big pulley.

Lower tip and pulley were made with 3d parts. The base and the main part were made of plastic and wood respectively.I even managed to make it movable up and down. Not that its important, I just wanted to do it

After assembling the parts it was time to put it in place. I decided to try my luck in rigging. What a painful experience it was. Trying to give the right tension was quite difficult. A big respect to those who deal with rigging at wooden sail ships. Maybe this 1/160 scale make things more tricky,

Note the wire crossing the deck and over the crane. This is what I call, faulse rigging. This does not exist on plans. Its purpose its to give the right tension to wires from pulley to the main mast. If brass had been used instead of wood, the increased weight may have done this job. A lesson for the future. However its not that unreal as many other cranes are tighten in this way according to my reference pictures. But enough rigging for now.

Last progress was in bow section, only anchor and chain is to be added.









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Note the wire crossing the deck and over the crane. This is what I call, faulse rigging. This does not exist on plans. Its purpose its to give the right tension to wires from pulley to the main mast. If brass had been used instead of wood, the increased weight may have done this job. A lesson for the future. However its not that unreal as many other cranes are tighten in this way according to my reference pictures. But enough rigging for now.

Last progress was in bow section, only anchor and chain is to be added.

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Such kind of boom-steadies would not be uncommen, as the booms would work heavily on the hinges in sea. However, they would be shackled to some eyes welded to the boom, rather tied around it. The hook would also not be swinging free. Often it would be hooked with a wire loop to a suitable place. This obviates also the steadies.

What kind of rigging material did you use? I suppose it has to depict wire-rope.

For wire-rope you could twist two strands of tinned copper wire together - not more strands, as it is difficult to get this even, and not too tight, as the angle of the strands in wire-rope shallower compared to fibre-rope.

Amother option is to use fly-tying thread that is available in very small diameters. Some manufacturers have it in steel-gray. I think this would be for me the material to go to. I would twist it up and then soak it in some fast-drying solvent-based varnish. In this way the twist is retained. Then rigg the tackle, put some temporary weight on it and brush some dilute varnish on the thread. In this way the thread will settle in place and not be springy anymore.

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Eberhard

Former chairman Arbeitskreis historischer Schiffbau e.V. (German Association for Shipbuilding History)

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Thanks for the recommentation
I have a copper wire but needs primer and paint so I bought a synthetic string which looks twisted like the real thing. I used this except for the part which connect the hook with the pulley. There copper strand was used. I also extracted more wires from an old cable. These are as thin as human hair. But still will need priming and painting.



Thanks for the re