Somewhere, somehow, sometimes I was wondering what I was doing ...
... and tried to remember, how things should look like, took some Evergreen, drilled some blocks, took 2 of my etch parts hooks (ATTENTION: Product placement), some line, and after some hooks and turns ...
... that easy, so easy, so lessens learned: No more cheating attempts!!! (Message to myself: Write this down a 100 tiomes to never forget again)
So produced new blocks, punched some holes with the scriber on the 1 x 2 mm rod for the double blocks ...
... and on the 1 x 1 mm rod for the single blocks ...
... drilled with 0,5 mm ...
... and roughened the surface with a abrasive fleece.
While cutting to length I used the scalpel to round the surface and out came an amount of itzy-bitzy-teeny-wheeny extra small blocks.
Instead of painting I remembered tinting, a trick I once used successful while my studies on polyamide spheres: Tinting powder for synthetic fiber. But does this work for polystyrene?
So the powder with vinegar and the parts into the pot and boil well and long
The toughest was to find the itzy-bitzy-teeny-wheeny extra small blocks in this mess in between the remains of undissolved color powder ...
... and it really worked! Not as well as I thought it would, but well enough for my needs.
On the bigger parts one can see how much the color was absorbed and on the smaller ones particles of the powder even gave darker spots.
Fixed the drill upside down ...
... used it to hold the block, knotted a thread onto one of my blackened hooks and attached it with some CA onto the block.
Then knotted the backside and fixed all well with CA. The single block was done accordingly, just one side of the thread was left long ...
... to serve as lanyard, the ensemble put to length and secured with CA. Then the lanyard was wound round on the serving machine, checked ...
... and fits
A tad too short for this place, but this one will fit aft, where there is difference in lengths because of the curve of the hull.
Cheers, dafi
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