Ahoi Guest!
I have for the first time in earnest been using the Uschi van Rosten rigging, with some notable sucess on the vertical halyards
and control lines on my model of the 3-masted 1/350 schooner SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL ( that is still in build !)
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viewtopic.php?f=59&t=165003&start=20#p724972I have been using the Uschi thread extensivly-- in conjunction with stretched sprue for areas where no tension or compression was desired
and also of course where rigging sag is desired.
==> Sag in lines/ ropes/ sheets of course eludes both the Uschi and Caenis school of rigging
The black colour --as pointed out by Stephen-- will take enamel paint-- after rigging application.
however-- on most ships in real life the rigging is seen against the bright or otherwise sky--and even lighter coloured rigging turn effectively a dark colour ageist a light background.
So...
( ducks for incoming barrage of contrary opinions...
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if making a ' modellers model ' ...( ie pre-shaded panel lines on aircraft-- models then become 'over-3-D) visually very attractive
BUT... the real thing does not have graduated darker shaded colouring surrounds to panel lines--which often on the real thing --(but not always) are virtually invisible.... then indeed all rigging should be the correct darker tan or lighter colours--
though... I feel that often the lighter coloured rigging then stands out too starkly against the darker backgrounds of the ship and overpowers...
I think that the smaller the scale--the less important the lighter coloured rigging becomes...HAVING SAID THAT.... with the e rigging installed on the Winston Churchill--I have been lightly running a brush over it
with a thinned tan paint just to take off the ' hardness' ...
HTH
JB
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