I am assembling a kit of the Japanese merchant training ship "Nipon Maru". The four-masted barque was built in 1930. By that time, much of the standing rigging was made of steel rope.
In the book "Pamir (A Voyage to Rio in a Four-Masted Barque" there is a reference to painting a stay with white lead (ostensibly to protect the stay from corrosion).
This leads me to the question: Were all of the standing rigging coated with white lead, or just some of them (e.g. would the stays supporting stay sails be so coated) ? Also, should the coated rigging be represented by white rigging thread?
Thanks.
In the book "Pamir (A Voyage to Rio in a Four-Masted Barque" there is a reference to painting a stay with white lead (ostensibly to protect the stay from corrosion).
This leads me to the question: Were all of the standing rigging coated with white lead, or just some of them (e.g. would the stays supporting stay sails be so coated) ? Also, should the coated rigging be represented by white rigging thread?
Thanks.