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Fellas and/or ladies...
I'm STILL working on my first little ship model, the Swift 1805 by Artensania Latina. This kit I bought in the 90's started and parked it. I retired at 60 in 2022 and built my beautiful hobby studio and have it stocked with hundreds of kits, tools and Supplies...
I'm finishing all "in-process" models before starting anything new. Of that is the Swift and two balsa scale models of the Mr. Mulligan at 30" and 39.5"both rubber powered- these I will fly since I've never done that either yet.
Back to the P.O.S. Swift, trying to rig it and add the poorly made ( by me) cloth sails. The plans show arrows pointing to how to run a line but, no termination point! And the plans are different from front to back plus looking at the box art, well dam! That's different too.
I feel.like slamming it on the floor then complete its demise using fire...
Since it's my first ship, I'm cutting myself some slack and telling myself it is for learning not displaying...
I have no idea how to add the sails, what kinds of knots to use and where to tie lines off.
Where can I find that kind of information??
I want to build a nice display piece for my next kit I have many to choose from. What is a good kit?
Any direction is appreciated
Thank you,
Steve probel
I'm STILL working on my first little ship model, the Swift 1805 by Artensania Latina. This kit I bought in the 90's started and parked it. I retired at 60 in 2022 and built my beautiful hobby studio and have it stocked with hundreds of kits, tools and Supplies...
I'm finishing all "in-process" models before starting anything new. Of that is the Swift and two balsa scale models of the Mr. Mulligan at 30" and 39.5"both rubber powered- these I will fly since I've never done that either yet.
Back to the P.O.S. Swift, trying to rig it and add the poorly made ( by me) cloth sails. The plans show arrows pointing to how to run a line but, no termination point! And the plans are different from front to back plus looking at the box art, well dam! That's different too.
I feel.like slamming it on the floor then complete its demise using fire...
Since it's my first ship, I'm cutting myself some slack and telling myself it is for learning not displaying...
I have no idea how to add the sails, what kinds of knots to use and where to tie lines off.
Where can I find that kind of information??
I want to build a nice display piece for my next kit I have many to choose from. What is a good kit?
Any direction is appreciated
Thank you,
Steve probel