Sail material

[Uwek]

1. Uwe - exactly what is the name of the material that Ab used to make these sails and where do you buy it? I would like to acquire some of this material and do some experiments. However, I still do not know exactly what to ask for and where to go to ask for it!
2. I have a lot of materials of different types and have sewn a lot of sails, but, I have yet to achieve the look of these sails. I have the L'Hermione frigate (ancre plans) hull about planked (thank GOD) and am ready for some different tasks. Sails would fit the bill nicely.

3. Also, what is the scale and actual size of the model shown in these two fotos.

1) Kurt mentioned correctly the name of the material @Ab Hoving (and others) are using for their models.
In my first post I made already the correct link to exactly this material "Navara fine lawn White"

Navara Fine Lawn White

A light weight Cotton, slightly finer than a standard lawn quality.Fabric is prepared for dyeing and/or printing.Approx 70gsm.

www.whaleys-bradford.ltd.uk

3) Take a look at the finished models he showed us

My small paper fleet

Well, thank you all for your kind words. I hope I won't disappoint you with my simple paper products. Since a few years I build my models in paper, just because it is fast, cheap and easy and it makes much less debris, which keeps the admiral happy. As a test I tried my hand on the pinas...

shipsofscale.com

and also go through his building logs

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