![]() Once the first pair of shrouds has been completed, the exercise is repeated on the other (starboard) side, then, back to the port side and so on. Because on the “real thing” the lanyards were constantly used to take up tension on the shrouds they were never tarred and should not be black. The “Lanyards”, made of the thinnest rigging cord, are then installed as shown in the adjoining drawing. At a latter stage, the double thickness of cord immediately above the upper deadeye will be bound with fine thread as shown as shown in some of our diagrams. Using glue, alligator clip and another wire spacer, the upper deadeye is attached to the shroud. The loose end of the rope then goes up, around the mast and down to the position of the lower deadeye immediately behind the first. The various names for the standing rigging are presented below. A Rigging Tool presented in the Tools section of our Catalogue will be helpful when rigging. ![]() Work from the centre of the ship out and try to avoid difficult and confined spaces. This is fairly straightforward and should present few difficulties. ![]() This includes the rigging of the Stays, Backstay, Bowsprit and Gammoning. It will also probably be necessary to use clear wax to eliminate any furry look in the cord. When any liquid dye has been used it will be necessary to stretch the cord by hanging it on a clothesline, with weights, to prevent it going slack after installation on the model. Black “Padawax” shoe colour is also very satisfactory.Black felt-tipped “Texta” is an easy way to colour the cord.The cord supplied with the kit can be coloured using black dye or “Raven Oil” as used by leatherworkers/saddlers.The use of black rigging “wax” gives a very authentic tarred look but it is difficult to do well.If you do want your standing rigging black, and black cord is not supplied in the kit then you can consider these options: For this reason, standing rigging is often, although not always, black on ship models. On an “actual” ship any Rigging which didn’t pass through a pulley block was coated with tar to help prevent it rotting. “Running” rigging, which is used to manipulate spars and sails.“Standing” or “Fixed” rigging, which is used to support the Masts and Bowsprit.The rigging of a ship can be divided into two main parts: We’ll either be able to advise you ourselves or refer you another modeller in your area who’ll be happy to help you with “hands-on” assistance. If having thought about it, you still have a problem then contact us. It is necessary to spend as much time thinking about the task at hand as actually doing it. In this small leaflet, we can’t hope to cover all the problems and queries that may be encountered in the construction of your model. ![]()
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