Heller Soleil Royal

You'd be better off making wooden masts.  It's not that hard and they won't end up warping on you.  I saw a beautifully done model of it and the plastic was showing signs of warping, which was too bad.  Remember all standing rigging was black and running rigging was beige.  packaging twine makes for good anchor rope.  Remember the French had a practice of not having stirrups on their spars, to make it more difficult for the English to capture their ships.

I am in the process of rigging the model now.  I have been collecting a variety of sizes of rigging thread.  I will be using continually smaller and finer thread as I go up from the deck. 

Unfortunately, sewing thread often no longer carries a size designation on it :-(  At least the stuff I buy from Model Expo has a size listed in inches and mm which is better than thread "gauge" anyway.

Also, it is getting hard to buy very fine thread in craft stores these days. I have to order from ME or Bluejacket.  The manager of my local craft store said the sewing craft seems to be dying.  Scrapbooking, artificial flower work and such are the big things in their store now.

I think, You don't have use a search on this forum :-)

It would be better, if You will post Your question here:

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