tying the shrouds

Could you run the shroud all the way down to the hull and secure it there. If you slide a section of fine tube over the lower part of the shroud before you secure it, that could represent a turnbuckle in this scale? You could add some dummy D-shackles to detail them? It was quite common practice to parcel the turnbuckles, so you could turn that to your favour too. I admit it would not be as effective as seperate fitting, but it's about as simple a solution my mind can come up with.

Will

These are some good ideas.

At such a small scale, I may get away with glue, but will it hold?

Or, an idea: what about creating 3 knots on the shroud where the sieves would be and paint those white? Would that look realistic or would the knows be to "fat" for their purpose as sieves?

A turnbuckle is very small in 1:150. In addition to the knots mentioned, another technique in that scale is to use a toothpick to put two "bumps" of white glue on the shroud and paint the bumps and the thread in between with steel color.

I haven't modeled ships with turnbuckles, but when seizing shrouds to deadeyes I use a small alligator clip mounted on a 'third hand' stand to keep the shroud snug while I seize it at the deadeye.

Mark

Bob,

I either turn the end of the shroud back onto itself and tie it into place using another line (seizing) (larger scales), or simply tie a knot (smaller scales).

Bill

What I am trying to get at is how to keep the shroud line tight and then seize the shroud. Do you glue the line after threading through turnbuckle? Tie a knot?