Rigging blocks ~1/180

CoreTech,

It will be no problem to send you the blocks I mentioned. Yes, Aeropiccola was an Italian manufacturer of wood plank-on-bulkhead sailing ship kits, although they are now defunct.  They had three ships in the 1/180 range; HMS Victory, Prince, and the French Frigate La Flore. Given my interest in sailing ships, I received all three as gifts over the years, with Victory being given to me twice. She measures exactly the same as the Airfix plastic kit.

I will send the blocks to you free of charge if you send your address to me. I think that you will like them.

Bill

Mr Stauffers suggestion seems to be the easiest so far indeed. 

Warshipguy: that would be very generous of  you,i don't know about you but the majority of you seems to be american. and since i'm swedish it could get really costly to send it. how much do you want for it?
also,i have never heard of the company,but from what i've been able to dig out it's actually a wooden kit..? 

CoreTech,

I have two of the old Aeropiccola 1/180 HMS Victory kits that have blocks. I can let you have one of the kit sets. Please let me know; they look pretty good, at least for that scale.

Bill

waynec

might try model shipways too

Model Shipways (aka ModelExpo) only sells wood blocks and deadeyes,  They don't look bad, but even the smallest of them is way too big for 1/180 scale.  I think Mr . Stauffer is right:  wood blocks really don't work for  scales smaller than 1/96, or maybe even 1/64. For smaller scales I'm not aware of any commercial alternative to Bluejacket.

Bugatti Fan

Hey John Tilley!  Have you not been looking in conversations for a while?  I have been trying to keep in touch with you.    All the best  Noel

Noel,

Something seems to be wrong in Cyberspace.  The last "Conversation" message from you on my list is dated last March.

How about an e-mail?  My address is tilleyj@ecu.edu.  I'd be delighted to hear from you.

Best to you and your family, John Tilley

Hey John Tilley!  Have you not been looking in conversations for a while?  I have been trying to keep in touch with you.    All the best  Noel

Maybe 180 would be large enough to use real "blocks" but on my USS Olympia, which is 1:226, I am just using craft beads- very small ones.  I run one thread through it for strapping, and then the functional line.  At that scale it looks fine.  I am not sure what scale one starts using the regular wooden blocks used on larger models, but it may be somewhere around 1:100 to 1:150.  Maybe 1:180 would be okay if anyone mfgs the right size blocks.  Still be a bear strapping them, though.

Many thanks for the quick and helpfull response Mr Tilley :)
i think,or hope that the kind of glue you describe would be generally easy to find,maybe even in sweden.
if i get hold of it,i will certainly try the method! 

Blocks on that scale are mighty small.  My personal favorites are the cast britannia metal ones from Bluejacket ( www.bluejacketinc.com .  Don't leave out the "inc" unless you want an...interesting web experience.)  The 3/32" and 1/8" are about right for the biggest  blocks in the ship. Titebond makes a brown woodworker's glue that works pretty well.  Put a drop of it on the knot with a toothpick, let it dry a few minutes, and prod the blob into shape.  With practice you can use this trick to make an eminently acceptable set of blocks.

Good luck.