Hello, all.
My name is Larry. I'm primarily a model railroader (you can see some of my work here: http://www.piedmontsub.com/LayoutTour.shtml and here: http://www.piedmontsub.com/Projects.shtml ). This summer, I decided to take a break from railroad subjects and try my hand at some different things to try and learn some new techniques. I started with a pair of 1:32 Sopwith Camels (http://home.comcast.net/~lzdaily/camel.html ).
Now I'd like to try some ship modeling. Eventually, I want to go all-out with one of Lindberg's so-called American Cup Racer's (which I understand is a halfway decent representation of the Gertrude L. Thebaud). To get my feet wet, though, I have one of Lindberg's Sanpiper models. I know that the Sandpiper is a fiction and that the kit comes closest to representing a Joe Lane revenue cutter (I did search the archives). I built a Sandpiper many years ago in some very trying times. The model - which I built straight out of the box - is falling apart and many parts are missing. I've got a new copy of the kit, but the thought of building anything straight out of the box hurts my brain.
So, what would you do to dress up the Sandpiper? One area that seems obvious to me is the rigging. The kit instructions have you drilling holes in the hull and running lines through those. I'm a train guy, but I'm pretty sure that's not how it worked. I've done some searching for rigging diagrams, but can't seem to find anything. Any other ideas? I don't want to sink too much into this project, just something to make the build a bit different.
Thanks,
Larry