A question about sails

Amit wrote:

Hi all I've reached the sails part (plastic sails) and I'm not sure how to do it. Should I make holes in them and tie the ropes? Or should I just glue the ropes to them? The instructions are very poor at this part. Thanks!

Prof. tilley will advice you to trash them into your next shradder. However, vac-formed sails are not that bad either.

I would suggest to you that you stain your sails for better weathered effects. Granted pure white vac-formed sails are not for everyones pleasure.

I think every century had their specific method for applying sails on real ships.

However, I do all my vac-formed sails as you describe: making tiny holes into them and tying it by means of ropes.

Regards,
Kater Katze Felix
PS: On which ship you are currently working on?

Katzennahrung wrote:

I would suggest to you that you stain your sails for better weathered effects. Granted pure white vac-formed sails are not for everyones pleasure. I think every century had their specific method for applying sails on real ships. However, I do all my vac-formed sails as you describe: making tiny holes into them and tying it by means of ropes.

Hello: To my homepage:

http://de.geocities.com/kater_katze_felix/

I have uploaded two images at full 2 megapix of the Persian Gulf Trader from Lindberg which shows such a stained sail (in the Mayflower folder; it is only a silly name I am just experimenting):

http://de.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/kater_katze_felix/my_photos

Btw: The base stand is still not finishly black coated and the rigging is bullshit since I obtained the kit from America without the kit box and the instructions had no rigging scheme. However, the ship has been build over a year ago and I am planning one day to add some more "rigging lines".

The images are not perfect because I did not know how tricky it is to get decent images. I am a newbie at this and still experimenting with my "Fuji FinePix E500".

  I've had very good luck with using the vac sails as molds for paper sails...much more convincing, and easy to work with.

   The review on MM goes over the way to make them:

http://modelingmadness.com/reviews/misc/ships/ewaldpi.htm

 

    Looking forward to seeing your ship!

                      greg

I'm working on th Gorch Fock (Revell #05457)

This is my first model ever :)

Congatulations on your first model! You can get answers to your questions here. There are many different opinions on sails. Search the forum and find the method that works best for you. Also, remember, sails aren't really permanently attached. So if you don't like them, rip 'em off and start again.