Well, my Walnut Triangular Deadeyes (5 & 7mm) came from Cornwall Model Boats today....and I am pleased! They are suitably-sized, and the shape and finish is perfectamundo!
For the sole purpose of illuminating my fellow ship-modelers, I offer a comparison pic of the Cornwallmodel boats deadeyes next to the brittania deadeyes I received from Bluejacket Shipcrafters.
I don't know if the differences are profoundly evident in the pics, but I found the Bluejacket pieces to have issues with uniformity, and cleanliness of the mold lines. The outer grooves of many of them are almost entirely filled in with metal slag/flash, the holes are commonly suffering the same problem, and the overall shape of them requires a lot of cleanup to make them smooth and correctly, uniformly shaped.
The only issue I have with the walnut ones is that the holes aren't *perfectly* lined up on all of them....but it's close enough to make no matter. And the cornwall stuff was literally less than half the price of what I got from Bluejacket, including shipping. Shipping time from overseas was comparable (less than 1 week).
Anyway, like I said, just wanted to inform any interested persons of my impression.
And now that my deadeyes are here, I can proceed with the rigging of the Thomas...which, incidentally, is quite minimal, so I expect I'll be finished with it before long.
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