AdrianMF Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 Hello All,My first ship in a lo-o-ong time. It's the Airfix Mary Rose, picked up for silly cheap in an Airfix sale to take my paints order over the free shipping threshold.The kit and its decals are really nice, in sharp contrast to the nigh-on 60 year old moulds in the rest of this series.It looked too toy-like without any rigging, so I did some basic rigging, much simplified! The rigging is brown sewing thread de-fuzzed by running it through PVA glue and squeezing out the excess between my fingers. I constructed the ladders by winding thread around a notched rectangular frame made from one of the sprues, gluing the thread together with brushed-on dilute PVA and then cutting the ladders out with scissors when everything was dry. I am successfully resisting the urge to find out what the real rigging was like, so this can stay on the finished pile! Thanks for looking,Adrian 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darby Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 What a little gem. Nice sail effect 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
invidia Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 Looks great. Rigging and ratlines really finish it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beefy66 Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 Very nicely done there I have this one waiting to get done in the stash will be a good reference for when I start Beefy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prowler0000 Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 Superb!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 That looks superb Adrian,love the extra,s just finished mine today too! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billydick Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 Looks really nice Adrian. It's a real gem of a kit. The sails look really nice. BillyD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BerndM Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 Great job on this kit, never seen this one build before ( that does not contain Steves one ) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jockster Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 Very tidy indeed Adrian, I like the rigging jig you posted on Steves post too! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxy Posted May 30, 2015 Share Posted May 30, 2015 Cracking build Adrian. Looking very trim and proper, well done. foxy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flag_overlord Posted August 6, 2015 Share Posted August 6, 2015 Really nice rigging, I'm currently building a Mary Rose and trying to do rigging, but having problems keeping the thread taught. Can I ask how you got yours so neat? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdrianMF Posted August 7, 2015 Author Share Posted August 7, 2015 Really nice rigging, I'm currently building a Mary Rose and trying to do rigging, but having problems keeping the thread taught. Can I ask how you got yours so neat? Hi. I ran all the thread I used through my fingers with a little bit of PVA between them and left them to dry straight. This de-fuzzed them and gave them a bit of rigidity. I started the runs from a knot round a spar or superglued to a sail and finished them with a drop of superglue, holding them them tight while it dried. It's by no means as tight as aircraft rigging. And if it is a bit loose you can just push it down to make it look like real life sag. I did that on the ropes from he mainsail because the physics looked all wrong if they were tight! Hope that helps, Adrian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flag_overlord Posted August 7, 2015 Share Posted August 7, 2015 Hi Adrian Thanks for that, what you said about "real life sag" - has really encouraged me as I've not done anything with the thread before attaching and mine has really sagged! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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