I'm glad to see you going the extra mile. I'm looking forward to a pic of the finished work.
On Saturday, September 29, 2012 12:04:55 PM UTC-5, jleslie48 wrote: > > Saw Cannon's cutty sark and while it looked great, I could see there was > some room for embellishment. First off, it was too small. the biggest I > could reasonablme make it using 8.5x11 paper was 150%, but that seems to be > a nice size, From stem to stern it is now some 50cm (20") long. A good > shelf model size. The masts and spars were all flat and/or once sided, so > they needed to be upgraded. The masts are simply rolled computer paper, > and the spars are a combination of bamboo skewers, toothpicks, and the > chopsticks from the food court at Wegmans. While at the dollar store, a > simple necklace made for some nice scale chain too. > > The other big issue on the cutty sark was the lack of rigging. Tried and > true sewing thread, and #10 crochet thread completes the upgrade for now. > Oh. and also turning the flag the correct direction :) > > [image: > http://jleslie48.com/jl/120929_cutty_sark02_bearbirdhouse/cs2264.jpg] > > http://jleslie48.com/jl/120929_cutty_sark02_bearbirdhouse/cs2264.jpg > > [image: > http://jleslie48.com/jl/120929_cutty_sark02_bearbirdhouse/cs2264.jpg] > > http://jleslie48.com/jl/120929_cutty_sark02_bearbirdhouse/cs2264.jpg > > [image: > http://jleslie48.com/jl/120929_cutty_sark02_bearbirdhouse/cs2264a.jpg] > > http://jleslie48.com/jl/120929_cutty_sark02_bearbirdhouse/cs2264a.jpg > > > > > > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Papermodels II" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/papermodels/-/s7r_yXQIBTgJ. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/papermodels?hl=en.
