Re: Model ship rigging info

Are there any web sites that have detailed information on running

> rigging , making sails and rigging for sails. > This will be for a large scale three masted wooden war ship model. > (U.S.S. Constitution) > Thanks > Charlie

You won't find that at any web site. The closest you can come to it on the internet is the ship model FAQ. Your best bet is a good library. Dover Publications has two books, The Art of Rigging, by Biddlecombe, and The Rigging of Ships in the dasys of the spritsail topmast, by Anderson, the Young Sea Officer's Sheet Anchor by Lever, Eighteenth Century Rigs and Rigging, by Marquard is a primary source, Historic Ship Models by Wolfran Zu Montfeld, and Ship Modelling from Stem to Stern, by Roth. And of course, the classic, The Anatomy of Nelson's Ships.

Properly rigging a man-of-war frigate is about five times more complicated than rigging a commercial vessel such as schooner -- and even that is rather complicated. A frigate will have about 100 or more lines of standing riggng (not couting rat lines) and about 350 to

400 pieces of running rigging (not counting the gun tackle). It is way, way, over the head of a beginner to get correct. Practically impossible if you don't know sailing. You have to decide if you want to really get the rigging right, or just to have a convincing looking model. If you want to do it right, prepare yourself for several years of study. If looks is what you're after, then the instructions in your kit are probably adequate.
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