As this is a basic introduction to modellers tools I want to add my recommendation, there will be lots of good advice and guidance to buying and making tools to make the majority of the build.
I just want to show how a simple needle can be used to help with rigging, to my knowlege no-one has shared this valuable little tip on the forum so here goes. Take yourself down to the nearest craft/sewing shop (emporium) and invest in a few beading neeedles, they are available in various sizes and come in blunt or sharp. The sharp ones are good for sewing the sails to the yards and the blunt ones are invaluable for threading cord through blocks.
The more you use the needles the more bent and twisted they become, and the more bent they become the easier it is to reach awkward places! So if you forget and secure a thread prematurely hope still prevails before redoing whatever it is/was that needs doing?
I am posting a couple of pictures of how I use mine, I am sure there will be a rush to aquire a few of these must have needles, mine cost about 60p each and I know that price is quite high.

I have included a photo of my finger drills which I find very useful, it is just a small dowel with a drill bit sunk into it, I have a more descriptive narrative in my Victory build log.
In this photo a needle is used to take the thread between the yard and the sail before threading through the block.

This final photo shows an example of how to reach an out of the way block without untying the deadeyes, a set of tweezers also need to be employed for most of these exercises.

I have just realised that I should have named and started a seperate thread under this heading, if this entry can be moved accordingly then good and well, if not it can be deleted and I can re-enter where it should be.
I have taken another photo of how I use the needle for securing thread to belaying pins, sometimes it is quite hard to tie the final loop on the pin.

If you look carefully the needle passes under the last loop to pull the thread secure!
The narrative for these needles are found at post 5.



The narrative for the next photo can be found at post 6 and in my Victory build log.

Description at post 9 for the following photo.
