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Thanks for the kind words Johnny, glad to see you still here.
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So have started the rat lines by knotting the line to the shrouds. Lets see what you think.  No i am not sure now if this will look right or weather i should just take a piece of thread and glue it to the shrouds. What do you think. Regards Foz
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Looks good Foz, still have a lot more rat lines to attach yet so will look forward to seeing it finished.....  .. Keep up the good work.... Regards Alan
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looking really good, nicely made,well done foz. Current builds: SotS, USS Consitution, San Felipe, D51 loco, HMS Surprise, RB7, Arab Dhow, Jotika HMS Victory Completed builds: HMS Pickel, Thermopylae, Mississipi river boat, Mary Rose, Cutty Sark, San Francisco II, HMS Victory x5, Titanic Lifeboat, Panart HMS Victory Launch, Hachette Titanic, Virginia Schooner, Endeavour Longboat. http://www.model-space.com/gb/
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Thanks for the kind comments boys, much appreciated. After re looking at what i had done it did not look right so took the rat lines off and have started again. Fingers crossed will get the one side completed today. Regards Foz 
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Well taken some time but finished the first side off the rat lines now i have changed the way i add them.  
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Looks great Foz  J “Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.”
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Thanks for looking and and the kind words Jase, much appreciated.
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Foz
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Well only a small update. Have now finished up to issue 94 and have completed the lower foremast shrouds and ratlines. I found doing this fairly difficult, the main reason being is that the spars got in the way. If i can offer any advice to anyone that is at this stage in any build, it would be to leave the spars off the masts until the shrouds and rat lines are completed as it would make access easier.   Well that's it for now. As always any comments most welcome, and happy building. Regards Foz
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Very nice work Foz it looks very fiddly to do and I am not looking forward to doing it on the SOTS. Keep up the good work rgd Martyn Building ?
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Nowt wrong with that its like all things the more you do the better you get Current builds:-C57,Zero, Lamborghini Countach, Caldercraft HMS Agamemnon,Robi,R2-D2, MFH Cobra .
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Looks great Foz, Never done rigging of that type before, looks difficult. I'll cross that bridge when i get to my Nepomuceno. Keep up the great work Cheers
Peter
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Martyn Ingram wrote: Very nice work Foz it looks very fiddly to do and I am not looking forward to doing it on the SOTS. Keep up the good work rgd Martyn Hy Martyn. Thanks for dropping by and yes i am finding it difficult but the more i do the easier it gets. Thanks again Regards Foz
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arpurchase wrote: Nowt wrong with that its like all things the more you do the better you get Cheers for dropping by Andy and thanks for the comments. As you say its getting easier to do and looking more neater. Regards Foz
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Virtue86 wrote:Looks great Foz, Never done rigging of that type before, looks difficult. I'll cross that bridge when i get to my Nepomuceno. Keep up the great work Thanks for the kind words Peter. This is also my first time at attempting anything like this. Like you i was not looking forward to the rigging but after asking a few questions on this site and searching the net found the ways to do it. I have lost count now of the number of knots i have done on the rat lines but i think it looks ore realistic than just gluing a piece of thread across the shrouds and for some sad reason i am finding it therapeutic. Regards Foz
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Very well done Foz, I'd be more than happy with that result on my builds..... Regards Alan
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Gandale wrote:Very well done Foz, I'd be more than happy with that result on my builds..... Regards Alan Thanks for the kind words Alan, much appreciated. Regards Foz
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Once again, only a small update. Managed to get the rest of the shrouds done and that is it.    For those off you that are building this model, the only issue i found with adding the shrouds are the ones for the mizzen mast as one of the swivel guns gets in the way as it goes straight through the shrouds so i found it easier to remove these while i added the shrouds. Also, looking at the printed plans that come with this build it shows rat lines underneath the swivel gun, but in the pictures in the magazines there are no rat lines beneath the guns. SO i am a wee bit confused as to what to do. any comments and help will be greatly appreciated. Regards Foz
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Hi Foz Your ratlines look very good, I am dreading this on my victory so I just took a look at the official build. It seems I have a choice of tying the knots or they have provided instructions for an "easy" method where the ratlines are actually threaded through the shrouds with a fine needle so this will do me! Looking good anyway, keep it up Steve
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stevie_o wrote:Hi Foz Your ratlines look very good, I am dreading this on my victory so I just took a look at the official build. It seems I have a choice of tying the knots or they have provided instructions for an "easy" method where the ratlines are actually threaded through the shrouds with a fine needle so this will do me! Looking good anyway, keep it up Steve Hi Steve. Thanks for looking in and thanks for your kind comment. As for the rat lines, after looking in to it i have found 3 methods of doing them. The magazine that come with this build gives you 2 options. The first is how i have done it by tying knots on every shroud. The other was to just place a piece of thread across the shroud and glue it in place. I decided to tie knots as this also gave the effect of the ratline being used with a slight dip but it did take some time to get them done i think it looked better, but that's just my opinion. I have also read, as you suggested that you can thread the line through the shrouds with a needle but i did not want this way so went with the pain staking way of tying loads of knots. Yes it takes longer but that is the way i have decided to do my ratlines and when i get back to the Vic i will do the same. Hope this helps Regards Foz
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