1/700 1813 USS Lawrence & USS Niagara Brigs

[Rhino]

Re-stocks and initial releases consume material! I used up almost all TLAR's sail material.

"So Rhino, how do you make the sail material you sell?"
Nothing technical or mysterious to it. I use a 9' round cake pan, 1/2 a package of Knox gelatin, mixed in warm water. Dip and swirl coffee filters and lay out to dry. Each sailing ship kit comes with 1/2 of a circle. Just as a comparison, I did the sails on all 4 of the newest TLAR sailing ship model builds with 1/2 of a sail circle.

This can be painted before or after you use it. It is .002" thick to begin with. That is 1.4 inches thick in 1/700 scale. I tried many different materials, and coffee filters and Wet Naps are the best possible options.
.07 inches thick in 1/35 scale makes dandy fabric.

 

[moon puppy]

you could in theory, make one of those big sails, don't know the name of it. Spinnaker?

 

[Rhino]

you could in theory, make one of those big sails, don't know the name of it. Spinnaker?

For a vessel that employed such a wind-jamming device, Absolutely!! Lay the sail out over a cone. Brush on Tamiya thinner/Future mixture.
I remember seeing a video of yacht racing, when one of the crews rigged out a pink spinnaker with a prominent dark nipple.
The chant was "No shit, it's a Tit! No shit, it's a Tit!" This yacht didn't win the regatta, but it was hilarious!

Variations on the same theme. The skipper of this boat is a breast cancer survivor.

I've been eyeing the full hull from my 1/700-1/350 Universal Hull model kit with bad intent. With some alteration, and a new mold, she might make a fine full-hull 1/350 Hamilton class Revenue Cutter or yacht.

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[Rhino]

A spinnaker you say? The long end of the silly putty egg gives a realistic complex curve and arch to a scale spinnaker.
Tanlines?

 

[moon puppy]

Nice!