Yes me again, a ? for you riggers!

[Ian M]

I use them most for securing line to the decks and when there is room, to thicker mast points and things like funnel stays. If you zoom in a bit on the photo of the Hood you should be able to find some.
I drill a hole in the deck or mast glue in an eye and then rig to that.

Sorry for your misunderstanding Richard but I did say eyes and not blocks, not much used in WWII Battle canoe rigging. A few on the jibs and booms for lifting. On a period ship they are all over the place.

A good idea with the fishing tackle Chris, you might want to check out size 18 or 20 carbon steel carp hooks. They are very small, thin wire and very strong.

[JR]

Interesting method , much better explained with photos like that Ian .

[boatman]

I use them most for securing line to the decks and when there is room, to thicker mast points and things like funnel stays. If you zoom in a bit on the photo of the Hood you should be able to find some.
I drill a hole in the deck or mast glue in an eye and then rig to that.

Sorry for your misunderstanding Richard but I did say eyes and not blocks, not much used in WWII Battle canoe rigging. A few on the jibs and booms for lifting. On a period ship they are all over the place.

A good idea with the fishing tackle Chris, you might want to check out size 18 or 20 carbon steel carp hooks. They are very small, thin wire and very strong.

WELL Ian ive always used some tiny fishin gadgets dont know what they are called but they are like a dog lead holder an you can just push one side in an it ficks out so a wire can be hooked on to it an then the wire can be pushed back into the locked postion an these are very tiny an they can be cut down to a smaller size thats wanted an ive used these on all my ships
chris b

[Ian M]

Love the mighty Ood, when was it built? Would love to see more photos!

You can find the build and the completed thread under the GBs in the Battleship/destroyer GB from way back in 2017! Time fly's!
or just click on this link:

https://www.scale-models.co.uk/forums/ian-ms-battleship-destroyer-gb-jan-dec-2017.302/

[Airborne01]

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Oh...I already have many eyes with the left over ends of the stanchion bits I made. As for the wire cable, the rope for the hammock netting was done the same way with brass wire twisted with a rotor tool.

I already know how to do eyes and thought you were making blocks and was looking forward to something like it. Would you know how its done. Been racking my brain and might just have to make a master and cast it.

Cheers

Richard,
There are commercial companies that produce rigging blocks (2,3,4 sheave) etc, and in all the shapes and sizes that were used. I'll dig out some info of you wish - otherwise build them up by laminating thin plasticard shaped section and (alternate) punched discs. I used this method back in the day, it works but it's intensely tedious! Score a shallow groove and CA a wire eye round the block to represent the rope becket.
Steve

[rtfoe]

Richard,
There are commercial companies that produce rigging blocks (2,3,4 sheave) etc, and in all the shapes and sizes that were used. I'll dig out some info of you wish - otherwise build them up by laminating thin plasticard shaped section and (alternate) punched discs. I used this method back in the day, it works but it's intensely tedious! Score a shallow groove and CA a wire eye round the block to represent the rope becket.
Steve

Thanks Steve, the ones I need are so small that I just need only a representative look and not an actual working one. I might even substitute wire for rope even.
Sorry to hijack your post Bob.

Cheers,
Richard