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Working with Resin Ships

Now this ship is securely fastened to the base. Setting the ship on the base is the only time you should need to touch the ship once assembly has begun. With the ship firmly in place photo etched railing can now be added. I begin to add railing from the uppermost first working my way down to the main deck level. For the rigging I like to use 4 mil ceramic fiber or boron fiber. Using dividers I measure the distance between the 2 points then transfer that to a piece of paper. Then I place the rigging material between the 2 points and cut it with an exacto. Then both ends are dipped into superglue and the rigging is placed-working from the center of the ship out. Since this ship is at anchor I gave it a final coat of dullcoat to eliminate glue spots and blend it together. If it were at sea I'd give it an overall coat of gloss, either to make it overall very glossy or glossy at the waterline working up to semi gloss at the mast tops-ships at sea are wet. I can't say enough about the quality of this Hi Mold kit. It was a fun kit to build with no surprises.

Mike T.

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