Too hard to 3D print as three fine lines are low and 3 more cross over above. The print as is with deadeyes in place will be so easy to rig with a big mouth beading needle, just as I have shown with my Dead Runs.

Good on you Cos. Still needs some tweaking to get the hole sizes correct on the loops, but the concept works. I am so chuffed.

I just hope it helps someone who was struggling with the idea of rigging a small ship model, I enjoy rigging with cordage, but not everyone does.

@@HarryHoudiniModels Good work my friend, these days I predominantly make 7mm model railway stuff, but if I get my Flower Class Corvette, Vosper MTB and Pibber built, I'd love to have a go with a proper ship. 🙏🙏🤞🤞👍👍😊😊

Thank you! Cheers!

Yep no planks were bent in my video!

I do like visualising then CAD and 3D printing stuff. Some much fun to create your own tools and parts

Ore Sale discount offer for the new Rat Run tool with a free set of 3D printed deadeyes now available in my online store houdinimodels.com/harp/

Thanks Yves 👍

Thanks matey

It is a complex process that took me ages to work out, so won’t be revealing my secrets. Just to say I used both sketch and solid object editing all in one plane to achieve the result.

@@HarryHoudiniModels No worries m8, I think I'm covered, it looks a bit tedious perhaps but doable

Thanks… still needs a little refinement but it is getting there.

I am know as a double stroker :)

@@HarryHoudiniModels Wahaha

Thanks Anthony

My pleasure matey

If and when I get a multi filament with auto switching 3D printer, like the new Creality K2 or Bambu Labs X1C then I will print the deadeyes in place pre coloured. The holes are already in the print file, but just like wooden deadeyes you need to quickly run a drill bit through them to remove any snags.

That seems easy but it is very difficult as lines in mid air need filament supports, but the 0.3mm channel lines are too fine to have supports holding them up that you will want to cut away later. However the running of the channel lines with cordage is fast and easy in my Dead Runs, so should be the same in this Rat Run. I will show this is a follow up video soon.

@@HarryHoudiniModels I see your point but what if you just make the channel lines solid? How much is visible between the dead eyes? If they are painted black and it's say a millimeter which channel lines paintes brown or a light colour the gap would be almost invisible. Just thinking about something very simple for those of us who have never rigged a ship before, I have the airfix Victory that I'm thinking of.

That’s why I invented the Dead Run. Click your deadeyes in the holes and thread the cotton… it is so easy. The Rat Run should work the same. Attempting to 3D print the fine 0.3mm lines between deadeyes (channels) and have them not break between deadeyes would be a nightmare. I only achieve it in the Ratlines because the vertical shrouds are twice as thick and the whole thing is printed in a grid surrounded by very thick borders. These are the limitations of 3D printing. But rigging the channels between the deadeyes is so simple with my tools. Easier than knitting!

If and when I get a multi filament with auto switching 3D printer, like the new Creality K2 or Bambu Labs X1C then I will print the deadeyes in place pre coloured.

Doing my. best to make it easier for plastic modellers. Pre Sales now available in my online store houdinimodels.com/harp/

Some say smart donkey hehe

Thanks

Better than kitty litter

Go the VB… only tourists and wankers drink Fosters mate

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The Revell Victory is about the same size as Airfix kit. Old sailing ship models were pretty much box scale, so the quoted 1/180 is dubious. Revells kit in 1/220 scale has open cannon ports with interior decks to mount cannons on. I would say it is a cleaner less flashy moulding than the half century worn out one from Airfix. Although Germans making British warships just doesn’t seem right! LOL Yes the Beagle by Revell is just a cut and shut version of the Bounty. Same kit with a raised quarter deck. The masts and basic hull shape are identical. However as the Beagle was a smaller ship than the Bounty they had to fudge the scale to their regular 1/96 as opposed to the Bounty’s 1/110. Creative marketing! Rigging Tools available here: houdinimodels.com/harp/

Enjoy!

Not sure who Dotty is, but thanks for the fantastic :)