Rigging Tips for Airfix St Louis Part 19 using my Dead Runs on the main and mizzen mast

[@TheSargeNZ]

I have absolutely no interest in modeling sailing boats. Yet I still watched this entire video!

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Good on you Sarge.

[@ronaldbyrne3320]

I’ll never attempt a model sailing ship without first having these superb tools in hand, Harry. Well done. I’m hunting for a HMS Prince or the Victory, wish me luck. I’ll only ever build one sailing ship in my life so it has to be one that’s worth all the hard work. 😄

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

The IMAI kits are also worth seeking out as well. Very well moulded classic sailing ships. I have the Napoleon and the Couronne. Even the Heller Sirene is a nice build and, because it is not entirely accurate, many second hand kits sell at very affordable prices. Still it is a lovely kit to build.

[@ronaldbyrne3320]

@@HarryHoudiniModels Thanks Harry, I’ll look into them. I had no idea Imai did sailing ships. 👌🏻

[@sammy_dog]

i can't get enough of your friggin tips Harry

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Come for the string, stay for the knotting!

[@rogerbowen5753]

More great talent and ingenuity! If I'd recorded the same video, plasters would have gradually appeared on the fingers, the whole ship would be against a wall and I'd have been banned by KZbin for profanity! I really admire your skill and dedication.

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Oh my profanity got edited out, only because trying to hold up the rigging tool and thread the shrouds on camera was a lot harder than when I do it on the workbench. But like any task you repeat and repeat, you will get better at it. So after rigging about 70 shrouds for this ship I will probably have the method down pat and can do it blind folded.

[@rogerbowen5753]

@@HarryHoudiniModels Good one. Not sure if I could even stand up blindfolded! I do think of myself as having skills though. Most, if not all are self taught.

[@garylawless3608]

Great video Harry! I often wondered how on earth ship modellers rigged the sails with all those lines without going crazy. I have watched all of your instruction videos like this one, and even though I don’t build ships, I find the techniques fascinating. You have demystified a lot of the aspects rigging a model ship like the St Louis, and your fantastic tools look like a winner. I can’t wait to see the St Louis fully rigged.

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Thanks Gary.. Good to hear I demystified the rigging a little for you. There are many way to approach it and all work for each individual. I show my simple methods to trick the eye into thinking it is more complex. The truth is my eyes are so bad now that I have no hope of doing all the knots anymore, so I cheat.

[@mightymuzrub]

Harry, you're a legend. You've even convinced me to buy Airfix.

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

The old Airfix kits have their charm… just don’t expect shake’n’bake

[@vaughanlockett658]

Thanks Harry, my hand stopped hovering over the add to basket on the Golden Hinde after you featured it a few months back it got me inspired. This one of hurdles I was hesitant about but you have managed to make it so clear.

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

The larger scale of the Hinde makes it a much easier kit to work on. Double the scale of my St Louis, so the rigging is much less fiddly with twice the space to work in. I haven’t yet made a Rat Harp or Dead Run for that ship, but it would be an easy CAD if and when you want them.

[@usssaratogacv3lefevre978]

Great tips Harry.

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@davegreenwood7575]

Clever boy...I'm not a ship type bloke but I can see the benefits 👍

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Ships with benefits… I had a gf like that once ;)

[@cosmarendy8417]

Thanks Harry for sharing. 👍🇦🇺

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Good on you Cos

[@mp-modelplastic]

Very good video, excelent tips, thank you for sharing Harry . Greetings from Portugal🙋‍♂

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Thanks for that matey

[@Rich77UK]

Great jigs Harry. I have a wooden kit of my favourite sailboat (the Terror) and something like this will be great. The St Louis is looking good, especially for a plastic kit. Top job mate.

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Thanks Rich.. I have designed a Rat Harp and Dead Run Combo set for the Occre Terror, if that is the same kit you have?

[@Rich77UK]

@@HarryHoudiniModels it is!

[@finlayfraser9952]

Great stuff Harry, hope you have a patent!

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Patent pending Finlay

[@brenstratters2026]

Harping on about your poops Harry. Very intersting stuff harty. All the best.

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

And a double Poop at that! Took quite a bit of grunting to get it done. hehe