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

I show how to use the larger Dead Run rigging tool for the lower deadeyes on your model sailing ship. It really helps get an even spread and level line of deadeyes at the correct shroud angles for the channels. There are also a few new tips and tricks I share that only came about as I used my tools. Who knew there could be more things they could do?
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[@TheSargeNZ]

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

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Good on you Sarge.

[@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

[@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.

[@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.

[@cosmarendy8417]

Thanks Harry for sharing. 👍🇦🇺

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Good on you Cos

[@usssaratogacv3lefevre978]

Great tips Harry.

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@mp-modelplastic]

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

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Thanks for that matey

[@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 ;)

[@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