This
is just a brief segment to discuss a couple of techniques to
dress up the windlasses a bit so they look better than what
the model kit provides.
Parts
required:
No.
Req.
Part
2
A/M
liferings
2
pulled
sprue microdots
2
jewelers
watch gears
CUSTOMIZING
THE WINDLASSES
As the
windlass tops are plain on the 1/350 model we added some spare
parts to make them look a bit more `mechanical'.
Method
1
Install
the new Tom's Modelworks photo etched part. Highly recommended.
A tip for assembling these parts is to thread
them onto a piece of wire to ensure that the centres line up.
Then remove from the wire when set and glue onto parts G17.
Method
2
Remove
two liferings from the A/M parts tree and glue one on top of
each windlass unit. Cut two small 1mm long pips from a section
of 0.5mm diameter pulled sprue. Glue inside the lifering. When
set, paint the windlass top a brass color.
Method
3
Dan
Cherry suggests using small gears out of a broken watch
just slightly less in diameter than the top of the model's
windlass. We recommend using this approach if these
types of parts are available to you.
Just
find two gears that match and attach with a CA glue.
Paint these brass unless they are mad out of brass already.
This site was created by David Cotgreave January 2000
Dan
Cherry suggests using small gears out of a broken watch
just slightly less in diameter than the top of the model's
windlass. We recommend using this approach if these
types of parts are available to you.
