Funnels Finished

The funnels are finally finished.  I drilled holes into the deck and glued in eyebolts.  The eyebolts are normally used by model railroaders as lift rings on the top of locomotives.

Here is a finished funnel.Next up will be the lifeboats and davits.

Funnel Rigging

This is just a look at my process for rigging the lines from the funnels.  Attaching the funnel lines to the deck will be a whole different story.

I have painted the funnels and all of the holes for the lines have been drilled out with a fine bit. (maybe #78 or so)  I ran a short length of the EZ Line through the hole from the outside and pulled it through.  Since the line is so fine, even a knot tied in the line might get pulled through the hole so I tied it around a piece of styrene. I add a drop of CA glue and trim off excess line and styrene and pull it tight inside the funnel and secure it with another drop of glue.

This process takes some time as I can only do one line on a funnel until the glue dries.  If I can do two short sessions per day, I can do maybe 6 or 9 lines. Exciting stuff I know, but if a line pulls out of a funnel it will be bad.

Finishing Funnels

I have taken a short break from the Queen to work on a couple of other projects, but I am back at it again.  Next up are the funnels and rigging lines.

The funnels used are from the kit, but I had scraped off all of the molded on detail and recreated the joints with thin styrene strips wrapped around it.  I have drilled holes for the rigging lines.  The funnels are painted my version of Cunard Red.  To get the color for the funnels, I mixed a little yellow into bright red and it resulted in a Vermilion shade which I think is pretty accurate.

I will be using EZ Line for the rigging. I had originally planned on using fly tying thread, but this seems to be better.  It is a hobby product and is slightly stretchy so it should not sag.