I'm an aircraft modeler who has never tried a sailing ship. I recently purchased an old (cheap) Airfix HMS Victory complete but without ratlines. There is a scale drawing showing how to trim them and I have some ideas on how to use this to scratchbuild some. However I suspect some of you may have done this and could save me some grief with what shoud be a simple problem. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.
Don't talk to me about naval tradition. It's nothing but rum, sodomy, and the lash.

Im sure if you go to the model shipwrights website and ask in the carpenters shop, youll get the answer you need ...

Good advise, thank you.