Easy Ratlines for model ship rigging with my Rat Harp and Dead Bug tools for shrouds and deadeyes

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Are you frustrated rigging tiny Ratlines and Deadeyes on small scale plastic model ships? Then I have two 3D printed tools that make the task so easy.
My Dead Bug deadeye spacing tool is a breeze to use and makes evenly spaced deadeyes in no time at all. My Rat Harp ratline tool easily adds evenly spaced ratlines to your rigging in mere minutes.
Both are simple to use and in this video I clearly show how easy it is.
Two Ratlines tools (Port and Starboard) plus a Dead Bug and Dead Run Deadeye channel spacing tool now available: houdinimodels.com/harp/
00:00 Intro
00:50 Dead Bug deadeyes rigging tool
06:31 Rat Harp ratline rigging tool
11:07 Installing the Rat Harp on the model
12:13 Upper mast install and off model rig
16:16 Tips and Tricks
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@johntreloar8203 6 ай бұрын

You made that look so easy Harry, well done mate.

@HarryHoudiniModels 6 ай бұрын

Thanks John 👍 the tools make it easy

@davidguy6823 6 ай бұрын

What a very clever model builder you are. Really impressive and great to watch even if I do not make large model ships.

@HarryHoudiniModels 6 ай бұрын

Thanks David

@sammy_dog 6 ай бұрын

great little tools there Harry i hope they sell like hot cakes for you

@HarryHoudiniModels 6 ай бұрын

Thanks Sammy.. I have a dozen orders already so that was a surprise for the first week I put it for sale online

@sandyp2714 6 ай бұрын

Fascinating to watch as usual, so much easier than the tiny wooden spacer I used in the past. You deserve a Bundaberg matey

@HarryHoudiniModels 6 ай бұрын

Thanks 👍 make mine with sarsaparilla and a licorice stick!

@paulgarner3541 6 ай бұрын

While I’m not planning on any shipbuilding it is entertainment enough just to watch your meticulous workmanship; inspiring. When you’re all done I’d be curious to know how much time you’ve put into this model (?) not including the component of making the videos (also deftly executed).

@HarryHoudiniModels 6 ай бұрын

That would be interesting Paul. If I have the time spent making each video, that would leave just the modelling part and should approximate how many hours it took to build.

@syrmalcolm 6 ай бұрын

very nice one HH. Love this tool. Thanks much!

@HarryHoudiniModels 6 ай бұрын

Glad you like it Mal

@donhenkhaus7554 6 ай бұрын

Herry, Great tools mate! Don't forget to add your logo. We would want any one taking credit for all that brain work. Hope all is well down under.

@HarryHoudiniModels 6 ай бұрын

The production version do have my name on it, plus the scale and ship it fits, so I didn’t mix them up

@soppdrake 6 ай бұрын

Please tell me you haven't used that cotton bud on your ear! 😂

@HarryHoudiniModels 6 ай бұрын

Ok then I won’t tell you that LOL. No, it was used to wipe up some excess wood wash paint from the deck planks. I will promise to use a clean one in future.

@mikaelfrigeniua208 6 ай бұрын

H ❤ you build the subjects and I drool in exitement over your trials and tribulations 😊Me awaiting a 3 room apartment so as my felines do not get entalgeled in anything 😊 😊

@HarryHoudiniModels 6 ай бұрын

Good on you Mikael…. at least I am not the only one drooling.

@AlexModeling 6 ай бұрын

Now THIS is very interesting Mate! I Hope you are feeling well! How do i get this wonderfull toy? (Like joker said on Batman)..👍😊 want one

@HarryHoudiniModels 6 ай бұрын

Thanks Alex.. just PM me on Messenger then I will send you one for your next build.

@goforitpainting 6 ай бұрын

Professional

@HarryHoudiniModels 6 ай бұрын

Thanks

@thebobbins1735 6 ай бұрын

I imagine that instead of a toothpick to dab spots of pva on to attach the lines, you could use thinned-down pva and brush it on, for less blobbiness 🤔

@HarryHoudiniModels 6 ай бұрын

You could try that… however Selly’s Aquadhere PVA is very watery and dries completely clear, so I have never had an issue using it. Your glue may differ.

@ronaldbyrne3320 6 ай бұрын

So this is only for 1/144 scale ships, Harry? If I get a ship model in a different scale, then I will need to wait till you design a Rat Harp and Dead Bug to fit that, right? 🤔

@HarryHoudiniModels 6 ай бұрын

I have already made version for 1/72 down to 1/200 scale. Because it is a CAD drawing it can be quickly enlarged or reduced for any scale. That was why I wanted to stop making each one by hand, took over 4 hours to cut it out and score all the grooves. CAD and 3D printing means I can modify to any size or scale of ship quite quickly, then print out the result in minutes. On the website order form I ask the scale and name of your ship. From that I use one of my scaled templates in CAD and tweak to your ship’s measurements. houdinimodels.com/harp/

@ronaldbyrne3320 6 ай бұрын

@@HarryHoudiniModels That’s awesome, Harry. I’m thinking I’ll start looking for a ship kit that really interests me and get your Rat Harp & Dead Bug for it. 👍🏻

@ianbuick3997 6 ай бұрын

How do you fit the dead eye strops after removing from jig ?

@HarryHoudiniModels 6 ай бұрын

I show how that is done on this and the previous build video for my St Louis kzfaq.info/get/bejne/o6lidbJkxNmwmGQ.html

@troyprosser4890 6 ай бұрын

Hey mate love it! Instead of wrapping around the harp coyldnt use just wrap around harp only having string on the one side? Just thinking of the waste of the non touching side 🤔

@troyprosser4890 6 ай бұрын

Hopefully you get what i mean. If you made the pointy bits longer so you go over the front and the pointy bits you just go behind then up to next divot pulling string back the otherway on front? The hobby needs more people like you showing us the tips and tricks and not squirreling the knowledge away

@HarryHoudiniModels 6 ай бұрын

Yes you can do that with the Harp however, it is so much harder to keep the loops tensioned and invariably one previous loop slips off half way back, then you have to start again. I even deepened the grooves to try to solve this but every time I strung the harp a loop would come loose somewhere and ruin the wrap. This tool is very small and wastes only about a third of the thread you do with the Heller Loom. By winding around you keep a momentum tension so the harp stays rigged. I will keep experimenting, but for now that is the best solution.

@davevans_WW2_models 6 ай бұрын

Maybe instead of having groves on the harp you had a sort of hook that way you could loop it around the hook and then go to the hook above without the risk of it slipping off, then go across and around the hook and then to the hook above.

@HarryHoudiniModels 6 ай бұрын

That is not the issue. You need to keep tension on the cordage or it wont hold together on the harp behind the shrouds or get knocked off as you insert it. Remember the ratlines are only a few millimetres apart, so any tiny hook would be so fragile that under tension it would snap off breaking your Rat Harp and making it useless trash. I have spent years perfecting this tool. By all means try out your ideas yourself on a 15cm long version with grooves 3mm apart, then see if it works your way. Or better yet, buy one and then see for yourself how easy mine works. Saving 10 cents worth of wasted cotton is not worth all the worry, believe me.

@troyprosser4890 6 ай бұрын

@@HarryHoudiniModels i guessed their was a reason why. Keep it up looking giod

@Salty_Sassenach 6 ай бұрын

I know you Aussie’s do things differently, but why not Knot the thread before you use the needle 🤔

@HarryHoudiniModels 6 ай бұрын

The beauty of the Beading Needle is that you don't need to... plus it goes through smaller holes without a knot and the thread is so easy to insert and remove