Hello to all . Has any one worked in 1:45 scale ? Do you know the thread sizes you used for rigging?

Gary,
First off I'm one of the dumb ones cuz I haven't a clue as to what 1:45 scale means in terms of actual model size. I'm one of those old time geezers who still use 1/8", 1/4", 3/16" = 1'-0"
BUT part of your answer is many sizes, there is no single size for rigging lines. your stays and shrouds would probably have 3 sizes some of which would be quite heavy. I'm doing a 3/16"=1'-0" of Newsboy and the shrouds call for 5" cicum. which would be a light 2" diam. That means the thread size will be around .045". Pretty Stout.The running rigging would be somewhat lighter but you may have as many as 4 different sizes.
"Ship Modeling from Stem to Stern (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0830628444/shipmodelingf-20)" by Roth has a good section on rigging sizes.
Good luck
Fred

Gary,
Oooops!! My error, I didn't see the "s" in sizes. So you know there will be several sizes. Sorry.
Fred

G'day, what 1/45 means is that everything on the model is 45 times smaller than the full size ship, Fred if you are working in 3/16 scale which is 1/64 so everything is 64 times smaller than the full size, so as to regard to ropes you will have to know the full size in actual practice and reduce that by what scale you are working to, I think there may be a chart on the site somewhere if someone can point you to it, because if you are working on a schooner in 1/45 and a 100 gun ship in 1/45 the corresponding ropes ie shrouds etc are going to be different, hope this helps and is not as muddy as the cup of :coffee: I am drinking.

Hi all, it's right here - Scale use Chart (http://shipmodeling.net/vb_forum/articles28.html) look for ''Rope Conversion'', upper right hand side, and at the bottom, look at 1:48 scale for the the scale multiplier factor (.00663)
Kevin

hello to all - thank you all for the replys - i was beginning it wonder if anyone was out there - again , thank you for the replys

cheers

many thanks forthe info --- another question ? - if the scale is 1:45 . what would a scale figure be for the model? a 6 foot male figure would be
1 and 1/2 inches high ???????

If the scale is 1/45, then one inch = 45", so one and one half inches = 67 1/2".

six foot man = 1.6"; so, yes, a six foot man would be about 1.5 inches tall.
In the X:Y scales 1:94, 1:45, etc. you can work it in any length, inches,feet,etc.just have to remember to convert to the units you want, EX: 1'=12" so, 185' maindeck,perp. to perp. in 1:94 scale would be 1.968 feet or 23.62 inches (1/94th).
1/4", 1/8", etc scales work in inches, and mean 1/4" = 1' , or 1:48 scale(48 1/4 inches in 1 foot). Usually the 1:45, 1:94 scales are used on European models.
At least, that's how I understand it.

thanks to all who posted replys to my questions --- Cheers Mates !