Thanks guys, at the moment I'm doing my research into colors, smaller assemblies, things most often left out when stuff gets tiny. Fortunately, Revell made this model in 96 scale and there are not only instructions into the smaller items on the deck, but there are also instructions for rigging. For the sails, I agree they need to be sanded. Those ribs are just way too large. However, the way they are molded, if you remove the ribs the sails actually look quite nice and passable.... once sanded of course. The rat lines above the blocks are way too large and not really useable. Years ago there was a method of making rat lines with string, wax paper, cardboard, and glue. I will use this to make new rat lines. The problem though comes in what color they are. I believe the old rat lines were tarred to protect from constant exposure to water. In photos of the real one, a museum now, this is not so. Trying to decide which is actually correct.
Photos will follow soon. The first thing I did was paste the two hull halves together and get rid of any seems. I then fitted the deck in place and added the masts and houses. None of it pasted. I wanted to airbrush all of the hull area and deck black. I know the hull is suppose to be black but the deck I painted black so that when I paint the deck later in its correct color, I can lightly sand over the raised detail on the deck and the deck lines would come through. I tried this before and it came out nice but again that was on a larger model. By the way. Something I forgot to mention. I will put this ship to sea as part of a little diorama.
Not sure how it will turn out but nothing tried nothing gained.
Thanks for following