Rather depends on your white balance and ISO settings Roy.
Doug

Hi it is amazing when you photograph a model things like the usually white bowsies stand out and look rather obvious.
Roy

Me neither Greg,
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Hello Roy,

Thank you, that is very helpful.

Sorry, but I'm not sure what you meant by your comment. "Also when you take photographs anything white especially uneven can detract from the model as it can become a focal point"

Greg 👍

Three sheets to the wind! When I drank and I did liked a drop I'd often follow those rules. 😉

Greg 👍

Hello Ron,

I do know what you mean. Many organizations and hobbies have their own language. For example when I joined the fire service I didn't expect to have to learn different words for everyday things that I and many other people had grown up with. For example a ladder to most people has a Top and a Bottom. Not in the fire service. It has a Head and a Foot. The sides of the ladder were known as Strings and the bits you stepped on going up or down the
runs of a ladder are known as Rounds. Ropes we used were known as Lines. The nozzle on the end of a hose is known as a Branch. These are just a few examples of what I and other probationers had to learn (fast).

So, it does not surprise me that sailing has it's own dictionary of words. 😁

Greg 👍

Hi a bowsie is an adjuster for length on a sheet or shroud used to adjust the length of travel.

Can be small piece of plastic with 3 holes and one end is tied on and you make a loop where the hook goes and then thread the string up through one hole and down the other.

The string continues until it is terminated at the sail winch or in the case of the mast shrouds at the top of the mast.

Moving the bowsie up and down its travel range adjusts the length of the string. The 2 right angles the string goes through in the bowsie forms a locking system. When using bowsies on the mast shrouds try and keep them level and not too long, it looks neater that way.

Also when you take photographs anything white especially uneven can detract from the model as it can become a focal point.

Hope this helps.
Roy

“three sheets to the wind” eh Ron?🤣
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Greg,

When I began model sailboats I too had a whole new vocabulary to learn.

I read “ Sheet”, huh? I that was called a line or rope… Boy did I have a lot to learn.

http://www.deepbluesea.training/nautical-terms3.html#:~:text=Harden%20up%20-%20Turn%20towards%20the,salted%20provisions%20for%20daily%20use.

I hope the attached pic will make clear what a kicking strap is. Good luck.😉

Hello Roy,

Thank you. I think I understand. Yes, I did query the Bowsies as well.

Greg 👍

Hi, the kicker is a short 'string' on the sail boom and close to the mast. The other end of the string goes to the base of the mast near deck level. Its purpose is to stop the boom from rising up and folding the sail into the mast. It holds the sail and boom level with the deck at any angle of the boom.
Bowsies, did you query these as well?
Roy

Hello Ron,

Thank you for the response but as sailing is completely new to me I have not one clue to what you have just said. This is a whole new world and a whole new language.

I think I should have stuck to boats with motors. 😁


Greg 👍

Had to look that up and discovered that a “Kicking Strap” is another word for a Vang, said Ronald 🤔

When under sail, one of the most important important control mechanisms we have to help trim the mainsail is the vang or kicking strap (kicker).

We tend to call a line/pulley based mechanism a kicker or kicking strap and a rod or hydraulic system a vang, but the names tend to be fairly interchangeable in the sailing world, even amongst crew on the same boat!

https://www.jollyparrot.co.uk/blog/how-to-use-the-kicking-strap-or-vang


Yes, very poor instructions for a first time builder!
https://footy.rcsailing.net/bobabout/materials-list.html