I'm fairly new to this sort of boatbuilding, but years ago used to scratch build models of sailing ships and Clyde steamers in a style known as picture models - effectively half a ship mounted in a frame. It was a great project for people like myself, far too clumsy to even contemplate trying to put a ship into a bottle.
Rigging the models was finicky, but trimming a loose thread was simply a matter of touching it with a cigarette end and letting the thread burn off.
The problem I have now is that I no longer smoke, and I'm having a real problem removing loose ends from rigging. I use fine stranded fishing line and it doesn't cut easily or cleanly with either a knife or fine scissors.
I could solve the problem easily, but I'm reluctant to go back to forty fags a day.
Can anyone offer advice?
In passing, thanks for a great website and the wonderful people on it - I've only been working on my first model for a few months, but the amount of help and advice I've had has been really tremendous.
Keep up the good work.
