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Flags for ship models
Manufactured by a
model ship maker for model ship makers,
water resistant and colour printed on both sides, on fine cotton with some
synthetic admixture,
with leech and border for gluing, equally well suited
for static historic ship models
and pond models.
Most Flags are on stock and immediately available, otherwise delivery time approx. 2 - 3 weeks. Other
flags and special productions on request.
A 50 pages catalogue
showing all available flags
can be sent for 7.50 Euro plus postage. It has also many practical and useful
information and advice for ship model builders.
Please give the leech length (Liekmass, Lk) for each flag in your order, in mm.
The horizontal length of the flag is given by regulations setting the
proportions of flags in each country.
For selecting the flags and ordering please visit
www.schiffsmodellflaggen.de
Here you find more
examples of how to fly the flags on ships.
How to use the
flags:
The flags are best cut out with sharp scissors or a scalpel exactly along the
color edge. No stripe of unprinted material should be left with the flag. White
flags must keep at least half of the thin border line. By this fraying of the
cloth can be avoided.
Flags are rarely attached directly to a flagpole. Usually the flag rope is used
to hoist or hold a flag in place, thus we recommend to glue the flag at the
leech to a thin thread. A colourless adhesive should be used. When the glue has
hardened it can be smoothed by ironing at the leech.
The flags can be made a little bit softer (so they hang and appear like real
ship's flags) by bathing them in warm water with detergent. To make them look
old (and a little darker) immerse the flag in tea, like conditioning sails for
ship models.
When hoisting several flags, e.g. for signals or on some steamers, some model
makers use thin wire instead of thread as flag rope. Other model makers harden
the flag rope with liquid adhesive. Thus the flags do not point in all different
directions by the drill of the thread, but appear to be aligned by wind as on a
real ship.
Place orders to
Mr.
Hans-Juergen Blissenbach
Leineweg 46, D-33689 Bielefeld, Germany,
Tel.: +49 5205 4618, Fax: +49 5205 4963
hansblissenbach@t-online.de
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