michaelp Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 As part of the quayside section of my layout I need some suitably sized rope but have no idea of the thickness needed. If anyone can help with the size that would be great. Thanks in advance Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Campaman Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 (edited) Full sized rope comes in many sizes so it will depend on what you are trying to depict, ropes for mooring small ships can be around 3" diameter so 1mm cord, and normal cotton thread for any smaller diameter rope. Edited August 30, 2019 by Campaman 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharris Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 16 minutes ago, michaelp said: As part of the quayside section of my layout I need some suitably sized rope but have no idea of the thickness needed. If anyone can help with the size that would be great. Thanks in advance I think the first question is - how big are your boats? Mooring lines come in a variety of thicknesses. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Traxson Posted August 30, 2019 Share Posted August 30, 2019 (edited) I'm not being facetious, but it does depend very much on what size vessel you are tying up. A dinghy would use something akin to a heavy clothes line, a cruise ship something you couldn't encompass using both hands (and probably a steel hawser at that). Rather how thick is a piece of string than how long. Glad you've brought the subject up though as I have a quayside to detail as well so will take a trip down to the harbour in Porthmadog for smaller sizes' and maybe up the coast to Holyhead for the larger ones (another excuse to take a trip out on my new toy) I'm out this weekend but will report back next week if no suitable answers are forthcoming. Beaten to it by above answers but, What scale? Edited August 30, 2019 by Phil Traxson 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaelp Posted August 30, 2019 Author Share Posted August 30, 2019 Sorry I should have said, not for mooring ships just for a couple of rope coils lying on the quayside, maybe what fishermen would use. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium TheQ Posted August 30, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 30, 2019 Mooring ropes belong to the boat not the harbour.. A 20ft fishing boat would have a mooring rope of less than one inch, 1/3 of an mm in 4mm scale A 40ft fishing boat would have a mooring rope of noe more than inch and a half, 1/2 of of an mm in 4mm scale A 60ft would have a mooring rope of no more than 2 inches, 2/3 of an mm in 4mm scale This is supposing it's old fashioned natural rope.. Modern ropes are incredibly strong.. 3mm dyneema holds 1.1 tons but it's expensive.. £2.00 a yard. 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaelp Posted August 30, 2019 Author Share Posted August 30, 2019 Many thanks for the replies. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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