Posted by Stein S on October 01, 1999 at 20:28:48 in 193.91.152.225 :
In Reply to: Re: Broken Masts posted by Cindy Stockbridge on September 30, 1999 at 13:35:15:
: : Tony,
: : The strongest masts you can ever get is a fishing rod tip.
: : I use these when metal or wood masts will end up too fragile.
: : I (usually) buy replacement tips of 1 meter length, and they taper from 5mm to 1, 2 or 3 mm. You can get them in many other sizes as well.
: : They are very strong and nice and evenly tapered.
: : You can cut them to fit your Titanic, and you are not able to snap them off, they are simply too strong. They are easy to drill, paint and glue (superglue)
: : Regards
: : Stein S.
: Stein,
: Would a fishing tackle store be the logical place
: to find these fishing rod tips? I looked at several on-line sources & the catalogs don't list
: them as such. Are they called some other name?
: What size do you recommend for the 1/350 Titanic?
: Cindy S.
Cindy,
I would presume a well equipped fishing tackle store should have them.
One place I have seen them (if I remember right) is in the catalogs of mailorder companies Cabelas and Gander Mountain.
Quite some fishing and outdoorsmen also build their own fishing rods, so the replacement tips may also be mentioned as fishing rod "blanks".
I have bought mine in Germany and Norway. I had problems in finding the the first ones, but the well equipped outdoor and fishing tackle shops are the right places also here.
Unfortunately I am not at home for the time being so I am unable to do the measuring you want, and to give you more details.
Regards
Stein S