The ROPEWALK

Ropewalk is the official newsletter of Shipwrights of Ohio. You’ll find a compendium of monthly meeting topics, presentations & special topics.  In each edition is also a gallery of Ships on Deck, worked by members and a growing compendium on Tugs of the Great Lakes.  Editor: William Nyberg

     2026

JANUARY

Cardstock Modeling

FEBRUARY

 

MARCH

 

APRIL

 

MAY

 

JUNE

 

 

JULY

 

AUGUST

 

SEPTEMBER

OCTOBER

NOVEMBER

DECEMBER

 

     2025

JANUARY

Rigging: Scale comparison for Thread & Lines

FEBRUARY

History of Ships WWII

MARCH

 Anchors

APRIL

 Ships in a Bottle

MAY

Ships WWII – A Modeler’s Perspective

JUNE

Photo Etching

 

JULY

Jigs & Tools

AUGUST

Planking the
Wooden-Hulled Ship

SEPTEMBER

OCTOBER

NOVEMBER

DECEMBER

Rope

Rope Manufacturing

Ropewalks

2024

JANUARY

3D Printing for Ship Modeling

FEBRUARY

Display cases

MARCH

3D Printing – Advanced

 

APRIL

Dioramas

 

MAY

Adhesives

JUNE

Ship Building Workshop

JULY

 Air Brushing

AUGUST

Scratch Building

SEPTEMBER

Scratch Building

OCTOBER

Weathering

NOVEMBER

Carving

DECEMBER

Small Boats

2023

JANUARY

Rigs and Rigging

FEBRUARY

Research for Ship Modeling

MARCH

Starting R/C Modeling

APRIL

Rudders

MAY

Windlasses and Capstans

JUNE

Standing Rigging

JULY

AUGUST

Making Sails

SEPTEMBER

Soldering

OCTOBER

Finishing

NOVEMBER

DECEMBER

Masts and Spars

2022

JANUARY

Scratch Building 

FEBRUARY

Planking Decks

MARCH

Scratch Building a Deck House

APRIL

Mast and Yard Making

MAY

JUNE

 45th
Midwestern Model Ship and Boat Competition

JULY

Treasures of the
National Maritime Museum

AUGUST

Cannon Rigging and Accessories

SEPTEMBER

Review of the ship models at National Maritime Museum,
Greenwich, UK

OCTOBER

Woods for Ship Modeling

NOVEMBER

DECEMBER

R/C kit Moonglow

The Sprague

2021

JANUARY

History of Model Ship Building

FEBRUARY

Carving For Ship Modelers

MARCH

Photographing Ship Models

APRIL

Hull Construction Techniques

MAY

Making Sails from Cloth

JUNE

 

JULY

Evolution of Wooden Ships

AUGUST

Marine Engineering – Steam Engines

SEPTEMBER

 

OCTOBER

 

NOVEMBER

Maine to Mystic

DECEMBER

Fabrication Technologies

2020

JANUARY

Display Case

FEBRUARY

Scratch Building: Plans w/o Instructions

MARCH

 

APRIL

Lofting &
Reading Plans

MAY

Bending Wood

JUNE

Small Boat Making

JULY

Fairing a Hull/Cooper Plating

AUGUST

Rope walks

SEPTEMBER

National Museum of the Great
Lakes

OCTOBER

Soldering

NOVEMBER

Review of
the NRG Conference