Identifying False Rigging

[yys4u]

So a while ago I bought the BSB off ebay. It came complete, and had shooting cannons. The only thing that troubles me is the rope. It came with 4 different ropes, but they all seemed VERY long, I had to wrap them around the flag, and hook, and anchor many times to have it fit. I started to think it may be replacement rigging (its not that a big deal because I don't really care if its original or not), the reason I want to know is if its fake, I'll cut it to size, if its actually real and should be that length then I'll leave it. I also suspect its a fake because one rope seems to be thinner than one of the others.

So I was wondering if anyone had any advice on identifying if its real or not. thanks!

[Bricks4Fun]

From what I remember about my BSB, which is back home in another state, there are 4 ropes, all of different size. There is the long thick rope to attach the front sail to the masts, a thin short rope for the hoisted treasure chest and a short thick rope to tie the small boat to the back of the craft. There is also a short thick rope for the anchor. Have you tried peeron.com? It tells you information on the ropes. I would try the longest rope for the sails and the other two thick ones for the anchor and boat.

Peeron says there is one thin 50cm rope (the treasure one I assume) and two thick 35cm and one 125cm ropes. The 125cm thick rope is for the sails I think. I would measure the ropes you have with these values and decide.

Hope this helps; I don't have the ship in front of me so it is a little hard.

[yys4u]

Hmm didn't think of that, I'll find the instructions online and try to measure them. I thought for sure they were fake due to the differences in thickness but apparently some are supposed to be thicker than others? Thanks for the info.

[Bricks4Fun]

No problem, glad I could help!