I really love the ships that came in this playset. While the peel-&-stick appliques' plus the printed cut-out deck adds a lot of detail to the ships, but the icing on the cake is the rigging. I can't honestly say if the rigging was a Toy Street feature or if it was something the folks at Marx Toys added to the playset because the Ship's Log/instruction manual included in the set was a Marx Toys product and the rigging instructions were in it and not the Toy Street bag. ANYWHO, it's a great feature. These being toy ships and not model ships, I had to fudge how the string attaches to the ship and masts, but overall I'm pleased with the results. Enjoy! Opa Fritz
This is a cardstock cut-out, not a peel-&-stick applique' which simply fits inside the ship's hull
The rigging really does wonders for the look of this toy!
Here you can see what the cut-out looks like in place in the ships hull
Rigging
This shows how the rigging was 'attached' to the masts and hull. Nothing was glued in place - only where I had to tie knots was a dab of super glue used.
I used one length of string for the front mast, another to connect the two masts at the top, and a third for the stern mast.
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