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Hello Sparky, ( also name of our beloved dog ). I probably can’t help you, however, I inherited this unnamed solid hulled model about 30 years ago. I see similarities between your model and mine. Several of my Marthas Vineyard, New Bedford, and Maine coastal ancestors in the 1800’s were Mariners, and two were Masters, not sure if on Whalers but a couple on unknown Merchant ships. Subsequent ancestors were wheelrights and carpenters so I THINK this is a homemade model. I’ve restored and added some features. Many on this forum agree it is not a commercial model because the scale of many items is off, and since it is a family heirloom I can do as I please, as it will never be a piece of value. So I started to restore and augment a few years ago with features as well as I can, and built a lit display case. Except for the main masts, the smaller mast pieces and some deck items are made from Whales teeth. I don’t feel ready or capable to tackle the rigging. Good luck! Beeman
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Getting Back Into The Hobby After 45+ Years
Beeman911 replied to Tom in NC's topic in New member Introductions
Tom, interesting about the new model of the Charles W. Morgan, the original of which was built in the Hillman Shipyard in New Bedford, Ma, by Zachariah and Jethro Hillman, distant cousins of mine, so I too am interested in that new model! -
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Beeman911 replied to Tom in NC's topic in New member Introductions
Hi Tom, nice looking models! I too am winding down from a Carpentry/Remodeling career. The reason for my joining this site years ago was a solid hulled ship model given to me by my Great Aunt 35 years ago. I don’t know for sure but I am convinced it was built by the last or second to last of 4 generations of my lineal Mariner ancestors in the mid to late 1800’s. I have repaired and painted it, it now awaits rigging. Tom, I also descend from Mainers and Masters from Martha’s Vineyard, then New Bedford, Ma, that ( probably ) sailed primarily on clipper ships. Two died in their twenties, one of whom was lost at sea in 1790. Wouldn’t it be something if we had some ancestors, towns, or ships in common?? Dean Hillman. -
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Trying to identify an inherited solid hulled model
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Trying to identify an inherited solid hulled model
Beeman911 replied to Beeman911's topic in Nautical/Naval History
Thanx to all who offered their expertise on my Model. The last of my grandfathers who spent time at sea moved from Rockland, Me to Pelham, NH around 1860, and he and later his son ran a sawmill in Pelham for many years. So everything you guys said seems to mesh. I think this model may be of a ship one of them sailed on, and was handmade by one of these men. I also think the ship sailed from Rockland. So I am trying to restore it, but as many have pointed out, there is much about it that is not correct. I am slowly adding items as I learn this Hobby. Soon I want to build a case to protect it, a Diorama type with a print of a ship at sea for the back side, from which I will be able to slide the model out from the back still attached to a removeable base so I can work on it. I look forward to help/suggestions. Dean H. -
Hello, Last year I started to rehab a solid hulled ship I was given by my great Aunt. I believe it has been in my family going back 3-6 generations to when those grandfathers were sailors. This model was in pieces when I got it, with some rigging saved. The Hull itself about 24 inches long. I don't know if it was handbuilt or was a kit way back. With the exception of the 3 largest mast pieces and 2 smaller mast pieces replaced with wood, remaining mast pieces appear to be made from Whales Teeth. When I machined remaining pieces it smelled like a Dentists office!! I was hoping someone might be able to identify which ship this model might be modeled after. I do know my ancesters spent their time on the east coast, including Marthas Vineyard, New Bedford, and Rockland, Me. To rookie me, this model seems very similar to models of the Sovereign of the Seas and The Red Jacket. It would be easier for me if I had a Ship to copy, and it would make sense that whichever ancestor built this model used their own Ship as a model. I do understand at least one of my ancestors was Master of a ship that sailed to tjhe Orient. Thanx, Dean Hillman Attached Thumbnails
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