Bristol Pilot Cutter by michael mott - 1/8 scale (POF)

[druxey]

Sweet, Michael! So nice to see this coming together. 

[wefalck]

That is indeed a very nice bit of sheet-metal work set into excellent carpentry. Really like the look of the sink 👍

[Runner]

I am truly in awe of your project Michael, and your craftsmanship.

I too am building a large sailing model of a cutter, but a very different project and quality. Mine is a 60" LOA copy of a sailing model of a 10-gun naval cutter built by four British veterans of the War of 1812 in the early 1830s. The original model resides in a small museum about 400 yards from where it was completed, and has never left the town. It has been altered by two well-intentioned but poorly-informed restorations and my project started as an attempt to reconstruct its original form and functionality. The model is greatly simplified, but almost everything on it once worked--including the pump and the guns! I still haven't managed to figure out how to make the elm tree pump valves. The project is as much a great dive into local and naval history as it is a modelmaking challenge. My project started with initial research in 1997; I now have my sails and hope to start rigging as soon as time and workspace permit.

[rwiederrich]

5 hours ago, Runner said:

I am truly in awe of your project Michael, and your craftsmanship.

I too am building a large sailing model of a cutter, but a very different project and quality. Mine is a 60" LOA copy of a sailing model of a 10-gun naval cutter built by four British veterans of the War of 1812 in the early 1830s. The original model resides in a small museum about 400 yards from where it was completed, and has never left the town. It has been altered by two well-intentioned but poorly-informed restorations and my project started as an attempt to reconstruct its original form and functionality. The model is greatly simplified, but almost everything on it once worked--including the pump and the guns! I still haven't managed to figure out how to make the elm tree pump valves. The project is as much a great dive into local and naval history as it is a modelmaking challenge. My project started with initial research in 1997; I now have my sails and hope to start rigging as soon as time and workspace permit.

We’ll you know what they say……..

•No pictures….it didn’t happen*
 

Rob😏

[allanyed]

All I can say is

Allan

[Runner]

I don't want to hijack Michael's wonderful thread but here are a couple of photos of my project, the first being the historic model in its current (incorrectly-rigged) form.

[TBlack]

On 7/4/2023 at 3:41 PM, michael mott said:

l am amazed at how nice the maple that I cut from the big log 50 years ago still works and planes up with such a lovely lustre. I’m guessing it is because it has been air dried.

Michael 

 

Patina is a word used to describe the finish on copper or bronze exposed to air, but I think that word also works well in describing the finish on that maple. Most attractive!

Tom