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    Licorne by mtaylor - 3/16" scale - POF - TERMINATED LOG

    in - Build logs for subjects built 1751 - 1800

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    Well, clearly I'm late to the party here, but good luck with version two. As far as version one, after salvaging what you can, might it be beneficial to keep her around as a frame of reference (no pun intended) so you can see where the mistakes were (as painful as they may be) and avoid repeating them?

     

    That's why I still keep in touch with my first wife. :-)

     

    -Bug

    Santa Maria by Moonbug - FINISHED - Artesania Latina - Bashed

    in - Kit subjects built Up to and including 1500 AD

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    Hey Daniel,

     

       Great questions. First - as a PR guy by trade I'll make sure that I let the kids know that most of what I say regarding those issues is subjective and my opinion based on what limited "actual' documentation exists. 

       That said - I go with somewhere in between. As much as that sounds like a copout, there are a couple of things that we do know for sure - ONE - he WAS a brave discover. Just the amount of faith and bravery that it took to make that (and any) kind of journey on the relatively rudimentary ships of the time was amazing. That will surely come across when they get an opportunity to see the build and understand the amount of people that were crammed on board as well as what it took to sail her. 

        TWO - there was at least on some level treatment toward the natives that is (particularly now) considered inappropriate and perhaps even inhuman. There are a couple of factors here - the most significant being the overall philosophies / viewpoints of the time. There really was pretty widespread discrimination based on one's race / culture / standing etc. But right or wrong, it was NORMAL for the time.  There are thousands of examples throughout history of behaviors, whether by individuals or cultures, that were perfectly normal but now considered completely jacked.

         THREE - history is skewed.  And often dramatically. When you go back 500-600 years, the only perspective you have is one generated by the very small minority that could read and write. Those accounts were almost always skewed by, among other things, ego and self promotion. So who's to say what really happened? 

     

    Either way, it should indeed prompt an interesting discussion. All I hope to get out of it is an increased interest in history, as well as (hopefully) a willingness to look at events with an open mind while gaining enough information to formulate their own viewpoints.

     

    - Bug

    HMS Victory by gil middleton - FINISHED - Caldercraft - 1:72

    in - Kit build logs for subjects built from 1751 - 1800

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    JSGerson,

     

       I chose to go with the "pretty" coils on much of my San Juan Nepomuceno because I approached the build with the idea that it was just out of the shipy yard. 

        To accomplish them, I used diluted the rigging in diluted white glue, used a sewing pin to hold one end in place and slowing wrap the rest around the center.  I did each coil on a piece of cardboard. Then, after it dried, I slowly cut it away and lifted it from the cardboard by sliding a razor blade under it (much like using a spatula on a pancake) then glued it on the deck.

     

    - Bug

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