RonvanLeeuwen54

A beautiful piece of craftsmanship!! Really amazing!! Question: why is the website of the HMS Prince of Mile offline? We cannot find it anymore.

A peace of art!

Constructo makes one in about the same scale as Amati did, but I like the Amati kit for its better detail. I will get the Constructo kit and add the detail myself.

 

Thanks,

Vince P.

Hello Vince, great to read that you plan to bye the kit of Constructo. I did the same. Not bad how its progressing. Its really fun to upgrade a rather simple kit like this. Success!!

Well, I try to do my best  . Half of the ornaments were not supplied with the kit so together with a mold (as that correct english) made of silicon and breadcrumbs I made a few with fimo clay. I like the result so far.

Hi Adam,

Thanks for the link. His ship is fabulous. Do you know if it is the Amati setup, or is it a scratch build. The decorations are great and I wonder if they are the Amati set.

 

Thanks,

Vince P.

Hi, you can read on his site how he made it. http://www.milebijelic.com/?page_id=4#contentBox

Completely from drawing which he had from the Londonmuseum of Science. Took him 5 years. This man is awsome,

Hi Adam,

Thanks for the link.

 

Vince P.

Hi Vince, I'm new on this forum but I read your topic. I'm am also building the Constructo version 1:61 and for this price, about € 300,- it is not a bad kit. The wood, drawings, plans and sails are good quality. The But my challenge is to take such a simple kit and "drive it in to the ground". I found this website  http://www.milebijelic.com/?page_id=4. As you see its a Croation builder. I found the quality of this ship unbelievable and for me my goal to approach this quality. This means that i have to create a lot of ornaments myself because the Constructo kit is not even close to this beautiful ship. But thats the sport. Okay, when its finished the price will be dubbled but it will be something special.

Here is a picture how it is at this moment.

Maybe you can follow my topic on http://www.modelbouwforum.nl/forums/bouwverslagen-historische-schepen/203279-bouwverslag-h-m-s-prince-1-61-constructo.html

Ron