Leo-zd

Look, the "problem" is also the internet forums and FB In 90ties without internet, after the dinner the kitchen table was mine and the TV comand wife's and the shipyard started. Today, from one side Internet and forums like this help enormously, today is easy and simply to procure any drawing, information or whatsoever you need, want imaginable but.. from the other side it's the true that we spent many time on it

I repeated this picture to indicate the way I use for fixing the boat on support. With this small and weightless boats the structures have bigger weight and the boat easy falls from support. In keel, on the distance and position of support pilars practice holes and put inside small tubes from medical needles or other type. It is important that the external diameter of tube is smaller for 1 mm than the tick of the keel, better more but for this scale is difficult. On the support I put two pieces of rod, diameter that fit in tubes and a bit shorter than the tubes. The rods are put with small angle so it is necessary small force to insert the rods in tubes, in this way the boat is fixed to the support but can be easy removed.

Thk all, How I understand you Steve You have a idea, material, also the tools and the only "smal" problem is how to handle all that Ooo I forgot one other big problem... breathing.... anybody had the trouble that in the critic moment blew out the best done piece !? and naturally where; in the Bermuda triangle of kitchen floor. Second worse situation is, when you move for a moment that hear the voice of you sweatiest half: "Darliiing, I cleaned that dust and rests from the kitchen table but didn't move your tools, so you can easy play with you toys" */%###"*** and the best pumps or... are gone...

Thk all Patrick unfortunately or maybe lucky but all models were done in long time (the finished and unfinished). As the life and especially job force us to be on hour/minute/seconds in modeling i have no time.. I start the model, in fact I like forms of hulls , some time works a lot in short time and than left that model and start other.. Maybe it looks strange (mad) but probably I am interested more in the phase of constructing that when is finished, sometimes i feel as I don't wont to finish (one kind of Newer ending story !?!?) Generally the hulls finish fast but the problem is that when arrive in phase of finishing I am not sure that I chosen the best solution and I start to think.. look... I take the model in hand and spent a lot of time without nothing done... but I am not nervous about it, this phase relax me.... Maybe the only models I done fast was America in scale 1/66 and Shenandoah in scale 1:50 both from kits and both made as a gifts for parents, but I didn't enjoyed that constructions one third as I enjoy my big little boats.

I think that nobody on this forum need the presentation of the original, of "the mother of regatta's boats" the . Maybe the best description was the dialogue between the Queen and the Commodore oduring the regatta around the Isle of Wight, August, 22, 1851: Queen Victoria: Who is the first, Commodore:"America, your Majesty." Queen Victoria: Who is the second, Commodore:"There is no second, your Majesty." As the other models, in small scale 1:200, reduced Mamoli drawings in 1:66 , in fact i had the complete kit, i made it an the big one was a marriage gift for one cousin The model was made with complete double planking, second planking with walnut 1*1mm, the deck is also some light wood, strips 1*1mm. As in that time (before internet) I hadn't to many references, but honestly I didn't searched to much, i decided to put the table (improbable elliptic shape 😕 ) in the "salon" undo the big windowed portion, then on the table put the chart , square/triangle and the other "useful" parts ) Honestly I was convinced that it could't be visible, which is right, without lens you could't see nothing but some colored, a bit bigger, dust On all models so on this on the keel I made two small holes and put inside pieces of small piles (part of medic needles or similar ) so for the support later i use small profiles with pieces of steel rods fitting in that pipes. The rods are slightly curved so for put in or out is needed some force, nothing extra but enough to hold firmly together the support and the model with simply possibility to separate. On the last photo are the three models, Flying Fish and America in 1:200 and Shenandoah in 1:100 as a comparison of dimensions Also in this model is evident the out scale of elements but I hadn't the patience nor the materials and tools to made it in scale. To finish the model I have to arrange the rigging and the sails which I usually make from the paper which could be find inside shoes or cloth boxes, also the support has to be made.

hmm ... the years sometimes helps As I usually use lenses or glasses for myopia, without I could read font size 2 , the biggest problem are the potatoes...opss finghers As you could see on my avatar (the America's deck, naturaly in 1:200) hold by my potato/finger O:)

Thk all, I'm glad that you liked it

Few more details

Some details and structures

Second planking with strips of 2 mm wasn't in scale so i sandedt it and done a new one with 1*1mm walnut strips. Also the planking of deck was done.

First and second planking. The first planking was painted in black to prevent the problem of lighting in the place where the second planking is sanded more. For planking i used the strips 2*1mm (1.) and walnut 2*1mm for second planking.

Another model of cutter Shenandoah, as I like small scale this one is in 1:200, reduced drawings from Corael 1:50. Naturally that some details will be over sized. My works don't pretend for museum quality. The model was started some time ago but actually stopped. Drawings were glued on very tin aero plywood and cut with scissors. To simplify planking the hull is filed with balsa. On the latest photos is comparison with the screen, phone and car key just to indicate the size.

This is old work but I decided to post , maybe it be interesting. I was always attracted by the America's cup sailboats , especially J class are interesting. From other side I appreciated the simplicity and clear lines of half-models and from other side I like small scales. When I found one small but nice and regular piece of pine wood i decided to made one half model. The scale came out from the thickness of wood and from the necessity that the final work had to bi in reasonable dimensions (otherwise would be difficult to had the approval of my "better half" for the place on any wall in home ) I decided for one generic drawing of J class, the sections taken from Nautical encyclopedia, probably closest to the "Ranger", but basically I was interested in lines of hull of this type. The work was simply, horizontal sections were cut with scalpel from wood (tick 5 mm) glued together and sanded to the hull's sharp. For the waterline i used a piece of plasticard (styrene) When the surface was sanded toned the whole semi hull with teak tone for wood, with 5 passes and sanding with very fine sandpaper and at the end two hands of gloss transparent. For the picture i downloaded the nautical chart of Newport, reduced and trimmed to the appropriate dimension, glued to the media-pan base . I planed to paint the border in the same tone of the hull ... but maybe in the future...

Fantastic :im Not Worthy: follow with interest , I like small scales and this kind of huls

Maybe... I don't know but on what is in that case refered the beam? Anywhere I have a intention to made LN in 1:100 or something similar because I like small boats in small scalas. I have another question , anybody has idea about sails for LN ?

here is the measurement I am interested to built the model in 1:100, that is the reason of my question

thk for answers But in the instructions is indicated the Lengh and the Beam As the lengh is biggher dimension it is easier to calculate. So the model lengh of hull is 29,7 mm , the only elements which are longher but mutch longher are bowsprit and boom, so these don't enter in measurement. From other side aren't any element on the hull which could modifi the lengh.

Hi to all I have some question about Lady Nelson on kit is idicated that the scale is 1:64 OK.. but.. in building instructions is indicated that the original vessel was 52' 6" long (aprox 16,03 m) and 17' 6" large (aprox 5,34m) the model's hull is 29,7cm long that indicate the scale of about 1:54 ? someone can help ? Thk a lot Leo