Kevin Kenny

Made up one of the frames #33

Wonderful words Adam. Thanks

Hi Greg the CD’s may have been done by Bob Hunt, the owner of Lauck Street Shipyard (https://www.lauckstreetshipyard.com).

Hi Greg thanks for the response. There is no way i will be rigging a model of that size. It may be Dave Stevens CD’s i am not home to check it but will do so in a week as i noticed a lot of copywrite notices . I am sure Hahn did not do them, they were supplied when i purchase the plans from the family. It was a while ago and cant remember the details of how i got everything. The most important thing is all the plans are available in CAD. With reference to scale i have a friend who owns a high end copy center. I was pleasantly surprised that he was able to print perfectly scaled up drawings from the CAD drawings supplied in the CD’s. And more importantly he has agreed to do it for me at no cost. Thats always encouraging. I am at the point of just trying to put every thing in place to start the build some time next year when Thorn is complete. And Thorn will be fully rigged. Not sure i will use his jig to make the frames other than to experiment with it. Its the same jig i saw in Rev Remaro practium for the Warrior. Your methods of frame construction have convinced me that this is the preferred method. I am in Tobago for a week but will produce 4 frames when i get back just to get a feel of the width of the finished model. I am almost convinced to build her in 1/4” scale but was interested in hearing of the experience of people who made large models which they kept at home. If it becomes a problem i can always put it in our cottage where i already have a few of my finished models. again thanks for the feedback. kevin

The Janus which was renamed Dromedary sank when she hit Parasol rock, but they did not change the name of the rock

The difference between 1:48 and 1:96 scale. The larger frame is the HMS Ulysses. Thinking about the scale but it worries me about the size of the finish model.

Starting research on building a model of the HMS Ulysses the ship that brought my ancestor Chevalier Michel Julian de Verteuil to Trinidad in 1797 .

Happy if she can do one for me.

Hi Anthony. thanks for the kind offer but i have already ordered dry transfer for the lettering. Out of curiosity what material would she cut the stencil out of . The height of the lettering is just over 1/4” and the font is any serif font like Times Roman etc THORN.

Thanks i got it from Greg this morning. Best regards kevin

Does anyone have a digital copy of the frames for the Swan on file? Mine has disappeared and Greg does not seem to have a copy.

I am well aware of that, but its what i have to work with.

I have found some gold dry transfer sheets on Ebay which will arrive here costing about $25. It will not be the right colour but ill take a look at it. Its better that $200 from a professional service. It is the correct font

Love your wheel

Based on the description on how the boat was build the off center planks will be fine.

What a creative project.

Moving along great Henry. I just got new glasses so am back on the model. So nice to see detail again

As we have all learnt ship modeling is a journey in which we are all very proud .

I have this set and use them often particularly when carving. Lee Valley what can i say.