Ryland Craze

Nice work.

Congratulations Kevin on completing this beautiful build.  You must feel mighty proud of this model.

Welcome to Model Ship World.  You are off to a good start on your Alabama.

Welcome to Model Ship World.  You have picked a good kit to start your journey in building wooden ship models.

Welcome to Model Ship World.  Glad to have you aboard.

9 hours ago, Kenchington said:

As best as I can figure, while the kit instructions call for the straps to wrap around the tube and pin (as you have made them), the kit-supplied straps are intended to bear their tubes+pins on their outsides, as the transom gudgeons carry their bits of tube.

 

Trevor

Trevor is correct that the tubes and pins should be on the outside of the straps.  See the 6:30 mak of this YouTube video: 

Thanks everyone for the comments and likes.  This was a great kit to build and I learned a lot building this model.

Nice start to this kit.  I just did not buy enough tickets to increase my odds of winning one of these.

Congratulations on another beautiful work of art.  I always enjoy your builds of card models.

On April 26th, I attended the 42nd Annual Northeast Joint Clubs Conference and Show in New London, CT where I displayed my model of the Medway Longboat. There were over 50 models on display and and my model received the Jim Roberts Award in the judged competition. I am deeply honored to have received this award.

Here is a photo on the new Ships in Scale website with me on the right receiving the award from Tom Ruggiero of the Ship Model Society of New Jersey. Mike Ellison of Seawatch Books is on the left, holding the mic.

Here is a link to the full article on the Conference:  https://shipsinscale.com/2025/05/04/northeast-model-ship-enthusiasts-gather-for-joint-clubs-conference/

Hey Cisco, I saw your AVS at the show.  Pictures just do not do your model justice.  It is an absolute beauty of a model and I look forward to seeing it completed.  Glad you won one of Chuck's kits.  I bought many raffle tickets for it, but no luck on winning one.  It was a great show and I look forward to next year's event.

Welcome to Model Ship World.  You have come to the right place to start your journey in ship modeling.

Nice work.  This is going to turn out to be an impressive ship model.

Thank you for being a sponsor of Model Ship World.

Welcome to Model Ship World George. It seems like there are a cluster of ship modelers in the DC area.  Check out the Washington Ship Model Society,  They have been meeting since 1929.  https://www.dcshipmodelsociety.org/

Congratulations on finishing your Prince De Neufchatel.  Although this build stretched out over 16 years, the results are well worth the time spent.

Welcome to Model Ship World.  You are not alone as a lot of us started out as older beginners.

Nice job.  This makes a really nice model.

Congratulations Bob on finishing your DoK.  You did a masterful job on building this model and I am sure you will be wearing that grin every time you look at this model.  Job well done!

Welcome to Model Ship World Brian.  Your Lady Nelson and Longboat look well built.  You will find a wealth of information on MSW to enhance your ship modeling skills.

Welcome to Model Ship World Spumoni. I have attached a link to build logs of the KIng of Mississippi that you may find helpful:

https://modelshipworld.com/tags/king of the mississippi/

Nice case.  Looks very professional.

Good recovery on the stem.  I can see where there would be some confusion.

Hi Mark and welcome to Model Ship World.

Congratulations on finishing your Pram.  It turned out great and will make a nice display model.