ccoyle

No problem. I was really making more of a snide comment on the unfortunate design flaw of the original. 😉

From the Manx Museum. The modeler is making a local type of boat for exhibition. Seeing this makes me feel like all my tools are under-used.
Note the use of an upended bench to support the end of the model.
 

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 Command candidates.
 When I first saw Chris’s latest figures of Pellew and Hornblower I was pretty impressed, enough so to buy the 1:64 scale versions to  satisfy my curiosity.
 
They are indeed finely sculpted and detailed and altho’ not period dressed for Sphinx at least in her early years, they do look very fine on her deck as scale comparison figures.
 
Both figures stand over six feet in scale height (sole of foot to Bi-corn hats) which is tall for the era, but Pellew was known to have been a tall man.
 
 I  am not a fan of the bases which as a trial I have removed.

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I used side snippers to  firstly reduce the base size by degrees, cut thro’ the centre between the legs using an etch razor saw, and snip away the remaining base.

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Beneath the soles of the feet, I supported the legs and then  snipped away  but not down to the feet, and then carefully sanded to the sole.
 
Sir Edward did lose his foot during the surgery due to heavy handiness on my part, but it was quickly re-attached using ca.
 

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From aft the macro reveals a crack running down Hornblower's shoulder, this was not visible to the naked eye – well mine anyway.
With the Hornblower figure, be careful in handling as the sword extension beyond his frock coat is very vulnerable to breaking. (Don’t ask me how I know)

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A fine pair of Quarterdeck officers.

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Hornblower would certainly have to duck beneath the beams. He is standing next to Capt. Grimm who stands at a scale 5’ 8”

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They do look good, particularly standing on their own  feet and not on a pedestal.
One or other could be re-identified as Captain Richard Lucas who commanded Sphinx in 1794.

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Back to the main event…
 
B.E.
04/07/2022
 

Hello everyone, I'm Piero Bastianelli born in Rome but moved to Canton Ticino - Switzerland - 7 years ago ... for love! Even at the age of 70 you can meet a soul mate, right?
 
I started this wonderful hobby at the age of 13 when I decided to build Christopher Columbus's St. Maria, for the final tests of the secondary school, starting from construction plans. Today I meet your forum for my interest in the Santissima Trinidad Cross Section kit from OcCre, and I saw some build logs already done in this forum!!

Soon!

Piero 
 

The underwater part of the hull was painted green for a very short period of the ship's life. After the arrival of the Varyag from the USA to Russia, the color was changed to red.

Sometimes I wonder why there are not more model kits of these type of ships. They are so beautiful. Apparently kit makers (and buyers) prefer another victory over a cruiser like this. 
(I know, there is quite a lot out there in the plastic/resin-world, but that is way outside my skillset, as is scratch building one of these beauties)
 
Jan

And the bidding starts at only 500,000 GBP. No, thanks -- too rich for my wallet!

Witam!
 
Sounds like a scratch project to me.
 
As one of our forums die-hard card modelers, I have a great appreciation for Poland's contributions to the art of modele kartonowe.
 
Enjoy your stay!

Witam!
 
Sounds like a scratch project to me.
 
As one of our forums die-hard card modelers, I have a great appreciation for Poland's contributions to the art of modele kartonowe.
 
Enjoy your stay!

Good to see that I'm not the only modeler who must zealously guard his stash of tools and supplies from unauthorized uses.

Looks like you are off to a very good start!

This is what the model looks like after installing the davits.

And the bidding starts at only 500,000 GBP. No, thanks -- too rich for my wallet!

And the bidding starts at only 500,000 GBP. No, thanks -- too rich for my wallet!

Canopy added.
 

Looks great!

I had a third cousin, Oliver Coyle Sr., who was a Seaman First Class aboard the Sammy B. He is listed on the roll of survivors at de413.org. He passed away in 2011. The last Sammy B survivor passed away in March of this year at the age of 98.

I believe this is the first one we have ever had featured in a build log here, so I'm sure many of us are curious to see how this turns out. 
 
No pressure, though! 😉

Does it come with uncompartmentalized ammo storage racks inside the turret?

Shave, shape -- makes no difference. Correcting that one word won't hide the fact that the instructions are practically worthless.
 
Last night I distracted myself by doing a little painting of the resin wheels -- pictures later. How much later has not yet been determined!

Does it come with uncompartmentalized ammo storage racks inside the turret?

Does it come with uncompartmentalized ammo storage racks inside the turret?

Does it come with uncompartmentalized ammo storage racks inside the turret?

Does it come with uncompartmentalized ammo storage racks inside the turret?

Does it come with uncompartmentalized ammo storage racks inside the turret?