G.L.

6 hours ago, vaddoc said:

Congratulations Geert, this turned out a wonderful model. Beautiful!

Thank you Vaddoc.

On my turn I wish you a lot of fun with the rigging of the Deben 5-tonner.

She looks nice. The azure blue hull with the varnished wale.

Beautiful model. Brings back a lot of memories to the time I served on the MSO's of the Belgian fleet.

8 hours ago, mbp521 said:

Great work on the navigation lighting Yves!

 

Good to see you are going to tone them down a bit. Otherwise it makes an easy target for the sub hunters. 

 

-Brian

I don't think they switched on their nav lights when they surfaced in the operations area.

very nice work on the pipes!

It looks perfect!

Happy birthday Kevin. She looks great!

When does the BBQ start?

Beautiful stove, Patrick!

Mark,

That is a very interesting project. I look forward to follow the progress of it.

22 hours ago, Mirabell61 said:

a beautiful build Geert !

 

is she going to be a sailable model ? (because of built in keelweight)

 

Nils

Hello Nis,

Thanks for the complement.

No, she won't be sailable. She would sink like a stone with all those apertures in her hull. The model is completed as it is. It is intended as an anatomical model.

4 hours ago, Vladimir_Wairoa said:

Geert I find your frame to be absolute delight, would you mind if I borrow your design for a display under my cutty sark?   I would be honoured to. 

Vlad 

No problem, Vladimir, go ahead!

By the way, I follow your Cutty Sark project with much interest. Impressive work that you do there.

13 hours ago, stuglo said:

I use chloroform brushed on. (so far remained conscious ) I never tried thickening it, but I found with the syringe, it was difficult to control the pressure and therefore avoiding squirting (both glass  and single use).capillary action didn't work for me. I use 3mm plexi even with cases of over 1 metre. Glass looks better but is very heavy. I also had a nasty accident once (not related to modeling) so I cringe whenever I handle it.

PS very  original, great execution and I might copy your base design

Thanks, Stuglo.

Thank you for following, Vladimir.

10 hours ago, mtaylor said:

 

From here, I was one of your students.  I was able to follow a wonderful build and learn something about a type of ship I would never have a chance to do.

3 hours ago, Retired guy said:

Thoroughly enjoyed watching your build Geert thanks for sharing 👍

 

 

Regards

Richard

On 5/2/2020 at 9:38 AM, jansmiss said:

Prachtig  werk Geert 

 

Jan

Thanks a lot, Mark, Richard and Jan

7 hours ago, Ekis said:

And a view of the current state of affairs with the entire village.

There's still a lot to do !   😉

 

Yes there is still a lot to do, but there is a proverb in Dutch: 'Rome en Parijs zijn ook niet op een dag gebouwd' (Rome and Paris are also not built in one day).

Lucky for us that here is still a lot to do, that means that this log is far from finished. 

Beautiful work up until now!

Kees, indeed a very well done rudder.

On 4/26/2020 at 11:20 PM, luponero said:

simply wonderful !

 

 

luponero

Thank you, Black Wolf.

On 4/26/2020 at 7:54 PM, usedtosail said:

Great build. Your students are very lucky to have you.

On 4/26/2020 at 7:58 PM, yvesvidal said:

What a great way to teach your students. Now, they have no excuse for not knowing the vocabulary and functions of the various parts of a boat. 

You truly are a dedicated and motivating teacher and your display will get a lot of usage, I am sure.

Superb work and excellent presentation.

 

Yves

Thank you Tom and Yves.

I don't have real students. I am retired from the Navy since five years. But during the last eight years of my career I worked for the education policy of the Navy. 

This project was a nostalgic one, a looking back to the era when ship models were still used in maritime education.

You were my students and I couldn't whish me a more enthusiastic and attentively class.

On 4/25/2020 at 9:49 AM, noel_colledge said:

What an absolutely fantastic project and finish, very original and educational throughout.

 

Thank you for sharing, very inspirational 

 

You should be very proud

On 4/25/2020 at 11:29 AM, bruce d said:

Fantastic. 

 

On 4/25/2020 at 2:19 PM, Backer said:

Yes, fantastic 👍👍

On 4/25/2020 at 3:09 PM, MEDDO said:

Absolutely wonderful build! Thank you so much for sharing with us. I’ve looked forward to your updates throughout the entire build.

On 4/25/2020 at 5:05 PM, ccoyle said:

That's a beautiful model and exceptional display. Congratulations!

On 4/26/2020 at 8:36 AM, Mark Pearse said:

HI Geert

 

An enjoyable journey start to finish, and a lovely result. I like the timber used in the floor of the case, very nice tones.

 

all the best, Mark

Thank you very much Noel, Bruce, Patrick, Michael Chris and Mark.

I enjoyed very much this built. I am glad that you liked the thread, It was a pleasure to receive so much positive comments of you all.

Kevin, You are such a good teacher. Thank you to show us also the mistakes, that is very brave of you and for us very educative.

Me too.

Beautiful model! Congratulations.

Kees, I admire your craftmanship. Can not be improved.

Excellent instruction movie. Thank you for sharing your technique so clearly.

Kevin, It would be great when your model would be open. I must say that I like your model more than that on the picture, yours is a real sea boat.