Chuck

That looks fantastic. Nice touch on the carvings. The gold leaf looks very good. I hope you enjoyed it. You did well carving those. I think folks underestimated to ability they have when it comes to carving. I hope this prompts more carving to be done on other models and more discarding if the castings that come with kits. Carving done like this really elevates a model. Yours really look great.

Any updates? Doing some great work on this kit.

looks pretty good to my eye ...yes it would have a curve like that. the severity depends a lot on the angle you look at it so it can be deceiving.

Very nice work...beautiful. That will be a nice model when completed.

Simon that looks great. So happy to see pictures of your progress. Chuck

Any progress!!!

admin test please disregard......but check out the great log and model!!!!

admin test please disregard......but check out the great log and model!!!!

admin test please disregard......but check out the great log and model!!!!

admin test please disregard......but check out the great log and model!!!!

admin test please disregard......but check out the great log and model!!!!

Many of you may be aware that there are some kit manufacturers that have been banned from Model Ship World. These are mostly Chinese companies that rip off and duplicate other kits from reputable manufacturers. We dont want to support such thievery. I have personally been ripped off by ZHL. They stole my Confederacy plans and actually include it in their kit. Its an awful kit to boot!! Please make note that no build logs from these MFGs will be allowed on Model Ship World And we have allowed some other kits which were original, but made by these same crooked companies to remain....BUT NOT ANY LONGER. I know of two others but after the great crash of 2013 they are now gone. ..from this point forward.....NO KITS BY THESE MFGs WILL EVER BE ALLOWED ON THIS SITE. Here is the list of crooked ship model MFGs banned from MSW ZHL RealTS Snail Model XinFeng Crown JD Model LHQK Huasong Shi Cheng woodenkit (Russian MFG) YengFan Unicorn Model YQ (YaunQing) Master CN CF shi hai 4H Model Moxing Microcosm WN SC DUJIAOSHOU These include all of those kits everyone rationalizes in their head are not stolen but actually are....like the zhl Royal Caroline and Ingerlandman kits. As well as many others. The plans and building patterns for every aspect of those two projects were stolen from the same master builder in Russia. He made the mistake of posting them online for all to see just like so many do here on MSW in their build logs and drafting forums (ie Triton). And they were almost immediately stolen. So you may not find a manufacturer who made the kit but I can find the original sources pretty quickly. In fact....please PM me BEFORE you buy one and I will let you know who it was stolen from. I have yet to find a wooden kit by a Chinese MFG that wasnt stolen. Our forum RULES to this regard. Kits/Plans/Parts: If a company/individual is known to have pirated either plans or designs from another source in order to profit from the original author's work...stolen really. Use of those plans, kits or parts is prohibited on MSW. Promotion of those pirated plans and or kits and or companies that sell them is also prohibited, whether on MSW or anywhere else. If you are building one of these pirated kits on another site, you will still lose your privileges here on MSW. No links may be posted to sites that sell or promote pirated products unless approved by admin. Thank You very much in advance.......repeat offenders will be warned....or worse. If you are found to be building, buying, praising any pirated kit/company from the list of banned MFG's, or promoting the advancement of listed companies and individuals you will be promptly banned from MSW. Don't even bring it up! If you have a different opinion about this, it is not one that we share and you can no longer be an MSW member. If someone is found commenting, or posting statements of approval, or appreciation towards other individuals who may be in the process of building or buying one of these products it will help legitimize the products and that is frowned upon. Should anyone disagree with this please send me a PM. No public scrutiny or anything.....but we will simply agree to part ways. I can remove you from this forum and all will be forgotten in short order. But these are the rules and viewpoint of MSW/NRG and we have every right to not allow anyone on the site who doesn't share our values and ethics towards pirating...you are more than welcome to do it elsewhere. So make a choice....please respect the rules or you will lose your privileges to continue on as a member of MSW. Chuck Admin

PLEASE NOTE.....Build logs are to be light hearted places for members to discuss the building of their model. It is NOT the place for senseless chatter and conversation. Please DO NOT post nonsense in another persons log. They might be nice and not say anything to you but that doesnt mean you can hi-jack their build logs. It makes reading through the logs a horrible experience for 99% of our members. KEEP THE NONSENSE CHATTER AND SNARKY HUMOR OUT OF THE LOGS AND KEEP THEM ON TOPIC....all people who dont comply will be warned...and all non relevant content will be deleted. This area is intended for your build logs of any KITS you are working on, whether they are Wood, Plastic, Card, or RC kits. This is the place where you can document your step-by-step progress. Post images of your work and share your techniques and ideas with your fellow Model Ship World members. Do not post only photos of your completed model. Those should go into our "COMPLETED" model gallery where you should set up an album. How to set up your log? Create a new topic in "Build Logs for Ship Model Kits" for each individual kit you are working on. Please place them in the appropriate era for them. The date ranges listed are used to identify your model kit by the era in which the ship was launched. As you make more progress on it, reply within that topic to post updates on it. Please keep all such posts on topic with regard to the kit log you are working on. How to Name your build log? We have a "Build Log Naming Convention" to enable the Search Engine to sort them Alphabetically by "Ship's Name" and/or "Builder's Name". We urge you to follow the guidelines below to make this work properly. If you don't, a Moderator will do it for you anyway - so you may as well get it right first time and save us the trouble. To Edit your Build Log Title - simply go to the FIRST post of your Build Log and click on the Edit button in the bottom-right corner. The Title Box is at the top in the Edit Box. This is how your Build Log Title must be set up for for all build logs for kits: Name of the ship - your user name - the mfg name - the scale For example.... HMS Victory by Chuck - Caldercraft - 1:64

PLEASE NOTE.....Build logs are to be light hearted places for members to discuss the building of their model. It is NOT the place for senseless chatter and conversation. Please DO NOT post nonsense in another persons log. They might be nice and not say anything to you but that doesnt mean you can hi-jack their build logs. It makes reading through the logs a horrible experience for 99% of our members. KEEP THE NONSENSE CHATTER AND SNARKY HUMOR OUT OF THE LOGS AND KEEP THEM ON TOPIC....all people who dont comply will be warned...and all non relevant content will be deleted. This area is intended for your build logs of any KITS you are working on, whether they are Wood, Plastic, Card, or RC kits. This is the place where you can document your step-by-step progress. Post images of your work and share your techniques and ideas with your fellow Model Ship World members. Do not post only photos of your completed model. Those should go into our "COMPLETED" model gallery where you should set up an album. How to set up your log? Create a new topic in "Build Logs for Ship Model Kits" for each individual kit you are working on. Please place them in the appropriate era for them. The date ranges listed are used to identify your model kit by the era in which the ship was launched. As you make more progress on it, reply within that topic to post updates on it. Please keep all such posts on topic with regard to the kit log you are working on. How to Name your build log? We have a "Build Log Naming Convention" to enable the Search Engine to sort them Alphabetically by "Ship's Name" and/or "Builder's Name". We urge you to follow the guidelines below to make this work properly. If you don't, a Moderator will do it for you anyway - so you may as well get it right first time and save us the trouble. To Edit your Build Log Title - simply go to the FIRST post of your Build Log and click on the Edit button in the bottom-right corner. The Title Box is at the top in the Edit Box. This is how your Build Log Title must be set up for for all build logs for kits: Name of the ship by your username - the mfg name - the scale For example.... HMS Victory by Chuck - Caldercraft - 1:64

PLEASE NOTE.....Build logs are to be light hearted places for members to discuss the building of their model. It is NOT the place for senseless chatter and conversation. Please DO NOT post nonsense in another persons log. They might be nice and not say anything to you but that doesnt mean you can hi-jack their build logs. It makes reading through the logs a horrible experience for 99% of our members. KEEP THE NONSENSE CHATTER AND SNARKY HUMOR OUT OF THE LOGS AND KEEP THEM ON TOPIC....all people who dont comply will be warned...and all non relevant content will be deleted. This area is intended for your build logs of any KITS you are working on, whether they are Wood, Plastic, Card, or RC kits. This is the place where you can document your step-by-step progress. Post images of your work and share your techniques and ideas with your fellow Model Ship World members. Do not post only photos of your completed model. Those should go into our "COMPLETED" model gallery where you should set up an album. How to set up your log? Create a new topic in "Build Logs for Ship Model Kits" for each individual kit you are working on. Please place them in the appropriate era for them. The date ranges listed are used to identify your model kit by the era in which the ship was launched. As you make more progress on it, reply within that topic to post updates on it. Please keep all such posts on topic with regard to the kit log you are working on. How to Name your build log? We have a "Build Log Naming Convention" to enable the Search Engine to sort them Alphabetically by "Ship's Name" and/or "Builder's Name". We urge you to follow the guidelines below to make this work properly. If you don't, a Moderator will do it for you anyway - so you may as well get it right first time and save us the trouble. To Edit your Build Log Title - simply go to the FIRST post of your Build Log and click on the Edit button in the bottom-right corner. The Title Box is at the top in the Edit Box. This is how your Build Log Title must be set up for for all build logs for kits: Name of the ship - your user name - the mfg name - the scale For example.... HMS Victory by Chuck - Caldercraft - 1:64

PLEASE NOTE.....Build logs are to be light hearted places for members to discuss the building of their model. It is NOT the place for senseless chatter and conversation. Please DO NOT post nonsense in another persons log. They might be nice and not say anything to you but that doesnt mean you can hi-jack their build logs. It makes reading through the logs a horrible experience for 99% of our members. KEEP THE NONSENSE CHATTER AND SNARKY HUMOR OUT OF THE LOGS AND KEEP THEM ON TOPIC....all people who dont comply will be warned...and all non relevant content will be deleted. This area is intended for your build logs of any KITS you are working on, whether they are Wood, Plastic, Card, or RC kits. This is the place where you can document your step-by-step progress. Post images of your work and share your techniques and ideas with your fellow Model Ship World members. Do not post only photos of your completed model. Those should go into our "COMPLETED" model gallery where you should set up an album. How to set up your log? Create a new topic in "Build Logs for Ship Model Kits" for each individual kit you are working on. Please place them in the appropriate era for them. The date ranges listed are used to identify your model kit by the era in which the ship was launched. As you make more progress on it, reply within that topic to post updates on it. Please keep all such posts on topic with regard to the kit log you are working on. How to Name your build log? We have a "Build Log Naming Convention" to enable the Search Engine to sort them Alphabetically by "Ship's Name" and/or "Builder's Name". We urge you to follow the guidelines below to make this work properly. If you don't, a Moderator will do it for you anyway - so you may as well get it right first time and save us the trouble. To Edit your Build Log Title - simply go to the FIRST post of your Build Log and click on the Edit button in the bottom-right corner. The Title Box is at the top in the Edit Box. This is how your Build Log Title must be set up for for all build logs for kits: Name of the ship - your user name - the mfg name - the scale For example.... HMS Victory by Chuck - Caldercraft - 1:64

PLEASE NOTE.....Build logs are to be light hearted places for members to discuss the building of their model. It is NOT the place for senseless chatter and conversation. Please DO NOT post nonsense in another persons log. They might be nice and not say anything to you but that doesnt mean you can hi-jack their build logs. It makes reading through the logs a horrible experience for 99% of our members. KEEP THE NONSENSE CHATTER AND SNARKY HUMOR OUT OF THE LOGS AND KEEP THEM ON TOPIC....all people who dont comply will be warned...and all non relevant content will be deleted. This area is intended for your build logs of any KITS you are working on, whether they are Wood, Plastic, Card, or RC kits. This is the place where you can document your step-by-step progress. Post images of your work and share your techniques and ideas with your fellow Model Ship World members. Do not post only photos of your completed model. Those should go into our "COMPLETED" model gallery where you should set up an album. How to set up your log? Create a new topic in "Build Logs for Ship Model Kits" for each individual kit you are working on. Please place them in the appropriate era for them. The date ranges listed are used to identify your model kit by the era in which the ship was launched. As you make more progress on it, reply within that topic to post updates on it. Please keep all such posts on topic with regard to the kit log you are working on. How to Name your build log? We have a "Build Log Naming Convention" to enable the Search Engine to sort them Alphabetically by "Ship's Name" and/or "Builder's Name". We urge you to follow the guidelines below to make this work properly. If you don't, a Moderator will do it for you anyway - so you may as well get it right first time and save us the trouble. To Edit your Build Log Title - simply go to the FIRST post of your Build Log and click on the Edit button in the bottom-right corner. The Title Box is at the top in the Edit Box. This is how your Build Log Title must be set up for for all build logs for kits: Name of the ship by your user name - the mfg name - the scale For example.... HMS Victory by Chuck - Caldercraft - 1:64

PLEASE NOTE.....Build logs are to be light hearted places for members to discuss the building of their model. It is NOT the place for senseless chatter and conversation. Please DO NOT post nonsense in another persons log. They might be nice and not say anything to you but that doesnt mean you can hi-jack their build logs. It makes reading through the logs a horrible experience for 99% of our members. KEEP THE NONSENSE CHATTER AND SNARKY HUMOR OUT OF THE LOGS AND KEEP THEM ON TOPIC....all people who dont comply will be warned...and all non relevant content will be deleted. This area is intended for your build logs of any KITS you are working on, whether they are Wood, Plastic, Card, or RC kits. This is the place where you can document your step-by-step progress. Post images of your work and share your techniques and ideas with your fellow Model Ship World members. Do not post only photos of your completed model. Those should go into our "COMPLETED" model gallery where you should set up an album. How to set up your log? Create a new topic in "Build Logs for Ship Model Kits" for each individual kit you are working on. Please place them in the appropriate era for them. The date ranges listed are used to identify your model kit by the era in which the ship was launched. As you make more progress on it, reply within that topic to post updates on it. Please keep all such posts on topic with regard to the kit log you are working on. How to Name your build log? We have a "Build Log Naming Convention" to enable the Search Engine to sort them Alphabetically by "Ship's Name" and/or "Builder's Name". We urge you to follow the guidelines below to make this work properly. If you don't, a Moderator will do it for you anyway - so you may as well get it right first time and save us the trouble. To Edit your Build Log Title - simply go to the FIRST post of your Build Log and click on the Edit button in the bottom-right corner. The Title Box is at the top in the Edit Box. This is how your Build Log Title must be set up for for all build logs for kits: Name of the ship by your user name - the mfg name - the scale For example.... HMS Victory by Chuck - Caldercraft - 1:64

Pretty Please......I have moved many over the last few days. We want to only have topics that are build logs so there is less to weed through. There are other appropriate forums set up for your other questions in this Forum - Shop Notes, Ship Modeling Tips, Techniques and Research - and it's sub-forums.

Pretty Please......I have moved many over the last few days. We want to only have topics that are build logs so there is less to weed through. There are other appropriate forums set up for your other questions in this Forum - Shop Notes, Ship Modeling Tips, Techniques and Research - and it's sub-forums.

Pretty Please......I have moved many over the last few days. We want to only have topics that are build logs so there is less to weed through. There are other appropriate forums set up for your other questions in this Forum - Shop Notes, Ship Modeling Tips, Techniques and Research - and it's sub-forums.

Pretty Please......I have moved many over the last few days. We want to only have topics that are build logs so there is less to weed through. There are other appropriate forums set up for your other questions in this Forum - Shop Notes, Ship Modeling Tips, Techniques and Research - and it's sub-forums.

Pretty Please......I have moved many over the last few days. We want to only have topics that are build logs so there is less to weed through. There are other appropriate forums set up for your other questions in this Forum - Shop Notes, Ship Modeling Tips, Techniques and Research - and it's sub-forums.

Pretty Please......I have moved many over the last few days. We want to only have topics that are build logs so there is less to weed through. There are other appropriate forums set up for your other questions in this Forum - Shop Notes, Ship Modeling Tips, Techniques and Research - and it's sub-forums.

We want you to have the best experience on Model Ship World that you possibly can. It can sometimes be hard to to put yourself out there and share your work. We have all been there. Its still hard for me. There are a few things you can do to really have a great time on MSW... First - START a BUILD LOG It doesnt matter if its your first ship model project or your tenth. Start a build log in the "kit" or "scratch" build log forums and share your progress. Now this doesnt mean that after you start a log you will be flooded with responses from our 37,000 members. If only it was that easy. It will happen though. Post updates frequently with good pictures of your progress. Ask for advice and help from others in your build log. In no time at all, you will meet a lot of new friends. Second - Find a mentor and find other build logs of the subject you are building. It's hard to get folks to see your build log and reply in it. On a large site like MSW it is easy to get lost in this big crowd. To help other members take an interest in your project, there are some great ways that you can help make that happen. Instead of only posting in your own build log and nowhere else, it is super important to seek out the build logs of others. Find a mentor. Spend some time posting on the build logs of other MSW members. This is the quickest way to meet new friends and encourage them to take an interest in your log as well. Staying within the confines of your own build log without posting elsewhere is probably the worst thing you could do. A wallflower is seldom asked to dance!! So get to know and take an interest in the topics and build logs of your fellow MSW members. Third - Ask a lot of questions. Yes ask questions in your build log. But don't just ask them there. You should ask your questions and seek advice in many other areas of the forum. If you have a rigging question, ask it in a new topic you can start in the "rigging" specific forum. In addition....that mentor you are looking for...ask them a question in their build logs. Ask them to take a look at yours and provide a link perhaps. Let them know that you would like to ask them some advice. In addition, take advantage of our private messaging system. If you know someone who is particularly skilled in one area or you really like their models, feel free to send them a private message and ask them for advice. I get about a dozen private messages every week. Feel free to ask any of our members for help. Don't be shy!! These are just three simple words of advice I can give all new members of Model Ship World......and a few veteran members as well. Happy modelling!!!! and welcome to Model Ship World