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Amistad Schooner, 1839 Updated
Scratch built 1:96 scale model of the infamous Amistad slave ship. A basswood solid hull was carved and planked with basswood strips. Basswood deck; bamboo masts and spars; and thin copper sheet were used. The brick works are paper card. I built this in the late 1990s, but do not think I have ever displayed it before.
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Zephyr Steam Boat - Puget Sound, Late 1800's Updated
This is a 1:96 scale model of the steamboat "Zephyr" which worked around Seattle, Washington. Plans were drawn off photos of the actual boat, scaled from a man seen on the deck and assumed to be about 5'10" tall. I built this model in the late 1990s but never posted it before. The model is basswood planking on a solid, carved hull.
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Chinese Junk (Fictional) Updated
This is a scratch-built model in 1:98 scale of a fictional Chinese Junk. Basswood planking over solid hull with cloth sails. Built this for my wife several years ago, but never did a "photo shoot."
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Misainier - French Fishing Boat, 1906 Updated
This is a 1/48 scale model of a six meter (20 foot) Misainier fishing boat from 1906 named "Mirabeau." The Misainier was an important feature of the French Atlantic Coast in the early part of the 20th century. These little boats were usually 4 to 8 meters long, single masted, lug rigged, and built by individual s without formal plans. Hundreds plied the coastal fishing grounds of Brittany until the mid 1900s. A build log can be viewed at: https://modelshipworld.com/topic/27766-misainier-by-gbmodeler-small-french-fishing-boat-of-the-early-1900s/
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1870 Scottish Fifie by GBModeler Updated
This is a 1:48 scale model from the lines of an 1860 Fifie herring drifter found in "Sailing Drifters" by Edgar J. March, 1952, Percival Marshall & Company Ltd, London. The hull was reduced proportionately from a 52-foot boat as shown in the book, to about 43 feet LOA. Historical photos and contemporary photos of surviving boats were used to adjust lines and details in the model, which is built as a fictional boat circa 1870, working out of Leith, Scotland near Edinburgh.
The model is primarily made from basswood; sails are paper. A complete build-log can be found at https://modelshipworld.com/topic/27283-fifie-by-gbmodeler-scale-148-typical-late-1800s-scottish-herring-drifter/?tab=comments#comment-784151
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Fishing Sloop Bretagne, 1908 Updated
1:48 scale plank-on-bulkhead model of a 12-meter (40 foot) French boat used for fishing and lobstering out of Camaret, France. Hundreds of these boats were built from the late 1800s to the mid 1900s. The real Bretagne (pronounced Brittany) CM1697 was built in 1908, and was a boat of this type. Although its general dimensions were recorded, it appears that no photographs or plans of the Bretagne exit. The model is primarily made of basswood, with paper sails.
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