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This is a boat so good to look at, work put in is very solid! Enjoy it!

Wow, ship will be with lights! this is really nice! Might you can explain wire line for lights? what diod you will use?

I will follow your build, good luck!

hi, your ship looks so astonishing! When i sow this ship in real , carvings are so nice, you can feel it was made all by hand. good luck!

yes, this is a nice work to look at, it is so precise work, good luck!

Hello, this is looking like real, very nice detailing! What did you you to make wood so light?

Thank you, yes building wood kit teach you a lot of patience, well, i might build new ship after some time, need to rest after this one!

Hi, this is my finish of the model, this was a pleasure to build this ship, all notes on the plans were nice, got a lot experience building. Few photos of the USS Lexington 1776.

This is inspiring build, top quality job! Cant wait to see it all!

I like this era of ships too, so many discovery. This is well looking ship, nice job, what wood is the ship hull planking? it looks so light.

Work is going on, doing the second mast yards rigging. Show few photos.

Wow, you will have a nice model soon, i like the paintings!

Oh, i will note that page, thank you for info, i still need to improve my rigging.

This will be real beauty, very nice to see so big ship build!

Hi, do you plant to place some light lanterns inside the ship?

Thank you Antony, i was thinking about those ropes, they must hold the sails, which not included for the model, i will leave it like this for now, it is great idea to use millinery wire, will use that on the next build. This is getting so hot to work, summer is heating so much. I hope to find some time this week to work on it.

Made first mast of the Lexington, to bad no flag included for this mast! give you few photos.

Your making very good rigging, i like it is looking solid, does your deadeyes comes with the kit? Or you are using some other?

thanks! Patience is the key, i was making the hull for two months, because i did not know how to place planks on the ends, placed it twice, later placed the ship to the box for one time, but get back after month of rest. Rigging is really interesting to put together and see how it was made back then!

Now fasten the yards to the masts and making some rigging.

This is 1:100 ship, which makes rigging a challenge.

The Lexington 1776.

One of the prettiest ship for me and it has nice shape, i guess it was really fast one! this is very clean work!

This is real piece of art, you have good eye for so small details!

Nice to see big war ship so detailed build. Sweet build. Does the life boats made of wood?

Thank you, this is nice forum, i was reading it for some time, a lot of wonderful people. Now try to make all rigging. It is so hard to make all lines to go where it should go. Now making the last mast pieces which holds the sails, these will be hardest part, because it is attached only with wires to the mast. It is very interesting to see all puts together!

Hello, i was dreaming to build wood ship model for some time, but did not start for long time, i thought i will never finish it, as it is so delicate work. But i got for present a model kit USS Lexington. I got all the tools and started to work. Now it is 5 months of work on this model, it is taking a lot of time, it is my first model. Show you few photos.

The_Lexington 1776.

The_Lexington_1776 

In anticipation of the war against England, the merchantman Lexington was armed and converted into a Brigantine in 1775 to become part of the continental Navy. On April 17, 1776 she captured the tender Edward, the first British ship to be taken at sea by the Colonists. The following year she fought in the Bay of Biscay, the English Channel and the Irish Coast. On September 20, 1777 during her return trip from France, the Lexington was overtaken by the English cutter Alert. After a fierce gunbattle, Lexington ran out of ammunition and was forced to surrender.

To make nice gun holes not an easy task!

Life boat is painted.

Steering wheel is working.

Work is on progress, now rigging the ship.

This is truly beautiful ship, i see you do a lot nice detailed job, it is inspiring, good luck with build!