GrandpaPhil

Lol!

Simply amazing.

Congratulations!  Well done!

Model Shipways will also replace any parts that are broken or missing, your fault or theirs.

Their Sultana was my first real ship model.

Yep

Looks good!

Thank you very much!

Thank you very much!

Here is the Admiral’s finished raven:

She loved it.

Looking good!  Keep at it!

Congratulations!  Well done!

Yet very impressive that it survived.

Same here, lol

If you’re looking for Royal Navy vessels from 1750-1815, check out the Triton and the Winchelsea group builds.

The plans are in pdf format (which makes them easy to rescale) and all major parts (and most of the minor parts for the Winchelsea) are predrawn.  This makes it so you can print, glue the plans down and cut.

Chuck did an awesome job of planning out the Winchelsea.  It’s also designed to be a hull model, so you wouldn’t have to deal with the rigging, unless you wanted to (When I get to it, I plan to modify the plans to allow for masts and rigging, but I really enjoy the process of rigging).

Quick intermission.

The Admiral loves ravens and crows.  I carved one in bas relief for her over the weekend.  It’s only primed right now.

I made it from 1/4” basswood.  I roughed it out with my trusty coping saw and did the carving with my trusty scalpels.  The #11 blade is a great all purpose blade and the #10 blade works great for altering thicknesses (like slimming down the neck and the wings).

I sanded it twice with 220 grit, once before the first coat of black and once after.

Congratulations!  Well done!

I saw a badge on the end of the catheads on the outboard profile.  It looked like a crown, so I made one for the port side and glued it to the end of the cathead.

I’m not the greatest at drawing, but I think it came out okay:

Excellent!  Sapphire is looking good!

I originally started scratch building just to see if I could.   I didn’t think that my first scratch building project, the Prince de Neufchatel, would get finished.

I had a blast building the Prince de Neufchatel.  It was the most fun that I have ever had building a model.  

I’ve been finishing my Mantua Victory from the AOTS plans, so it will be about half scratch by the time it’s done.

The only power tool that I really use is a drill.

My coping saw, my scalpels, a couple of machinist scales and my pin vise are my work horses, so the cost of tools wasn’t really an issue for me.

Congratulations!  Well done!

Codice translates to code in English.  That could be the original manufacturer’s part number.

You might be able to get the exact lengths directly off the inboard profile if there is any question of how long to cut them.

5 hours ago, chris watton said:

Thanks guys, your kind words are very much appreciated.

 

I should have the Speedy prototype model fully complete by the end of the weekend.

 

I do have another Speedy hull, with pear planking done, perhaps I will do another as Flirt in the future, with white hull below waterline and earlier rigging layout.

 

I quite like frigates, and plan a 32 (Amazon), 38 (Saucy Arethusa) and 44 gun (Indie) after Bristol.

The frigates would be cool.

Very cool rebuild!

Steven,

  The paint job looks awesome.  Your Dromon is really coming along.  Looking forward to seeing more.

This is a very cool build!

Very cool!

Congratulations!  Well done!