GrandpaPhil

Well done! Congratulations!

Congratulations!  Excellent work!  

That’s an awesome collection!

Absolutely!  Welcome aboard!

I’ll start making sawdust as soon as I finish the Victory.

I’m about halfway done with the Victory now.

Adobe reader has a tile option in the print menu.

Well carved!

I like the cheap glue sticks.  I get a four pack at the Dollar Tree.  They work great for glueing plans to wood.

Congratulations!  Excellent work!

Good job!

Looking good!

The Victory coming out of the weekend:

I’m making progress!

I’m sorry to hear of this.

My condolences to his family and friends.

Oops.  I did not think of that.

Model Shipways is a good starting point.  They will replace any part for any reason, your fault or theirs.

The Model Shipways Sultana was my first real ship model. I really enjoyed building it. 

I’ve heard really good things about Bluejacket too, but I’ve never built any of their kits.  

The gentleman who runs it, his username is Mr. Bluejacket (real name Nic), is on this forum.

I did mine the same as the carriages with black around the outside of the wheel to simulate the iron banding.

Well done.  This is a great kit to start with.

Cardstock makes excellent templates.  Once you find what fits, trace it on the wood.  Then just flip it over and trace the other side.

Unfortunately, sometimes it comes down to trial and error.

Thank you for all the likes and the comments.

Working on the head and the bow.  I made a few trim pieces and two small carvings.

I’m getting set up to build the head pieces and the head rails.

It’s slow going and very finicky.  

That’s the fun part for me.

Listening is what friends are for.

Both knees installed:

1 knee complete with moulding

14 minutes ago, Wallace said:

That is a nice way and I feel the right way to look at it Phil. Lesser mortals would have given up by now 

I’ve been told before that I taught the mule how to be stubborn, lol.

This model has lots of issues.

I started it before I had the skills and knowledge to build it right.  That’s how I learn though.

It has more flaws and more problems than I can count (including a twisted hull).

Some originate from the age of the kit (1991).  Most originate from my mistakes and inexperience.

I had only built two real ship models prior to starting this one.  I built the Model Shipways Sultana and the Mamoli Endeavour.

I had built a few small boats before, but nothing approaching the complexity of this one.

I have a Lessons Learned file the length of my arm from this one that I will carry forward to the Triton, which will be my next build.

The point of the remainder of this build is for me to get better and is being used as a learning project.

I’m having a lot of fun experimenting with it.

Good eye, Vane.

 I ended up breaking the cut water and re-glueing it to straighten it.

 The picture still looks a little wonky but that’s my bad photography.

Thank you, Mark!

I made the catheads tonight.  I carved the moulding into the side of them.

 I also glued the pattern for the lateral braces onto 1/8” basswood.  Those will be cut out tomorrow.

Congratulations on the win!  It’s well deserved!  Awesome work!