Tony Hunt

I love your builds, Steven. They are so interesting, archaeology in action!

On the topic of museums, I recommend a visit to the Naval Museum in Madrid if you can get there. It still has a superb display of models of all types and sizes. A wonderful place.

Great problem-solving exercise, and a very impressive result!

On 2/25/2024 at 4:26 PM, tlevine said:

Your photos are so pristine they almost look fake.  Gorgeous!

I know!  When I first saw them, I assumed they were images from a 3D drawing program!

On 2/23/2024 at 8:29 PM, Louie da fly said:

Tony, thanks for the suggestion - I'd heard that, but so far haven't come across any at a decent price - or at all, to be honest.

PM your address to me and I'll put a couple into the post for you to try, if you'd like. 😀

Wow!  What a wonderful artefact to find while walking along the beach looking for seashells!

A ready source of boxwood for such figures is old folding woodworking rulers. I know some people think this is sacrilege (and perhaps it is) but if you go to the local fleamarket and find the guy selling old tools and other junk, he will often have some pretty beaten-up ones that are beyond their use-by date. They were made from excellent quality boxwood, too!

Looking really good Craig! The hull looks nice and fair.

She certainly got battered. It looks like Lively's gunners really concentrated on the officer country end of the ship if the depiction of the distribution of shot damage to the hull is accurate.  

Lots of great advice above, so many good choices. RED JACKET was a very handsome ship, there is a good article on a model of her in Model Shipwright magazine somewhere.  COMET is also a great suggestion, I haven't seen a model of her (although I'm sure there is one). Another beauty is WILD PIGEON, plans are in Chapelle's book.

Wow Pat, they look really good. So tiny!

I have a Vanda-Lay Hog sander too, it works fine. I bought a cheap Chinese-made hobby table saw at the local hardware chain, threw away the saw (it was terrible), and used the motor to power the sander. It's worked perfectly for many years. 

I love those winches. And the rest of the model too!

53 minutes ago, Jim Lad said:

Craig,

 

'Specky' - from spectacular - very special.

 

John

It's an Australianism Craig. Don't worry, it's a sincere compliment.

Who needs a real boat when the model is this good? 😀

I loved MAGIC when I first read the story of your build of her with Jesperson. It's great to now be watching the model of her happening, so many years later!

Welcome to MSW!  I hear it's pretty warm in Phoenix at the moment.

Lovely model and and a wonderful piece of research to get all the details right. 

Welcome Igor. I'm looking forward to seeing your models. 

An absolute masterpiece. What a pleasure to watch you do your magic, Greg!

On 5/19/2023 at 11:39 PM, greenstone said:

I share a link to the photo instruction and text instructions (so far only in Russian).

But I think if you are interested,  Google Translator can help a little

 

http://master-korabel.ru/manuals/MK0304_photo_instruction_v3_web.pdf

 

http://master-korabel.ru/manuals/MK0304_text_spec_18052023.pdf

 

Aha, thankyou. It is planked on the mold, and then it just lifts off. Not really any tumblehome on the hull. Ingenious!

I'm fascinated by your patented plastic mold, it looks really effective. But how do you remove the framed hull from the mold so that you can plank it?  Can it just be lifted off, or is there some tumblehome?

It's really starting to look shippy, isn't it?  Nice save on the mizzen top.  

It might be possible to get a more comprehensive response than that one, Steven, but I'd be surprised if it happens!  Awesome work.

We need an update, Valeriy! 😀