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Tony Hunt

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  1. Tony Hunt
    "It's not perfect, but I'm content with the finished product." So you should be! It looks really good.
  2. Tony Hunt
    Roger, you're quite correct, I've bought plans from them and they were very helpful and reasonably priced. The full list of the collection can be seen at https://www.ssgreatbritain.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/david-macgregor-ship-plans-collection-july-2013.pdf there is a large amount of material on the clipper ship Thermopylae.
  3. Tony Hunt
    Hello Simon All the material on that link (which is fabulous, by the way) is for a different ship entirely, the screw steamship SS Thermopylae, also built by Hall Russell in Aberdeen, in 1891. It was a much larger ship (350 feet long) so I'm afraid it won't help you with your model. Cheers Tony
  4. Tony Hunt
    Nice looking model. And that is a serious rig!
  5. Tony Hunt
    Looking magnificent.
  6. Tony Hunt
    There can't have been many warships with triple-gun turrets for the secondary armament. Very stylish!
  7. Tony Hunt
    A fascinating question Pat. Puzzles like this are part of what makes model building so interesting and instructive (in my opinion!). There are quite a few shots of RN vessels with these booms variously stowed or in use, so I thought I'd see if they showed what went on in other vessels. This one of HMS Sealark* (originally the yacht Consuelo built in 1878) is interesting, although she doesn't rig stun's'ls she has the lower boom rigged, presumably for use by her boats, but in its stowed position the after half of it clearly fouls the lifeboat hoisted above it. So perhaps they just knew how to get around it? This picture of HMS Dart shows a similar boom entirely underneath the lifeboat. *There is a much sharper copy of this picture at picture 132 in "The Royal Navy in Old Photographs" by W.P. Trotter.
  8. Tony Hunt
    It's coming along really well Richard. Although it seems a bit more like ship-building than ship-modelling!
  9. Tony Hunt
    Exciting! I'd love to see them!
  10. Tony Hunt
    Hi Richard The go to for fine pins used to be entomology pins. They're stainless steel, come in a range of sizes. maybe even too fine for your purposes. When I last used them (decades ago) they had normal half-round heads like dressmaking pins, but looking on the internet now I see many of them have ceramic "blob" heads instead. However, it looks like there are still a few manufacturers of the old-school sort out there too.
  11. Tony Hunt
    Magnificent.
  12. Tony Hunt
    Incredibly sharp detail. Indistinguishable from the real thing, in fact.
  13. Tony Hunt
    Stunningly detailed model of a handsome ship, and one of great interest to us Aussies. Fabulous!
  14. Tony Hunt
    Diagonal planking (cold moulded) does make a really strong, light hull. My late father built some very large sailing models of iron-hulled square-riggers using the technique. The model in the picture below, the County of Inverness, is about three metres long and is double diagonal planked in NZ Kauri, over frames and longitudinal stringers.
  15. Tony Hunt
    Dear Keith I am so saddened to read this terrible news. I can't even begin to imagine what you must be feeling. I trust that you will find the strength to come through this. My most heartfelt wishes to you and your family. Tony
  16. Tony Hunt
    Gracie S looks nice!
  17. Tony Hunt
    I feel the same way. 😀
  18. Tony Hunt
    They look really good Pat. So fiddly at that size! Great to see you back in production, too. 🙂
  19. Tony Hunt
    So beautiful!
  20. Tony Hunt
    Congratulations on your retirement Grant, I just took the same plunge. Happy days! Harriet M is looking good.
  21. Tony Hunt
    I think that's the spirit that has shone through in this build log and made this such an interesting model to follow. Thanks for the journey Steven, it's been educational and enjoyable.
  22. Tony Hunt
    That's a really nice case. Clean, sharp modern.
  23. Tony Hunt
    Those cambered gratings are just gorgeous.
  24. Tony Hunt
    This is such an engaging model. I love it.
  25. Tony Hunt
    Are you going to paint a face on the inside of one of them? 😃 Seriously though, they look really good. Was it difficult to get them polished properly?

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