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thank you Keith, for your words and enjoy the buildlog as it goes on..... Nils

Hello Bob, with geat interest I read your lines about the schoners history under name Wander Bird. Many thanks for your input here, and for the nice pictures you provided. Its been a pleasure in building the model so far to date, and you will see I`m just beginning with the planking. The hull is a lightweight contruction, and the red cedar planks I`m using are leftovers from my earlier Chebeque build Best regards Nils

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I`m starting a new project on this forum. I fell in love with a two masted pilot schoner, that operated on the Elbe river, Elbe-mouth and german bay. The period about 1890. I`m adding some pictures I researched on the web, and information from marine paintings. The enclosed print of an wonderful oil painting, was created by the marine painter Carl Becker, who died in1926. The picture, adopted from one of my own books shows the pilot schoner "Elbe 5" before the elbe Estuary. The small pilot transfer boat brings the pilot back, now that the steamer in the background has presumably completed its journey down the Elbe river and is just about enter the Elbe mouth and onwards to the open sea. The model will be scratch built and POF, equiped with gaff sails and appropriate rigging The chosen scale will be 1:50 and the estimated build time 12 months from today. The displaying shall be on brass pedestals in a glass casing ....... the models rating will be: length over all 725 mm hull length 524 mm breadth over frame 117 mm Hight main mast from decks railing 504 mm copper cladding below the waterline The original schoner has already changed it`s owners many times in life since the 1890 days, has been lovefully cherrished an equipped with up to date nautical- and safety equipment. After sinking to the river bed some years ago after an accidential crash wih a trader motorship it has been raised, restored and is now being operated by much enthusiated members of an association of maritime oldtimer ships and live museum craft. in Hamburg. They are also offering tourns on the Elbe river when the weather is suitable again. Nils print of an oil painting by Carl Becker (died 1926) Elbe 5 in moderate breeze on Elbe river below is showing the template of one of the 13 frames for the model. The frames will be cut out of 2,5mm thick multiply with 5 layers

Wow ! congrats, what a beautiful build Bob.... I love those open quaterdeckes enabling view to the many wooden joinings and the lower decks, all is neat and accurate indeed Nils

very nice hullbuilding Sterlingclements, looks like you have chosen a good and recomenable kit, congrats Nils

Very nice build Jorge, am looking forward to further build sequences to come...... Nils

Amalio, wonderful looking cooking and baking stove !! Nils

Beautiful build ! Nils

Many thanks Gerhard, I`m very pleased you liked the build, thank you for your kind words... Nils

Many Thanks for your words Icarus, am glad you liked the steamer Nils

Good job B.E. and thanks for your explaination.... Nils

beautiful model B.E. are the oarsmen self made, or "tuned" regular available figurs ? Nils

Wow B.E. your new project looks very inspiring, it will be a beautiful admirality model indeed... Nils

First build POF model......... what an understatement NO IDEA ! , this is a performance that a very skilled builder would privide. love to see more as it comes in Well done Nils

Hi Vaddoc, lovely hull, I like your hull very much Nils

Neat and clean build Glenn, lovely performance.... Nils

Wow! Doris, it`s a feast for the eyes, wunderbar ! Nils

Many thanks for your kind words Martin, I also had a look into your Fly build, it`s much impressing to see the progress to date, it looks great.... Nils

Hi Ras thanks for looking in and I`m pleased that you liked the build so far...... For Ref. to the fishes I found some in different scales at Hobby-Lobby-Modellbau webshop : http://www.hobby-lobby-modellbau.com/onlineshop/index.php/cat/c556_Diverses-Zubeh-r.html, those are in plastic though For Ref. fish in etched brass see Modellbau-Kaufhaus webshop https://shop.modellbau-kaufhaus.de/schiffsmodellbau/fischerei Hope this will be of help, and good success with the catch Nils

Very nice clinkering of the hull !! Nils

A great model Ian.... Nils