John Ruy

8 minutes ago, AlleyCat said:

Could you tell me please which company makes this model ?

Bluejacket Shipcrafters here in Maine. 
 

http://www.bluejacketinc.com/kits/bowdoin.htm

This model was a Laughing Whale model kit, which was bought by Bluejacket. I actually bought Bluejacket instructions to complete the kit. Excellent instructions and Bluejacket supplies support for the modeler. 
 

The battens were glued and the tied on to look authentic. 
 

John

4 hours ago, AlleyCat said:

did you add some of what looks like weathering effects

“Weathering” was not my goal, keeping things clean enough to apply stain and poly only was. Basswood has varying effects on the stain. The seats are are Mahogany as are the seat risers and rail. 
 

I like the outcome. 😎

Thanks for taking a look and your comments. 
 

John

2 hours ago, AlleyCat said:

The sails are wonderful ! ( are they part of the kit ? )  or are they made from scratch by you ? pls

Sail material supplied in the kit. Cut out and sewn from scratch. 

Good advice, you will get distracted from your Lobster Boat. 😆 I want to see it finished too. 

I know how you feel, I always have open a new kit and lay it all out on the pool table just to look at it. You can wait, it’s just a box of sticks, looks like pinocchio threw up in it. LOL 😝 

6 hours ago, juhu said:

Amazing. I particularly like that the sails are set. The ship looks very alive then!

 
Thank you… The Sails are a lot of work, but I think well worth it. 

10 hours ago, BETAQDAVE said:

    Very nicely done, the whole crew adds a lot to it.

Thanks, I search high and low for this crew. Found an eBay seller in Russia of all places. Did a custom order to get more oarsmen in the set. 

😎Thank you... Fabric stiffener from JoAnns Fabrics. Used lots of it in those sails. 

Thanks... That’s what I was going for. It’s all about the rigging and how they sailed these massive ships. Learned a lot building it this way. Although at times I thought, what did I get myself into?