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  • Birthday December 19

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    Canterbury, UK
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    History of all kinds. politics, nature and wildlife, walking, novels, music, wine, voluntary work, and my wonderful wife. Not in that order.

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  1.    TimF reacted to a post in a topic: HMS Sphinx 1775 by Blue Ensign - FINISHED - Vanguard Models - 1:64 scale
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  12. Nipper
    Chris This morning my wonderful wife gave me my Easter egg as expected. But, she said that because I love working in miniature, she'd found something really appropriate. A Cadbury creme egg. Nipper
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    Chris From your last photo I see that you get your Easter egg on Good Friday. I have to wait until Easter Sunday! Nipper
  15. Nipper started following Christiania 1774 by TJM – approx. 1:67-1:64 – Danish Light Frigate based on Vanguard Models HMS Sphinx , HMS Snake by Mike_H - FINISHED - Caldercraft - 1:64 , HMS Ariadne 1776 (based on HMS Sphinx) by wvdhee – Vanguard Models – 1:64 - after 1793 refit as 24 gun 6th rate and 5 others
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    I've only just found this log, Walter, so now I'm following. As a fellow Sphinx builder, I'm really looking forward to seeing your modifications. Have you thought as far ahead as rigging and sails? What's the plan for these, if any? Nipper
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  25. Nipper
    That square tuck looks much neater with your framing arrangement. Great thinking on your part although I realise you haven't defintely decided to go with it. This is a good example of how your blog is so helpful. Your willingness to go off-piste in order to improve a model (even such great ones as Vanguard's), helps me to think a bit more outside the box as well (pun unintentional but it's appropriate!). Little alterations such as these make the model more personal and more satisfying. Nipper
  26. Nipper
    What a wonderful job Andrew! The figures really do add a lot of interest and it's a lovely model - congratulations. I agree with Thuky about shading. I use Army Painter Quickshade - easy to use and makes a huge difference especially on figures so well detailed as Chris's. Nipper
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    Wonderful work Andrew! There is no doubt in my mind that you would have regretted not putting in the proper number of reef points. Looking at your model makes me realise how wonderful a boat looks with the sails gently billowing! Now I am even more determined that my next build will have sails - fortunately it's a brig not a three master. Your build log will be such a help to me. Nipper
  28. Nipper
    That sail looks fantastic Andrew. Thank you for the excellent explanation and photos. Now I can't wait to get onto my next build for which I will fit sails, once my Sphinx is finished. I especially like the way you've created the wind in the sail effect. To me, that looks much more lifelike and interesting than the Antscheri approved version. Nipper
  29. Nipper
    That is fantastic planking on your Sphinx - congratulations!! Nipper
  30. Nipper
    Andrew I pondered on the same issue when adding furled sails to my Alert - i.e. the issue of the mains'l yard fouling the foremost shroud whenever the yard was braced round. I couldn't see a way round it, unless the force of the wind caused the yard to move forward away from the mast, thus giving a bit more of an angle for the yard to turn. What a great build you are doing. Definitely right to re-do something rather than forever sigh whenever you look at the finished model! Nipper
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    I will follow along, and I look forward to this very much. I'm especially looking forward to your thoughts and conclusions from the research that you will do. I think that the research is as enjoyable as the building of the model, especially when it leads to a bit of creativity in changing the model to better match the historical evidence. Or as you refer to above - to those occasions when the evidence is inconclusve and you have to decide which way to go! Some of the most enjoyable moments I have experienced in buildng my models have been when I've gone to bed, with my mind still mulling over a problem - do I do what source A says, or do I follow source B? Sometimes the clearest solutions appear at those sleepy moments! Nipper
  32. Nipper
    Lovely work Andrew! What make is your mini-lathe, pictured above? I've been planning to buy a Proxon in order to make the masts for my Sphinx, but yours could be another option. Nipper
  33. Nipper
    Thank you Chris for perservering with the figures. There is nothing comparable to this on the market! Nipper
  34. Nipper
    Please don't Chris. You are always so good at sharing your thoughts and plans, but the trouble is that you can never please everybody. I think that you yourself have said exactly this before. I think that asking for constructive comments about a project in the planning phase is a good thing to do. But maybe do this just once, and then use the ideas that you like and rely on your sculptor to get it right. None of the other miniature figures I have seen (other than yours) look quite right anyway, except for the very expensive large scale ones that are intended to stand alone as a display item. Nipper
  35. Nipper
    Are the bands around the buoys there to simulate the wicker frame, of which they were sometimes made? Nipper
  36. Nipper
    Chris I'm so pleased that you've gone ahead to commission some new figures in appropriate poses to go in the cabin. The responses above about uniform accuracy etc show how highly we are interested in this. I've said before that your figures are the best available, certainly at 1/64, so the more you are able to extend your range, the more popular they will be! Nipper

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