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Another little gem for your collection!

    Nicely done model.  Seems that the outdated old 4-stackers never got much notoriety in the war except for the Ward when it got in the first US punch in the war by sinking that Japanese mini-sub trying to enter the harbor.  

    You might find some interest in reading the Destroyermen, a 15 novel series written by Taylor Anderson.  It's an alternate history/science fiction story.  The first entry is titled Into The Storm and the series should be read in the order it was written.  I was hooked on the story after the first novel.

So Javier, now that you're done with your impressive fleet of Greek boats, what's your next series going to cover?  I, for one, like the fact that you concentrate more on on the working mans boats instead of warships, that are by far the most popular subjects available.

I really like your use of the contrasting hardwoods and the use of crew members to help show the viewers the size of the ship.  I noticed that there are oar ports, but no oars.  Did the plans indicate at all where those were stored?

    Boy, Javier, you've really found your niche at this scale!  I have more trouble working at 1:96.  My wife thinks I'm just trying to add too much detail, which may be true as I've been working on my Phantom for several years already.

Another fine example of what can be done with paper.

Quite a bit of detail for such a small scale.

The ship apparently had quite a storied career.  Thanks for the history of the ship.

Those details are exquisite!  Your model is worthy of any nautical or art museum!

And to think I keep complaining about working at 1:96 scale!  It appears that small scales are no problem at all for you. 

They definitely needed a bigger boat!

Very nicely detailed!  One question though, did the plans actually indicate the crows nest on the backside of the main mast?  Seems like they would have a better view of where they've been, rather than where they're going.

    That’s another little gem you’ve got there Javier!  The small scale that you work with makes them all the more impressive, but I might suggest that you have a small figure to put aboard for your photos to give us a more readily recognizable idea of just how big your ships really are.  I, for one, keep looking forward to the next ship you have to display.

You must have quite the fleet of these ships by now, the way you keep turning them out!  I guess that has its advantages though, as it keeps you from getting too bored on any particular ship.

Looks like the Nazis were more interested in using their destroyers for mine laying than destroying subs  from the looks of those tracks loaded with so many mines.  I suppose the fact that their navy was 95% submarines, they weren't to worried about having to go hunting for allied subs.

Excellent presentation of the subject.  I may incorporates some of the details shown here in my whaling bark Wanderer. 

    Just another little gem to add to your fleet Javier.  It's a good thing that you use such a small scale or at the rate that you churn them out, they'd crowd you out of house and home before long. 

Excellent workmanship.  I second the comments of whitejamest.

    You did a very fine job with all the details. I agree with the comment by Whitejamest on that glass waterline that lets you see how it sits in the water and yet still reveals the details of the hull below.  It just shows the details that can be done at the larger scales where you don’t have to just fudge a rough representation of them.  It allows the sails to appear more realistic as finding material thin enough to be in scale with the rest of the ship is nearly impossible when working at the smaller scales.  The fact that you included a figure at the helm also gives the viewer a good sense of the overall size of the ship.

I love the amount of detail that you are able show on such a small scale.  You obviously research your projects very thoroughly and your review of the ships properties and history just adds to the appeal.  My only suggestion might be to add one or two figures on board to give the viewer a better idea of the ships actual size.  You must have quite a fleet by now.

   Another little gem to add to your fleet.  I'm curious though, about the spar that's laid out on the deck.  Is that  just a spare or did it have another function?

Very nice job on a ship that I assume was a scratch build as kits with plank on frame construction were extremely rare back then.  You didn't have much in the way of help from the internet back then either.  

Nice looking little ship there!  How old is the model and did you take any photos of it to show the state of it's deterioration when you started? I noticed there are numerous figures aboard, were these original or are they part of your enhancements?

I liked the idea of adding some scale human figures.  It allows the viewer to get a good feel for the actual ship size.

    Very nicely done job!  Not sure what scale it was built at, but those sails really stand out to me.