Peter Rumgay

Woody

well done, looks great, keep up the good work. Love to sail a lighting again.

cheers. Peter Rumgay

Woody.

Did receive you e-mail and sent pictures that l Hope help. Lightings of that era had mast 

tracks and slides very hard to reproduce at that scale and beyond my skills, that's why l 

went thin brass rod with very tiny rings to hold sail. 

Cheers Peter

Woody

l haven't worked out how to send pictures to MSW yet. I can send you pictures of my model if you

sent me an e-mail drumgay@cogeco.ca. My turnbuckles came from a. J. Fisher models with some

modification.Blocks came Cornwall model fittings (England) the corell line of ship model kits. The

stainless wire rigging  and halyards which make the model look so good came from Cornwall models

as well. Mast & Boom track is made thin brass rod. I too purchase the Dumas kit but only used it as

guide to build my lighting as the rib sizes were wrong. The block sizes on mine are out , make sure you

scale them properly . You model is really coming along and going to look great. 

Peter.

Wow, my father and l built Lighting 7759 in 1966 in our basement. We both shared a great love of sailing

and ship model building. At 91 my father remembered he still had the blue prints of the Lighting and asked me 

to built him a model  of our boat. I hope you have a much fun building your Lighting as l did because it brought

back such great memories. Cheers, Peter Rumgay

David, I hope your really pleased with your efforts because l think you have done a wonderful job.

Your efforts will result  in an outstanding model, keep up the good work.

Peter

David, building two ships at the same time is beyond me, never mind planking two hulls. I have trouble enough just finding my way home. Both ships look great keep up the good work.

David, My late father started Agamemnon at age 92 and he enjoyed every minute he spent building it.I know he would be thrilled that your going to complete  the model and that it is in such capable hands. We should all be so lucky to be in the ship yard at that age . Hope you enjoy it as much as he did.

Hi David , Thanks for your kind words. Will post pictures when l figure out  how to do it.

Peter.

Retired construction worker, life long sailor with a passion for collecting Canadian ship portraits.My ship model collection focus on Great Lakes schooners  and their development over a fifty year period , each scratch built model is of a ship that was either owned or built in my home town of Port Hope. On my bench now is the North King a side wheel steamer that moved cargo and passengers between  Canada and United States. This site has inhanced my skills and helped in fulfilling a life long dream of building good ship models. What a great hobby.