cpt. Tom

Absolutly great job, respect

Great job, wow

Wow, looks fine. I would have to make it too, good job

Thank you Deon, I can't wait to see you buildlog

Wow, incredible work, Keep on the pictures coming, great great great

Welcome aboard from me too Nick. The first steps are done and I wish you much fune to build her....!!

Looks good, nice coopering.

Hello Sjors, on the next weekend I'll get ready my buildlog with all off my pictures and the current pics. Thank you Sjors.

Thank you Andy, thank you

Thank you very much. I try to scratch the windows. If it does not work then I leave it so, thank you.

Happy Birthday Prodas have a great day

I like your Rattlesnake it is a beautiful ship and you built it very well

Hello Juan, absolutely brilliant work, simply fantastic

Thank you Danny, my biggest error was to be trusted in that kit. Im far way from the supply and the only thing I could change is the sternpart with the Windows. It is a shame from that company to sell that kit with this amount off errors......!! Anyway, Im building her finished and with my next ship I look more precisely to it. Thank you for your help

That would be great and maybe I can change the backpart, thank you for your help

I still forgot to show my little Ropewalk. It is not a complicated machine but for me it's ok. You can make ropes in different thickness and with different materials.

However!! Now I jump a little bit and show you the latest pictures, maybe the steps between are not very interesting for you I have the metal parts rebuilt with wood (and there are many) and changed some other things The pic´s

Hello John, before I started with the supply I search in the Internet and found some paintings of their and the link you gave me was the first one. You see only the shape from the supply, the two masts and a little bit from the rigging I'll show you a few examples.....The supply from dfell (Caldercraft) and then my supply from Artesania Latina, it shows you a many differences between these two kits. I dont know what is the right ones, I think the kit from Caldercraft is better than mine from AL. That is the reason why I wrote "HMS Supply II" Here are the pictures: In the kit from caldercraft were six guns and I only have four etc. etc. So it is not easy for a beginner to do the right things

and some more pic´s The next annoying is the "single plankening with mahagony, unsuitable for a beginner. I have to suck the woodstripes with water for 4 days.....! Treenailing the deck´s there's more tomorrow,,,,,!!!

Hello Folks, I want to show you my first wooden ship based on HMS Supply - First Fleet. Why "based", I compared some model kit and the instructions and came to the judgment that no one knows how the supply looks right. Any Company made there own creation....!!! Here are some information from wikipedia. "HMS Supply was a small ship, an armed tender which sailed with the First Fleet. She was intended to be a support ship for HMS Sirius (1786). The First Fleet carried the convicts and soldiers to Australia to start a penal colony. The ships left England in May 1787 and arrived in Australia in January 1788. This was the start of European settlement of Australia. Supply was commanded by Lieutenant Henry Lidgbird Ball. Supply was a brig rigged sloop of 170 tons. A sloop is a small ship with a single gun deck. A brig rig means the ship had two masts and carried square sails. She had eight small three pounder guns and carried 50 men. She was the smallest ship in the fleet, and the fastest. She was 70 ft (21 m) long and 26 ft (8 m) wide. The Royal Navy had difficulty in finding a suitable ship. Several were checked but were not seen as suitable for the long journey to Australia. A French storeship, the Eclipse had been damaged when it ran ashore; and an American ship, the Rattlesnake was not of suitable quality. The Navy purchased the British made Grantham, a packet boat, used for the quick transport of mail. When it was partly taken apart for repairs, the Navy decided it needed so much work, that it would cost too much to repair or rebuild it. They then selected the HM Supply, a small Royal Navy ship based in Portsmouth, which was used to move naval stores around to the different naval yards. After the setting up of the penal colony at Port Jackson, HMS Supply made ten trips to Norfolk Island. When HMS Sirius was wrecked in 1790, the Supply was the new settlement's only ship. In April 1790 she made a trip to Batavia to get more food. She left for England in November 1791 and reached Plymouth on April 21 1792. She was sold at auction in July 1792. Renamed the Thomas and Nancy she carried coal on the Thames until 1806." This is my first wooden ship and I´ve made many errors and this is the next reason why I want to rename it.....!!! I started this ship in June 2012, nearly one year ago, as a birthday present to my brother in law...I have not managed to get the ship ready until february this year but I'm in the last steps........!! Sorry DanVad Here are the first pictures, beginning June 2012: first part....to be continued

It is amazing what you guys doing with cardboard, absolut great.

Yes Anja, we had two beautiful days and tomorrow I start the next build log, I promise

Nice plankening, you are doing a good job and keep on going

Hello Adam, looks very good. I like it

Your coppering looks very good. I'll try that also with my next ship.