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  1. CaptainSteve
    It's been quite some time since I last looked in on your work, Hubac (alas, studies have meant that my modelling room has remained unvisited for many months). I am absolutely blown-away by your progress, and I could spend many study-days just drinking in the photos of your work. Your research and attention to detail is producing a true piece of art. Keep it up.
  2. CaptainSteve
    Thanks, guys. I agree on the gold leaf, Jack. In daylight (from any angle), the carvings glitter and dance.
  3. CaptainSteve
    Verily, ‘t hath been some time since me last posting … but Chuck didst prompt-eth me to do some digging and I didst manage to recover-eth some lithographs. What wit’ me limited carving skills, it took-eth many an attempt afore I were to have a full set of decorations for me barge. Fortunately, Chuck did provide two extra sets of carving blanks … and these were all eventually required to produce a full set. Unfortunately, as I didst mention, pictures of those appear to be lost to the annals of time (and NiCad battery life-spans). Fortunately, however, some later pictures DID survive … (The general viewing public shouldst be aware that the above carving is approximately 1inch by 1 inch, in real life) Next, an friend of mine (and the Barge’s eventual care-taker), helped with the gilding of my carvings, using actual gold-leaf … Whilst I still need to take and post some final shots of me Barge, I were to be most impressed with the eventual outcome, Chuck …
  4. CaptainSteve
    Hi Chuck, My Queen Anne barge was completed some time back. The final scrollwork was completed with gold-leaf, and actually looks quite striking. I did have final pictures, but they were lost in the Great Camera Tragedy of 2019 (the batteries went flat). The barge currently sits at a friend's house (the one known as Snoopy). I will endeavour to take some photographs the next time I visit and will post them here.
  5. CaptainSteve
    My non-existent sailing experience couldn't give you a definitive answer to your question, Nikiforos, but I do know that others who were building the Bounty launch at the same time that I was did mention adding a bowsprit and jib-sail to their kits. I can only imagine that there would have been many different rigs, depending upon design and usage, among other factors. Cathead opened up a discussion on the matter here, which you may find useful.
  6. CaptainSteve
    Forge onwards, Niki. I believe that you can still turn this into a very acceptable little boat.
  7. CaptainSteve
    Thank you for making that clear, Dziadeczek ... I was very confused.
  8. CaptainSteve
    You'll be needing a tiny, tiny vacuum cleaner next, Patrick. (Or a tiny, French maid)
  9. CaptainSteve
    A teeny-tiny model boat inside a teeny-tiny model boat !! What a concept !! So, if Genesis is 1:300, then what's the scale of your gaff-rigged yacht ?? Keep up the great work, Patrick.
  10. CaptainSteve
    Oh !!!
  11. CaptainSteve
    Those are words that should be reserved for the really good builders here on MSW ... not myself. You are way too kind, Nikiforos. I thank you.
  12. CaptainSteve
    Plans, you say ??? What a concept !!
  13. CaptainSteve
    She looks magnificent, Matthias !! I love the mirrored baseboard - great idea.
  14. CaptainSteve
    Nah. Yours looks too good, CH. I think you would have to drop it a couple of times ... mebbe kick it against the wall some.
  15. CaptainSteve
    I just wish to point out that I have never read this thread, nor have I looked at any of the pictures. Whoever "liked" your posts using my log-in is a dirty rat. I'm going to hide now. Possibly in a mountain cabin. Or possibly somewhere else.
  16. CaptainSteve
    In Theodore Roosevelt's book "The Naval War of 1812" (one of the very few books on naval tactics that I have read to date), he goes into extensive detail on the manoeuvrings of the combatants in many encounters. He even includes a number of sketches to help explain, such as this one:
  17. CaptainSteve
    That's some nice work on the furled sails, UV !!
  18. CaptainSteve
    Speaking as one lone voice, I will not be purchasing from Model Shipways ever again. I abandoned my USS Constitution build, primarily due to two factors. Firstly, I wanted to convert the kit to an 1812 variation. Probably due to my lower skill level (and patience), I struggled with this immensely. Secondly, as has been pointed out, almost every aspect of the MS kit has to be scratch built. MS largely provides just the strip wood. A third factor for me was that, despite a number of writers saying that MS customer service is very good, I did NOT experience this at all. Indeed, quite the opposite. On the two occasions when I contacted them for additional wood, my queries took in excess of three weeks before the goods were even shipped. And that is not counting for transit to Australia. Multiple e-mails were required on my behalf to get progress on my requests. On one occasion, I even received a rather curt reply back from MS, stating that "these things take time". This was after having re-submitted information on my order (which MS somehow lost) and not getting any response for three days (working days, mind you ... I took the time differential AND weekends into consideration). There are plenty of quality model suppliers on the market (OcCre, Caldercraft, Syren etc etc), and in future I shall be spending my money with them, instead of Model Shipways. (I would love to one day re-attempt a build of the USS Constitution ... but that day may have to wait until Chuck releases a kit of this beautiful ship) [RANT MODE OFF]
  19. CaptainSteve
    Lookin' good, Mark !!
  20. CaptainSteve
    OcCre supplied a decent base with their Apostol Felipe kit ...
  21. CaptainSteve
    Happy Birthday from me also, Nenad. (Even though I'm a day late)
  22. CaptainSteve
    Just a thought, Heinrich, but you could do her with mast stubs ... a la the Admiralty models of yore. (Now I'll just return to quietly following and enjoying the amazing research that you, Hubac and EJ_L are doing.)
  23. CaptainSteve
    What a great conversation piece !! Fantastic work, Grant !!
  24. CaptainSteve
    Some time back, I produced this effect by scratching random, longitudinal grooves in my planking with an Exacto knife .... ... the grooves were then filled with a standard HB pencil, before I applied a few coats of wood stains, lightly sanding back in between. As I recall, I used Old Baltic, Golden Teak and Oak stains from Feast Watson. If you are at all interested (at the time, I never thought anyone else would be), feel free to check-out my Bounty Launch log in the link below. Start about halfway down pg4 ....
  25. CaptainSteve
    Jeez. Kits have certainly evolved since the Airfix kits that I last built as a kid !!! Looking good, Slog ... real good.

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