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Sorry, for some reason my comment didn't show up, so I left it again. Now, I have two comments and I can't delete the extra. So, I've edited it to become this explanation!

Might as well say it again... Nicely done!

Nicely done!

Congratulations on your cross-section completion, you did an amazing job. Definitely one of the best Corel HMS Victory cross-section models I've ever seen.

Well done!

Beautiful job on your HMS Speedy build, Tom. Congratulations!

Harvey,

Here it is, nearly 4 years later, and this subject has come up again. Douglas Brooks (are you familiar with his work on traditional Japanese boatbuilding?) forwarded an email to me from someone asking about this type. I took the information you posted about the Sucher book and now looking into it a bit. Really glad you posted this build!

Beautiful model, Winton.

I want my next scratch model to turn out like this. Nicely done!

Beautifully done model!

One of these days, I want to try taking on one of the many subjects of the Acre monographs. There are some very interesting craft, including this one.

Very nice job. You should say more about it. What wood did you use? What scale is it? etc.

Hello JacquesCousteau, thank you for the nice comment.

Tarps were simply some wrapping tissue paper (from the art store), painted with acrylic paint. The buckets are 3D printed.

A couple years ago, I invested in a relatively inexpensive DLP (Digital Light Processing) Resin 3D Printer from a company called AnyCubic. I'm still learning how to create 3D printable models using CAD software, so I simply bought and downloaded a digital file of a bucket, resized the output to my needs, and printed several. A piece of blackened steel wire serves as a handle.

Thanks for noticing those details!

Amazing job on a beautifully produced kit!

Beautiful model of an elegant boat. Love it!

Lovely job on this historic American gunboat model. Congrats on its completion, well done!

Congratulations on completing a fine model... and the whole fleet!

Did you start out planning to build all of Columbus's ships? Or was that a follow-up to the completion of the first model?

In any case, fine job on your Niña. Looking forward to seeing what's next in your shipyard.

Your "old kit" looks incredible. I love how the sails look, and the deck furnishings are really nicely done. 

A truly fine model, congratulations!

Congratulations on completing your first ship model. It looks great – you did a wonderful job on it. Hope it's the first of many fine builds!

Beautiful work Chris!

Ekis, I've been watching some of your progress on the Zootoyz Facebook page. A beautiful take on the Japanese coastal transport!

The chopsticks stuck into the box make me think votive model, but then I wonder what's inside the box?

Anyway, I love the coloring and added details. I'm inspired to get back to wrapping up my forever in-progress Japanese coastal transport.

Very interesting! Thank you for the links to the pdf book and the video. There are always ways to translate the text using digital tools these days. For now, the drawings are enough to study.

I hope you continue with similar projects!

Very cool model, modeller_masa!

That's one deep rudder. I assume by the design that it could be raised for shallower water. Any idea how it was done?

I've built a number of traditional Japanese boats and it's interesting to see similarities and differences. I'm particularly interested in the bulwarks. A lot of the ocean-going Japanese boats have rice straw at the bulwarks. I don't know the details, but it's interesting to see something similar here.

Anyway, it looks like a fun build – thanks for sharing!

That's an incredible job you've done OllieS. I'm very impressed with your work, even if it was your 10th model, but second? Wow, very nice job. 

Congratulations on a beautiful build. Well done!

First model??? Very nice build, Bob. Well done!

James, as usual, your saucy ship's a beauty!

20 hours ago, jlefever said:

Another really fine model although I find the wood grain a bit distracting.

 

I look forward to seeing your next wonderful efforts.

 

Jim

Hi Jim,

Yes, I know what you mean about the wood grain. The model is built in the traditional style of the Japanese boatbuilders. They often made models of their work at 1/10-scale using the same materials used to build the actual boats. Sometimes, it's a bit hard to work with the wood too, which is Japanese cedar. 

For smaller scale models, I prefer to use Japanese cypress, or hinoki, which has an appearance more like basswood.

I've always loved the Guppies and Fleet Snorkel Boats of the Cold War era. Very nice!

Beautiful job on your build. I like it very much. You even got it cased – well done!

Nicely done!