catopower

Not only nice model work, but nice Photoshop work!

It's nice to be able to see what the whole width would look like, though there's a strange cone-shaped bucket in the middle(!) 😀

I've always admired this kit, but you've really done well with it.

Love it Ron. I'm inspired!

Hi Valkyrja68, Charles, I wrote four paragraphs about it in the album description. But, to sum up, it's a scratch build of a Japanese fishing boat that I built from drawings that were taken in 1868. This is an image showing roughly how the sculling oars are deployed.

Lovely model Tom! I really like the finish on your hull. Well done, especially for a first build!

Thanks for the comments. It was fun coming up with the cargo, but making so many of each thing got quite tedious. I couldn't even bring myself to completely fill up the hold. 🤨

Thank you Moab!

Hi Chris. That is one clean looking build – nicely done!

Clare

I like how you left the treenails alone. They stand out just great. I'll have to check your build log on the sails. Looks like you added reinforcement bands?

Nice job overall!

Thank you DelF!

That's a beautiful model of a beautiful boat!

Lovely Japanese fishing boat model. Thanks for posting these.

A beautiful build!

Absolutely fabulous job on the Sir Winston Churchill, Christos. Very nicely done!

Beautiful work and at that scale, that's some very fine detail. Well done!

Kind of blurry, but I ended up adding nails, which were just short pieces of straight pins with the end file flat and blacked with Caswell's stainless steel blackening gel. Unfortunately, the wood is so soft that it's hard to insert the short pins without them simply flipping sideways and messing up the pre-drilled holes. But, I the planking I used was a little too narrow and I didn't want to risk the nails poking out the side.

This is actually one of the most recent photos of the model. I decided to go back in and put in nail heads. I THINK they turned out okay. I don't know if people will notice that they're just rectangular pieces of black paper.

No, it's scratch built. This is my second Japanese traditional boat that I completed from scratch. The first is my 1/20-scale Gifu Tabune, a rice field boat. I have two more Japanese boat scratch projects to finish up, but this Hozugawa boat seemed like it would be a good learning experience and relatively quick, so I took time out to work on it instead.

Thanks,

Clare

I would say your first attempt is a resounding success – well done!

"Hey There..." Very nice build.

That's a sweet looking sailer and a beautiful done model!

Congratulations vann, nicely done!

You know, this is so beautifully done, that I don't even care about the section of exposed frames. Very nice!

It looks scratch built. Just beautiful.

Fantastic looking model! 

Wow, beautiful job! Very inspiring.