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Sailor1234567890
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Big. REAL BIG. Absolute monsters of the sea those ships were. Would love to see what the bridge looks like. When I visited one, it was only upper decks that were open to visitors. As a bridge watchkeeping officer, I'd love to see how those things were operated from the bridge.- 187 replies
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Wow, nice work. What scales are those ships to? Both are beautiful examples of the ship designer and ship builder's arts.
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Agree, looks awesome.
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Glad you're getting her back into the fight. She's deserving of it.
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I think you forgot one reason, or maybe you just alluded to it rather than mentioned it outright. I build them to help me dream of something I could never have. I (sometimes unfortunatly I think) have very refined tastes. I like the best of things. I (like anyone else) feel I KNOW what was the most beautiful, fastest etc ship, sexiest most manly awesome sports car, the most incredible flying machine in history. And I want one of each. I'll never own Cutty Sark, I'll likely never own a million dollar Shelby Cobra and as for flying a Spitfire.... not very likely either. But I know for a fact that Cutty Sark is the greatest sailing machine ever built, a Shelby Cobra exhudes testosterone and is the greatest sports car ever and there is nothing that has ever brought man into the sky that could even come close to comparing with a Spitfire (Ask any pilot who's ever flown one.) but by building a model of them, I can "own" one. Yes, I think a big reason for building models is to allow us to dream.
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I feel a little late to the show but I have something to mention re. the masts of HMS Surprise....... I know you've got them built but they're not rigged. You mentioned they seem a bit out of porportion. HMS Surprise's masts WOULD be out of proportion. Very much out of proportion. You talk of scaling the foremast as .9 the size of the main etc.... HMS Surprise was refitted (in the books) at a prior date, with the main mast from a 36 gun frigate. This would make her main significantly larger than the fore and mizzen and therefore scaling the fore and mizzen directly from the main would provide masts that are incorrectly scaled to represent HMS Surprise as Jack had her. I can't tell from your build log if you took this into account or not. I would suggest it's not too late to rebuild masts though frustrating. Better than waiting until after she's rigged. (I'd say that would be too late and just leave it at that point). Unless you did take that into account, which I hope you did and I just missed it.
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She really is a beauty isn't she? Imagine the work invovled in repairing her fancy work after a slugging match? Extravagance indeed.
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That looks really nice. I love the sailors working all over her. Is that one sailor sleeping in the top?
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Looks great to me. I know for a fact, I couldn't carve that. Not at any scale. Great job.
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Saw it. Looking good. I had considered building one in college but couldn't get the lofting to work out. It's more boat than I wanted full sized at the time too so that wasn't an option. I waited and am now building a Catspaw full sized. Still plug away at my Revell Cutty Sark in 1:96 when I can though.
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This one will be a monster. Have you thought about the suggested RC rudder and steam plant? How cool would that be? Sail and steam.
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Cool. Look forward to seeing your progress.
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I've been comparing my Campbell drawings with my Revel 1:96 kit plans. VERY different. I'm making as many upgrades as I can at this late stage. Wish I'd have found MSW before I started the kit a few years ago. I'm upgrading as best I can now. Wouldn't call the kid "bashed" but it's definitely an improvement over what came in the box. Second time I build this kit too so I have been cannibalizing the old hull and rig. The Campbell drawings are worth their weight in gold. You could scratch build the whole model from those 3 sheets including rigging and intricate details.
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Different scales but very close.... That might cause problems while you build no? Or would you build them each individually? I love the idea but I think if I were to do that, I'd build them to the same scale. Just my $0.02.
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Brian, What would you suggest to update the Underhill book? I read an old copy in college about 15 years ago. I have a new (got it a few weeks ago) copy of it now. I can't imagine that anybody has any more up to date book about the subject. It was written at the close of the age of sail by someone involved in it. How much more up to date could we expect? I'd love to have a copy of anything more up to date if it exists though. Thanks, Daniel
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Have you decided what you want yet?
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How long do you figure you spent total on an individual chainplate/deadeye combination? Soldering, fashioning, colouring..... I can't imagine the hours put into that small part of the entire built.
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Keep at it. Slow and steady wins the race.
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Where does someone find the time to build something like this? I have enough trouble fitting in an hour or two here and there to put together my plastic model. These ships took years to build in real time. Hundreds of workers for years at a time. You have the same number of parts to fashion, do the work alone yet still manage to assemble these works of art in something under a lifetime..... Amazing.
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Good job on coming up with those winch beads.
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Glad you stepped back and looked at it again. Hopefully it won't be such an offputting prospect to repair her and carry on with the build. She was looking so good. She'll look even better once you get her back and finish her up. Keep your chin up.
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Sewing your own sails.... That's dedication. Keep it up. Looking forward to seeing them bent on.
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Nice job. She looks simply stunning.
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That looks incredible. Keep posting. I'm sure us out here in internet land all agree that we can't get enough pictures.
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Looking good.
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