Mobywon

What do you mean it will be a while, we need to see it NOW, how difficult could making tiny, perfectly fitting pointy sticks be anyway??!!  

Amazing work dear sir, simply amazing!

I just climbed aboard, this is a fascinating project, Druxey!  it's nice to see you working on something that is an actual challenge for you, and truly wonderful to see your masterful execution!

done for now!

some finishing details I forgot to post, flag making , blocks and cleats. Used deadeyes , small blocks and hearts from Chuck Passaro's Syren Ship Model company, but made many of my own as well.

I have many more shots available , feel free to ask if there's anything specific you would like to see.

thats it for now, thanks all

further progress January 2015

some carving work

a few shots of the interior work, showing marquetry flooring in great cabin

Thanks for your commments folks, this is a retro post, I am in the process of posting photos of the model as I built it, but it is finished and you can see it in the finished scratch built models section, cheers,  Morey

I then paused to take on my biggest challenge, which was to carve the figurehead.  I estimate that it took me a total of about 70 hours to complete the four major pieces of the group.

The framing started and progressed as shown, using a jig to hold the frames in position unitl I was able to add some internal planking for support and stability

Hi all I started this model early in 2010, and wiil herein post some photos of her construction along the way.  Having perviously finished my first scratch built model of Confederacy, I decided that I wanted to further improve my carving skills and felt that RYC would be the perfect way to challenge myself. After drawing in Autocad the interpolated frames and keel from Chapman's drafts, I started construction of the half frame blanks as per the attached photos.