Louie da fly Posted October 18, 2020 Author Share #1561 Posted October 18, 2020 Oh, and almost forgot . . 17 hours ago, Cathead said: Geologically speaking, porphyry is an igneous rock (formed from cooling lava), whereas marble is metamorphic (physically and chemically transformed from limestone). Fascinating stuff, Cathead. In Western Australia there's a town in the far north-west called Marble Bar, after the big reddish and purple rock outcrop in the local creek. If you ever go to Marble Bar it's traditional to have a beer in the Ironclad pub (built 1891) "The hotel was constructed of corrugated Iron. It was allegedly given the name by American miners who were reminded of the Ironclad ships from the United States." (Wikipedia) The town is celebrated as the hottest place in Australia, "The hottest day recorded for Marble Bar is 49.2 degrees C (120 degrees F) in 1905. Marble Bar is renowned as the hottest town in Australia and can spend every day for more than a month with temperatures topping 40C (104 F)" But the whole point of it is that the "marble" of the bar is actually jasper. You can't trust anybody these days . . . 18 hours ago, Cathead said: Also, what happened to the horns on the guards' helmets? (ducks) How did you know about the ducks? bruce d, Keith Black, druxey and 5 others 7 1 Quote It's not really a ship model unless you've bled on it. CURRENT BUILDS Venetian merchant Ship from Basilica of San Marco Golden City - Ballarat paddlewheeler FINISHED Australian couta boat RMS Titanic HMVS Cerberus 11th century Byzantine dromon Winchelsea Nef - Late 13th century Mediaeval ship Henry Grace a Dieu - Rebuild of 1:200 model I started in 1967 https://modelshipworld.com/topic/36379-mistydeefer-by-louie-da-fly-finished-restoration-decor-yacht/#comment-1040663 Mistydeefer - restoration of decor model yacht Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liteflight Posted October 18, 2020 Share #1562 Posted October 18, 2020 40 minutes ago, Louie da fly said: Mustafa must be an Arabian immigrant - which wasn't all that uncommon. A lot of mutual exchange of populations. But a more likely group would be Con, Theo and Iouannis . How right you are. His family name is “Goodheadforheights” indeed the byzantine world encompassed a wide geographical and ethnic base - most of the known western world And Larson WOULD have a duck take on the Viking helm😁 Louie da fly, mtaylor, Keith Black and 4 others 7 Quote Andrew "Pas d’elle yeux Rhone que nous” Kits under the bench: Le Hussard (Started in the 1980s) Scratch builds: Volante, Brig (R/C): Footy Drakkar "Rodolm" (R/C). Longship Osberg (R/C) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luponero Posted October 18, 2020 Share #1563 Posted October 18, 2020 For a "super model" a super "good" mtaylor, Old Collingwood, Louie da fly and 2 others 5 Quote Lupo nero _______________________________________ finished models : Carrack Santa Maria by luponero - scale 1/50 - diagrams of Adametz https://modelshipworld.com/topic/19739-carrack-santa-maria-by-luponero-scale-150-diagrams-of-adametz-finished/ models under construction : Athenian triere of the 5th century B.C https://modelshipworld.com/topic/25956-athenian-triere-of-the-5th-century-bc/ San Giovanni Battista 1598 by luponero - Medicean galleon https://modelshipworld.com/topic/25930-san-giovanni-battista-1598-by-luponero-medicean-galleon/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccoyle Posted October 18, 2020 Share #1564 Posted October 18, 2020 A fabulous model and a testament to some real perseverance! Old Collingwood and Keith Black 2 Quote Chris Coyle Greer, South Carolina When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk. - Tuco Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix, Hawker Hurricane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff T Posted October 18, 2020 Share #1565 Posted October 18, 2020 Congratulations on completing this dynamic and truly beautiful model! Old Collingwood 1 Quote Jeff Current build: https://modelshipworld.com/topic/24519-spanish-galleon-by-jeff-t-revell-196-plastic-with-modifications/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bolin Posted October 18, 2020 Share #1566 Posted October 18, 2020 Thank you for having shared your work. It has been very enjoyable, and encouraging for me that is just starting with scratch building. Keith Black, mtaylor and Old Collingwood 3 Quote Current builds Meta - Billing Boats - Pentikontoros - Navarino Completed builds Swampscott Dory - BlueJacket - Will Everard - Billing Boats - Bohuseka (Swedish west-coast rowboat) - scratch build - Medieval long-ship Helga Holm - scratch build - Sloop from Roslagen - scratch build Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Collingwood Posted October 18, 2020 Share #1567 Posted October 18, 2020 Excellent work - really really nice - hope you have somwere special for it to go. OC. Keith Black and mtaylor 2 Quote Current builds 28mm Battle of Waterloo attack on La Haye Saint Diorama. 1/700 HMS Hood Flyhawk with PE, Resin and Wood Decking. Completed works. Dragon 1/700 HMS Edinburgh type 42 batch 3 Destroyer plastic. HMS Warspite Academy 1/350 plastic kit and wem parts. HMS Trafalgar Airfix 1/350 submarine plastic. Black Pearl 1/72 Revell with pirate crew. Revell 1/48 Mosquito B IV Eduard 1/48 Spitfire IX ICM 1/48 Seafire Mk.III Special Conversion 1/48 Kinetic Sea Harrier FRS1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhilB Posted October 18, 2020 Share #1568 Posted October 18, 2020 Great stuff! A brilliant model! I'm envious and have been taking notes. Old Collingwood and mtaylor 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balclutha75 Posted October 18, 2020 Share #1569 Posted October 18, 2020 A simple congratulations to you, sir. What an amazing journey. Hats off, bottoms up! mtaylor, Keith Black and Old Collingwood 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louie da fly Posted October 19, 2020 Author Share #1570 Posted October 19, 2020 Thanks everybody for all the help, advice and encouragement during this build - which as taken considerably longer than I expected. You've made the process much more enjoyable, and I have used tips from very many of you in solving problems and in making the model better than it would otherwise have been. It's been an experience. Now to figure out where I go from here . . . Baker, ccoyle, druxey and 5 others 8 Quote It's not really a ship model unless you've bled on it. CURRENT BUILDS Venetian merchant Ship from Basilica of San Marco Golden City - Ballarat paddlewheeler FINISHED Australian couta boat RMS Titanic HMVS Cerberus 11th century Byzantine dromon Winchelsea Nef - Late 13th century Mediaeval ship Henry Grace a Dieu - Rebuild of 1:200 model I started in 1967 https://modelshipworld.com/topic/36379-mistydeefer-by-louie-da-fly-finished-restoration-decor-yacht/#comment-1040663 Mistydeefer - restoration of decor model yacht Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Collingwood Posted October 19, 2020 Share #1571 Posted October 19, 2020 15 minutes ago, Louie da fly said: It's been an experience. Now to figure out where I go from here . . . How about a 18th Century British Frigate with a Full crew ? OC. Keith Black, mtaylor and Cathead 3 Quote Current builds 28mm Battle of Waterloo attack on La Haye Saint Diorama. 1/700 HMS Hood Flyhawk with PE, Resin and Wood Decking. Completed works. Dragon 1/700 HMS Edinburgh type 42 batch 3 Destroyer plastic. HMS Warspite Academy 1/350 plastic kit and wem parts. HMS Trafalgar Airfix 1/350 submarine plastic. Black Pearl 1/72 Revell with pirate crew. Revell 1/48 Mosquito B IV Eduard 1/48 Spitfire IX ICM 1/48 Seafire Mk.III Special Conversion 1/48 Kinetic Sea Harrier FRS1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brinkman Posted October 19, 2020 Share #1572 Posted October 19, 2020 This is just an amazing build! It must feel great, and strange, to have it finished now. I'm reading through the whole log now and learns a lot, eg. the pump in the front is not a waterpump as I thought but a flame thrower! Keith Black, mtaylor, Louie da fly and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louie da fly Posted October 19, 2020 Author Share #1573 Posted October 19, 2020 2 hours ago, Old Collingwood said: How about a 18th Century British Frigate with a Full crew ? [Bluebottle voice] You rotten swine! I don't like this game . . . [/Bluebottle voice] mtaylor, Keith Black and druxey 3 Quote It's not really a ship model unless you've bled on it. CURRENT BUILDS Venetian merchant Ship from Basilica of San Marco Golden City - Ballarat paddlewheeler FINISHED Australian couta boat RMS Titanic HMVS Cerberus 11th century Byzantine dromon Winchelsea Nef - Late 13th century Mediaeval ship Henry Grace a Dieu - Rebuild of 1:200 model I started in 1967 https://modelshipworld.com/topic/36379-mistydeefer-by-louie-da-fly-finished-restoration-decor-yacht/#comment-1040663 Mistydeefer - restoration of decor model yacht Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Collingwood Posted October 19, 2020 Share #1574 Posted October 19, 2020 4 minutes ago, Louie da fly said: [Bluebottle voice] You rotten swine! I don't like this game . . . [/Bluebottle voice] You know you want to ...... OC. mtaylor 1 Quote Current builds 28mm Battle of Waterloo attack on La Haye Saint Diorama. 1/700 HMS Hood Flyhawk with PE, Resin and Wood Decking. Completed works. Dragon 1/700 HMS Edinburgh type 42 batch 3 Destroyer plastic. HMS Warspite Academy 1/350 plastic kit and wem parts. HMS Trafalgar Airfix 1/350 submarine plastic. Black Pearl 1/72 Revell with pirate crew. Revell 1/48 Mosquito B IV Eduard 1/48 Spitfire IX ICM 1/48 Seafire Mk.III Special Conversion 1/48 Kinetic Sea Harrier FRS1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louie da fly Posted October 19, 2020 Author Share #1575 Posted October 19, 2020 Ok, the model itself is finished, and now I've done the stand. The wooden part, painted gold, was done ages ago. The base is made of a piece from a broken slab of marble that was in the garden when we bought the house. Marble - Byzantium; of course they belong together! I was going to paint a fairly elaborate decorative border - vines curling around and all that. Then I decided the focus should be on the ship, not the stand, so I've kept it simple. Just the description and date in a readable font. Unfortunately after all the work I did on carving that beautiful golden stand, it's almost invisible behind the oars. Keith Black, Old Collingwood, Barbossa and 25 others 28 Quote It's not really a ship model unless you've bled on it. CURRENT BUILDS Venetian merchant Ship from Basilica of San Marco Golden City - Ballarat paddlewheeler FINISHED Australian couta boat RMS Titanic HMVS Cerberus 11th century Byzantine dromon Winchelsea Nef - Late 13th century Mediaeval ship Henry Grace a Dieu - Rebuild of 1:200 model I started in 1967 https://modelshipworld.com/topic/36379-mistydeefer-by-louie-da-fly-finished-restoration-decor-yacht/#comment-1040663 Mistydeefer - restoration of decor model yacht Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodrat Posted October 19, 2020 Share #1576 Posted October 19, 2020 What can I say, Steven, that hasn't been said. This is chocolate for the eyes!! The stand really sets it off. What's next? Dick Oh, and please, put it in a display case before the cat jumps on it Keith Black, Old Collingwood and druxey 3 Quote Current build: Le Gros Ventre 1:48 POF http://modelshipworld.com/index.php?/topic/564-le-gros-ventre-by-woodrat-scale-1-48-pof-1767-french-exploration-vessel/ Past builds: Mycenaean War Galley by Woodrat - 1:48 - Shell first Plank on Frame:https://modelshipworld.com/topic/33384-mycenaean-war-galley-by-woodrat-148-shell-first-plank-on-frame Venetian round ship 14th century by Woodrat fully framed - 1:40 scale Completed https://modelshipworld.com/index.php?/topic/17991-venetian-round-ship-14th-century-by-woodrat-fully-framed-140-scale Venetian Carrack or Cocha 1/64 by woodrat https://modelshipworld.com/index.php?/topic/4915-venetian-carrack-or-cocha-164-by-woodrat completed United States Frigate Essex 1:64 POF http://modelshipworld.com/index.php?/topic/4496-usf-essex-by-woodrat-scale-1-64-fully-framed-from-takakjian-plans/ - completed Yenikapi12 by Woodrat - 1/16 scale - a small Byzantine merchant vessel of the 9th century https://modelshipworld.com/topic/23815-yenikapi12-by-woodrat-116-scale-a-small-byzantine-merchant-vessel-of-the-9th-century-finished/ The Incredible Hulc by Woodrat - an experimental reconstruction of a mediaeval transport https://modelshipworld.com/topic/25641-the-elusive-hulc-by-woodrat-finished-a-speculative-reconstruction-of-a-mediaeval-merchantman-132-plank-on-frame/ Location: Perth, Western Australia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louie da fly Posted October 19, 2020 Author Share #1577 Posted October 19, 2020 40 minutes ago, woodrat said: Oh, and please, put it in a display case before the cat jumps on it That's the final stage - next thing to do. Mind you the cats aren't allowed into the Boat Room (the name by which my workshop is known at home) so it's relatively safe for the moment. DARIVS ARCHITECTVS, mtaylor, Old Collingwood and 2 others 5 Quote It's not really a ship model unless you've bled on it. CURRENT BUILDS Venetian merchant Ship from Basilica of San Marco Golden City - Ballarat paddlewheeler FINISHED Australian couta boat RMS Titanic HMVS Cerberus 11th century Byzantine dromon Winchelsea Nef - Late 13th century Mediaeval ship Henry Grace a Dieu - Rebuild of 1:200 model I started in 1967 https://modelshipworld.com/topic/36379-mistydeefer-by-louie-da-fly-finished-restoration-decor-yacht/#comment-1040663 Mistydeefer - restoration of decor model yacht Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Ensign Posted October 19, 2020 Share #1578 Posted October 19, 2020 Fascinating subject and a superb job. I have to admire your resolve and commitment to making all those figures, very well done. B.E. Keith Black, mtaylor, Old Collingwood and 3 others 6 Quote Current Build: HMS Indefatigable-1794-by-blue-ensign-vanguard-models-164-scale Medway-longboat-1742-by-blue-ensign-½”-scale Completed builds: HMS Sphinx 1775 by Blue Ensign. 1:64 scale - Vanguard Models Queen-Anne-Royal-Barge-circa-1700-by-Blue-Ensign Fifie fishing boat Lady Eleanor Muirneag-1903-–-a-scottish-zulu-fishing-boat-164-scale-based-on-the-vanguard-models-zulu-kit/ HM Cutter Alert 1777 HM Cutter Cheerful 1806 18th-century-English-longboat-by-Blue-Ensign-ms-148-scale/ finished 18thc English Pinnace by Blue Ensign-Model-Shipways-1:24 scale/ finished HMS-Pegasus-by-Blue-Ensign-finished-Victory-Models-1:64-scale/ Heller Seventy-four 1:150 scale - modified Le Superbe/Le Glorieux kit after Boudriot, waterline setting with sails. The schooner Pickle, Jotika pob kit 1:64 scale, my interpretation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Lous Posted October 19, 2020 Share #1579 Posted October 19, 2020 Gorgeous and spectacular....and what a blast of a journey it was. Robin 🙂 Keith Black, Louie da fly, Old Collingwood and 2 others 5 Quote WIP: No ships atm...sorry!🙄 Completed: Greek bireme - Dusek - scale 1:72 Louie da fly: "I think it requires a special kind of insanity to choose a galley to build a model of." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usedtosail Posted October 19, 2020 Share #1580 Posted October 19, 2020 Outstanding work Steven. The boat and carved figures are just amazing. mtaylor, Louie da fly, Old Collingwood and 2 others 5 Quote - Tom - Current Build: Vanguard Speedy Completed: Vanguard Duchess of Kingston, Stove Project, Ships Wheel Project, NRG Capstan Project, Billings Half Moon, Dumas Chris Craft 1938 27' Triple Cockpit Barrel Back, Panart Santa Lucia , Model Shipways Constitution , MS Bounty Launch , HMS Beagle Member: Nautical Research Guild Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
druxey Posted October 19, 2020 Share #1581 Posted October 19, 2020 The completed model and its presentation are terrific! [Moriarty voice]: Come here little fellow. [Bluebottle voice]: Yes, my captain? [Moriarty]: How would you enjoy a nice long cruise, blue waters and sunshine? [B]: I'd love it. But...but... I have not got the pennies for it. [M]: Don't you worry your little empty head, my lad. It's all free. [B]: Even the blue waters? [M]: Oh, yes, indeed. Walk this way up the gangplank...Now sit down here. (Sounds of locks, chains, hammers on anvils, etc.) [B]: Oh, is the ankle bracelet free too? [M]: Absolutely! And the best thing of all. [B]: What is that, my captain? [M]: You can't fall into the water now! davyboy, Keith Black, Old Collingwood and 5 others 5 3 Quote Be sure to sign up for an epic Nelson/Trafalgar project if you would like to see it made into a TV series http://trafalgar.tv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Black Posted October 19, 2020 Share #1582 Posted October 19, 2020 Most models, beautiful as they maybe, are static and a bit cold. Louie, yours, one can hear the shouts from the crew and the grown of the oars. Congratulations! druxey, BANYAN, Jack12477 and 4 others 7 Quote Current Builds: Wood Hull Screw Frigate USS Tennessee Decorative Carrack Warship Restoration, the Amelia Completed: Early Swift 1805 Model Restoration Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kikatinalong Posted October 19, 2020 Share #1583 Posted October 19, 2020 I for one, as others are, simply in oar sorry i meant awe, couldn't help myself. I think the Emperor needs a sunroof above him in the awning. He's way to good to be hidden. In response to others asking what's next. I'll hazard a guess at a Carrack, it's just the scale I'm not sure on Keith Black, mtaylor and druxey 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Collingwood Posted October 19, 2020 Share #1584 Posted October 19, 2020 5 hours ago, Keith Black said: Most models, beautiful as they maybe, are static and a bit cold. Louie, yours, one can hear the shouts from the crew and the grown of the oars. Congratulations! Thats why I put a crew on my Pearl build. OC. mtaylor, Jeff T, Keith Black and 1 other 4 Quote Current builds 28mm Battle of Waterloo attack on La Haye Saint Diorama. 1/700 HMS Hood Flyhawk with PE, Resin and Wood Decking. Completed works. Dragon 1/700 HMS Edinburgh type 42 batch 3 Destroyer plastic. HMS Warspite Academy 1/350 plastic kit and wem parts. HMS Trafalgar Airfix 1/350 submarine plastic. Black Pearl 1/72 Revell with pirate crew. Revell 1/48 Mosquito B IV Eduard 1/48 Spitfire IX ICM 1/48 Seafire Mk.III Special Conversion 1/48 Kinetic Sea Harrier FRS1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louie da fly Posted October 20, 2020 Author Share #1585 Posted October 20, 2020 Thanks everybody for all the comments. It's been a long journey, but worth it in the end. The figures became an albatross around my neck, but now they're done I'm happy I did that extra work. I think they make the model much more believable, and having them working on raising the yard and unfurling the sail is an unusual touch which I believe gives it more life. Moriarty: Hullo little boy Bluebottle: Oooh, it's the forces of evil Moranatum. (Thinks: I know how I can get rid of that dynamite) Mr Moranato, how would you like a nice long red cigar with a wick on the end of it? Moriarty: I'd like that very much. Bluebottle: I'll light it for you (sound of match being lit) WHOOOOSH! Bluebottle (from a great distance): Is it nice? Moriarty: It's gone out. WHOOSH! Bluebottle: I'll light it again for you . . KABOOOOM! 3 hours ago, Kikatinalong said: I'll hazard a guess at a Carrack, it's just the scale I'm not sure on It's one of the possibilities, though I might leave that one till later - after all, the Great Harry which I have yet to complete is a sort of super-carrack. mtaylor, Keith Black, Kikatinalong and 2 others 5 Quote It's not really a ship model unless you've bled on it. CURRENT BUILDS Venetian merchant Ship from Basilica of San Marco Golden City - Ballarat paddlewheeler FINISHED Australian couta boat RMS Titanic HMVS Cerberus 11th century Byzantine dromon Winchelsea Nef - Late 13th century Mediaeval ship Henry Grace a Dieu - Rebuild of 1:200 model I started in 1967 https://modelshipworld.com/topic/36379-mistydeefer-by-louie-da-fly-finished-restoration-decor-yacht/#comment-1040663 Mistydeefer - restoration of decor model yacht Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
druxey Posted October 20, 2020 Share #1586 Posted October 20, 2020 Thank you for that, Steven!!! mtaylor, Keith Black and Old Collingwood 3 Quote Be sure to sign up for an epic Nelson/Trafalgar project if you would like to see it made into a TV series http://trafalgar.tv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liteflight Posted October 20, 2020 Share #1587 Posted October 20, 2020 Hi, Steven For your next project I/we suggest that you do whatever you feel challenged by; and/or whatever allume votre âme et fait vibrer votre cœur de joie I still favour the Quinquireme of Nineveh, with a full set of rowers. There is a crying need for Louie-da-Fly research into the what and how of the quinquireme and wth Ophir was😁 BTW - the Dromon is sailing more or less southward, so the canopy would be deployed to keep the rays off the lily-white skin of the Emp, so perhaps you could roll up the side curtains, or scandalize them to show the Gaffer-of-all-the-gaffers And what happened to Dick? Did he succumb to verdigris and topple off the yard? Inquiring minds want to know! Keith Black, Louie da fly and mtaylor 3 Quote Andrew "Pas d’elle yeux Rhone que nous” Kits under the bench: Le Hussard (Started in the 1980s) Scratch builds: Volante, Brig (R/C): Footy Drakkar "Rodolm" (R/C). Longship Osberg (R/C) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louie da fly Posted October 20, 2020 Author Share #1588 Posted October 20, 2020 Druxey, when I was a kid we had a record with two Goon shows on it - "Dishonoured" (from which the above quote comes) and "Tales of Old Dartmoor". At the time I could quote whole passages verbatim. I'm still pretty good, but out of practice. For example Moriarty's first line is actually "Welcome to the Indian river police, little boy." (which is part of a running gag that goes through the whole episode). Andrew - Nineveh was hundreds of miles inland - it was on the Tigris river, but I doubt a quinquireme could have floated there. However the Assyrians whose capital it was owned pretty much the eastern Mediterranean coast, so Masefield is only stretching the facts a little. On the other hand, it's doubtful the Assyrians had quinquiremes . . . as I understand it they were a later development. Per the Encyclopaedia Britannica " Ophir, unidentified region famous in Old Testament times for its fine gold. The geographic list of Genesis 10 apparently places it in Arabia, but in the time of Solomon (c. 920 BC), Ophir was thought of as being overseas. Gold, almug (or algum) wood (i.e., sandalwood), ivory, monkeys, and peacocks were procured there. Many areas of the Arabian Peninsula have been proposed as the site of Ophir; the principal alternative locations overseas are East Africa and India." Unless of course you mean the old town in New South Wales near Orange, which was "the site of Australia's first gold rush" (that's news to us in Ballarat - there are several other claimants to that honour . . .) And the curtains are rolled up! As far as Dick is concerned, he's currently building both a Byzantine merchantman and a frumious hulk . . . https://modelshipworld.com/topic/25641-the-incredible-hulc-by-woodrat-a-frumious-reconstruction/ EJ_L, mtaylor, Keith Black and 1 other 4 Quote It's not really a ship model unless you've bled on it. CURRENT BUILDS Venetian merchant Ship from Basilica of San Marco Golden City - Ballarat paddlewheeler FINISHED Australian couta boat RMS Titanic HMVS Cerberus 11th century Byzantine dromon Winchelsea Nef - Late 13th century Mediaeval ship Henry Grace a Dieu - Rebuild of 1:200 model I started in 1967 https://modelshipworld.com/topic/36379-mistydeefer-by-louie-da-fly-finished-restoration-decor-yacht/#comment-1040663 Mistydeefer - restoration of decor model yacht Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flying_dutchman2 Posted October 20, 2020 Share #1589 Posted October 20, 2020 Beautiful and well executed. Clean lines. Marcus Keith Black, mtaylor and EJ_L 3 Quote Current Built: Zeehaen 1639, Dutch Fluit from Dutch explorer Abel J. Tasman Unofficial motto of the VOC: "God is good, but trade is better" Many people believe that Captain J. Cook discovered Australia in 1770. They tend to forget that Dutch mariner Willem Janszoon landed on Australia’s northern coast in 1606. Cook never even sighted the coast of Western Australia). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cathead Posted October 20, 2020 Share #1590 Posted October 20, 2020 On 10/18/2020 at 8:30 PM, Louie da fly said: Now to figure out where I go from here . . . I've got a Viking ship you're welcome to finish. I'll happily pay to ship it to Australia. Otherwise it may end up at the bottom of my pond. EJ_L, Keith Black and mtaylor 3 Quote Eric Current builds: scratchbuilt Missouri River steamboat Peerless (1893); 1:1 scale timber-framed outdoor kitchen Nautical builds (kits): USS Cairo; NRG capstan project; NRG half-hull; Viking longship; US revenue cutter; 18th century longboat; Bounty launch Missouri River craft (scratchbuilt): 1853 Missouri River steamboat Arabia; 1865 steamboat Bertrand; Lewis & Clark barge; keelboat; 1876 steamboat Far West Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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