International Dragon Class II by captainbob - FINISHED - 1:48 scale

[captainbob]

Thanks Lawrence but it’s nothing compared to your Annie  By the way, they’re the same scale.

 

Thanks Popeye, but if I keep doing, “minor adjustments” I’ll never finish.    And then the admiral would . . . and then I would . . . Better not  go there.   Bye

 

 

Bob

[Omega1234]

 

 

Thanks Popeye, but if I keep doing, “minor adjustments” I’ll never finish.   [/size] And then the admiral would . . . and then I would . . . Better not  go there. [/size] [/size] Bye[/size]

 

 

Bob[/size]

 

Hey Bob.

 

Time is a horrible thing, isn't it? Especially when it gets in the way of our hobbies. Minor adjustments aside, it still comes down to enjoying the journey, not the destination.

 

Cheers

 

Patrick

[captainbob]

Yes Patrick, it is a very enjoyable journey.

 

Bob

[cog]

Sometimes you just do not want to get sidetracked ...

[Senior ole salt]

Nice job Bob.  All ya need now are a suit of sails a bit of lead and a nice pond to sail her in.

 

SOS

[captainbob]

Carl, you got that right but sometimes you can’t help it.

 

Any way moving on.  The deck is now mounted to the hull and the cabin walls and cockpit rails are in. 

 

Bob

 

 

 

 

[cog]

Bob,

 

... amazing ... so neat and sharp. Are you following in Patrick's footsteps ... small is better ... small is more challenging ... ah, well any size has it's challenges. Love the way she is truning out!

[GLakie]

Sure is pretty Bob!  Love those lines. 

[Omega1234]

Hi Bob

Wow, wow and wow! She's looking absolutely magnificent. In fact dare I say it, you're building a miniature ship, rather than a model of a ship.

When I was a kid, I used to build models like this.  I put a blob of plasticine on the keel for ballast and sailed them on our goldfish pond in the front garden (great memories).  I reckon your Dragon would be a perfect sailer as well!

Lovely work and I look forward to the stepping of the mast and its rigging.

Cheers and all the best!

Patrick

Edited August 8, 2015 by Omega1234

[Mahuna]

Hi Bob

 

She looks great!  You and Patrick are masters in miniature.

[captainbob]

Thanks to you all for the kind words, and thanks for the comparison with Patrick, his work is great. But even though the length of the model hulls are about the same, my scale is 1:48, which is huge compared to Patrick's 1:200.  I can't imagine myself doing what he is doing.

 

Bob

Edited August 8, 2015 by Cap'n'Bob

[Omega1234]

Thanks to you all for the kind words, and thanks for the comparison with Patrick, his work is great. But even though the length of the model hulls are about the same, my scale is 1:48, which is huge compared to Patrick's 1:200. I can't imagine myself doing what he is doing.

 

Bob

Hi Bob and Carl

 

Thanks for the high praise! Not sure I deserve it though, because I've got a long way to catch up to both of you (Carl, your miniature Sea Witch is brilliant) and many others' on this Forum. In fact, I seem to make ten mistakes before I get one thing right. But, at the end of the day, it's all good fun, isn't it?

 

Cheers and all the best!

 

Patrick

Edited August 9, 2015 by Omega1234

[captainbob]

Thanks Lawrence and Patrick if it wasn't enjoyable we'd be doing something else.

 

Bob

[bensid54]

Nice work Bob you must have very steady hands. Looking at how small that build is you must have glasses like my Dentist which are like wearing microscopes. I have to get a pair.

[bensid54]

Just bought some jewelers glasses on Ebay $30 shipped come with three different strength lenses, now to try and get to be half the builder Bob is.

[cog]

Patrick:

 

I seem to make ten mistakes before I get one thing right.

who doesn't. Don't let yourself be fooled ... I made just as many if not more mistakes ... it's all in the journey my friend ...

[popeye the sailor]

looking really sharp Bob........

[captainbob]

Sorry Lawrence but updates are slow, just like me, but it’s all fun and I get there eventually, and thanks Popeye, but I had to make a change.

 

As I said at the start of this build, this dragon is for the admiral because I had given away the other dragon.  Any way I had just finished the mast and boom, so I showed it to her and got this response . . . “It’s not the same!”  So now the questions. “What is not the same?”  “It looks different.”  “There’s no sail?”  “That’s not it.”  “It’s smaller?”  “That’s not it.”  You get the idea, any way after several minutes of this It turned out to be the color of the hull.  Luckily she did not insist on it being natural wood and paint corrected the problem.  Now it’s on to the sails and rigging.

 

Slow and steady as she goes.

 

Bob

 

 

[cog]

Slow and steady is good, keeps you from re-do's, Bob. You should have known your Admiral would spot a difference ... they always do, maybe it's a gene ... maybe a female thing ... but they'll always surprise you with it ... mostly the moment you least expect it ...

 

Cheers,

[Jim Lad]

Just catching up after being away for a few days, Bob.  She's looking really beautiful.

 

John

[Omega1234]

Hi Bob

 

Looking really nice!

 

Look forward to the next update.

 

Cheers

 

Patrick

[popeye the sailor]

     it still kills me that my admiral's favorite ship is 'ole Nordie!   you gotta love it!      she looks every bit as sweet in brown...I agree about the stand as well........looks very much like a true boat slip 

[captainbob]

Carl, "... maybe a female thing ..."  You sure have that right.

 

John, I hope your few days away were enjoyable.

 

Patrick,  I also look forward to my next update, I'm never sure how it will look until it is done.

 

Popeye, sorry but I can't use that stand with the sails up, and she wants sails.

 

Hopefully more soon.

 

Bob

[Mirabell61]

Dragon II is good under way Bob,

 

a very nicely built keelboat, and beautiful planked deck....

 

Nils

[captainbob]

It’s good to finally be back to cutting and gluing wood.  I finished the cabin roof and the companion way.  Now it’s on to deck fittings and sails.

 

Bob

 

 

 

 

[Omega1234]

Hi Bob

 

Beautiful work! Really clean and precise.

 

I'm looking forward to seeing you stepping the mast and sails.

 

Cheers

 

Patrick

[michael mott]

Hi Bob I Just caught up with this one.  Wow! what a sweet little gem this one is, I love the colour and the wood cabin with the oval brass windows.

 

Another Jewel is born on the Forum.

 

Michael

[IgorSky]

Hi Bob!

Very, very nice work!

 

Best Regards!

Igor.

[cog]

Bob,

 

Certainly worth the wait ... I'll sit back and relax for the next stage ... currently enough eye candy to enjoy

[Mahuna]

She looks very nice, Bob.