Greenwich Hospital barge of 1832 by druxey - FINISHED - 1:48 scale

[tadheus]

Great work.

 

Paul

[albert]

Very beautiful work.

[Chuck]

Beautiful!!!     

[paulsutcliffe]

fantastic!!!!!!!!!!

[Mahuna]

Very elegant - and I'm very impressed by the tiller!  If you can do that by hand I guess you don't need a lathe.

[Jack12477]

Beautiful !

[mtaylor]

A very fitting barge for the dignitaries that used it, I'd say.   The craftsmanship is incredible.

[jbshan]

Yah, what all those guys said.

[Erebus and Terror]

Wow, just wow!

[druxey]

Thanks, gentlemen all.

 

One of the 'dignitaries' who would have sat in the coach was Sir Thomas Hardy. He was Governor of Greenwich Hospital from 1834 to 1839.

 

I forgot to mention one other item on the 'to do' list: the stern badge.

[cog]

 

I forgot to mention one other item on the 'to do' list: the stern badge.

Druxey,

 

Can't wait to see how you will solve that fiddly bit of sculpting ... it's getting better with every post you make ...

[Louie da fly]

This is a magnificent build, Druxey. It shows what can be done and gives us all a standard to aim for. Very inspirational.

 

Steven

[Seventynet]

Very, very nice Druxey. Such an interesting build and superb craftsmanship.

 

Best, Ian

[ggrieco]

Wow druxey,

 

I'm always amazed to see what you have created by the end of the week. Just beautiful!!

 

 

Glenn

[wefalck]

Somehow I haven't had the time to look at the building-logs here for quite a time, so this exquisite and unusual model completely escaped my attention  Will now have a look from time to time ... 

[JohnE]

It's just like Mark said. The craftsmanship is simply impeccablr.

 

I also like your model paradigm. I can imagine Hardy sitting in the stern with his cheeks strewn with tears remembering the last voyage of his great captain on just such a vessel.

 

Thank you druxey for a build that is not only perfection, but also historically significant.

 

John

[Jim Lad]

Simply exquisite, Druxey.

 

John

[druxey]

Thanks again, everyone. I was away this weekend, so no progress. Back agin soon, though! BTW, I did paint the tiller handhold, and like the result.

Edited April 17, 2016 by druxey

[druxey]

Well, some progress to report. The ensign staffs are done. They were made and tapered using the usual square to octagon to round method. The trucks plus a few inches below them are painted gold. I scored around each staff to act as a stop for the paint: it was too small to mask conventionally. For those wondering why the pace has slackened a bit, I've another project to announce shortly.

[Gerhardvienna]

Hi druxey

 

It is getteing even better with every blink I risk.

 

Regards

Gerhard

[Louie da fly]

Lovely work, Druxey.

[druxey]

Thank you all, yet again.

 

Today's work was on the Hospital badge that is mounted high on the boat's stern over the upper transom.  The pictures are self-explanatory. At this scale the paintwork is more impressionistic than accurate! I'll be refining the shell on the fore side of the badge more.

[Jim Lad]

Looks delightful, Druxey.  Just how big is that coin?

 

John

[ccoyle]

John, it's about 25mm-ish in diameter.

[mtaylor]

Sweet work..  no.. correction... incredible work.  

[BANYAN]

Outstanding Druxey - great detail at that scale.

 

cheers

 

Pat

[cog]

So that shell is approximately 12 x 8 mm ... and you still could make a plain visible relief, and a darn decent looking painted badge on it to, which is even smaller (8 x 4 mm???) It looks amazing ... knowing the scale it looks nearly impossible ...

 

Wonderful craftsmanship, Druxey 

 

Cheers

[amateur]

Not accurate he says.....

But it is rather convincing, even at macro-settings.

Wonderful!

 

Those smallchisels: are they bought, or selfmade to the occasion?

 

Jan

[modelshipwright]

Delicate and exquisite work Druxey.

 

Bill

[Maury S]

Wow!

Maury