HMS Pegasus by Blue Ensign - FINISHED - Amati/Victory Models - 1:64 scale

[Mirabell61]

40 minutes ago, Blue Ensign said:

For those who may be vaguely curious about the face behind the model, here's yours truly posing with Pegasus before she is cased.

 

B.E.

 

Hi B.E.

 

nice to have a face along with the the fellow builder`s lovely model

 

Nils

[donrobinson]

Great to meet you B.E.

[MEDDO]

 That's a great picture. It really gives a great representation of the scale of the model.  

[Blue Ensign]

The casing of Pegasus took place yesterday, one of the most stressful operations since constructing the Headworks.

Slipping the cover over Pegasus with only a few mm clearance each side of the Main Studding Booms ends and Jib boom was scary to say the least.

 

Still all done now, and here she is in her designated place.

 

Moving on now, to what not quite decided.

 

B.E.

 

[Mirabell61]

Wow B.E.

 

what a lovely display, and that beautiful casing. Love that little side table she is standing on.

Congratulations to your wonderful rounding up of the project, an awsome looking piece of maritime art...

 

Nils

[MEDDO]

 That's a great presentation with a wonderful case. Absolutely stunning. 

[donrobinson]

She looks great B.E., fits in perfectly

[Tigersteve]

That longboat is a cherry on top. It all looks great!

Steve

[Kurt Johnson]

Can't wait for what's on the horizon.

 

Kurt

[Landlubber Mike]

BE, really gorgeous work.  Congratulations!  This is the pinnacle and gold standard of Swan Class builds here.  Thanks so much for sharing your journey with us, and for taking the time to share your techniques.  

 

Live the display play by the way - I wish I went with an acrylic case like you have on my Badger.  Having wood molding for the panels distracts the eye from the model in my opinion.

[dvm27]

Bravo, Blue Ensign. One of the nicest Swans I've seen, scratch or kit built!

[rlb]

Hi B.E.--

 

Beautiful work on the ship and display, congratulations!!

 

Ron

[Blue Ensign]

As I mentioned in an earlier post,  I have used some of my post build time to create a Photo Album of my build utilising some of the many photo's taken over the course of the build.

The album is large format (28 x 21cm) and runs to 120 pages.

The book has now arrived and I thought you may like to see how it worked out.

The book was designed and created from software downloaded from Vistaprint.  who then produced the Album.

Here's are a few pages to give you a glimpse of how it looks.

In reality the photo's are far better than may appear on this post, and it's nice to have a record outside of a computer to look back on a build.

 

Regards,

 

B.E.

 

 

[usedtosail]

That book is a great idea and looks fabulous. It is missing your name on the cover though.

[MEDDO]

 That is an awesome idea! And it looks like it came out great. 

[Blue Ensign]

Thanks Tom, but it's only for my personal interest, and I know who I am  

 

Hi Dirk, I paid £72.00  for the maximum number of pages (120), the basic album is (24 pages)

It would have cost me not far short of that in printer ink to do it myself on my inkjet, and without the professional binding.

 

Cheers,

 

B.E.

[MESSIS]

Lovely! A work for a shipmodelling lecture!

 

Christos

[Blue Ensign]

Thank you Christos.

 

B.E.

[Johncclark]

Thank you very much. I just ordered HMS Fly. Your work descriptions are an invaluable aide! At present I am finishing HMS Pickle and have relied on your project description extensively. Please keep up the good work ! All the best. 

[Blue Ensign]

Kind of you to say so John, and enjoy your new build, the Swan's make great models😊

B.E.

[Martin W]

Ahoy BE -- I've just returned from a trip and find that you've put the final punctuation on your "Seven Year Adventure."  Beautiful book, BE (I wouldn't have imagined you'd do anything less).  Wonderful case, pleasant Work Shop, Handsome Builder (what's all this nonsense about your age?!  you can't be over 28 ).  Most of all, a fine, fine Pegasus, one that would put a sparkle in the eye of any eighteenth-century modeller!

 

Onward!!!

 

Martin

[aliluke]

Hi Maurice

I have been so long and so far away from this forum and I decided to come back for a look. 

 

First - congratulations on your wonderful rendition of this elegant sloop. You are the master of this kit and your work always inspired me to keep going when I was going (and not going very well). Your end result is as remarkable as your journey - surely one of the most informative logs - it is the "how to" for all who tackle this beautiful ship in kit form. The brilliant outcome speaks for itself. I doff my cap to your skills and patience. One day I'd like to bother you for a visit to admire the outcome in reality - I'd need an invite of course!!!

 

Mine lays over on it's side - I ran out of puff but the wind will lift it off again one day...I can't resist modelling though - WW1 planes at the moment. And then I'll return here to finish my HMS Fly.

 

Brilliant man. Keep building!!!

 

Best regards,

Alistair

[Blue Ensign]

Cheers Martin, you're my sort of guy. 

 

Thank you Alistair, you're welcome to visit any time you're in the UK.

Your Fly is too good to languish in 'ordinary' I look forward to a re-start of work.

Good to hear from you again,

 

Regards,

 

M.

[Lukasvdb]

Beautiful work B.E.!

 

Very lovely idea to produce a book of your build.

 

An original idea!

[Mirabell61]

Hi B.E.

 

a nice idea to round up the project....

 

Nils

[paul carruthers]

Query, did you clear coat the copper plates?

 

thanks

[Blue Ensign]

Hi Paul,

 

I didn't coat the plates I wanted them to gain a natural patina over time.  I was careful when handling the model not to touch the plates with my bare hands.

 

Cheers,

 

B.E.

[zappto]

Truly beautiful ship, very neatly done! I like her hull plating, gives nice view!

[Blue Ensign]

Thank you zappto for looking in on my build 😊

 

B.E.

 

[paulsutcliffe]

Hi B E

Just read through your log from the beginning, great work on the model and fabulous rigging

Regards

Paul