Medway Longboat 1742 by Ryland Craze - FINISHED - Syren Ship Model Company - 1:24 Scale
This will be the start of my Medway Longboat kit once I receive it. I have been following the development of this kit and it will be fun building it in a Group setting. I have watched projects being developed over the years by Chuck and each one gets better and more innovative than the one that preceded it.
The first step in this build is to visit the downloads page which has all of the chapters of the build plus other information that will help you in the building of your Longboat
I have made some progress on my Longboat and I shared this with the members of the Ship Model Society of New Jersey during last nights Zoom meeting. The mast has been finished by adding the simulated iron bands and eyebolts. I made the two upper iron bands using 1/16" wide chart tape and then formed the eyebolts using 22 gauge wire. I then weathered the iron bands and eyebolts with Tamyia rust weathering powder to give it some contrast.
For the lower iron band, I use
