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4 hours ago, Louie da fly said:

So many ropes! (That's one reason why I stay away from later vessels. So much simpler in the middle ages!)

Says the guy that hand carved a ship full of oarsman?  I’ll take my ropes any day :).

“The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever.”
― Jacques Yves Cousteau

 

Work in Progress: US Brig Syren

Completed Works: Thermopylae

 

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Well done!

Current Builds:  1870's Sternwheeler, Lula

                             Wood Hull Screw Frigate USS Tennessee

                             Decorative Carrack Warship Restoration, the Amelia

 

Completed: 1880s Floating Steam Donkey Pile Driver                       

                       Early Swift 1805 Model Restoration

 

 

Posted

10 out of 10 and plus points for first time and scientific.  Beautifully done, and a build to be proud of!  I look forward to your next.

 

-Dave

Posted

Congratulations! With all of the advantages offered by modern kit designs, many modelers wouldn't even have attempted a challenge like an old Scientific kit. Like Duane said, you should get bonus points both for working with that particular kit and for tackling a clipper as a first subject. Well done!

Chris Coyle
Greer, South Carolina

When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk.
- Tuco

Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix, DS Børøysund

Posted

Congratulations on completing your first ship model - the first of many, I hope. Well done!

 

Derek

Cheers, Derek

 

Current build:   Duchess of Kingston

On hold:              HMS Winchelsea

 

Previous builds:  HMS SpeedyEnglish Pinnace, Royal Yacht Caroline (gallery),

                            Victory Cross-section (gallery), US Clipper Albatros, Red Dragon (years ago!)

 

On the stocks:    18th Century Longboat

Posted
4 hours ago, DelF said:

Congratulations on completing your first ship model - the first of many, I hope. Well done!

 

Derek

Thanks, and I do think I’m hooked, next is the Syren, and we’ll see where it goes from there.

“The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever.”
― Jacques Yves Cousteau

 

Work in Progress: US Brig Syren

Completed Works: Thermopylae

 

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On 6/25/2020 at 8:51 PM, Jamie Coleman said:

Well, it's been a busy few days, and the kids have been monopolizing the computer, so I have a few steps worth of progress to update.  The sails and yards are hung on the masts, these are fairly rudimentary, the sails are just glued to the yards and the yards are glued to the masts.  The instructions just call for clews to be glued to the yard below, I glued some line to the sails and tied them on for a bit more robustness.

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May I recommend that you rig parrels to the yards and masts?  I am most impressed with your model, meaning I may have  to get mine off the shelf to build.

 

Bill

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