ccoyle Posted October 11, 2022 Share #811 Posted October 11, 2022 Beautiful model, B.E. -- a tribute to your skill and dedication! Knocklouder, mtaylor and Blue Ensign 2 1 Quote Chris Coyle Greer, South Carolina When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk. - Tuco Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glbarlow Posted October 11, 2022 Share #812 Posted October 11, 2022 Outstanding model BE. Your work has been an inspiration for me going all the way back to Pegasus, which I built about the same time (my log lost in the great crash, I keep backups now). Not only is the work exceptional, your maritime knowledge gently applied in well informed modifications are always creative and interesting. The time, care, detailed, and easy to follow logs you share with us are a tutorials for us all, and always a fun read. Excellent photography too. Chris has provided a great model with his innovative designs, you have brought it to life in a model worthy of a museum. Congratulations & Well Done! hollowneck, Blue Ensign and mtaylor 2 1 Quote Regards, Glenn Current Build: HMS Winchelsea Completed Builds: HM Flirt (paused) HM Cutter Cheerful, Lady Nelson, Amati HMS Vanguard, HMS Pegasus, Fair American, HM Granado, HM Pickle, AVS, Pride of Baltimore, Bluenose Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobG Posted October 11, 2022 Share #813 Posted October 11, 2022 Congratulations, BE! Your Sphinx is stunning and your build log has been a pleasure to follow. I'm sure all of us who follow your builds will be anxiously waiting to see what you choose next. mtaylor, hollowneck, Ryland Craze and 1 other 3 1 Quote Bob Garcia "Measure once, cuss twice!" Current Builds: Hms Brig-Sloop Flirt 1782 - Vanguard Models Pen Duick - Artesania Latina 1:28 Completed: Medway Longboat 1742 - Syren Ship Model Co. Member of the Nautical Research Guild Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James H Posted October 11, 2022 Share #814 Posted October 11, 2022 This has been such a wonderful project to follow and nice seeing the little things you've done throughout to change her too. As for lodging and hanging knees, I had real pleasure fitting those on Indy 🤪 I help we'll eventually see you try your hand at the new super frigate. Blue Ensign, hollowneck, mtaylor and 2 others 4 1 Quote SAY NO TO PIRACY. SUPPORT ORIGINAL IDEAS AND MANUFACTURERS. KEEP IT REAL! On the bench: HMS Indefatigable - 1794 (production prototype), Vanguard Models - 1:64. On Hold: HMS Winchelsea Double Capstan - Syren Ship Models - 1:48 Finished US Baltimore Armed Privateer Schooner Grecian 1812 (prototype) - Vanguard Models - 1:64 'Zulu' fishing boat, Vanguard Models - 1:64 Fifie' fishing boat, Vanguard Models - 1:64 HMS Flirt 1782, Vanguard Models - 1:64. Duchess of Kingston c.1780 - Vanguard Models - 1:64 HMS Sphinx 1775, Vanguard Models - 1:64 ERYCINA - Plymouth Ketch-Rigged Trawler 1882, Vanguard Models - 1:64. 'Nisha' - The Brixham 'Mumble-Bee' - Vanguard Models 1:64 'Saucy Jack' fishing boat - Vanguard Models - 1:64 Ranger 'Barking Fish Carrier' - 1864 - Vanguard Models - 1:64 Indeterminate: Tender Avos - Master Korabel - 1:72. H.M.S. Victory (production prototype) - Amati - 1:64. HMS Granado 1742 (cross section) - CAFModel - 1:48 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DelF Posted October 11, 2022 Share #815 Posted October 11, 2022 Congratulations on yet another splendid model, with a great log to match. Well done! Derek Blue Ensign, hollowneck, Ryland Craze and 2 others 4 1 Quote Cheers, Derek Current build: Duchess of Kingston On hold: HMS Winchelsea Previous builds: HMS Speedy, English Pinnace, Royal Yacht Caroline (gallery), Victory Cross-section (gallery), US Clipper Albatros, Red Dragon (years ago!) On the stocks: 18th Century Longboat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave_E Posted October 11, 2022 Share #816 Posted October 11, 2022 Outstanding! 👍😀 mtaylor, Blue Ensign, Ryland Craze and 1 other 3 1 Quote Dave Current builds: Rattlesnake Completed builds: Lady Nelson On the shelf: NRG Half Hull Project, Various metal, plastic and paper models Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
72Nova Posted October 11, 2022 Share #817 Posted October 11, 2022 Yet another magnificent build Maurice!, whether for yourself or others you keep setting the bar higher! Michael D. hollowneck, Blue Ensign, Ryland Craze and 1 other 3 1 Quote Completed: https://modelshipworld.com/topic/20561-reale-de-france-by-72nova-finished-heller/ HMS Victory 1765: https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipPrp-3y7ntwH1vwfFsMMf0bWByRebwVKqePmRLqCx3aptq5sMlGZp_LtYv0v-seiQ?key=RWdjbWRKQWs2X1JSaDAyVTRuMHk5U3dOTHJCSDVB Completed: https://modelshipworld.com/topic/33007-vasa-by-72nova-airfix-plastic/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn-UK Posted October 11, 2022 Share #818 Posted October 11, 2022 An excellent model, you must be immensely proud of your build. Dave_E, Thukydides, Ryland Craze and 2 others 4 1 Quote Glenn (UK) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpalmer1970 Posted October 11, 2022 Share #819 Posted October 11, 2022 Congratulations. A great model and a wonderfully inspiring build log. Dave_E, mtaylor, Ryland Craze and 1 other 3 1 Quote -‐-‐-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Current Build Hayling Hoy 1760 - First POF scratch build Completed HMB Endeavour's Longboat by Artesania Latina Completed HM Armed Cutter Alert by Vanguard Models Completed 18ft cutter and 34ft launch by Vanguard Models Completed Pen Duick by Artesania Latina Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captain_hook Posted October 11, 2022 Share #820 Posted October 11, 2022 Beautiful model, well done! mtaylor, Dave_E, hollowneck and 2 others 4 1 Quote Current Build: HM Brig Badger 1/48 from Caldercraft plans Le Coureur 1/48 by CAF — Completed Build: Armed Virginia Sloop 1/48 by Model Shipways / Gallery HM Cutter Sherbourne 1/64 by Caldercraft / Gallery Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryland Craze Posted October 11, 2022 Share #821 Posted October 11, 2022 Congratulations BE on finishing this beautiful model. Your build log has been a pleasure to follow and will be an inspiration for future builders of the Sphinx. Blue Ensign, mtaylor, Dave_E and 1 other 3 1 Quote Ryland Member - Hampton Roads Ship Model Society - Ship Model Society of New Jersey - Nautical Research Guild Current Build - Armed Virginia Sloop, 18th Century Longboat Completed Build - Medway Longboat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hollowneck Posted October 12, 2022 Share #822 Posted October 12, 2022 Tis’ a thing of beauty, Sir. Congratulations and kudos. Your build has truly been an inspiration for many of us. mtaylor, Dave_E, Blue Ensign and 1 other 3 1 Quote Ron Director, Nautical Research Guild Secretary/Newsletter Editor, Philadelphia Ship Model Society Former Member/Secretary for the Connecticut Marine Model Society Current Build: Godspeed 2, (Wyoming, 6-masted Schooner) Completed Builds: HMS Grecian, HMS Sphinx (as HMS Camilla) Ongakuka Maru, (Higaki Kaisen, It Takes A Village), Le Tigre Privateer, HMS Swan, HMS Godspeed, HMS Ardent, HMS Diana, Russian brig Mercury, Elizabethan Warship Revenge, Xebec Syf'Allah, USF Confederacy, HMS Granado, USS Brig Syren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtaylor Posted October 12, 2022 Share #823 Posted October 12, 2022 Just a total "wow" build, BE. I agree with the others, it's a true inspiration to us. Dave_E, Ryland Craze, hollowneck and 1 other 3 1 Quote Mark "The shipwright is slow, but the wood is patient." - me Current Build: Past Builds: La Belle Poule 1765 - French Frigate from ANCRE plans - ON HOLD Triton Cross-Section NRG Hallf Hull Planking Kit HMS Sphinx 1775 - Vanguard Models - 1:64 Non-Ship Model: On hold, maybe forever: CH-53 Sikorsky - 1:48 - Revell - Completed Licorne - 1755 from Hahn Plans (Scratch) Version 2.0 (Abandoned) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seventynet Posted October 12, 2022 Share #824 Posted October 12, 2022 Beautiful build BE! Thanks for sharing your incredible skills. Ian Ryland Craze, Dave_E, hollowneck and 2 others 4 1 Quote Builds in progress - Builds completed - Hayling Hoy - Naval Cutter Cheerful - by Syren Ship Model Company - Cape Cod Catboat - by Bluejacket - Gokstad - by Dusek - Ship's Boat - by Dusek - Brazzera - by MarisStella Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rustyj Posted October 12, 2022 Share #825 Posted October 12, 2022 Congratulations on a great model and a build log that was enjoyable to follow and will be a tremendous help to others who follow. Dave_E, Blue Ensign, mtaylor and 2 others 4 1 Quote Rusty "So Long For Now" Current Builds: Speedwell Completed Build Logs: HMS Winchelsea 1/48 Duchess of Kingston USF Confederacy , US Brig Syren , Triton Cross Section , Bomb Vessel Cross Section, Cutter Cheerful, Queen Anne Barge, Medway Longboat Completed Build Gallery: Brig Syren , 1870 Mississippi Riverboat , 1949 Chris-Craft 19' Runabout Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Ensign Posted October 12, 2022 Author Share #826 Posted October 12, 2022 Cheers Guys, much appreciated, and thank you for following along. Regards, B.E. jpalmer1970, Ryland Craze, Dave_E and 2 others 5 Quote Current Build: HMS Indefatigable-1794-by-blue-ensign-vanguard-models-164-scale Medway-longboat-1742-by-blue-ensign-½”-scale Completed builds: HMS Sphinx 1775 by Blue Ensign. 1:64 scale - Vanguard Models Queen-Anne-Royal-Barge-circa-1700-by-Blue-Ensign Fifie fishing boat Lady Eleanor Muirneag-1903-–-a-scottish-zulu-fishing-boat-164-scale-based-on-the-vanguard-models-zulu-kit/ HM Cutter Alert 1777 HM Cutter Cheerful 1806 18th-century-English-longboat-by-Blue-Ensign-ms-148-scale/ finished 18thc English Pinnace by Blue Ensign-Model-Shipways-1:24 scale/ finished HMS-Pegasus-by-Blue-Ensign-finished-Victory-Models-1:64-scale/ Heller Seventy-four 1:150 scale - modified Le Superbe/Le Glorieux kit after Boudriot, waterline setting with sails. The schooner Pickle, Jotika pob kit 1:64 scale, my interpretation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nipper Posted October 12, 2022 Share #827 Posted October 12, 2022 B.E. I'm a little late with my congratulations, but they are heartfelt nonetheless. I appreciate the amount of time it takes to make a build log as comprehensive as yours, but what a great impact it has had. I learn as much from you as I do from actually making my own model. So thank you very much for sharing the build of your superb Sphinx, and I also wish to add a postscript relating to your build log for Alert. You finished this well before I began Alert as my first model, and your build log was a massive help in making my Alert as good as possible. Chris' kits are clearly fantastic, but your complementary build log increased my enjoyment and skills no end. Thank you and I can't wait to see your next project. Nipper hollowneck, Blue Ensign, mtaylor and 3 others 5 1 Quote Current build: HMS Sphinx 1775 - 1/64 - Vanguard Models Completed build: HM Cutter Alert 1777 - 1/64 - Vanguard Models Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Posted October 12, 2022 Share #828 Posted October 12, 2022 You have done a masterful job on her. I think I had as much fun watching you build her as you had building her. Beautiful work. mtaylor, Dave_E, hollowneck and 2 others 4 1 Quote Chuck Passaro - MSW Admin Sloop Speedwell - POF scratch Block Island Boat - POF scratch HMS Winchelsea - POB scratch build HM Cutter Cheerful - POB scratch build Royal Barge - POF scratch Medway Longboat- POF Scratch SYREN SHIP MODEL COMPANY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beef Wellington Posted October 12, 2022 Share #829 Posted October 12, 2022 (edited) Bit late, but congratulations on yet another fine build, with just the perfect amount of period 'je ne sais quoi' that you excel at! Edited October 12, 2022 by Beef Wellington Ryland Craze, mtaylor, Dave_E and 2 others 4 1 Quote Cheers, Jason "Which it will be ready when it is ready!" In the shipyard: HMS Jason (c.1794: Artois Class 38 gun frigate) Queen Anne Royal Barge (c.1700) Finished: HMS Snake (c.1797: Cruizer Class, ship rigged sloop) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Landlubber Mike Posted October 12, 2022 Share #830 Posted October 12, 2022 Another true work of art BE! Thank you for sharing your journey with us, including all your clever techniques. Blue Ensign, hollowneck, Ryland Craze and 2 others 4 1 Quote Mike Current Wooden builds: Amati/Victory Pegasus MS Charles W. Morgan Euromodel La Renommèe Plastic builds: SB2U-1 Vindicator 1/48 Five Star Yaeyama 1/700 Pit Road Asashio and Akashi 1/700 diorama Walrus 1/48 and Albatross 1/700 Special Hobby Buffalo 1/32 Eduard Sikorsky JRS-1 1/72 IJN Notoro 1/700 Akitsu Maru 1/700 Completed builds : Caldercraft Brig Badger Amati Hannah - Ship in Bottle Pit Road Hatsuzakura 1/700 Hasegawa Shimakaze 1:350 F4B-4 and P-6E 1/72 Accurate Miniatures F3F-1/F3F-2 1/48 Tamiya F4F-4 Wildcat built as FM-1 1/48 Special Hobby Buffalo 1/48 Citroen 2CV 1/24 - Airfix and Tamiya Entex Morgan 3-wheeler 1/16 Terminated build: HMS Lyme (based on Corel Unicorn) On the shelf: Euromodel Friedrich Wilhelm zu Pferde; Caldercraft Victory; too many plastic ship, plane and car kits Future potential scratch builds: HMS Lyme (from NMM plans); Le Gros Ventre (from Ancre monographs), Dutch ship from Ab Hoving book, HMS Sussex from McCardle book, Philadelphia gunboat (Smithsonian plans) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gahm Posted October 13, 2022 Share #831 Posted October 13, 2022 Congratulations BE! I can only repeat, what was already said before: this is another masterpiece of typical BE craftsmanship, and your build log is a wonderful help and inspiration for your fellow ship modelers. I can't wait to see how you are going to display this beauty 🙂 Thomas Blue Ensign, Knocklouder, mtaylor and 3 others 5 1 Quote Current Built: Model Shipways Syren (US Brig 1803) Last Built: Anfora (kit bashed) Ictineo II (1st steam powered submarine 1864) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usedtosail Posted October 13, 2022 Share #832 Posted October 13, 2022 You have created a true masterpiece, BE. Very well done. Ryland Craze, Dave_E, Blue Ensign and 2 others 4 1 Quote - Tom - Current Build: Vanguard Speedy Completed: Vanguard Duchess of Kingston, Stove Project, Ships Wheel Project, NRG Capstan Project, Billings Half Moon, Dumas Chris Craft 1938 27' Triple Cockpit Barrel Back, Panart Santa Lucia , Model Shipways Constitution , MS Bounty Launch , HMS Beagle Member: Nautical Research Guild Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KirbysLunchBox Posted October 14, 2022 Share #833 Posted October 14, 2022 I can’t believe it has been 14 months! Always look forward to your posts. Such inspiration! Looking forward to your next and next next build! hollowneck, Blue Ensign and Dave_E 2 1 Quote ~Kirby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Ensign Posted October 14, 2022 Author Share #834 Posted October 14, 2022 Post One hundred and Seventy-three A question of display I thought about making a support arrangement of keel blocks supplemented by small cradles much in the way that I did for Pegasus. (below) It is quite a time-consuming set-up and has implications for Sphinx where the display case height is already fixed. 5408 Fortunately, I rather like the clear acrylic stands provided by Chris, they are nicely designed, unobtrusive, and fulfil the purpose. 8794 The engraved nameplate for Sphinx I like very much. How to display the other items within the case is also on my mind but having made them I certainly don’t want to omit the three ships boats. 8777 At present Sphinx sits atop Cheerful purely for convenience but this won’t be the final display location. 8768 I could play around endlessly with positioning the other items within the case, but this is fairly pleasing on my eye, and Life is simply too short. 8775 The case also provides a convenient home to display Syren’s splendid little Double Capstan model. 8773 8774 8761(2) Cover on time…. 8800 This is where Sphinx will be displayed at least for the present. Not ideal as the low level means clear viewing of her highly decorative stern is tricky. Not that it matters as I’m not open to the public, and I know what it’s like.😉 8808 By pure good fortune the base slips neatly between the legs of the Console table currently displaying Pegasus. It is perhaps appropriate that the two ships are displayed together, both being sixth rates of the same era. The models also share a common heritage, both being designed by the talented Mr Watton, altho’ with a good number of years in-between. It was partly that I already had a fully masted and rigged Sixth rate that I didn’t feel too badly about consigning the kit masting and rigging elements to the spares box. This is not quite the end of my Sphinx journey as I now have to move onto compiling a pictorial build record book as I have done with all my builds. I will return with something considerably smaller for my next project. Regards, B.E. 14/10/2022 Nipper, GrandpaPhil, Dave_E and 26 others 25 1 3 Quote Current Build: HMS Indefatigable-1794-by-blue-ensign-vanguard-models-164-scale Medway-longboat-1742-by-blue-ensign-½”-scale Completed builds: HMS Sphinx 1775 by Blue Ensign. 1:64 scale - Vanguard Models Queen-Anne-Royal-Barge-circa-1700-by-Blue-Ensign Fifie fishing boat Lady Eleanor Muirneag-1903-–-a-scottish-zulu-fishing-boat-164-scale-based-on-the-vanguard-models-zulu-kit/ HM Cutter Alert 1777 HM Cutter Cheerful 1806 18th-century-English-longboat-by-Blue-Ensign-ms-148-scale/ finished 18thc English Pinnace by Blue Ensign-Model-Shipways-1:24 scale/ finished HMS-Pegasus-by-Blue-Ensign-finished-Victory-Models-1:64-scale/ Heller Seventy-four 1:150 scale - modified Le Superbe/Le Glorieux kit after Boudriot, waterline setting with sails. The schooner Pickle, Jotika pob kit 1:64 scale, my interpretation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yvesvidal Posted October 14, 2022 Share #835 Posted October 14, 2022 1 hour ago, Blue Ensign said: Great idea to display the double capstan: it is always an interesting piece to start a technical conversation. Yves CaptMorgan, Rik Thistle, Dave_E and 5 others 7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Seiler Posted October 14, 2022 Share #836 Posted October 14, 2022 SPHYNX without the waterline is a different look. I like it! Well done BE. Dave_E, mtaylor, Blue Ensign and 1 other 3 1 Quote Chuck Seiler San Diego Ship Modelers Guild Nautical Research Guild Current Build:: Colonial Schooner SULTANA (scratch from Model Expo Plans), Hanseatic Cog Wutender Hund, John Smith Shallop Completed: Missouri Riverboat FAR WEST (1876) Scratch, 1776 Gunboat PHILADELPHIA (Scratch 1/4 scale-Model Shipways plans) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hollowneck Posted October 15, 2022 Share #837 Posted October 15, 2022 (edited) I like how both models complement one another in your sophisticated, elegant presentation; the table has worked quite nicely in the sitting room also. I believe I’ve spotted a Geoff Hunt print on the right, but I can’t quite make out the one to the left. The Syren capstan is a nice touch. I’d be quite comfortable in this room were I your guest; you’d find me sprawled on the carpet straining to get closer looks🤩 Like many of our colleagues here, I’ll be keeping a sharp weather eye out for the next Blue Ensign masterwork. Edited October 15, 2022 by hollowneck Dave_E, Blue Ensign, Knocklouder and 1 other 4 Quote Ron Director, Nautical Research Guild Secretary/Newsletter Editor, Philadelphia Ship Model Society Former Member/Secretary for the Connecticut Marine Model Society Current Build: Godspeed 2, (Wyoming, 6-masted Schooner) Completed Builds: HMS Grecian, HMS Sphinx (as HMS Camilla) Ongakuka Maru, (Higaki Kaisen, It Takes A Village), Le Tigre Privateer, HMS Swan, HMS Godspeed, HMS Ardent, HMS Diana, Russian brig Mercury, Elizabethan Warship Revenge, Xebec Syf'Allah, USF Confederacy, HMS Granado, USS Brig Syren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dunnock Posted October 15, 2022 Share #838 Posted October 15, 2022 I've been away so I'm a bit late to add my congratulations on the completion of your wonderful model of HMS Sphinx. I have closely followed your log and like Pegausus before it, it has been an inspiration and an encouragement in my model shipbuilding. I will be greatly looking forward to your next masterpiece. David Blue Ensign, mtaylor, Knocklouder and 2 others 4 1 Quote David Previous Builds HM Cutter Hunter Mamoli 1:74 Baltic Ketch Scotland - Corel 1:64 HMS Fly - Swan Class ship sloop - Victory models 1:64 HMS Diana - Artois Class Heavy Frigate - Caldercraft - 1:64 HM Cutter Trial 1790 - Vanguard Models - 1:64 18th Century Merchantman Half Hull - NRG-1:48 Current Build HMS Speedy 1782 2023 Edition - Vanguard Models - 1:64 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce d Posted October 15, 2022 Share #839 Posted October 15, 2022 Congratulations on a beautiful model and a memorable build log. Blue Ensign, hollowneck, Dave_E and 2 others 4 1 Quote 🌻 STAY SAFE A model shipwright and an amateur historian are heads & tails of the same coin current builds: HMS Berwick 1775, 1/192 scratchbuild; a Slade 74 in the Navy Board style Mediator sloop, 1/48 - an 18th century transport scratchbuild French longboat - CAF - 1/48, on hold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkay11 Posted October 16, 2022 Share #840 Posted October 16, 2022 Thanks for a really interesting and great build. I really agree about the possibilities of perspex as a base. Looking forward to the next build! Tony Blue Ensign, hollowneck, oceanic and 2 others 4 1 Quote === First build: Caldercraft HM Cutter Sherbourne 1763 FINISHED 2nd build: Triton cross-section COMPLETED 3rd build: La Chaloupe Armée / 42ft Armed Longboat of 1834 by tkay11 – scale 1:36, plans by M. Delacroix COMPLETED 4th build: Allège d’Arles 1833 (Ancre) POB by tkay11 – scale 1:100, plans by F. Fissore COMPLETED Working on La Jacinthe 1:96 POB (ANCRE publications) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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