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I found a cheap set of paper embossing tools useful to make the funnels. I also found small drill bits (which every modeler has) to be useful for rolling cylinders.

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Looking very good.
 

Looks like not much left to do to finish. 

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HM Bark Endeavour (First Wood, On Hold)

Borodino (1:200 Card, Current Build)

Admiral Nakhimov (card 1/200)

Mazur D-350 Artillery Tractor (1:25 Card) 

F-8 Crusader (1:48 Aircraft, Plastic)

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After too much time trying roll paper masts, calling this experiment done! This paper has a tendency to delaminate. I used that to my advantage and I peeled the backs off of the masts before rolling them. And rolled them with needle as a core. I’m punting on the rigging shown on the cover photo (it isn’t covered in the instructions either). I used 32 gauge craft wire for the solo bit of rigging I did do.

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19 minutes ago, ccoyle said:

That's a very respectable effort, Eric -- nicely done!

Thanks for your comment and for your energy and flag-waving for card models. I wouldn't have tried my hand if it wasn't for you!
It came out better than I expected it would (especially given it is my first card model as well.)  For everyone else, come on in the pool. The water is fine. (Ignore my blue lips and shivering!)

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Good looking model, Eric, well done. The test: are you going to do another one?

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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

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WOW, didn't realize how small that was until you placed the quarter next to it.  Beautiful work Eric, Congratulations.

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Very nicely done  - a real eye catcher.

 

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Current builds  


28mm  Battle of Waterloo   attack on La Haye Saint   Diorama.

1/700  HMS Hood   Flyhawk   with  PE, Resin  and Wood Decking.

 

 

 

Completed works.

 

Dragon 1/700 HMS Edinburgh type 42 batch 3 Destroyer plastic.

HMS Warspite Academy 1/350 plastic kit and wem parts.

HMS Trafalgar Airfix 1/350 submarine  plastic.

Black Pearl  1/72  Revell   with  pirate crew.

Revell  1/48  Mosquito  B IV

Eduard  1/48  Spitfire IX

ICM    1/48   Seafire Mk.III   Special Conversion

1/48  Kinetic  Sea Harrier  FRS1

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On 1/25/2022 at 7:39 PM, bruce d said:

are you going to do another one?

Yes, but not immediately. I want to finish my other build first. Card models have such a wider selection than wood or plastic, so I don't have a next in mind. @Dan Vadas built a beautiful train engine that caught my eye, but I need to figure out a bit of the paper-model skills - rolling, seams, not reducing little paper boxes to round-ish blobs of paper, etc. before I tackle something like that. ;) 

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Beautiful model, Eric. Congratulations!

 

Your work reminds me that I have a couple paper model subjects waiting for me to get back to them. You're inspiring me to do just that.

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