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Finally decided to say hello after lurking for a while. I’ve been a modeler since the early 1960s, mostly 1:48 WWI aeroplanes in plastic & resin, but have always wanted to try my hand at a wooden ship. I actually started a scratchbuilt 1:96 Dos Amigos/Fair Rosamund about twenty years ago from the Chapelle drawings, but made the mistake of carving the hull out of Honduran mahogany… and it was so beautiful when I got it done that couldn’t bear to paint or copper her, and the project languished. Live and learn.

 

Question: I’m actually in the process of walking the Camino de la Plata from Seville north to Santiago de Compostela, and was able to get some relatively decent photos of the beautiful model (quarter scale?) of the treasure galleon la Nuestra Señora de Atocha from 1620 in the naval museum on the banks of the Guadalquivir River. Would there be any interest in my posting them? And if so, what sub-forum would be the appropriate one?

 

Dave

Posted

Hello Dave and welcome to MSW from the UK.

Looking forward to seeing these pictures, perhaps the mods will talk you through the process?

Regards,

Bruce

🌻

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

Posted

Welcome to MSW Dave.  Yes please do post the photos!   The Nautical/Naval History forum here might be appropriate, but no doubt one of the moderators here will give you a better answer.

 

Allan

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Posted

Welcome to MSW, Dave.   Yes, we'd love to see your photos.    The Nautical History subforum would be good.  It's here: https://modelshipworld.com/forum/5-nauticalnaval-history/

 

There's also our Galleries.  The one for this model is: https://modelshipworld.com/gallery/category/4-gallery-of-contemporary-models-from-museums-and-private-collections/

 

 

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)         

         

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                

Posted

 Dave, welcome to MSW. I would love to see a photo of your Dos Amigos/Fair Rosamund. 

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

 

 

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