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Posted
15 hours ago, catopower said:

Question: What blocks are you using?

 

Some leftovers from a previous project, probably Sherbourne, which I finished over twenty years ago. That's the only time I can recall replacing the blocks in a kit. I got them from Lloyd Warner. At the time, that was the only source I could find for 2 mm blocks.

Chris Coyle
Greer, South Carolina

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

Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix, DS Børøysund

Posted
1 hour ago, Christiaan Hendrickszoon said:

so i'm going to use your report as a reference

 

Just don't reference my work too closely. This is my first card sailing ship, and there's a number of things I would do differently if I were to build this kit again. Good luck on your project!

Chris Coyle
Greer, South Carolina

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

Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix, DS Børøysund

Posted (edited)
13 hours ago, Christiaan Hendrickszoon said:

 It will be my first paper model, so im curious to see if i can build an acceptable version of it.  

Christiaan,

you can look at the test building here: 

You can also watch a tutorial on FB. It shows the construction of another model, but it contains a lot of advice related to the construction of a sailboat hull from cardboard. Although you won't find basic advice there (how to cut cardboard with scissors or a scalpel), you will certainly see how to "use" paper, how to shape, how to retouch, etc. (Axel Thorsen 1810 - step by step)

 

Greetings

Tomek

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Posted

I got around to turning and staining the masts -- all two of them. A dowel for the jackstaff is included in the spar set, but the finished staff would be so thin that I'm planning to just replace it with painted styrene rod.

 

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Chris Coyle
Greer, South Carolina

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

Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix, DS Børøysund

Posted

Very nice. 

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

Masting and rigging is underway. Glued boltrope to foresail and laced it to foremast before gluing foremast into hull. I had a lot of trouble doing the sail hems neatly, which is why it has kind of a curled bacon look to it. 😬  I plan to do Phoenix bare-poled.

 

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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 the model, Chris. She should take centerstage for display. Speaking of display, is she going into a case?   

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
24 minutes ago, Keith Black said:

Speaking of display, is she going into a case?

 

Probably not. Quality-wise, she didn't quite make it into "must be cased" territory (and that's a comment on my workmanship and satisfaction with the end result, not a comment on Tomek's design). Plus, because she is so darned tall, she would need a custom case ($$ cha-ching $$).

Chris Coyle
Greer, South Carolina

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

Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix, DS Børøysund

Posted

Congratulations Chris! :champagne-2:
Back to 1/33 aircraft territory, or is Phoenix getting dusted off?

Andrew
Current builds:- HM Gun-brig Sparkler - Vanguard (1/64) 
HMAV Bounty - Caldercraft (1/64)

Completed (Kits):-

Vanguard Models (1/64) :HM Cutter Trial , Nisha - Brixham trawler

Caldercraft (1/64) :- HMS Orestes(Mars)HM Cutter Sherbourne

Paper Shipwright (1/250) :- TSS Earnslaw, Puffer Starlight

 

Posted

Fine work Chris.  Beautiful result!

 

Steve

Steve


Launched:    USS Theodore Roosevelt, CVN 71 (1/720, Plastic)

                       USS Missouri, BB 63 (1/535 Plastic) 

 

In Dry Dock:  Prince de Neufchatel, New York 1812 (1/58, Wood)

                        USS Yorktown, CV 5 (1/700, Plastic)

                        USS Enterprise, CVAN 65 (1/720, Plastic)

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