Dowlking Posted August 29 Share #1 Posted August 29 Hello all… I’ve been working on this since about 2016. Purchased the very basic start of a build off an acquaintance, who had bought the part works issues from DeAgostini/ModelSpace and quickly realised (i.e. his wife had twins!) that he wouldn’t have time for it. How I wish that I had a similarly good reason to decline his offer! In the course of finishing university, finding jobs and moving house a few times… I found myself without a good place (or the time) to make steady progress! I’ve finally got the ship set up with a view to finishing it in next couple of months! The picture attached to this post is what I received in 2016 (minus the planking above the waterline) along with a large stack of boxes. I can only find about 60 odd pictures to date of my build process, but I now live with a “fascinated” photographer who intends to take 100’s as I progress. I will make a couple of posts on this topic to bring you all up to speed on where I’m at and will then have weekly updates as I continue towards completion! Cheers all. chris watton, Knocklouder and ccoyle 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dowlking Posted August 29 Author Share #2 Posted August 29 Attached are various progress pics of the planking of the hull. A tedious task and photos here stretching right through 2017. Realised around this point through various forums/reviews/youtube that this model wasn’t particularly accurate. As my degree (and now my career) involve a great deal of research, I tend to not do that in things I enjoy and build things in blissful ignorance. In this instance however, I knew the workload was going to be immense, so wanted that to be reflected in the final model. A great deal of research was carried out to find replacement parts and supplies to “upgrade” some of the detail, but choices had to be made with deference to budget… and what my partner/family would put up with! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dowlking Posted August 29 Author Share #3 Posted August 29 Planking complete, painting and decked on 22nd Aug 2019! Built a number of masts, yards, small boats, And various other accoutrements which couldn’t be attached because I then took the very regrettable decision to copper tile the hull. SiriusVoyager 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dowlking Posted August 29 Author Share #4 Posted August 29 This soul destroying process took me up to October 2022! Almost three years due, mostly, to utter tedium coupled with the fact we had a child and I went back to University to do a Masters! But, I digress… I’ve included a pic of when I originally turned it up right at long last and installed the masts for show! Quite happy with these overall, and find the progress more satisfying when you can do “small” items in a 2-3 hour session rather than someone coming back 2 weeks later and saying “you haven’t got much done since I visited” when in fact I’d done over 600 copper tiles and had progressed by ten rows on one of my best fortnights work at the tiling!! also discovered John Builds on YouTube, and Woodys model works during this period and did some forward planning based on what I was hoping the finished product to look like! SiriusVoyager 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knocklouder Posted August 29 Share #5 Posted August 29 Nice work, Bob M. Dowlking 1 Quote Start so you can Finish !! Finished: The Sea of Galilee Boat-Scott Miller-1:20 , Amati } Hannah Ship in a Bottle:Santa Maria : LA Pinta : La Nana : The Mayflower : Viking Ship Drakkar The King Of the Mississippi Artesania Latina 1:80 Current Build: Royal Yacht, Duchess of Kingston-Vanguard Models Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dowlking Posted August 30 Author Share #6 Posted August 30 So these pictures bring us up to about January 2024. some of the eagle eyed among you will see that I’ve kind of abused the historical accuracy of the build in favour of making some scratch build pieces (eg the steps up to poop deck) and my own take on a paint scheme, and I've also pulled off a lot of the bow structure to rebuild using aftermarket parts from woodys model. works. I’ve also done this at the stern. going to take some really good photos of where it’s at now and will post that over the next few days and then post every week or so with progress updates! Hope this helps anyone who’s starting out with this and, as always, if you see me going alarmingly wrong… please do tell me!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dowlking Posted August 30 Author Share #7 Posted August 30 So my goal for this week is to go from what’s in these pictures… a 90% completed launch, a 40% completed cutter and two unstarted boats… to 4 complete boats. should be very manageable with a bit of planning and a little time Morgan, Bob Fraser, Snug Harbor Johnny and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dowlking Posted August 31 Author Share #8 Posted August 31 In the meantime; take a look-see at the butchery I did in the bow deck area! Ripped out a lot of work and rebuilt using Woodys parts. Beautiful fit and I’m quite happy with the results. Took some artistic liberty with the figureheads in particular. A lot of hours in this I must say, but I feel it’s worth it! IMG_2385.mov SiriusVoyager, ccoyle and JeffT 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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