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US Brig Syren by rvchima - FINISHED - Model Shipways

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Landlubber Mike

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Really gorgeous work Rod!  Very impressive!

 

I love your case too.  Just out of curiosity, did you cut the plexiglass yourself, or did you have it cut professionally?  I'm trying to figure out what to do with my case, and weight is making me lean with plexiglass.  I bought a case from Model Expo for my Badger, but I have to source the glass.  Thanks!

Current Wooden builds:  Amati/Victory Pegasus  MS Charles W. Morgan  Euromodel La Renommèe  

Plastic builds:    Hs129B-2 1/48  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   IJN Notoro 1/700  Akitsu Maru 1/700  Akitsushima 1/700

Completed builds :  Caldercraft Brig Badger   CLC Annapolis Wherry  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  Eduard Sikorsky JRS-1 1/72 Citroen 2CV 1/24 - Airfix and Tamiya  Entex Morgan 3-wheeler 1/16

Terminated build:  HMS Lyme (based on Corel Unicorn)  

 

rvchima

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Mike,

I bought 0.093 in. thick Optix brand acrylic sheet at Home Depot. The total cost was around $90 so glass might be cheaper. The acrylic sheets come in widths that are multiples of 12 in. My width was 12 3/4 in. so there was a lot of waste.

 

You can buy a tool to score and snap the plastic. If you score it many times perfectly along a straightedge and are very careful, it will snap right along the score. I screwed up my very first cut, so I gave up and used my table saw. I cleaned up the edge with sandpaper. The table saw turned out to be a good idea because I had to recut several pieces slightly undersized to make everything fit.

 

Rod

Rod

 

Current Build -Bluenose Canadian Fishing Schooner from 1921

Previous Builds

Bismarck, WWII German Battleship, Prinz Eugen, WWII German Heavy Cruiser (Aeronaut),  U-Boat 47 (Amati),  HM Bark Endeavour (Caldercraft), US Brig Syren (MS),

Arno XI Ferrari Hydroplane (Amati),  Osberg Viking Ship (Billings),  Anteo Harbour Tug (Panart),  Marie Felling Harbour Tug (Caldercraft),

Arleigh-Burke guided missile destroyer (Bluejacket) Seguin, Steam Tug from 1884, Mississippi Steamboat Robert E. Lee (Amati), HMS Sphinx, 20 Gun Frigate from 1775

 

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