USF Confederacy by Rustyj - FINISHED

[Cap'n Rat Fink]

Just simple beautiful Rusty

[AnobiumPunctatum]

She is really beautyful. Thanks for reposting.

[Chuck]

I think I should delete everyones logs every three or four years.  This way I can see them all again like this one.   It is so enjoyable to watch them take shape as if for the first time again.   That looks fantastic Rusty.

 

Chuck

[augie]

Hahahaha.  Innovative idea, Chuck.  I guess this is one of those 'unintended benefits'!

[Rustyj]

Thank you all for visiting and your kind words.

 

Chuck it’s kind of strange seeing two and a half years of

work completed in a couple of month huh?

[Rustyj]

Here is some more of the upper deck and hatches.

[Rustyj]

Here are some more pictures of the deck works.

 

Edited March 20, 2013 by Rustyj

[Rustyj]

And yet some more!

[Rustyj]

Here is the start of the head rails.

[Rustyj]

And more head rails

[42rocker]

Great outstanding job.

 

Later 42rocker

[popeye the sailor]

superb looking build....so clean and neatly done 

[Jim Lad]

It's always a pleasure to look at your 'baby', Rusty!

 

John

[Rustyj]

Hi 42Rocker, Popeye, John and Dirk.

 

Thanks for joining me on the trip down memory lane.

 

Funny thing looking at the pictures is my desk still looks 

like the same mess just a different build sitting on it!

 

Well here are yet more pictures of the head rails.

 

 

[rafine]

Rusty, it's nice to be reminded just how good your work is.

 

Bob

[dvm27]

Congratulations on the completion of a very difficult area, Rusty. You've done her proud!

[michael mott]

Beautiful workmanship Rusty, I always forget just how small all these parts are.

 

Michael

[Rustyj]

Thank you Bob, Greg and Michael. Very much appreciated.

 

Winding up the head rails, boomkins etc.

[runner63]

Rusty;

 

Your work is amazing sir!!!

 

Runner63

[Trussben]

Impressive to see that "front end" again Rusty, I need all the reference pics from you that I can get.

 

Ben

[Dusty]

Rusty, now I've seen your build I freely admit I am no where near your class, one word describes it, Superb.  Dusty

Edited March 26, 2013 by Dusty

[Rustyj]

It will be no surprise to anyone that Chuck generously supplied

me with one of the original resin castings of the figurehead which

I painted and dry brushed to look like the boxwood.

 

 

[Rustyj]

And here is the making of the gun port lids and deadeyes.

[Trussben]

I'd forgotton you hand to make all your chainplates by hand, I find that a task and Im glad there is PE in the kit.

 

ben

[michael mott]

Wow those parts are tiny, the bow looks very sharp indeed.

 

michael

[harvey1847]

Really a beatyful build Rusty!!

 

With that amount of pics there is no need to add a lot of text again. They speak by themselves.

 

Lovely work.

 

 

Daniel.

[the learner]

A fantastic and very professional build, I love the carving detail......a new build log for me to follow!!

[the learner]

Well developed build and you are using a great set of plans. When I first came across this build I thought this looks just like Chuck Passaro's build.

 

A good build to follow

[popeye the sailor]

that's a fair bit of progress Rusty........very nicely done.  you do such wonderful work

[Rustyj]

Thank you all very much.

 

Here are more of the chain plates and the knees for the walkways and stairs.