Shipbuilder

Quite an amazing build at a very small scale -

Thank you. The blocks are just tiny blobs of paint. Model rigged with fine copper wire just glued on in short lengths - no knots anywhere. I never build ships in bottles though, so I don't have much to say here. Not all that difficult with special techniques, but totally unsuitable for ships in bottles. All my special techniques are contained in these downloads, Catalogue link below - most of which are available for less than the price of a cup of coffee: Catalogue

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I am following the Kongo build. For a long time my favourite scale was 32 feet to one inch, but getting a bit too small for me now as I get older, so I have moved up to 25 feet to one inch. Also 16 feet to one inch for larger ships.

Possibly that is the reason, but I haven't built any kits for many years, and am therefore not tied to any scales, and it is a pleasure to see you models when they appear -

That is a beautiful little model in all respects. It never ceases to amaze me how little interest is shown in masterpieces like this. It really is a superb build -

This is my model of the Flying P Line's other 5 master, the Preussen, but it is not the Preussen, because she is square-rigged on all five masts. This model is not in a bottle, I don't have sufficient skills for that sort of thing - Just a hand-built model - NOT from a kit -

It is probably meant to be Germany's Flying P Line five masted barque Potosi, but these big five masters do not lend themselves to putting in bottles on account of their complexity - This is what the Potosi should look like: Drawing by me!

I believe this is the reason. It was posted a few days before Dave disappeared - I am not judging either party - just giving a possible explanation - the loss of the build log was very disappointing though! Click on "Greetings" below to read the whole post!

This build has not been updated since July 18th, 2016 - six years ago, so who knows the reason?

Thank you.

Hi Gwyl - Very little interest in Baron Vernon here, but it has been a huge success on my Facebook group. I see you have just joined - welcome - hope you enjoy it. Extremely active, but limited to merchant ships only! Bob

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Thanks Andrew - I think this type of model shipbuilding has just about had its day - They are rather too small to be of much interest to the general public - Very rarely get more than a casual glance if I show them anywhere, but ship model collectors love them. Ships in bottles far too difficult for me though - insufficient patience! Robert

1,000 views at last, and only 7 likes - not exactly a great success in the popularity stakes! 😀