Shipbuilder Posted August 21, 2015 Report Share Posted August 21, 2015 I put this on U Tube some time agao, and forgot all about it. Came across it again today. It is the building sequence of a miniature of the Norwegian barque Svaerdstad. Bob https://youtu.be/eNgATFUqBLA Landlubber Mike, Alex Bellinger, Bernard Kelly and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gwyl Blaser Posted August 21, 2015 Report Share Posted August 21, 2015 Very nice Bob. Are those some of the same photos that you used in your book? Gwyl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shipbuilder Posted August 21, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 21, 2015 No, the Svaerdstad build is not featured in the book at all. It is an e-book download devoted to the history of the Svaerdstad, plus comprehensive plans and building details. In the early 1950s, my grandfather gave me some old books called The Wide World Magazine, and the story of the wreck of the Svaerdstad was in one of them. I thought it a fine yarn where the writer of the article, an able seaman, saved the life of Miss Christenson, the captain's daughter during the wreck of the Svaerdstad. Many years later, I chanced upon the plans of the ship, and produced the document. Initially, it was sold on a CD disk and posted, but later changed into an automatic download, details of which may be found on my website. It has proved very popular over the years. Bob JesseLee, Bernard Kelly, Alex Bellinger and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gwyl Blaser Posted August 22, 2015 Report Share Posted August 22, 2015 Bob, You are right. It was on the CD. That is why the images looked familiar to me. Bob mentioned his web site in his post above. It can be found here. http://www.miniatureships.blogspot.com Gwyl JesseLee and IgorSky 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Bellinger Posted August 22, 2015 Report Share Posted August 22, 2015 What a great video. What was the music? And as for the bark, wouldn't she look great in a bottle. Where did you get her plan? And now having joined us on our "side of the buffet" as they say, are you ever tempted to bottle one of your fine models? It would save building a case. Gwyl Blaser 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shipbuilder Posted August 22, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 22, 2015 Thanks, I have no idea what the music is, I just picked it from the list that U Tube offered. The plan came from an ancient German book over 100 years old. The plan is reproduced in the download. There is no possibility of me putting something like that in a bottle. I only rig in wire, and it can not be made to fold down and up again. Even if I acidentally bend a piece of rigging, it has to come off and be repaced with a new piece! I just could not get that sort of detail through a narrow neck anyway. I doubt if I could even get a respectable looking sea inside a bottle! Bob Alex Bellinger 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pob374 Posted January 16, 2018 Report Share Posted January 16, 2018 Wonderful job, your quality of workman's ship stands out ! Well Done indeed... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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