Donald Posted November 20, 2019 Report Share Posted November 20, 2019 Well folks, I am going to retire on January 2 so I thought I would get started on a project to help keep me from getting bored, I have had a few failures lately so I'm getting back to basics with no fancy hull splits or crazy ideas for this one. I am loosely basing this on a Carolina sloop but have taken quite a bit of artists license already and am naming this, " Da Seamans Sloop " as a thinly veiled nod to D. Siemans inspirational Bermuda Sloop build. exwafoo, JesseLee, Bernard Kelly and 6 others 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onni Posted November 20, 2019 Report Share Posted November 20, 2019 Really nice work on such a small scale . Donald, Chasseur and James w rogers 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSiemens Posted November 20, 2019 Report Share Posted November 20, 2019 Beautiful work. It looks great. tazam0827, Donald, James w rogers and 1 other 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James w rogers Posted November 20, 2019 Report Share Posted November 20, 2019 That looks really good, I like it a lot, great details. The launch boat is a really good nice touch, bet those oars where fun to do! 😁 Chasseur 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donald Posted November 20, 2019 Author Report Share Posted November 20, 2019 3 hours ago, James w rogers said: That looks really good, I like it a lot, great details. The launch boat is a really good nice touch, bet those oars where fun to do! 😁 Thanks James, that doggone steering wheel was worse. It still resembles a huge, steam paddle wheeler type wheel, ...unless they made them big like this for ocean going vessels?? Chasseur and James w rogers 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff B Posted November 22, 2019 Report Share Posted November 22, 2019 Nice!!! btw, I don't like buying new tires😀. Donald 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donald Posted November 27, 2019 Author Report Share Posted November 27, 2019 Stealing a few ideas from you fine folks and playing with them. I put some mast hoops of "heat shrink" on the mast, not sure if I will use them but they are easy to cut off if I don't. I used heat shrink to reinforce around the holes in the bowsprit. I tried numerous methods to make blocks that looked O.K. and failed. I ended up rolling a little balls of glue and sticking them in there. Eventually I would like to buy some tools from Micro-mark to help build "little", with accuracy and tolerances, but for now my eye will have to do. She at least fits in the bottle with room to spare. Onni, James w rogers, exwafoo and 5 others 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James w rogers Posted November 27, 2019 Report Share Posted November 27, 2019 That's looking really good! 😎 Donald 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSiemens Posted November 30, 2019 Report Share Posted November 30, 2019 Looks like it fits. Good work. Donald 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donald Posted December 3, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 3, 2019 (edited) Plugging along. It sure is difficult to make pictures that do justice. I guess it's just easier to see all my mistakes when you zoom in a bit. Put a captain at the big wheel, feather in cap. Edited December 3, 2019 by Spanky exwafoo, JesseLee, Onni and 5 others 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSiemens Posted December 4, 2019 Report Share Posted December 4, 2019 Looking good. James w rogers and Donald 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donald Posted December 9, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 9, 2019 Working on the "ocean" a bit. This is the first time I have played with this "Plastalina" and I kind of like being able to "sculpt" an ocean. I have to cut it in half then place back together once in the bottle. Still plugging away at the sloop. Sails coming soon. exwafoo, IgorSky, James w rogers and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSiemens Posted December 9, 2019 Report Share Posted December 9, 2019 Love it. She's going to be a great looking ship in bottle. James w rogers and Donald 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donald Posted December 24, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 24, 2019 Could be a Merry Christmas bottling going on tommorrow. Pretty scary but I believe I have prepared well. Stay tuned... Happy Holidays everyone! JesseLee, exwafoo, Onni and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff B Posted December 24, 2019 Report Share Posted December 24, 2019 Looks great! Smooth sailing... Bon voyage. Onni, James w rogers and Bruce Foxworthy 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donald Posted December 25, 2019 Author Report Share Posted December 25, 2019 She's sailing! DSiemens, Onni, John Zuch and 5 others 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onni Posted December 26, 2019 Report Share Posted December 26, 2019 Nice job Spanky. Looks great . Donald 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce Foxworthy Posted December 26, 2019 Report Share Posted December 26, 2019 Beautiful Job Spanky!!😉 Donald 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James w rogers Posted December 27, 2019 Report Share Posted December 27, 2019 Really well done, love it! And happy Christmas. 😀 Donald 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSiemens Posted December 28, 2019 Report Share Posted December 28, 2019 Great job Spanky! She looks great. Donald 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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