DSiemens Posted April 24, 2015 Report Share Posted April 24, 2015 A quick little build. I got finished up just in time. I've been asked by a local private school to talk to a girl interested in pirates and ships in bottles. This is the second time this school has asked me to do this. Last time I built a little Bermuda Sloop for the boy I taught to demonstrate a ship that was very popular among pirates and opposite of what the movies show us. This time I built a junk. Since I'm teaching a middle school age girl I thought she might be very interested to know that the most successful pirate in history was a woman by the name of Ching Shih from China. It's possible one of the 300 ships in her fleet might have looked like this. I had to build fast because I'm teaching tomorrow. Some notes on this build. The mast and spars are paint brush bristles. Wood is cherry with paper bulwarks glued on then hardened with clear nail polish. The bottle is a flu shot vile I got from work. I like to think I put it to better use. JesseLee, Landlubber Mike and IgorSky 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gwyl Blaser Posted April 24, 2015 Report Share Posted April 24, 2015 DS, Nice example for your your class. Paint bristles... I learn new possibilities each day. Gwyl IgorSky 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chasseur Posted April 25, 2015 Report Share Posted April 25, 2015 Yeah not only paint bristles but that nifty little brush you get when you buy an electric shaver makes great guns on the turret of a 1/6000 scale Battleship. Any thing is possible as a scratch builder. Jeff Gwyl Blaser 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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