Donald Posted November 12, 2020 Author Report Share Posted November 12, 2020 Trial and error with sails today. I first printed some with seams, telltales, reef lines etc., then sized it accordingly. Then I thought, well it's only printed on one side so I printed another set cut them out and glued together. The print lines were too dark for me, so I tried painting the sails white and weathered looking but in the end I thought it looked terrible so... I took them off and started over. I am happier with the refit. I still need to shave down the anchors a bit and clean up the hull, touch up some paint etc. but she's slowly getting there. lcrcar, JesseLee, exwafoo and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donald Posted November 14, 2020 Author Report Share Posted November 14, 2020 Made and raised the Union flag and The English Cross of St. George. Trimmed the anchors a bit, pulled 'em up to the catheads and hooked up the "chains" from the hawse holes. Touched up the 2 cannons, made a new capstan. Planning on sprit sail, stern lantern and control lines to chain wales soon. Onni, IOAN, JesseLee and 5 others 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JesseLee Posted November 15, 2020 Report Share Posted November 15, 2020 (edited) I really love how detailed this model looks! Jesse Edited November 18, 2020 by JesseLee Donald, Bernard Kelly, IOAN and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSiemens Posted November 15, 2020 Report Share Posted November 15, 2020 Such a beautiful ship. You've done a great job so far. Bernard Kelly, Donald, James w rogers and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IOAN Posted November 15, 2020 Report Share Posted November 15, 2020 A true work of art! 👍 Bernard Kelly, Donald, James w rogers and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exwafoo Posted November 16, 2020 Report Share Posted November 16, 2020 (edited) Hi. Donald, Nice work. Its looking very good. Going back to your comment on photography, unfortunately, macro photography will show up everything. If you think about it, a few thou out at our scales is a reasonably large proportion of the 'bit', while if it was at, say, 100 to 1 like some of the large kits are, it would never be noticed. Nice to see you got the Union Flag historically correct and named correctly as well. Looking forward to seeing it in the bottle. Alan Edited November 16, 2020 by exwafoo JesseLee and Donald 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James w rogers Posted November 17, 2020 Report Share Posted November 17, 2020 Looking amazing donald, loving this sib, great details! 😎 JesseLee and Moab 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donald Posted November 19, 2020 Author Report Share Posted November 19, 2020 (edited) To say this has been an exercise in patience, would be a gross understatement. I got 'er in the bottle without "major" disaster but there were quite a few things that went wrong. The post on the stern broke off(in the bottle), that was an absolute bear to try to glue back on for the rigging to loop on. My control lines all broke, ( foolishly used thread I had not tried before) I got glue in the peg holes, ...before the pegs got in there, I still have a bit of glue residue inside the bottle that I think I will be able to clean alright. My stern lantern wouldn't fit through the neck so I had to build a swivel for it. All in all I am happy it is in there O.K. but I feel like it could be done far, far better. I suppose experience is how one gets to that point. I will be getting after this bottle stand in the next few days. Happily the stand will be far less nerve wracking than the puzzle that ship has been so far. Edited November 19, 2020 by Donald Moab, Bernard Kelly, James w rogers and 7 others 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donald Posted November 22, 2020 Author Report Share Posted November 22, 2020 Finished up the stand and cleaned most of the glue from inside the bottle. I guess she's pretty much finished. Now, ...what next? JesseLee, lcrcar, James w rogers and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James w rogers Posted November 22, 2020 Report Share Posted November 22, 2020 Stunning donald, looks fantastic, love the stand, real work of art! 😎 Moab and Donald 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSiemens Posted November 22, 2020 Report Share Posted November 22, 2020 Excellent job. The ship and stand are incredible. Its a real work of art. Donald and Moab 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moab Posted November 22, 2020 Report Share Posted November 22, 2020 Congratulations on a beautiful build and ship. When I look at the detail I often forget about the difficulty of building at this scale. It’s a beauty...Moab Donald 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JesseLee Posted November 23, 2020 Report Share Posted November 23, 2020 Wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Donald 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alvaro004 Posted June 23, 2022 Report Share Posted June 23, 2022 Good night: An incredible and fantastic job that reminds me of how much I still have to go since I aspire one day to be able to do a job like this. Congratulations. JesseLee 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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