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Another update.... I started work on the starboard quarterdeck hammock nettings and was able to complete them tonight. Just as with the forecastle hammock nettings, first I made a bunch of hammock netting irons using small nicron wire. They are all formed in a "U" shape, with as flat a...

Well, despite the fitting problems, it is looking really good! You must be doing something right.:) Keep at it, mate, this looks like it will be a very nice model when done. Cheers! Jim

Tell you what, Chris, it's pretty striking no matter how close the camera gets...excellent job, nice details and quite a little gem of a model in itself! Brilliant! Cheers! Jim

Thanks, guys! I really appreciate the very kind words! paper warrior, here is a picture of the magnifiers I use in building some of these smaller assemblies: The one on the left is a pair of reading glasses (I couldn't see anything clearly without my reading glasses!) with a pair of...

Hi, Gang!:) I was able to do a little bit more this weekend, adding the tie downs for the Captain's boat stowed on the main hatch and putting in the final deck fittings for the mizzen deck area, including the mizzen fife rails. Here's what the Captain's boat now looks like with the tie...

Welcome, Wilfried!:) I have been enjoying Wilfried's build thread on the Kartonbau forum of this beautiful merchant ship. What is striking about his build is how he is enhancing the basic kit, an old standard from Wilhelmshavener Modell, with many details making this a true museum quality...

Well, I think it's pretty clear the railings worked very well, but I thought she looked superb to begin with, mate.:grin: I really like the way the phalanx gun came out, a very nice study in detail. Your hands are magic, bazzer. Cheers! Jim

Love your "method"; I think we all use it, actually...I know I have on many an occassion!:grin: Keep at it, mate! As Dave said, this will all be forgotten in the end when your beauty sits there completed and resplendent in all her glory....that is probably the first time I ever used that...

Looking forward to seeing more of this beauty! Cheers! Jim

Outstanding work as usual, Chris! Thank you for posting the photos and update, it made my day to see such beautiful work. Keep at it, mate! Cheers! Jim

Guilty as well, your Honor!:grin: I have a number of plan sets for Constitution, not only the Restoration plans Clashter mentioned from the old Model Expo when it was in Fairfield New Jersey, but also prints of the original draughts from the National Archives drawn by Droughty in 1797, some...

Wotcher, bazzer! Bit by bit, she's coming together rather fabulously! I think that double shaft object on the transom is an antennae array, but I don't know what type or why it is so large. Davit came out very well, as did all those little bits you added since the last post. Keep at it...

Hi, Larry! It depends on how far back you are going into the thread. When the group changed servers a while back the photos I had posted in the thread were apparently based on the database of the old server so the links were lost when the thread was reposted under the new server. I do have...

Thanks so much, guys!:) I only wish I had an update to post this week, but work has been a bit demanding lately. @Jasco. Yep, it's actually two ply laminated #67 pound card, works out just about right for the thickness I was looking for. I have to tell you punching the holes for the...

Good for you!! This is an excellent build and I know I'm only one of many who are happy you have decided to continue in this project. And good for us, who have been enjoying this build thread very much.:grin: Hope to see some updates when you get a chance. Cheers! Jim

Don't give up; you'll work it out somehow.... I often use a glue stick for laminating parts, although probably not over such a wide area as you did here with the deck, but pretty close. I usually put the newly laminated part under the cutting mat on the work table until it cures very well...

That came out great! Hope to see more of your little gems! Cheers! Jim

Wow, great job on the outter planking, Peter! Nice, tight joints, beautifully finished job. Neat idea of using shims to help align the adjoining planks.:grin: Keep at it, mate! Cheers! Jim

DeWayne, any update on the He-51? My money's burning a hole in my pocket waiting...:grin: Cheers! Jim

Wow, thanks so much, guys...I really appreciate the very kind comments! Yeah, feels good working on her again, now that I've got a better idea of where I'm going with the rigging, for the most part....:roll: Just a quick update to show what I was working on yesterday. I built up the mizzen...