I am the first to admit that I am not really a draughtsman but Martin at Warbases has the uncanny ability to be able to translate my crude sketchings!
As ever I am using my standard hull template - in various lengths as required - which is rather full at both the bow and stern and with dead straight sides. Bamboo skewers (3mm thick and ideal for masts) and wooden cocktail sticks (2mm thick and usable for spars, deck guns and flagstaffs) along with card squares and rectangles (5mm square or 5mm x 10mm and usable for gun ports and deck hatch covers) and lashings of superglue will be the order of the day for sure!
I am really looking forward to cracking on with this lot but first need to clear a small backlog of Lake Tanganyika and San Pablo stuff - more of which later.
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Those drawings look fine to me and I could quite easily make a model from them! Nice to know what you use for the masts etc, as I have both items in my bits box:).
They should look great.
They look good to me old chap….
All the best. Aly
Hi Steve J,
Probably the most expensive part is the bespoke MDF pieces from Warbases. I picked half a dozen boxes, each of 100 bamboo skewers around 10” long at a boot sale a few years ago and they are still going strong! As I recall it cost me £1….
The great thing about these models is that they are quite easy to build from readily available material.
Have a go - you know you want to!
All the best,
DC
Hi Ray,
I hope so!
All the best,
DC
Cheers Aly! They will certainly look the part on the table (as long as you dont look too closely that is!).
All the best,
DC
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