tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4472889370304077924.post1248359484757577779..comments2024-03-27T07:02:30.838+00:00Comments on A Wargaming Odyssey: More on Masts and SparsDavid Crookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02497436789811496047noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4472889370304077924.post-88122491174864674852021-05-18T10:37:13.019+01:002021-05-18T10:37:13.019+01:00Hello there James,
Many thanks old chap! Some of ...Hello there James,<br /><br />Many thanks old chap! Some of the building techniques I use are quite easy to relate whilst others are less so - suffice it to say that a lot of improvisation and filing/sanding is usually the order of the day!<br /><br />I would say that the masts are probably the most ‘regular’ of my techniques and with practice they are quite simple to build. You just need patience and proper preparation and above all time. <br /><br />Five of the fifteen are well advanced and at least three of the final ten I can produce readily enough from my supply of building material. The remainder need some parts from Warbases which are currently in the queue for me.<br /><br />It is getting there and it is a journey I have enjoyed immensely.<br /><br />All the best and thanks again,<br /><br />DCDavid Crookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02497436789811496047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4472889370304077924.post-3814878007124267642021-05-18T09:48:56.861+01:002021-05-18T09:48:56.861+01:00Hello there Bob,
I built her a while ago but want...Hello there Bob,<br /><br />I built her a while ago but wanted her to hand as her masts were sued as a template for the five other ACW ships I am building. It is probably not one hundred percent accurate but it certainly looks the part!<br /><br />Accurately drilling holes in MDF is a pain so getting Warbases to cut them out has been a godsend - along with the notch for the bowsprit!<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />DCDavid Crookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02497436789811496047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4472889370304077924.post-15847624718792860872021-05-18T09:43:54.738+01:002021-05-18T09:43:54.738+01:00What a nice looking ship. It was clever of you to...What a nice looking ship. It was clever of you to get Warbase to include the mast holes - I would not have thought of that and would have been drilling away, all out of alignment!Bob The Old Painterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12799920263660656268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4472889370304077924.post-70760148687317693672021-05-18T01:36:02.210+01:002021-05-18T01:36:02.210+01:00Thanks for this little insight into your 'ship...Thanks for this little insight into your 'shipworks'. I really enjoy seeing your models and so look forward to the coming fifteen!<br />Regards, JamesJames Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17897755636246185173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4472889370304077924.post-31624478445511366022021-05-17T21:22:42.082+01:002021-05-17T21:22:42.082+01:00Hello there Aly,
H.M.S. Superb will be a little l...Hello there Aly,<br /><br />H.M.S. Superb will be a little lonely for a while but she will have company at some point although she will be getting a makeover sooner rather than later.<br /><br />I think my problem is that I keep seeing so may museum quality looking models of ships of the period that occasionally I have an attack of ‘who am I kidding?’ It soon passes though!<br /><br />The next five ships are well under way - five sets of masts and bowsprits were assembled today - and I hope to have them ready by the weekend.<br /><br />You are of course right - rivet counting is contrary to what the collection is all about and it would have never have gotten as far as it has if I had done so!<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />DCDavid Crookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02497436789811496047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4472889370304077924.post-74447657424016862462021-05-17T20:14:17.505+01:002021-05-17T20:14:17.505+01:00That looks lovely David...
If you were going to ri...That looks lovely David...<br />If you were going to rivet count every ship you have done... you would be nowhere near where you are now.<br /><br />All the best. AlyAly Morrisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12178180028439005095noreply@blogger.com