Ken Gilkeson

more scratch building

very nice

lookin good

very clean

going to be starting in on this soon, gonna have dual drive but the rest is undecided.

great job.

great build, love the colors

nice job

beautiful as usual

the decorative pieces for the bow are disappointing as they come out of the box, so I scratch built them. there are over 45 pieces in each one, but well worth the effort. ( the decorations were the reason I bought the kit ) hehehe. comments are welcomed as usual.

the beginning of changes has the bow reworked so the grating 145 is the same elevation as the planking instead of what is shown in the drawing. changes are tricky and tedious due to the kit being 1/100 scale. 1/75 and larger are much easier to build. at this scale you would need a ladder for this large of a step down, and I think it looks more correct raised. thank you everyone for following and input.

this is my second go around with a ship, the first took three years but is a larger scale and is fully rigged. thank you for the kind words and for following. and yes they have been quite rewarding.

thank you for following and commenting

looks the part, good job.

nice build

beautiful build

thanks for the kind words and checking in.

lanterns

this ships hull was built between about 2000 and 2001 and have about a year in it so far. rigging will take about 3 mos if I decide to put it on. a lot of details are hidden with rigging in place, so I'm undecided. there is quite alot of scratch building that has been done that slowed the build down. I'll post more pictures of that in the future. so yes these are photos from a photo album I created along with the build. thanks for your interest and comments are welcomed.

measure twice cut once, planking finished. mahogany hull, walnut and tanganika wales. walnut bow.

love it

nice

turned out nice

great looking build

nice build and photos