A journey into ship modelling.

[squbrigg]

Hi Bob, very intricate work and looking great . Bob with your Craftsmanship on Ship Building, forgive me for asking but I have got to ask , what is the Price Range of a Finished Ship ? Gona be a Bute . Merle

A scratch built ship model like this would go in the $20,000 - $50,000 range. It will take several years to complete, but it is not often you find a client interested. Most model builders now a day build kits, there are few who build from original draughts or historically accurate drawings. A finished kit would go for considerably less, but kits sacrifice accuracy for production. Although, there are some new kits coming out of China that compare accurately with some scratch built models. A lot of factors come in to play when you price a model, building method, materials used, accuracy and amount of detail. My work is in no way a top of the line work, after 45 years, I'm still learning.

Bob

[Merle Rice]

Hi Bob, Thank You , After 45 yrs. and still learning . I believe that's what holds you interest . Never to Old to learn something and what a better place to learn than doing something that you Love to do . Don't sell yourself on your Finished Ship Model . Thanks again for Commenting . Merle

[Twigger]

Fascinating!

[Squid-61]

Beautiful work. I can't even bring myself to finish a carved model of my old submarine, can't think of a simpler model to build.

[squbrigg]

Well I finally have the starboard side planked and have started the port side, main wale first and then the upper planking in Yellowheart. It feels really good to have the first side done, she is beginning to look like a real frigate now. It takes a lot of work to cut the planks to size, first on the bandsaw, then plane them and finally steam bend them to shape. There are over 32 rows of planks per side and average132 nails per row, so that is a lot of nails.

Bob


starboard side completed.jpg
bow section.jpg
stern section.jpg
progress.jpg

[woodburner807]

Really enjoying the progress, Bob. Sure a complex work.

[uvawyo]

Wow! An enormous project! Impressive!

[Glenn Jennings]

Love the attention to detail. Very nice work !!!

[squbrigg]

End of August to the end of October, that's how long it has taken me to plank to port side, I finished it today. Now I can get busy with the fun stuff, detail. Carving every detail as accurate as possible, perfectly to scale, is a challenging task, but one of the reasons that I do this, I love what the detail can bring out in a model. The hull is fully planked in Pear wood with Ebony wales and Yellowheart upper works. I look forward when I can get some oil and varnish on the wood, to make the colours pop. With the hull planked you can see the unique tumblehome of this vessel, a feature of the French frigates of this period.

Stay tuned once the detail begins.

Bob

[woodburner807]

Superb, Bob, and thanks for posting the pictures.

[Glenn Jennings]

That is one outstanding project. Coming along just great. Love the attention to detail.

[Eddy-Smiles]

Magnificent!