The Model Ship Builder

Next up are the HMS boats Launch, Barge and Pinnace

This is what the anchor buoy looked like from a build I found on the Nautical Research Guild titled HMS Victory by Dafi. A far better replica than I could have accomplished.

Anchor Detail

Recently adding anchors and buoys the HMS Victory. My buoy didn't actually look like the real thing and the anchors weren't placed correctly on the bulwarks taken into account what I was working with but model ship building is suppose to be creative and fun and so everything looks to scale

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After 6 months of work I finished the ratlines. 144 ratlines in all. I should have used a different color of line

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OH NO !!! Looks like a enemy cannon ball hit my rudder which was a common method of disabling their prey. But the chains held the rudder in place until the ship could make a safe repair later.

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I currently have 9 active Model Ship kits for sale on E Bay as modelshipbuilder317. I prefer selling my kits on this site because its just easier and faster than selling on FB. IM GOING TO BUILD A MODEL SHIP TODAY!!!!!!

I've just finished attaching the ratlines to the mainmast portside shrouds, At 1/96th scale this equals 46 horizontally evenly spaced lines at .05 inches apart, At full scale these lines were spaced 13 inches apart I used Heller's rigging thread.03mm which at scale would have been 1.5 inches diameter, I used a clove hitch to attached the line to the shroud using a graph I developed to insure even spacing along the way. I still have to trim the ends at each end for a finished look. I consider this project a pro-amateur build as I'm just having fun with it. Next up is attaching the ratlines to the futtock shrouds on the mainmast and this mast will be done. I BUILT A MODEL SHIP TODAY!!!!!