Quote from: Kiteman on June 06, 2017, 05:00:03 PM
Your builds are always so clean and precise.

The camera has been known to lie!!

                  Few more bits and bobs added.
              Turrets and cranes are just dry fitted. I don't think it's very handsome ship, might look better with masts and the fine detail added.
              Finally, some of the ships boats in place, just to see what it looks like. I may use some artistic licence here, four are suspended outboard on davits, which looks highly unlikely for two of them, they wouldn't last five minutes in a heavy sea, we'll see.
Haddock.

Yes, the camera has been known to lie, but with me it`s usually the other way round

                After a weeks holiday and another week and a bit not doing a great deal, there's not been much activity in the shipyard so I thought I'd better get my finger out.
              Ships boats in place though a couple more to add later and the masts fabricated. Main-mast all brass, fore-mast, brass from the platform upwards.
          Rigging and more railings next.
      Not a pretty looking ship is it?
Haddock.

Great work....will this ship be adorning Haddocks òle???

Are there any pretty ships?
Roger

Quote from: Roger on July 03, 2017, 06:22:33 PM
Are there any pretty ships?
Roger

I suppose beauty is in the eye of the beholder but some warships certainly look "majestic", other types can look "pretty" to me. Perhaps "bonny" is a better description.
Haddock.

Quote from: Kiteman on July 03, 2017, 04:38:32 PM
Great work....will this ship be adorning Haddocks òle???

Sorry, don't quite understand the question!
Haddock.

On your last build you demonstrated a technique for attaching rigging and such through holes that you had drilled and christened this technique "Haddock Hole" remember???

Ah yes, there are quite a few "'addock 'oles"
Haddock.

'Oles'

"A now recognised description of the ingenious build skills of Monsieur Haddock"

Nothing else to add, except 'Brilliant Work'

Bigkev

Fore-mast rigged. Having trouble getting a decent picture.
Haddock.

Quote from: Haddock on July 05, 2017, 03:32:23 PM
Fore-mast rigged. Having trouble getting a decent picture.
Haddock.

Is it the camera or your eyes?

Probably both.

                  Main-mast rigged.
      Looks a bit better with a light background and a different setting on the camera, still messing about. To be fair, the rigging is about 0.003" dia so I'm probably expecting a bit much.
Haddock.