Wooden sailing ship models, anyone...?

[Utinni]

My father builds them. He buys the high end kits but changes out all the wood for the historically correct types of wood that were used on each ship and buys the original plans that were used to build the original ships. He hand makes all the wood nails and hand taps them into each plank. Hand knots all the correct rigging too. It takes him about 3-5 years to finish each ship.

USS Constellation

Wasa

HMS Victory

Bounty cut-away

All are about 3 feet long.

- Jeff

 

[PHArchivist]

My father builds them. He buys the high end kits but changes out all the wood for the historically correct types of wood that were used on each ship and buys the original plans that were used to build the original ships. He hand makes all the wood nails and hand taps them into each plank. Hand knots all the correct rigging too. It takes him about 3-5 years to finish each ship.

Crazy.

Gorgeaous, but crazy.

 

[Utinni]

He's currently building the Star of India, nice since we're local and he can do on the spot measurements! I know he was a Maritime member for a long time and always went to the model ship builder meetings.

Here's the albums:
http://public.fotki.com/tk1178/dads-ships/

- Jeff

 

[PHArchivist]

Stunning, and inspirational. I can only imagine who incredible they appear in person.

Thank you for sharing.

 

[Laffo]

Good gravy that's awesome.
Wanted to get one, but I think that's that.
Laffo.

 

[feek61]

Me too, anything I would do could only embarrass the ship-building community.


Will

 

[Colin Droidmilk]

Always fancied an ancient Greek Trireme kit myself...