RE: Name this #2
Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 10:20 pm
[&o] [&o]ORIGINAL: JWE
And here's one for uncle rtrapasso, with sails up.
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RE: Name this #2
Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 12:12 am
I'm currently building the Revell 1/96 USS Constitutuion. It's a mighty fine kit, but the molds are old and it will take time to build it correctly. I've been working on it for 2 months now, and it's comming along very nicely.
Whipple
Whipple
RE: Name this #2
Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 12:37 am
ORIGINAL: JWE
I like the oldies too, but I always thought the liners were too thick in the middle and matronly looking; kinda like a mother-in-law.ORIGINAL: Mynok
Of all time?!?! No way metal beasts are better looking than a tall ship.
I like these better; lean mean sailing machines.
Nice pic! Yeah, I like the frigates a little better too for sleekness. But those old SOLs have a grandeur all their own.
RE: Name this #2
Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 1:39 am
The only real problem with the Ships of the Line is the fact that they are huge. One has to think it makes them a bit easier to hit, especially considering the ballistics technology of the time. Bigger isn't necessarily better you know. [:D]
RE: Name this #2
Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 4:06 am
It is my belief that there have probably been fewer sights more inspiring than that of a formation of Ships of the Line at sail. Unfortunately I will never know if that sight will be so grand in reality as it is in my imagination...
For pure beauty, the frigates of the Nelsonian era can't be beat. I'm a fan of the "Yankee Racehorse", myself... which I believe is the ship in that painting.
For pure beauty, the frigates of the Nelsonian era can't be beat. I'm a fan of the "Yankee Racehorse", myself... which I believe is the ship in that painting.
RE: Name this #2
Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 12:37 pm
ORIGINAL: Whipple
I'm currently building the Revell 1/96 USS Constitutuion. It's a mighty fine kit, but the molds are old and it will take time to build it correctly. I've been working on it for 2 months now, and it's comming along very nicely.
Whipple
I've been working on mine for 16 years. I started on it before the birth of my daughter. After she was born, I decided that model ships and little kids do not go well together. I had to put it up until I could work on it without it being destroyed. My daughter is 15 now, so maybe I can pull it back out and finish it now.
ps. Dust is not a model's friend.[:(]
RE: Name this #2
Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 6:19 pm
SOL are the cream of the crop, especially the Nelsonian designs. The other european powers SOL were all show with fancy trimming but with low caliber crews.
I am currently building a CC HMS Victory, 1 year and almost finished with Hull. Very time consuming but so much pleasure to see something come to life of your own 2 hands.
I am currently building a CC HMS Victory, 1 year and almost finished with Hull. Very time consuming but so much pleasure to see something come to life of your own 2 hands.
RE: Name this #2
Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 6:31 pm
ORIGINAL: Charbroiled
ORIGINAL: Whipple
I'm currently building the Revell 1/96 USS Constitutuion. It's a mighty fine kit, but the molds are old and it will take time to build it correctly. I've been working on it for 2 months now, and it's comming along very nicely.
Whipple
I've been working on mine for 16 years. I started on it before the birth of my daughter. After she was born, I decided that model ships and little kids do not go well together. I had to put it up until I could work on it without it being destroyed. My daughter is 15 now, so maybe I can pull it back out and finish it now.
ps. Dust is not a model's friend.[:(]
When I was first married , I was building USS United States , same scale. I had finished the hull, crossed the yards , and was trying to work up the courage to start rigging her. It sat , almost complete , on the mantle , when my (then) new wife accidently knocked it to the floor, destroying it beyond repair. I was secretly relieved , but my wife felt (unknown to me) very,very guilty. Last year , when getting to move cross country , I broke a ceramic sheep that she was quite fond of. Instead of sadness or anger , she said "good!, Now we are even , I don't have to feel guilty about that damned boat!". She broke it in 1981! [:D]
RE: Name this #2
Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 6:48 pm
This is nice tall ship,
RE: Name this #2
Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 7:06 pm
ORIGINAL: AW1Steve
ORIGINAL: Charbroiled
ORIGINAL: Whipple
I'm currently building the Revell 1/96 USS Constitutuion. It's a mighty fine kit, but the molds are old and it will take time to build it correctly. I've been working on it for 2 months now, and it's comming along very nicely.
Whipple
I've been working on mine for 16 years. I started on it before the birth of my daughter. After she was born, I decided that model ships and little kids do not go well together. I had to put it up until I could work on it without it being destroyed. My daughter is 15 now, so maybe I can pull it back out and finish it now.
ps. Dust is not a model's friend.[:(]
When I was first married , I was building USS United States , same scale. I had finished the hull, crossed the yards , and was trying to work up the courage to start rigging her. It sat , almost complete , on the mantle , when my (then) new wife accidently knocked it to the floor, destroying it beyond repair. I was secretly relieved , but my wife felt (unknown to me) very,very guilty. Last year , when getting to move cross country , I broke a ceramic sheep that she was quite fond of. Instead of sadness or anger , she said "good!, Now we are even , I don't have to feel guilty about that damned boat!". She broke it in 1981! [:D]
Did you tell her it was a ship and not a boat, and that after so many years being married to a sailor, she should know that? [:D]
Whipple
RE: Name this #2
Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 7:14 pm
ORIGINAL: Charbroiled
ORIGINAL: Whipple
I'm currently building the Revell 1/96 USS Constitutuion. It's a mighty fine kit, but the molds are old and it will take time to build it correctly. I've been working on it for 2 months now, and it's comming along very nicely.
Whipple
I've been working on mine for 16 years. I started on it before the birth of my daughter. After she was born, I decided that model ships and little kids do not go well together. I had to put it up until I could work on it without it being destroyed. My daughter is 15 now, so maybe I can pull it back out and finish it now.
ps. Dust is not a model's friend.[:(]
Aye, this is true. My youngest managed to destroy my 1/350 USS Enterprise back in '86 when I unthinkingly sat it on the coffee table for some reason that eludes me now.
I wasn't mad at her in the least. But never the less I had to step out of the house for a couple of hours.
I took a break from plastic modeling until starting the USS Constitution. Just didn't have the heart to do it anymore after that Sink-ex (as it became known, gotta love a Navy wifes sense of humor).
I have found that plastic friendly "super glue" works wonders for model assembly now.
Whipple
RE: Name this #2
Posted: Thu Jul 10, 2008 10:55 pm
How about this one?
RE: Name this #2
Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 12:06 am
A beauty! [&o]
RE: Name this #2
Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 10:02 am
ORIGINAL: Whipple
ORIGINAL: AW1Steve
ORIGINAL: Charbroiled
I've been working on mine for 16 years. I started on it before the birth of my daughter. After she was born, I decided that model ships and little kids do not go well together. I had to put it up until I could work on it without it being destroyed. My daughter is 15 now, so maybe I can pull it back out and finish it now.
ps. Dust is not a model's friend.[:(]
When I was first married , I was building USS United States , same scale. I had finished the hull, crossed the yards , and was trying to work up the courage to start rigging her. It sat , almost complete , on the mantle , when my (then) new wife accidently knocked it to the floor, destroying it beyond repair. I was secretly relieved , but my wife felt (unknown to me) very,very guilty. Last year , when getting to move cross country , I broke a ceramic sheep that she was quite fond of. Instead of sadness or anger , she said "good!, Now we are even , I don't have to feel guilty about that damned boat!". She broke it in 1981! [:D]
Did you tell her it was a ship and not a boat, and that after so many years being married to a sailor, she should know that? [:D]
Whipple
That's the embarrasing part. Not only was she married to a sailor, (I've been retired for nearly 10 years) , she herself is a sailor , coming up on 19 years. And she's served on three ship's where I've only been TAD'ed to one (The Consituition! And we never left the pier in Boston!) What do you expect from a JAG![:D]
RE: Name this #2
Posted: Fri Jul 11, 2008 4:28 pm
Oh yes!! Thanks for that pic Rev.ORIGINAL: RevRick
How about this one?