The Model Ship Builder

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

I BUILT 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!!!!!