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Topic review - Uss Columbus 1819
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  Post subject:  Re: Uss Columbus 1819  Reply with quote
Hello threebs,

:thumbs_up_1:
An inspiration to continue to expand the detail work on my own subjects.

Are you planning to put these on public display? All this work, your impressive results, I expect it would make a great exhibition for your neighbors. Perhaps the local town hall, or public library, or maybe a nearby museum.

Regards,
JoeP
Post Posted: Sun Jun 07, 2020 10:29 am
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What a legacy! Beautiful work. As I mentioned a while back, your build is very meaningful to me as my great-grandfather served on the ship as a teenager from 1842 to 1845. I look forward to the day when I can see the ship in person in a museum :-).
Post Posted: Thu May 14, 2020 8:50 am
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Fantastic detail expertly finished. Well done, looks exquisite.
Post Posted: Tue Apr 28, 2020 7:30 am
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OUTSTANDING !!!

the boats are a pure joy to behold;
your workmanship is just beautiful !

BRAVO :thumbs_up_1: :thumbs_up_1:


with best wishes
JIM B
Post Posted: Tue Apr 28, 2020 3:02 am
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I am adding another line of copper to the hull. I made 3 more boats on this ship than I did on the Pennsylvania. I put cutters in the mizzen wales and a barge off the stern. I am liking the look, so I will make 3 more for the PENNSYLVANIA nd continue the theme for the remaining ships.


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Post Posted: Mon Apr 27, 2020 6:17 pm
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I'm not much of a rigging specialist, but sure looks good. Love the general shape of the ship and the great detailing level you've accomplished! Great job! :thumbs_up_1: :thumbs_up_1: :thumbs_up_1: :woo_hoo:
Post Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2020 12:07 pm
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Congratulations on the near copmpletion of thois ship.

I agree that ' formal ! photos for the Gallery here would be excellent!
and indeed your own Gallery page anyhow !

The vast amount of complex rigging on this ship looks most excellent--


BUT- 9 years of perseverance and tenacity is perhaps the most laudable achievement in itself !!!
==================================================================

Building 11 fully rigged sailing ships of the given time-frame you stated earlier...

is a mammoth undertaking!-- that you are already as far advanced as you are - even more so.

His USS Pennsylvania model.... ... another monster undertaking can be viewed here

viewtopic.php?f=59&t=46982

for those readers who may have not seen,

the build of the USS United States

can be viewed here at MW.com in the scratch-build forum
here

viewtopic.php?f=13&t=165997


Do keep up the momentum and impetus that you have managed to maintain hitherto !!

Kind regards

Jim Baumann :thumbs_up_1:
Post Posted: Sat Mar 28, 2020 6:34 am
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Very impressive, and I hope to see some "formal" photos! Would be quite imposing from a waterline angle!
Post Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2020 1:41 pm
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Fantastic work. The rigging looks great! :thumbs_up_1: :thumbs_up_1: :thumbs_up_1:
Post Posted: Wed Mar 25, 2020 10:05 am
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Well done and great subject!


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Post Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2020 10:29 am
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Hello threebs,

I find that you really need to be building USS Iowa or a Cold or Gulf War era US Navy ship that a few of the population of this forum may have served upon to attract much engagement. That's just how it is. I rarely post here myself because there are other model forums which are more engaging. If I keep my text and image tags identical I'm happy to copy a post written for somewhere else onto this board too, but I doubt if I'd bother otherwise.

Nevertheless, I have had a quick browse back through your past 9 years of work on this model which I hadn't seen until now, and would like to comment you on your achievement. I've never finished a large sailing ship yet, but I heard that with real sailing ships the say that when the hull is complete and the ship floats you're half way there and the rig takes the same effort again. It certainly appears that way from your Columbus!

Beautiful though :D
Post Posted: Tue Mar 24, 2020 2:45 am
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I sure wish some of you who view this post would take a couple minutes to make a comment? I have little ego, but, what I do have would enjoy the feed back! :thumbs_up_1: :rolf_3: :thumbs_up_1:
Post Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2020 9:27 pm
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Except for fixing gun port doors, the anchors, and making 6 ships boats I am done with this build. If you want to see how the anchors and ships boats are built you can see it in my Pennsylvania build.

Let me know what you think. I can start on my other builds soon, yeaaa!


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Post Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2020 12:50 pm
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Some of my scattered work areas and a photo of the Delaware skeleton. Also the ladders, I made 36 of them enough for ALL the ships I have left to build


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Post Posted: Sat Feb 22, 2020 9:02 pm
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Beautiful work! :thumbs_up_1: :thumbs_up_1: :thumbs_up_1:
The rigging looks stunning already, and I guess you will get some enjoyment out of all those blocks soon... ;)
Post Posted: Sat Feb 22, 2020 3:10 am
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The yards are pretty much all rigged. Just a few items on the bow sprit yard and the foot ropes to do yet. I am making the stirrups for the foot ropes now. I have the ropes spun. I also have been serving roughly 200 inches of 2 different sizes of rope that I will need for the block stropping on those three ships. It has taken me longer to get to this point than I figured because I needed to make more blocks. And, as long as I was doing so, I made enough for the United States, the Delaware and the Germantown. This includes violin blocks and "chocked" blocks. (regular single blocks with an added piece to the upper third on each side of the block). I think I may have made more than I need for the ships named, but, I will use them eventually. I think I have made 24 violin blocks, 60 3/16th inch singles, 60 1/4 inch singles, 40 1/4 doubles, 40 3/16 inch single and 40 1/4 inch single chocked blocks and not to forget dozens of hooks in 2 sizes out of copper wire.

I have put aside the United States until May. I need to finish this one before April 16th so I can enter it into the Pima County Fair here in Tucson, Arizona.
I demonstrate model ship building 5 hours each day of the 10 days the fair runs. I have been doing this for about six years now.


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Post Posted: Fri Feb 21, 2020 3:22 am
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Oops, looks like I included a quarter gallery photo of the United States I am building at the same time as this one. I have the studding sails on the yards, and most of the running rigging blocks prepared to go on the yards. It takes time to serve all the line I need to strap the blocks. I should be installing the yards in a few days.
Post Posted: Sat Feb 08, 2020 10:56 pm
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oh wow, this is such a beautiful build :thumbs_up_1:
Post Posted: Fri Jan 31, 2020 2:32 am
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Yards and studding sail booms are done except the blocks and pendants for the running rigging which I am doing now. one quarter gallery is roughed in. I make the decorative rails by cutting 1/32 stock to strips of 2 widths. I round one edge of each strip and glue the side to side I shave the wider middle one down, and the result is shown by making an impression into modeling clay


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Post Posted: Fri Jan 31, 2020 2:28 am
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Just about done with the back stays. Will be turning the yards starting later today.


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