Hello everyone,
well, long time no post. I am sorry I could not post more pictures of the progress of this model. I had a very bad hard drive crash and lost a lot of photos, including some of the ones of the progress... I learned my lesson and will keep better backup systems in place. Also the year has been a bit busy, I know, excuses.
This model represents the Dingyuan/Ting Yuen/定遠 of the Beiyang Fleet, Imperial Chinese Navy, sometime around the late 1880's. I used the S-Model kit as a base. The hull below waterline is scratchbuilt, the masts are made with brass tubing and rod. The screws were cut out of paper from templates from Dr. Jang's plans. The rigging is a combination of metal wire, elastic thread and stretched sprue based also from Dr. Jang's plans and the book "The Chinese Steam Navy 1862-1945" by Richard Wright. The ratlines are cut out from the Oceanspirit ratlines kit, as they are significantly thinner that the included PE ones. The most difficult part for me was making the footropes with stretched sprue, but I had to try Jim Baumann's technique. They look a lot thinner than the included PE parts.
Now to look into my stash to see what I build next!
Comments and critique very welcome!
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