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PostPosted: Mon Feb 27, 2012 6:22 am 
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I completed the County of Roxburgh this morning. 25'=1" Completely scratchbuilt with metal masts & spars & wire rigging. Although the ship was driven ashore onto a Pacific island during a hurricaine in 1906, the hull still exists to this day. A Google search will reveal the full details.
Bob


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PostPosted: Mon Mar 05, 2012 1:44 pm 
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Smart looking ship Bob, thanks for showing her.

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PostPosted: Mon Mar 05, 2012 1:59 pm 
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Thanks Dan,
Sadly, not much interest in this sort of thing these days!
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PostPosted: Mon Mar 05, 2012 4:46 pm 
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super build Bob,
where do you start with all that rigging ?
do you start with the mainstay's and work from bow to stern,
or do you go from deck level and work your way up ?
either way she looks a stunner.
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PostPosted: Tue Mar 06, 2012 1:52 am 
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Hi Richard,
I start with the fore and aft stays, jibs, staysails & spanker, working from fore to aft. Then I put the lines on from underneath the tops down to the fife rails. Then the lower shrouds & ratlines from fore to aft. Next the topmast & t'gallant shrouds & ratlines followed by the rest of the standing rigging. Finally, the square sails starting at the bottom and working from fore to aft. As each sail is put on, I complete all its rigging before moving to the next. The County of Roxburgh took 96 hours, all timed on a stopwatch. The work was spread over 51 days. Totally scratchbuilt. All the masts and spars are metal and the rigging, including ratlines is all fine copper wire.
When I took it to the local ship model club last Saturday, it barely received more than a casual glance from most members, although a couple of them had a good look!
Bob


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thats a pitty, i think its awesome


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PostPosted: Tue Sep 30, 2014 4:58 pm 
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Hi Richard,
I start with the fore and aft stays, jibs, staysails & spanker, working from fore to aft. Then I put the lines on from underneath the tops down to the fife rails. Then the lower shrouds & ratlines from fore to aft. Next the topmast & t'gallant shrouds & ratlines followed by the rest of the standing rigging. Finally, the square sails starting at the bottom and working from fore to aft. As each sail is put on, I complete all its rigging before moving to the next. The County of Roxburgh took 96 hours, all timed on a stopwatch. The work was spread over 51 days. Totally scratchbuilt. All the masts and spars are metal and the rigging, including ratlines is all fine copper wire.
When I took it to the local ship model club last Saturday, it barely received more than a casual glance from most members, although a couple of them had a good look!
Bob


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PostPosted: Wed Oct 01, 2014 1:09 am 
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Thanks,
I have virtually given up building them now, the interest is so low. Only one completed this year, the steel barque Caithness-Shire shown in Scratchbuilds - Not Documented!
Bob


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PostPosted: Fri Oct 03, 2014 8:38 am 
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That's a beautifull model!
Please keep building them, and posting them too!

I'm not familiar with feet/inches/... Any idea what scale it is? About 1/400 maybe?

Also thanks for the rigging info.
How did you achieve the nice windblown concavity to the sails?

I also really like your seascape. What techniques did you use for it?

Cheers,

Marijn


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PostPosted: Fri Oct 03, 2014 11:00 am 
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Thanks,
The scale is 1:300. The sails are airmail paper moulded round an ostrich egg whilst wet and dried with a heat gun. They are then edged with fine copper wire glued on. The sea is white polystyrene foam shaped with a blowtorch with the flame turned down to its lowest level so it is more like a candle flame. It is then covered with crepe paper soaked in white glue, and painted with Humbrol enamels.
Click on "Profile" below to see my website with links to downloadable practiums all available for nominal fees (via Paypal).
There are a large number of my models posted on here in various places!
Bob
Here is the link to the ones posted here! (six pages of them).
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