1/700 British sloop of the Cruizer class 1797-1820

maxim · Post by **maxim** » Sat Sep 09, 2006 4:33 pm

I made the masts from polystyrol: this was a big mistake. Again some of the rig is not straight anymore, because the plastic masts are too flexible. I replaced some stays, but there are still some, which are twisted. I recommend strongly to use metal for the masts. Ok, this advice is most probably not new for most modellers here. I had never built a ship in 1/700 with a complex rig. I had built the Golden Hind, but with are very simplified rig. The Grasshopper is my first ship with a complex rig. I had ignored this advice, because I had no problems with plastic masts on other simpler models. Therefore I thought that it will be also this time easier to use plastic. As I already wrote: this was a big mistake.

But I can recommend the use of copper wire for the rig. Most of the rig now is made of copper wire.

I also added the gaff sail boom (and its rig) and the anchors:

I will correct some smaller mistakes of the rig and the painting during the next days - and then she will be finished.

Avery Boyer · Post by **Avery Boyer** » Sat Sep 09, 2006 4:50 pm

Perfectionist warning

That build stuns me every time I see it

kennylibben · Post by **kennylibben** » Sat Sep 09, 2006 7:21 pm

wow! b-e-a-utiful!

make sure when you post to give us a size comparison to like....a small paperclip or something. coins work but its hard because countries have diff sized coins.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sun Sep 10, 2006 8:57 am

That looks GREAT! Lot's of detail for 1/700! If anyone notices your warped rigging, just tell them she took a few rounds!

- MT

maxim · Post by **maxim** » Sun Sep 10, 2006 9:15 am

Ok, here is the finished brigg-sloop HMS Grasshopper - after batte damage

I have corrected the painting:

Here are my second, third and fifth scratch built ship model: the Golden Hind (16th century), the Lanzhou (21th century) and the Grasshopper (19th century):

To show the size of the model: Grasshopper with Kalinin

kennylibben · Post by **kennylibben** » Sun Sep 10, 2006 10:22 am

Wow! Amazing Maxim!

whats your next small build?

maxim · Post by **maxim** » Sun Sep 10, 2006 10:30 am

kennylibben wrote:Wow! Amazing Maxim!

whats your next small build?

Thank you.

I will built either the 24 gun-ship HMS Lyme of 1740 or the 32-gun frigate HMS Juno of the Amazon class (1780s) (after I will finish the US destroyers USS Mustin und USS Arthur W. Radford).

Post by **Timmy C** » Sun Sep 10, 2006 4:32 pm

Pure awesomeness

MichelB · Post by **MichelB** » Mon Sep 11, 2006 5:47 am

Timmy C wrote:Pure awesomeness

I concur!