1/350 Sail Traing ship 'Sir Winston Churchill'

[Bouncy70]

A lovely little ship, Jim. Hat off to you

[marijn van gils]

Wonderful!!!
A beautiful model, not just technically but also with heaps of atmosphere.

This thread has been extremely inspirational and educational. Many thanks Jim for the detailed account!

Marijn

[JIM BAUMANN]

Thank you all for your kind words;

It certainly is a different subject to the usual steel / steam ship diet...

Have spent some time taking proper photos -- but still not satisfied with all of them;

in part ...

because I was taking photos outside, and in late afternoon the temperature quite suddenly fell though the floor( down to about 07 deg C )

-- as a result the ship shrank a bit lengthwise in the cold...
==> ergo the masts moved closer together-as you can see --slackening off the off the stays that connect the mast-heads --so more shooting soon
Once back indoors at normal room temperature after about 5 minutes they were dead straight again ,--as installed and intended !!

herewith a size comparison with my manicure-deficient left hand!!

[JIM BAUMANN]

I learnt something new....-- and it may be worth noting

When Photographing small models-- I have often used small LED lights as ' fill in ' lighting in dark areas

In this instance I used it to fill light towards the port lee side of the stern

and noted only today - ( prior to sending to the gallery)- on re-re-reviewing(!! )
the images that the light had thrown a colour projection shade of the red ensign onto the mizzen sail...

Never seen the likes of it before--but I shall be more vigilant !
Hope it assist

JIM B

[hypno7]

I had the chance to see this gold medal winner model at the Telford. The model is exquisite. I had to focus my eyes to see the rigging and details. The pictures do not do justice to the finesse of the model.

Congratulations!

[davidwaples]

Jim,
What a wonderful model. So well photographed too. She really looks like a ship at sail. Every aspect of the model looks alive and natural. I've always enjoyed seeing your work but this one might be my favorite. I really enjoyed reading through the build thread and learning how you worked through the different phases of the build. Yep, this may be my favorite Jim Baumann build yet. I hope you don't mind me sharing this with our model ship club. Congratulations on your award at Telford!
Dave