Sunday 21 November 2021

WOODEN MODEL TWO-MASTED SAILING SHIP

I have no name or even scale for this model. It is between 1:90 and 1:130 scale by my rough estimate. I bought it from AliExpress for a mere $12 shipping included. It arrived in two weeks. Clearly some knock-off small factory in China got hold of the computer file for the kit and burned a bunch of copies. However, the burn image is backwards and there is no reference to the original name. Several of the small delicate parts were so badly laser burned that they disintegrated.

Today is day fifteen (15) of the build. There are two basic problems: 1) there were no plans/instructions; and 2) the laser-cut sheets of wood are plywood instead of solid single type wood. You can only bend plywood in one direction. So this has been a bit of a challenge. The goal here is to make a ghost ship or sort of disney pirates vessels with a lot of crud and dirt and aging. I covered over the gun ports, and added chain-plates and several other parts which were not in the kit. Hull crud is baking soda and crushed pencil shavings. The entire thing has been spray painted with a dirty black, then sanded down (80 grit) to show highlights. It took two weeks to go from flat box to ready-for-sails. This is a work-in-progress which now needs sails.