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That's a beautiful image. It reminds me of a mildly cubist painting of a sloop passing the light on a headland that hangs in the cottage we rent at Cape May.
And the fine lines of the bow visible in this starboard bow 3/4 overhead view surprise me. Although I have seen three-views of lobster boats, I have never seen one from this angle. Don |
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Fine Lines...,
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Interest in this model isn't great enough to warrant a full up kit effort, so I'll just keep the design to the basics necessary for a "designer built model". +Gil |
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Gil, I have been lurking and wondering. I for one am interested in building this boat. Visited Maine in November and spent a morning in Stonington photographing lobster boats in the rain.
Will this become a paper model? Your graphic work is "suitable for framing". John |
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Making Progress...,
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I have a bad habit of losing interest in project for a number of reasons. I've reached an interesting point with the Maine Lobster Boat which is now fairly complete as a surface model. I've now have to decide whether to make it more exact to scale [harder to build] or just make a simple paper model. I tend toward the more complex scale model and to try things that others would in their right mind never try. Usually the right minders win but the learning experience is often more than recompense. I'm leaning toward a 1950's early 60's for the Fleur equipped with old style slat pots. The boat will be planked with a semi-viewable internal framework. The style hasn't changed all that much so the basic model can be modified to fit a wide period of application. I'd like to see some of your lobster boat pictures if that's all right with you. The crabbers in the Bay Area use a totally different rig than those in the Maine fishery. Images on the web aren't all that great as compared to other modeling discipline walk-around so any taken by a modeler is manna from heaven. I'm thinking about a self assembling frame/planked hull that might be a little tricky. Still figuring out a doable assembly sequence. Below shows the idea of a quad surface frame to plank geometry. Glad you like the artwork - I think it adds a certain panache to the project..., Best, +Gil |
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Make the boat and they will come. I would definitely purchase the model. Based on the current design the complex version would be outstanding.
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Gil, I am happy to share some lobster boat photo's I am currently away from home and so it will be late in the week before I can send them. I am adding a link to Model Ship World, forums/build logs for kits.
Model Ship World :: View topic - NEW - Index of Build Logs For Kits - NEW Here you will find build logs for two lobster boats. One from Midwest and one from Bluejacket. I thought you might find it interesting to see how the Bluejacket in particular goes together. I also thought as long as you are going for "more exact scale" you might consider a saysail. I saw them on a few "real boats" in the Penobscot Bay area. Lastly what to do with the photos. Should I send to you via email? Thanks for staying with this project. More later in the week John |
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Discussion Topics
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How many photos do you have? I was thinking of posting them as part of this thread?..., Best regards, +Gil |
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Gil, I have perhaps a half dozen, I would like to do some edits since they were shot in the context of harbor scenes. They are large files and can take significant cropping. Glad you liked the bluejackets build, I am currently working on their swampscott dory. Yet another "fishy" type.
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Lobster Boat Photo Posting
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No hurry. Post them at your leisure. The Swampscott Dory has great New England lines. The interior wood structure makes for a great looking model. Brings up a related subject. I've been thinking about showing model boats in simulated model water tanks so that objects modeled below the water line become as important as that above the line. Nothing concrete yet but some great mind's eye visualization going on..., Best, +Gil |
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I have a few images attached that were on my laptop. These were shot in Rockland Me. in November. The images from Stoneington will follow on the weekend.
Regarding the idea of a ship in water look, I recently saw a nice model of the Glouchester schooner Benjamine Latham set in blue plexiglass. The glass was cut to the shape of the hull at the waterline and the seine boat was also inset and in tow. It was a nice affect. So here are the photo's (if I did it correctly). |
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