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My first War Artisan Card Ship
Here is my review of War Artisan's card model of a 64 gun ship of the line. This model is a freebie on the website, War Artisan's Workshop -. The owner and designer, Jeff Knudsen, provides a few of his excellent models for free so folks can try them out before purchasing.
I must say, this model went together very well and very quick. I added a balsa base to strengthen the hull and that's all really. The instructions already include balsa support for the raised quarter deck, forecastle and poop deck. The most time was taken to build the masts. I chose to add my stepped masts rather than the suggested single shaft masts in the instructions. There are two sail choices, the Simple sail set and the Advanced sail set. I chose the advanced sails as they allow for more detail to be added. Just a few other added embellishments were made to the sails. The standard and running rigging are done like my other 1/1200 ships. Overall I am really impressed. This would be a really fast way to put a battle fleet together. No painting at all, just some touch up with colored highlighters. Very cool! My hat is off to Jeff! More photos at A Miniatures Hobby Room |
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Well done, looks as good as some of the GHQ models I made back in the 80s
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Looks really nice. You mention the rigging is the same as your 1/1200 scale, but what scale is this ship? How big is the completed model?
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That’s a few fine looking ship of the line; she looks cleared for action!
Wyvern |
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Very nice! great model.
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Rubén Andrés Martínez A. |
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Clare,
Thae model is 1/1200 scale. The download from War Artisan is 1/900 scale. I simply printed it at 66% to change the scale. This is a typical 1/1200 ship compared to a quarter: The card ship is in the center: Regards, Vol |
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Yeesh - I have a hard enough time with scale 250. Great work, Vol.
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Greg |
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Thank you!
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You do very nice work! I see how you did most of the rigging, but how do you do the shroud lines?
Alexio |
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Alexio,
I have a couple of different methods I use for ratlines. Here are some photos that will illustrate the one I use most. |
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