Ship in trouble

[abhovi]

While staying in hospital early this year as a result of open heart surgery and therefore confronted with the finitude of life, I got the idea to picture a ship that was apparently also at the end of its existence. Some weeks earlier I had started another pinas and I used the unfinished hull for just that purpose. But the only thing I could do was to give it a broken rig. It became soon clear to me that if you really want to build a broken hull, you will not get away with the same building technique used for healthy ships. You will have to take into account the wreckage right from the start. So in future, if time is given me, I might work out a wrecked ship with planks missing, showing frame parts and partly broken decks. This is not a completely new challenge for me, as I have always built my wooden models just like they were built in real life, but as we all know: paper is different.
In the mean time you might like the result of this first effort, of which we soon will present a Photoshop composition, showing the ship in its natural and fitting surrounding.

[Vermin_King]

Beautiful work, sir. Stay healthy!

[FRD]

That would be something that I would look forward to seeing..

[JohnMGD]

Nice work Ad, your models look always so "real life" like, something I admire very much !!

[Michael Mash]

It may be a ship in trouble, but in the third image, the Dutch flag still flies proudly.
Always great work Ab.

[shipbuild]

Absolutely exquisite model building. I gaze in wonderment at this work of art. You have reached the pinnacle of what can be accomplished. Total mastery of this art form has been achieved.

[JohnMGD]

Hear, Hear !!!

[Philip]

Wonderfully conceived and executed. A dab hand at work here.

[Davej]

Even your wrecks look fantastic. Wow.

[abhovi]

Thank you all, I'm just doing what I like to do...