"Speeljacht" 1:50 - test model

[YankeeBoy]

That's simply lovely! The wood grain and attention to detail is outstanding. Will be in the queue to see this when it is finished.

[Michael Mash]

Beautiful Tomek.
You have a great talent for stern decorations.
Mike

[JohnMGD]

You are a real talent in designing historical ships Tomek, envy you !! And building them is a real different "trade", and I am wondering if I ever will get the hang of it building historical ships. In my opinion it is starting a whole new technique as what I have build in the past !! I still find the threshold very high for starting a historical ship, and maybe age is also playing a part in this, being less flexible !!!

[et2B]

beautiful build and lovely design of the decorations.
Hopefully soon in your online store

[Seahorse]

Thanku very much for comments.

The moment has finally come, "finally", because I made two sails all week long and made a total of 12 of them. Each time something went wrong (stains), I made a mistake (wrong course of the warp and weft), after the third attempt it turned out that it was wrong I drew the template, the fourth one had stains again, etc. But finally the model is finished.
All in all, with such simple rigging there is not much to describe, so maybe I will share an idea (found on YT and simplified) for a different way of making coils of ropes hung on belaying pins.
There are, of course, several methods for making and hanging coils, and one of them involves tying them in such a way that there is a single loop at the top and only this loop is attached to the belaying pin. The original video is here: How I make ROPE HANKS for model ships - YouTube.

Taking into account that the scale is smaller, I used a 6mm round dowel in which I quickly cut a groove.
1. I braided dowel 4 times

2. I passed one loop

3. I put the second loop into the first loop

4. I tightened everything

5. the size of the loop can be adjusted with the free end of the rope

I don't know how this method will work at 1:100, but at 1:50 it's certainly a good lead.

And now I invite you to the gallery






Greetings
Tomek

[Michael Mash]

Beautiful work.
This looks like an excellent project to begin with, for those that want to build sailing vessels. Although, the decorations appear to be rather advanced.
Mike

[JohnMGD]

Beautiful work Tomek.
Well Michael, I tried past week to start a historical model, Ab sent me instructions and drawings to start a simple "Small ship" model, but I did not manage to build it. I still think it is a whole different "trade" to build these ships and envy the people who build them. In a while though, I will try to build it again !!

[Dancooper]

That is absolutely fantastic work.

[et2B]

Looks wonderful. Would like to build one.

[Michael Mash]

Originally Posted by JohnMGD

Beautiful work Tomek.
Well Michael, I tried past week to start a historical model, Ab sent me instructions and drawings to start a simple "Small ship" model, but I did not manage to build it. I still think it is a whole different "trade" to build these ships and envy the people who build them. In a while though, I will try to build it again !!

Yes, I agree with you John.
There is a big difference between building wood/sail ships, and building iron/steel ships. A few members here build both. Perhaps they will read this and post an opinion.
Mike