Crew mate Kym Knight (Rab) sends us this fantastic "Model On Display" of his wooden ship build, "Amerigo Vespucci"!

Thanks Kym!
~Gunny

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Beautiful work Rab.

Very nice work! I hope to be able to make a wooden ship one day. I have a kit in a box that has been sitting in there for years and I'm scared to touch it.

I like it! The deck furniture and davited boats keep the eye moving right along. Lighting in the dark looks great too, giving it a sense of atmosphere. The light and backlight on the yards and rigging have an artistic look.

Although I am more a "Plastic and Resin" modeler, always think that these kind of wooden ship models are great displays!

Congrats Kym (and I admire your patience!)

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Thanks for the comments guys. I really like building the wooden ships but they are so time consuming. I could probably get a dozen 1:350 ships built in the time it takes to construct one of those sailing ships. I have 4 builds that are at the stage of masting and rigging, but no-where to put them at the moment as I am in the middle of plasterboarding the display area of the shed and everything is crammed into one corner.
Here is a photo of the first test on the wiring job inside the hull of the Amerigo Vespucci.

Beautiful work.

Hi RAb,

Great looking ship, excellent work.

Thanks for sharing and the lighting looks cool too.

Al