Ahoy, ye maties!
New MSW crew-mate Den Holmes (densships) sends us this fantastic gallery of images of his complete scratchbuild of this 64 gun British warship! 
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Thanks!
~Gunny
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17th Century British Gunship
Gunny

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Posted: Friday, February 08, 2008 - 06:00 PM UTC

goldenpony

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Posted: Friday, February 08, 2008 - 06:07 PM UTC
Welcome aboard Den. That is a beautful ship. Thank you for shairng that with all of us.
  
 
 
 JMartine

Joined: October 18, 2007
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Posted: Saturday, February 09, 2008 - 03:32 AM UTC
Absolutelly gorgeous, a museum piece... thanks for sharing! The beautiful lines of such ships never cease to please... cheers!
Posted: Saturday, February 09, 2008 - 05:41 AM UTC
What a beautiful creation!  Thanks for sharing Den and welcome to MSW.
Gator
Gator

jba

Joined: November 04, 2005
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Posted: Monday, February 11, 2008 - 08:07 PM UTC
*gasp* *choke* that's all the golden wood sculpture that amaze me here, here's one I will read in depth, digest in full and one day will try to equal  ("one day", it might wait for a looong time)
 ("one day", it might wait for a looong time)
JB
  
 
 ("one day", it might wait for a looong time)
 ("one day", it might wait for a looong time)JB
 
 
rokket2001

Joined: March 28, 2005
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Posted: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 - 01:54 PM UTC
Absolutely fantabulous! Where to begin...the contsruction, the rigging, those sails, and the presentation. definitely need some details on this beauty. Wow-wow-va-voom. A stunner, mate. tell us more!

95bravo

Joined: November 18, 2003
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Posted: Thursday, February 14, 2008 - 09:44 AM UTC
Beautiful Dean. truly beautiful.

Clanky44

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Posted: Thursday, February 14, 2008 - 05:29 PM UTC
Fantastic model Den!
It's brilliantly layered, you must have constantly given thought as you added layer upon layer. The sails are beautifully constructed, your subtle stiching and natural flows of the fabric are flawless.
thank you for sharing,
Frank 
 
It's brilliantly layered, you must have constantly given thought as you added layer upon layer. The sails are beautifully constructed, your subtle stiching and natural flows of the fabric are flawless.
thank you for sharing,
Frank
 
 
rea00cy

Joined: April 29, 2009
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Posted: Saturday, November 13, 2010 - 04:28 PM UTC
This is a real marvel. A challenge and inspiration for my ongoing sailing ships. Thanks for sharing!
Happy modeling,
Augusto
Happy modeling,
Augusto
Posted: Saturday, November 13, 2010 - 07:23 PM UTC
Hi Den,
Brillient and amazing work. Thanks for sharing.
Al 
   
   
   
   
 
Brillient and amazing work. Thanks for sharing.
Al
 
   
   
   
   
 
JimMrr

Joined: January 03, 2007
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Posted: Sunday, November 14, 2010 - 02:34 PM UTC
Truly insprirational!  
   
   Id love to see more tall ships on the site here, especially some tutorials!
 Id love to see more tall ships on the site here, especially some tutorials!
 
   
   Id love to see more tall ships on the site here, especially some tutorials!
 Id love to see more tall ships on the site here, especially some tutorials!Posted: Sunday, November 14, 2010 - 03:20 PM UTC
Well.....what can I say.....

Welcome to Modelshipwrights!
Cheers,
Joe

Welcome to Modelshipwrights!
Cheers,
Joe
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