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HMS Cleopatra - Scratchbuilt
goldenpony
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Posted: Tuesday, May 19, 2009 - 01:10 AM UTC
Ahoy Shipmates!!!

Phil Reeder (onslow) took matters into his own hands to build the HMS Cleopatra when no kit was available. Join us as we take a look.


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If you have comments or questions please post them here.

Thanks!
JayTDee
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Germany
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Posted: Tuesday, May 19, 2009 - 05:38 AM UTC
Nice ship & good work! I'll wait until they make a plastic kit for this, I don't think I could do this let alone do this in 7 weeks.
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Posted: Wednesday, May 20, 2009 - 08:23 PM UTC
Brilliant, Phil, great work, and some top references there - so what's next? BTW we would like to see that on Finewaterline.com please.

Cheers,

Peter F
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Posted: Thursday, May 21, 2009 - 01:05 AM UTC
I really liked the ship when I saw it and asked Phil to let me make it a feature. Then he sent me the write up and I saw he did it in 7 weeks!!! That is really amazing!

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Posted: Thursday, May 21, 2009 - 05:48 AM UTC

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Brilliant, Phil, great work, and some top references there - so what's next? BTW we would like to see that on Finewaterline.com please.

Cheers,

Peter F

I`ve already sent it to finewaterline,but,I`ve had no acknowledgement,or answer to my emails.Phil
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Posted: Sunday, May 24, 2009 - 07:08 AM UTC
Wow, great work, Phil. And in seven weeks too!
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Posted: Thursday, May 28, 2009 - 08:17 AM UTC
Great work Phil!

Are my eyes decieving me or are there actually TWO British war ships profiled this month? Absolutely amazing...
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Posted: Thursday, May 28, 2009 - 10:36 AM UTC

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Great work Phil!

Are my eyes decieving me or are there actually TWO British war ships profiled this month? Absolutely amazing...



If the month was only a little longer there could have been 3!!!!!

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Posted: Friday, May 29, 2009 - 05:44 AM UTC

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Great work Phil!

Are my eyes decieving me or are there actually TWO British war ships profiled this month? Absolutely amazing...


First off let me thank everybody for their kind comments.I built the Hesperus in 11 days,mainly because it was such a good kit,and it needed the minimun of modification.
One factor that speeds up construction is using acrylic paints,I love `em!
Cheers for now Phil
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