Great work as always Ken!

nice comparison on size too: one a battlewagon the other a sports car

Hi all well this must be jinxed I went to get an hour in tonight and have had a catastrophe, now I've got several hours of remedial work, it's now back in the outhouse while I calm down.

Bummer - been there, done that!

I'm building one of them aero-plane thingies...an SBD. I've broken off the aerial mast more times than I can remember.

And tonight, as I was finishing the build, I came to the last piece, the pitot tube, and dropped it. I don't have a carpet monster, but I do have a cable monster. Gone forever.

Pretty proud of myself though. I used a candle and sprue to make one...and it doesn't look half bad.

I'm sure you'll be able to put things to rights!!!

LCB

Oh wow - - I can truly feel your pain, Ken!! That's too bad... I hope you'll be able to keep the rigging!!

Good luck and even more patience with your recovery! You'll do it!!
Keep up your good spirit!!

Cheers,
Jan

Oh no! Ken I feel your pain!

Reminds me of the whale watching boat that hit the seawall across our pier in San Diego the other day!

--Karl

Well repairs made and a small update, I really hope I don't have any further catastrophe's

Nice work.

Nice work Ken.

I hope you don't have anymore catastrophe's as well

Hi all, well I needed to do something to take my mind off things so decided to start the ratlines  (actually I found it very relaxing) 

Wish I had seen this before. I have had both Cutty Sark and Thermopylae in my stash for many a year. So long the boxes are falling apart! I did however build the old Pedro Nunes from the same series. Basically a white Cutty Sark but rigged as a barque.

The rigging is a nice addition Ken

Hello there.

Captain Catastrophe I presume?

Looks like you are having lots of fun with this one Ken. I am coming to the end of my Snowberry and just found this blog, which is good as I have a Cutty Sark in the stash and figure it would be good for practicing rigging BEFORE I submit myself to the Heller Victory build..

I will be following this build closely, except hopefully the disaster parts (hopefully). Keep up the great work. I remember when I was a little younger back in the 1960's our next door neighbour built one of these.

But that is a long time ago and there are lots of much better solutions for things like dead eyes etc available now, but this one I think I will build OOB but take your advice and drill out the eyes and holes before I try and attach or thread them.

Cheers and keep up the great work,
Warren

Hi all more progress on the Thermopylae

Hi Ken,

that looks really impressive - I like the rigging! And no more catastrophes, I hope!!

Cheers,
Jan

Hi all got the rear railings on and made a start on the aft mast ratlines connections.

Hi Ken,

good to see you're working on your Thermopylae again, as well - she's a very nice build!

And how tiny she looks next to your other build on the table...

Cheers,
Jan

good to see this one moving along too Ken!

Hello Ken,

Any updates? I see there hasn't been any posts in a while.

Tim

Hi all well this is back on the bench (hoping to finish it by October, a bit optimistic butbi will try)

Hi Ken,

good to see you back here and some progress on your Thermopylae! Looking forward to see her grow!

Cheers,
Jan

Will be good to see this one finished Ken

Hi all here is the progress so far.

Oh boy...after the damage that happened to the bowsprit, you'd still set this model on the back of some overstuffed cushions!?? If I did that, it would be a disaster that would occur in three...two...o

Other than that, things look great. Glad to see progress is being made!