I had built papershipwright's CSS Virginia a while back but held off on building the monitor. Yours and papers certainly use different techniques for their designs. Its cool to see yours coming together. Thanks,
I've been on just a few USN ships in my previous career. Some warping looks good cause some of the real ones did. Even the ole CV-66 had some. The older one's more so. The modern building tech of recent years does tend to make this problem not appear though. Anyway, just my two cents. The...
What a difference in the size of the two. Titanic was/is huge! The kit must weigh a couple of pounds. Great build on the Rodney. Wonder which is the tougher or is it apples and oranges?
Saw a special about the USS Constitution that went over the rigging. Good grief but there are more names of the different lines than in some phone books. Its pretty cool you working on the rigging. Other than the ships hull design, its the most interesting to look at.
I agree with you papastumpy. I've noticied some slight difference with the quality on my Invincible build. What is missing the most for me is knowing of the trade "secrets" on just what tidbits can be done to make the build that much better. Not the technicial stuff on the how to but how do...