Recent content by Cybergrinder

Welcome! Another South Africa based builder! :)

And the beauty shots :) First the figure head, with my attempt to capture the Royal coat of arms A view of the bow, Union Jack flying proudly :) Moving down the deck And my attempt to capture the famous signal

After the delay, here's what I'm doing for the case :) Thankfully most of the glass was saved from the old one, except one piece. To save on the expense I decided to go with a piece of hardboard (7mm). Now to just have a piece of boring wood would not do I went for this :) (HMS Prince in the...

Quick update - beauty shots coming soon, had to do a couple of touch ups, and got something special for the case...

And she is complete. Some interesting variations in either the instructions or mistakes I made :) Firstly the gun port covers - I originally painted them the same colour as the strakes, should be black - my mistake on first version The boats - the upper section being brown - Dunno.... maybe...

All flags attached! :)

Mizzen flags up :)

A real broadside RB... I'm doing the flags next as I have a tendency to knock gun port covers off.... She will be going into a glass case once done, like the other ships in my collection

"General Stations! Load and runout the guns!

Both anchors attached :)

Next, attaching the working anchor. I didn't want to knot it to the hawser, since the hauwser would have an eye for the anchor, then spliced back into the line. So here we go I coated the end with wood glue, then sliced into it. Slide the anchor in the cut and fold the string over to create...

So, after re-doing the furled sails for the mizzen (twice) here it is :) Then moving to the anchors. Attaching the spare anchor was tricky, especially around the flukes

Just a correction, that's from Babylon 5, not BSG, but still a stunning model, might give it a try...

Main mast and the other flying jib attached And a large cup of tea....

Thanks guys!