HMS Victory Storyboard Diorama (3 Viewers)

Classic Marine type Dolphins.
This is where my other hobby woodcarving came in handy.I carved this classic design from cherry wood.Two of these plus a center piece, screwed into the base, support the ship.The base itself is African cherry wood of a slightly different color and the plexiglass cases base is American walnut.All these woods were especially selected to harmonize with the ships copper plates.
 
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Just another testament to your exception craftmanship John. Thanks for all the pictures of your projects.
 
John, from one screw-ball to another, You sir are the tops. Main gallants to be exact. I think your model is nicer than the other one. I love square rigged ships as well as early steam ships. I have read most of the Forrester and O'Brien books as well as a few others. I would like to do a toy versions of ACW USN and CSN
ships. I have a million projects in my head. These are a few. Researching WWII subs right now. I would love any tips you might have and look forward to your continued thread.
 
Pretty impressive stuff (now, that's an understatement).

Being praised by the Vampire, now that's scary ;)
 
It has been my experience that ship modelers have more difficulty in figuring out the sequence of the rigging than the rigging itself.I know I sure did.
When I rigged my Victory I only had a couple of ropes that were out of sequence and these I belayed to the shrouds rather than the foot of the mast.I figured that was pretty good considering this is a very complicated ship to rig properly.
This info will only be available on my photobucket and is intended for my modeling buds only.Good luck. Cheers! John.

My photobucket:

http://s6.photobucket.com/albums/y250/JohnReid/
Look for the album Friggin' in the Riggin'
 
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