It is not that tiny!
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1/700 Confederate Raiders CSS Alabama, CSS Florida
- Thread starter Rhino
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Love it, she'd fit right in with the flotilla in NY this week.
Brokeneagle
Master at Arms
Great work and at such a 'microscopic' scale - as always 
Heavens Eagle
Well-known member
Looking good Chris!
Rhino
Super Moderator
She sure would! Had she not been grounded in 1946 and sunk off Haiti in the Caribbean sea. "The Queen of the North Atlantic" hauling bananas! Perish the thought! I would imagine Bluenose II may have attended in Her mother's stead.
There's a great story about a DKM U-boat skipper that was stalking a large schooner in darkness and surfaced to ID/attack the vessel.
"Are you ze Bluenose?"
"Oh ya, you betcha!"
When he found out it was the Nova Scotia racing champion hauling Caribbean freight, The German Kapitain let her go.
Now that would be an interesting scene, Surfaced UBoat inspecting Bluenose.
Rhino
Super Moderator
You are going to break off the molded on cannonades or swivel guns molded into the rail. A bit of sprue, c/a glued back on, should suffice. I finish these with a dash of sharpie on the top to give them a metallic semi-gloss look.
HMS Speedy's ratlines are all fitted. They don't just glue on the masts. They must be twisted, cut and trimmed to fit the masts of the ship. 8 times. This is why no P/E sets are made for these sailing ship kits. There are too many variables that might affect the installed length of vessel specific manufactured p/e parts. Blacking these with permanent marker is step one and makes cutting and trimming a challenge.
Once the forest of sails are installed on the little Brig, not much of this painstaking work will be obvious.
My preferred Ocean Spirit 1/700 scale etched steel ratline set. I like the ferrous ones, because a small magnet helps find the elusive dropped, delicate part, and aids in cleaning up metal scraps. That, and the scale thickness is closer to the real article.
In all truth, these little ship models are a pain in the tuchas to build. It takes a touch of artist, poet and nut-job.
No wonder I don't sell many of them.
Heavens Eagle
Well-known member
centaur567
Well-known member
Just don't let anybody see you wearing them. Gary S.
Rhino
Super Moderator
You might be referred to as a "Bond Villian"!
Rhino
Super Moderator
I have a set of these white middle ones. The battery for the LED doesn't last, if you bump the snap-in lens, it falls onto whatever you are working on, and they get REALLY heavy on your head. It's for sale if you want it. $25.00 would buy it!
Better an external light source and a set of 1.50 Reading glasses, or stronger.
Metal Framed 1.50 Reading Glasses
Round lensed, metal framed weeding grasses for make teensie model-san! More durable than the plastic-framed 1.50's I have listed and for that reason, a shade more expensive. Add these to any TLAR Models purchase and I will refund the shipping costs to your PayPal account as soon as your order...
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The middle one has been improved with a USB rechargeable battery inside so it is lighter and the light lasts longer but I am a cheapskate! I had 5 (FIVE!) Ott-Lites for my workbenches. Now, I only have three as my wife and son each absconded one for their desk and vanity, respectively. She took the brass floor lamp and my son one of my fancy foldable desktop model for college.I have a set of these white middle ones. The battery for the LED doesn't last, if you bump the snap-in lens, it falls onto whatever you are working on, and they get REALLY heavy on your head. It's for sale if you want it. $25.00 would buy it!
Better an external light source and a set of 1.50 Reading glasses, or stronger.
Metal Framed 1.50 Reading Glasses
Round lensed, metal framed weeding grasses for make teensie model-san! More durable than the plastic-framed 1.50's I have listed and for that reason, a shade more expensive. Add these to any TLAR Models purchase and I will refund the shipping costs to your PayPal account as soon as your order...
As for readers, I have two cheap plastic ones and no clue as to their power but it was the highest I could find at the pharmacy.
Rhino
Super Moderator
For those of you interested in why HMS Speedy is such an icon of Royal Navy history.
I use 1.25 readers for reading but at the work bench I have some 2.5 readers handy.
Speedy, wasn't there one during the Revolution?
Speedy, wasn't there one during the Revolution?
