Generic model of The Prince scratch built from plans by Amati, built by neptune.
Golly but you are very modest, you sure have built a very fine model ship here that sure is has a lot of very fine detail, much fancier than the little ship the Golden Hind that I am now building, WELL DONE. ENJOY.
another stern view showing the decoration, I needed a figurehead so I took one from a nativity set, from this figure I made two moulds in plasticene and made two half figures out of car body filler to go on the stern and the full figure I used on the bow, see pic later on.
The crown badges were plastic buttons.
close up showing the port wreaths which were made out of Xmas wrapping cord, I drew the number of circles I needed on some card board then I cut the cord to size and epoxied it in place, when dry I cut the wreaths free and epoxied them onto the hull.
The port lid straps were cut from watch springs.
The arches around the doors were belt buckles, the rails were made from furniture decoration mouldings, and the lion masks on the bulkhead were some old billings fittings I had.
Close up of the head rails, all these figures etc were attached with CA Glue, still there after 40 years.
All the stanchions were the turned tops of tooth picks, I'll see if I can find one and take a pic of it, but I'm sure you know what I mean, she sure could do with a good dust off.
best regards and happy modelling, John.
You just keep on amazing me. Well I will even say everyone here.
You sure are a genius in being able to take any thing at all and turning it into a thing of beauty with seemingly little or no effort on your behalf. You sure have built a ship of beauty that has stood the test of time, WELL DONE.
What ever happened to the ships rudder and are you planning on replacing it, it sure dose stand out on such a beauty, ENJOY.
Outstanding ingenuity and workmanship on this awesome model, splendid work.
Very high quality work. A model to be proud of.