Ketch WIP

That works for me!

well the sailboat is NOT going in the diorama, I did make a rowboat for that. and it is the modern GB so my Walker Bulldog could be sliding into the mud in the USofA

still working on it.....

 

 

WHAT da Hell is dat?  Looks like Chesapeake Skipjack, or maybe a Bugeye schooner, which of course has no place in a European scenario, with or without tanks.  Get rid of the clipper bow, make it bluff, make the rig a lugger or spritsail rig, and you MIGHT have something like a European craft (Lowestoft trawler, Thames Barge, etc.).

I would recommend making the main mast roughly the waterline length, and the mizzen, about 1/2 that. Cut the excess off the bottom of the masts, you might not have to do any further work on them to make them look good. I would also suggest reducing the "bulk" of the stem, that's a lot of wood beneath the bowsprit.

This 1/87 scale, waterline model, 62' Ketch, Jenan III, was bashed from a Lindberg "Fishing Schooner Elsie" hull, with scratch built cockpit,cabins,masts,and rigging.

 

Pete 

The hull and deck look fine to me, but the masts appear wayyyyyyy to thick and tall, even though you've got a nice approximation of (to my eye) Chesakeake "bay built" oyster or crabbing boat. I'd think about cutting the masts down to more of a 2:1 ratio with the hull length, just to get something that looks a bit more balanced.

What a lovely boat. The masts seem too big, but I'll leave that to people who know something.

I'm first of all a model railroader and I really like scenery objects that are the subject of specialist knowledge, which could be a lot of things, but boats/ships for instance.

2T I always like your armor stuff, and this is a very artistic departure. My railroad doesn't meet the sea, unfortunately, but if it did a coaster like this would be a welcome detail.

Bill