Model Boat Mayhem
The Shipyard ( Dry Dock ): Builds & Questions => Yachts and Sail => Topic started by: Artistmike on May 13, 2018, 10:17:39 am
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I recently restored a Star Yacht, Endeavour 3 for a bit of fun and whilst doing some research, came across the common problem some have with obtaining the logo for the deck, or if making a stand.
Luckily the logo on mine was fine so with with a bit of photography and using Photoshop I was able to reproduce the logo into a format that anyone can use if they want to make their own. I actually tried it out by making one for the stand and as you can see below it seems to work so if anyone needs it, I have attached the logo for them to print for their deck or stand and if anyone wants it I can email it as a Photoshop file in higher resolution... :-)
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/906/28203329458_4055e26b19_o.jpg)
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/972/41356266774_66bb200dd4_o.jpg)
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Cool.
I just bought a SY/6 Star Yacht, one with a sprit gaff rig as opposed to the normal sloop rig and foresail.
Bit of a display item but I will sail it but pure nostalgia.
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Cool.
I just bought a SY/6 Star Yacht, one with a sprit gaff rig as opposed to the normal sloop rig and foresail.
Bit of a display item but I will sail it but pure nostalgia.
Funnily enough it was restoring one of those those for a friend, whose son had played with when he was young, that inspired me to pick up and restore this one for myself The SY/6 is impressive when it's finished ,as is this little fellow, it's easy to understand why they were so successful in their time, well designed and very sturdy little craft.
As a change from my RC yachts, both modern and vintage, I'm just going to try building a Dumas Ace Sloop next, a small free sailer that has a lot of character by the looks of things. There's something about a small free sailing yacht that is, as you say, a great bit of nostalgia and is certainly where I started my model boat career and their simplicity is nice to get back to... :-)
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My Star yacht is comming down to New Zealand. I suppose that they were sent all around the world, maybe there are some here but you would hardly ever see them.
I suppose I might finish my Vic Smeed Moonmist in the meantime, been a bit of a long project, thinking I would have id done in a few weeks.
Hayden