Thanks,I never intended to finish this one. Initially, it was just meant to be a bare hull to illustrate an article about how to make a hull quickly and easily. It is much larger scale than my normal - it is 20 feet to 1 inch. After I completed the hull, I liked it so much that I decided to complete it. It is just a typical barque of about 1870, designed by myself, but following standard design principles of that era. Another experiment was the plating on the bottom. It took about 15 minutes and is actually an image of a brick wall stretched to the correct scale of the plates in the computer, printed on paper, cut out and stuck on in strips. The hull is bread and butter construction made from 5.6mm thick sheets of balsa wood just cut with a scalpel. No special tools at all for this one. Masts, spars and rigging 100% metal - rigged with fine copper wire glued on in short lengths. I haven't the patience for thread and millions of knots!
The attached is, or was, my preferred scale for many years. - 32 feet to 1 inch. At the age of 76, it is getting a bit difficult at 32 feet to 1 inch.
Bob