Sovereign of The Seas 1637 - Heavily modified Mantua kit

[Uwek]

Good day,

I have been building my Sovereign of the Seas kit for some years now and will start with a few comments about it. I basically took the bones of the kit and built the framework of the ship and then duplicated all the bulkheads and deck parts I had used and put the kit back together and sold it. From there, I scratch built the ship to the point it is at now. I enclose a photo of the stern as it sits now. The ornamentation that was included with the kit was not to my liking and with significant research, I wanted to duplicate contemporary presentations of the ship in my model.

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I will add some of the research I did to arrive at my decision to carve all the ornamentation as this log builds.

More to follow.............

Hallo @modelshipwright
we wish you all the BEST and a HAPPY BIRTHDAY

 

[Uwek]

Good day,

I have been building my Sovereign of the Seas kit for some years now and will start with a few comments about it. I basically took the bones of the kit and built the framework of the ship and then duplicated all the bulkheads and deck parts I had used and put the kit back together and sold it. From there, I scratch built the ship to the point it is at now. I enclose a photo of the stern as it sits now. The ornamentation that was included with the kit was not to my liking and with significant research, I wanted to duplicate contemporary presentations of the ship in my model.

I will add some of the research I did to arrive at my decision to carve all the ornamentation as this log builds.

More to follow.............

Hallo @modelshipwright
we wish you all the BEST and a HAPPY BIRTHDAY

 

[shota70]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

 

[Gibbo]

This is quite truly an amazing build, i've just started my DeAgostini version of this ship and although i'm not going to get your level of detail it certainly has given me much thought and inspiration.
Thank you.

 

[wade]

Good heavens!! Like Bill said, stunning!! Absolutely and wonderfully stunning

 

[modelshipwright]

Thank you both for your kind words,

Bill

 

[Uwek]

Good day,

I have been building my Sovereign of the Seas kit for some years now and will start with a few comments about it. I basically took the bones of the kit and built the framework of the ship and then duplicated all the bulkheads and deck parts I had used and put the kit back together and sold it. From there, I scratch built the ship to the point it is at now. I enclose a photo of the stern as it sits now. The ornamentation that was included with the kit was not to my liking and with significant research, I wanted to duplicate contemporary presentations of the ship in my model.

I will add some of the research I did to arrive at my decision to carve all the ornamentation as this log builds.

More to follow.............

Hallo @modelshipwright
we wish you all the BEST and a HAPPY BIRTHDAY