not off to a great start with my first thread.Do you mean "models" in scale 1:1 ?
perhaps i should have included 'boat builder', or covered both by indicating 'vessels'.How do you define "ship builder"?
i had to put that one in the translater - it come out as ''I AM A SHIP-BLACKERS" but i got the gist. Blacksmiths, very hard workers. i love watching them 'do their thing' whatever they do, horse shoes, swords etc.ICHCH BIN SSCHIFF-SCHMIED
refer my reply to Ivan above.As I know personally Ivan he was working as a blacksmith in a shipyard before his retirement.
Since years he is one of the world´s best carver - take a look at his museum with all his models
IVAN TRTANJ - Schiffsmuseum Kressbronn - report of my visit in his museum and his workshop
On the way to Rochefort, I made a stop-over in the city of Kressbronn and visited our member @Ivan Trtanj for some hours. I met him first time this year in Hamburg during the modelling days in the Hamburg museum....take a look here...shipsofscale.com
straight out of an adventure movie. what a great life you had/have. are you still doing it DARIVS ARCHITECTVS (Latin?)I sailed cargo ships as an engineering officer, including operation, maintenance and repair of the ship and all its equipment.
Not any more. (yes, Latin)straight out of an adventure movie. what a great life you had/have. are you still doing it DARIVS ARCHITECTVS (Latin?)
Do you mean "models" in scale 1:1 ?
That girl's little pink boat is awesome!I will admit to dabbling in building of small, but 1:1 scale, boats. Examples include:
You have to love boats, no matter their size!
- Arctic Tern Hi, stitch-and-glue kayak. Built from a kit by Pygmy Boats (no photo)
- Chip, a one-person, stitch-and-glue sailing craft. Built from plans of "Tuckahoe Ten" by Thomas Firth Jones in his book "Low-Resistance Boats."
- Vorpal, stitch-and-glue pulling boat. Built from plans of "Robote" by Jim Michalak.
- Rosebud, stitch-and-glue mini Auray punt. Built for my grand niece from plans on Hanna's Boatyard website.
- Ravenswood, skin-on-frame kayak. Built to design by S. Jeff Horton of Kudzu Craft.
- Spars, centerboard, rudder, and miscellaneous bits of Hannah, a Sea Bright skiff. Fiberglass hull was built by Gene Zymanski from plans by John Gardner in his book "Building Classic Small Craft."
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a bit more than a "dabble". lovely stuff AndyA. does the pink boat mentioned above have a 'type' name? it looks so unusual. it looks similar to something i saw once on a doco about Wales. i forget what it was called but i'm sure it was very similar.I will admit to dabbling in building of small, but 1:1 scale, boats. Examples include:
- Arctic Tern Hi, stitch-and-glue kayak. Built from a kit by Pygmy Boats (no photo)
- Chip, a one-person, stitch-and-glue sailing craft. Built from plans of "Tuckahoe Ten" by Thomas Firth Jones in his book "Low-Resistance Boats."
- Vorpal, stitch-and-glue pulling boat. Built from plans of "Robote" by Jim Michalak.
- Rosebud, stitch-and-glue mini Auray punt. Built for my grand niece from plans on Hanna's Boatyard website.
- Ravenswood, skin-on-frame kayak. Built to design by S. Jeff Horton of Kudzu Craft.
- Spars, centerboard, rudder, and miscellaneous bits of Hannah, a Sea Bright skiff. Fiberglass hull was built by Gene Zymanski from plans by John Gardner in his book "Building Classic Small Craft."
Thank you for the kind words. Rosebud, as my grand niece named her, is an Auray punt. I first ran across mention of such a craft in Phil Bolger's book Boats with an Open Mind. Bolger's design is of plywood 9'9" X 4'2". He credits the English yachtsman and writer Claud Worth with observing the type in 1912 and describing and sketching the boat in Yacht Cruising. Auray is the name of a river and a town in Brittany. Rosebud was built from plans found on Hannu's Boatyard (hvartial.kapsi.fi). In post #13, I mistakenly called her a mini Auray punt. Hannu did design a mini, but Rosebud is a micro (7'2" X 3'3").a bit more than a "dabble". lovely stuff AndyA. does the pink boat mentioned above have a 'type' name? it looks so unusual. it looks similar to something i saw once on a doco about Wales. i forget what it was called but i'm sure it was very similar.
of-course i like them all but the kayak grabs me. did you build them in your backyard or at a boat shed or elsewhere?