Tyros 332 BC

[dirk]

Dein "Archaic Greek Merchant Ship" hast du sehr schön fotografiert. Mir gefällt die Darstellung. Auch die Bemalung deiner Figuren und Schiffe finde ich schön. Die passt sehr gut zu den antiken Figuren und Schiffe.
Dein neues Schiff sieht natürlich auch wieder toll aus.

[CHRIS DODSON]

Mr C.

If your standard gets raised any further I will have run out of words to praise you!

Best wishes,

Chris

[Cryns]

Thanks for your beautifull words dear Stenfalk, Dirk and Chris.

this summer I worked very hard on the modelkit of the Merchant Galley:

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The mast has been reinforced with extra care.
In my last models the mast was still too flexible because the 1mm steel rod bent during the rigging.
Now I used 3mm steel rod of which the tip has been narrowed to 1mm with a grinding tool.
Additionally, this typical 6th century BC Greek mast needed a metal reinforced loop to hold the lifts of the sail.

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The first six attempts to fill the mould with resin were not succesfull.
The mould is very big and my resins potlife is shorter than the time it needs to infiltrate all canals.
I cut more and more canals until the farest (and most upper) parts of the mould were filled with resin.

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[Cryns]

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[dirk]

A fantastic ship an excellent details - wonderful !

[stenfalk]

Ich bin begeistert!

[Cryns]

Thank you Dirk and Stenfalk for your nice words.

Beside the rowed version with reefed sail, I made a sailing version with full sail of the Merchant Galley:

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[Cryns]

Set 3 of the Ancient Greek Sailors is painted for presentation and available.

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This set was disigned for crewing the Gyptis boat with sitting sailors. Punting men and climbing men were added to make a full set.

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[DirkB]

Wunderschön modellierte Figuren, welche auf die speziellen Arbeiten auf einem Segelschiff abgestimmt sind. Ein Meisterwerk der Recherche und Umsetzung.

[dirk]

Wieder sehr schöne Figuren von dir, die auch wieder wunderbar zu den tollen Schiffen passen.