Fair American 1:48 by Model Expo

Namabiiru · 2025-09-17T06:49:25-0500

Daniel20 said:
From the looks of the framework, you're going to have one beautiful new home Namabiiru.

Thanks, Daniel. I hope so, but the new shop will be much smaller than I wanted. That’s a story unto itself…

dockattner · 2025-09-17T07:04:18-0500

Wow! That is a REALLY nice base! Now the pressure is on to have the ship model sitting on it be worthy...

It took 15 months to build the house I live in right now - that's 8 days in Japanese time

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Namabiiru · 2025-09-17T07:09:35-0500

dockattner said:
Wow! That is a REALLY nice base! Now the pressure is on to have the ship model sitting on it be worthy...

It took 15 months to build the house I live in right now - that's 8 days in Japanese time .

Thank you, Paul. The base, like the ship that will sit on it, has plenty of blemishes which I hope few other than myself will notice.

Peter Gutterman · 2025-09-17T14:01:54-0500

Namabiiru said:
In addition to assorted bits and bobs of progress, I made good progress on the base.
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The pedestals and feet aren’t attached yet. I’ll do that after I’ve drilled holes for screws and a switch and routed channels for wiring underneath.

The base itself is made from a slab of what I think is Birdseye Maple my Dad let me scrounge from his basement many years ago.

Having restored a lot of 18th and 19th c. American furniture where figured maple was very popular and iconic, your choice of figured maple is perfect for an18thc. American Revolutionary War Privateer! Even the bracket feet are period correct!

Namabiiru · 2025-09-17T15:39:46-0500

Peter Gutterman said:
Having restored a lot of 18th and 19th c. American furniture where figured maple was very popular and iconic, your choice of figured maple is perfect for an18thc. American Revolutionary War Privateer! Even the bracket feet are period correct!

Thank you, Peter that’s very encouraging. In truth, it was a combination of what I had on hand and TLAR design.