"Flying Cloud " by Mamoli - kit bash

Searching for mini lathes, I found this on Amazon. Don't know the company name, but it actually works the way I want it to for wood. Ideally, I'd have a metal lathe but too much $ and learning curve for as often as I'd use it. So I turned some1:96 patent vents and a galley stack (which I will re-do). The lathe ain't perfect, but then neither am I. So good enough will have to suffice. cost all in about$70.0020241219_132738.jpg20241219_132755.jpg20241219_135356.jpg20241219_140855.jpg20241219_143513.jpg
 
I found this Chinese set of four ship's boats on Ebay. Last one. Includes Jolly boat, Launch, Pinnace and Cutter. About $82.00 (or less, prices vary) further searching has turned up nothing.
Very fussy and fiddley. So tiny but well executed. Instructions: pictures only. I used liquid hide glue for the building jig and to fix the keel to it. Easily reversed with a little water on a brush. I'm using thin CA with a tined applicator, or quick dry Aileen's Tacky Glue.
Part of my search for nice ships boats for the Flying Cloud. Originally for the HMS Surprise, The Jolly, Pinnace and Cutter, look universal enough to work. A shame to mount them upside down, with all the detail.
So far so good. No room for error. We'll see how the planking goes. The tiniest offset, that would otherwise go unnoticed, gets magnified into unworkability very quickly. So,20241220_144154.jpg we'll see if it ends up in the bin. Can't work at this scale f20241217_143521.jpgor too long a stretch.20241217_150008.jpg20241217_143643.jpg20241217_151619.jpg20241217_152859.jpg20241217_152527.jpg20241217_152510.jpg20241218_143410.jpg20241218_140326.jpg20241218_144935.jpg20241218_150227.jpg20241219_171806.jpg20241219_172600.jpg20241219_175542.jpg20241220_134241.jpg20241220_134203.jpg20241220_134717 (1).jpg20241220_141857.jpg20241220_140848.jpg20241220_141448.jpg20241220_141503.jpg
 
The manufacturer of the lathe that I got on Amazon is Winbomgo. Good value. Lots of parts and adaptors included. Good little instruction booklet. Relatively cheap
 
Those small boats look like cardboard kits, despite the media they were made from, they turned into very nice boats for your model, bro.
 
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