screws

[AllanKP69]

Allan, I hesitated to post because I figured that you of all people already knew this. For those that don’t know, Allan is one of the real experts on Eighteenth Century Royal Navy warships.

Thank you very much for the compliment Roger. The truth is that I know very little compared to many others but like you I do enjoy the research to try to find contemporary evidence to confirm everything and anything if possible. I did think this boat was 18th century but wanted to be sure. I asked about the source of the drawings because I have made the mistake of assuming far too many times in my life and have been called on it when wrong, and rightfully so.
Thanks again Roger, much appreciated.
Allan

 

[Roger Pellett]

Like most modelers, way back when, I dreamed about the host of models that I would someday build and like the guys that have a huge stash of kits, I bought books on anything and everything relating to ships and their models. I now have become much more interested in merchant ships of the 1850-1920 era and particularly Great Lakes vessels. So, I have recently been going through my library to slim down. Time to pass some on to the next generation.

Roger

 

[Rob444]

If your model is sufficiently small, perhaps just some thick wire would do as I did with this small 18th century long boat. I used vinyl covered wire.

View attachment 482580