Hello Colin

Thanks a lot for your nice words, actually it is built from some model sailboat photos I collected , precisely "America yacht" , I read a couple of articles about model ships construction techniques, some tips and tricks, and started right away. It took me a month to complete the whole work. The only thing that annoys me is that we don't have ship models hobby shops here and i can't find the rigging stuff , and had to do my best to imitate those small part and use some small materials like pins and hook nails to give the required effect.

What i plan to do next is constructing the same model again , but this time using a plan i just got from the internet – a .pdf file of a proper scale , I think it will be much easier to follow a professional plan, and will help producing a more accurate model, do you agree ?

thank you again

Thanks Ashley for the great advice, great help indeed and you are right about professional plans.

i thought i need a plan to maintain the proper dimensions of the model, the hight vs the length , the waterline and so on , and wow you really know much about alternative materials .

Thank you again

Mohd