Yesterday, I thought I would do something different. So I built a "micro schooner" This was a tiny version of Miss Morris, that I completed recently. Both the models are shown here. The micro version took me just under two hours to build.

Bob

Miss Morris was only a tiny schooner, about 100 feet long on the waterline. The micro model is one inch long on the waterline or 100 feet to 1 inch. It isn't much really, but looks better in real life than in the photograph. It has virtually no rigging, only the three stays that support the jibs on the formeast, and they are 38 swg copper wire.

Bob

Mattias,

I am afraid it looks dreadful close-up No rigging, no mast doublings, masts and spars not tapered, very motley hull, in fact all the things that I dislike about models. I don't suppose I will be making any more, but it doesn't look half so bad in real life. Close ups can destroy one's reputation.

Bob

Ashley

I agree. Those 100 feet to 1 inch models of steamers that are so popular on Ebay look quite good at a distance, but close up photographs reveals that they are not as neat as they appear. I really prefer 32 feet to an inch. At that scale, I can get good detail in, and at 25 feet to the inch, even more.This one is 32 feet to 1 inch – Imperial Star – I never got round to putting it on here because of lack of interest during the build, but always one of my favorites. I should really stick to this scale.

Bob

Ashley,

Again, I agree with you. Our local ship model club made a huge diorama of Trafalgar, each ship being about two inches long. The models themselves were very poor, but looking on the diorama as a whole, I must admit that it looked magnificent, The board it was on was folding, and opened out, with all the ships in their appointed positions, it must have been about ten feet square. It was made for an exhibtion –

Bob