Steel barquentine 1892 25’=1″

[Bob WilsonParticipant @bobwilson59101]

Colin,

No, not really. I began it on the 17th September, but it has been an effort every step of the way. I would often go weeks without doing anything on it. I worked at more-or-less normal speed on the rigging, but not with any great enthusiasm. More than anything else, it is the fact that no-one else builds this type anymore. Not all that long ago, there were a number of modellers building them. Also, I am continually asked to take on private commissions and the more I get asked, the more fed up I get. The demand for the models remain, and there seems to be a whole lot of collectors who like merchant ships, but not enough model builders to share the load. Despite this, I have not lost interest in the subject, just the mental effort involved building them!

Bob

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