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Offline subdjoe

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Insane beauty
« on: October 17, 2010, 12:44:05 PM »
Heck of a wood worker

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This stunning wooden replica of HMS Victory is the result of 17 years of dedication and skill.

It is also a ship off the old block – for sculptor Ian Brennan has spent 5,000 hours carving it from a piece of timber from the real thing.

The model of Nelson’s flagship contains 200ft of intricate ‘rope’, 104 miniature guns, 37 little wind-filled sails, and flags spelling out Nelson’s stirring signal: ‘England expects every man to do his duty.’
The 1:66 scale ship is accurate right down to the 37 billowing sails and 200ft of rigging, giving a marvellous impression of the ship racing to Trafalgar








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Re: Insane beauty
« Reply #1 on: October 17, 2010, 12:47:28 PM »
Pretty awesome! I can't imagine anyone being able to do that out of a hunk of wood.
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Re: Insane beauty
« Reply #2 on: October 17, 2010, 12:59:28 PM »
It looks like the sails and rigging are wooden too. So how big is the model?
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Re: Insane beauty
« Reply #3 on: October 17, 2010, 01:02:31 PM »
Quote from: bilmac on October 17, 2010, 12:59:28 PM
It looks like the sails and rigging are wooden too. So how big is the model?

According to the article, 47 inches. Scale is 1:66
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« Reply #4 on: October 17, 2010, 01:13:36 PM »
Absolutely amazing.  I love to put together little plastic kit models (mostly aircraft), but these guys who do their stuff from scratch truly have talent. 
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« Reply #5 on: October 17, 2010, 02:46:16 PM »
i cannot compete with these guys :-\
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Re: Insane beauty
« Reply #6 on: October 17, 2010, 03:58:12 PM »
talent amazing talent, some have
I surely Don't


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Re: Insane beauty
« Reply #7 on: October 17, 2010, 04:31:04 PM »
Some people just have way too much time on their hands.  But it looks really cool.
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« Reply #8 on: October 17, 2010, 05:10:14 PM »
Excelent work but I would rather be out hunting!  ;)



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« Reply #9 on: October 18, 2010, 04:15:41 AM »
Simply marvelous. 
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Re: Insane beauty
« Reply #11 on: October 18, 2010, 03:16:46 PM »
Yup, I think the locomotive tops the ship.  Unbelievable detail.  Who has the time to do this kind of stuff?   Between work and family obligations it's hard for me to slip away for a couple hours now and then to shoot, hunt, fish or golf.
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