Although it was due to have been completed at Christmas, as is almost always the case at shipyards the construction suffered some delays, not least when his son showed him a picture of HMS Cressy with an Admirals walkway on the stern which Jack didn't have on his picture! Whilst not many people probably knew about the walkway, it had to be retro-fitted.
Anyway, he finally finished this week and I thought I show you some pictures of the finished article.
The model is made from cardboard, foam board, coffee stirers, bits of wood, wire rods and home castings. All the lifeboats and the steam launches are also hand built and all the guns rotate!
Not too bad for a lad of 86 years young!
A wonderful model from a wonderful figure designer!
ReplyDeleteAll the best,
Bob
Many thanks Bob, I will make sure Jack sees the comments.
DeleteWhat a fantastic model. Amazing!
ReplyDeleteI am glad you enjoyed it. It is amazing when you consider his age. Now it is finished, I am getting him started on the carriages and rolling stock for our 28mm ACW train set.
DeleteCertainly a superb hand crafted model of HMS Cressy by Jack- do like the details of the model. KEV.
ReplyDeleteHi Kev
ReplyDeleteYou are right some of the detail is great, I wouldn't have bothered with the Admiral's walkway, but once he knew about it, it had to be fitted. All the comments on his work are a real lift for him.
A beautiful and inspiring model. Inspiring not only in terms of what can be done but as a reminder that I can still be enjoying my hobby 25 years from now.
ReplyDeleteHi Ros
ReplyDeleteIt makes me wonder how he does it. Sometime he makes models from such small images and is able to scale things up and it leaves you in awe.