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10-03-2005, 07:54 PM
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MS Pride of Baltimore on order
I called the order in yesterday. I will be taking many pictures and making many posts about it. It is my 4th kit (AS Scottish Maid under work as well, awaiting parts) and seems to have a fair number of pics on the web to help some.
One question...is this the Pride or the Pride II? The Pride II website indicates a length overall of 170 feet, which scales almost exactly to the kit. (then shows 157' elsewhere in the site). The white stripe paint scheme was on the original Pride. There appear to be subtle differences in the deck furniture between the model and the Pride II photos I've found, but basically cosmetic stuff. Ratlines are evident on the fore and main-stays in the pictures. Quite likely changes have been made over the years. Apparently, the original was tiller steered, while the "II" uses a ship's wheel. Finding photos of the old Pride to compare with is a challenge. So, evidence says it's the bigger Pride II. The white stripe will be yellow. The pictures from France of the sparless ship really shows a lot of deck furniture to good advantage. This should be a very interesting project...just waiting on UPS for a box. Dave 
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10-05-2005, 12:26 PM
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Re: MS Pride of Baltimore on order
Hi Dave, I have ordered this kit also (Model Shipways). This will be my third model, I hope it is truer to scale then the A.L Bluenose I,m about to finish. Chris.
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10-05-2005, 07:10 PM
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Re: MS Pride of Baltimore on order
That is a real beautiful job on the Bluenose there Chris...scale or not.
From the ModelExpo website, my kit should arrive on the 10th...then I'll spend a week looking at it! Maybe we can do a shared build forum report? (I really gotta get my digital camera back from my son...) Dave
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10-06-2005, 06:24 AM
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Re: MS Pride of Baltimore on order
Thanks for the complement Dave.You must check out flywater's efforts on the Balitmore, it is first rate.He has set a precedence for this build.Chris.
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10-06-2005, 03:52 PM
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Forum Post: Re: MS Pride of Baltimore on order
Posted by: wirewolf (John) Captain - (Ol' Man)
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10-06-2005, 07:29 PM
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Re: MS Pride of Baltimore on order
I'm speechless with humility...the photo galleries are full of such incredible works...
Absolutely beautiful, that Bluenose is a gorgeous ship! Dave (son is bringing digicam home tonite, will post some Clara May and unfinished Maid pix soon)
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10-06-2005, 08:01 PM
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Re: MS Pride of Baltimore on order
If you really want to feel humbled (I always feel that way when I view this mans' work), visit Mr Kazunobu Shirai's site. It's in Japanese, but the photos are worth more than a thousand words.
This is his scratch built Victory (ten years to complete). And his La Renommee . Scroll down to see his hand carvings, scroll work and hand made canons. This guy gives new meaning to the word, 'scratchbuilt'. See the two attachments (awesome work!) Pat
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Old Carpenters' saying - "Measure twice, Cut once"
Model Shipwrights - "Measure three, four.....Cut, Fit three, four....., glue and pray once"
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10-07-2005, 12:17 PM
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Re: MS Pride of Baltimore on order
After i looked at those pictures of the Victory (By the way his work is amazing), i when't back to my project and it looked so bleak.It took awhile for my eyes to adjust to my Bluenose.That Victory is eye candy, WOW!
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10-11-2005, 07:12 AM
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Re: MS Pride of Baltimore on order
The kit was waiting for me when I got home last night...being strictly an "AL" builder, this kit is a whole new world.
Lots of basswood, and I'm guessing some hardwood dowels for the masts. Lots of plans (3 sheets, double sided), and a huge assembly manual. In browsing through this book, I see there is indeed some "scratch work" ahead. I spent last night marking on the one piece false keel (no warps...excellent!), getting the waterline reference marked and doing some initial measuring for the bearding line. There will be a lot of transferring of measurements from plans to the wood parts. I can already see some places where pre-painting may be needed, the red planksheer/waterway comes to mind. This will be a very different build...no thin plywood sheets for false deck or bulwarks, everything is "structural". It promises to be a challenging and interesting build. Between the plans and instruction book, it seems most everything is covered, it just takes some reading and thinking to understand some of the new building concepts. Another 2 hour school delay today, more thing to get aquainted with this project... Dave
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10-11-2005, 01:47 PM
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Re: MS Pride of Baltimore on order
Sounds good to me Dave.Should have my kit in by the end of the week.
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