A wonderful transformation of fence rail

HMS Speedy as build

Gdańsk December 2011Tadeusz Probulski

Basic material for hull it was … fence rail

Hull construction

Eqipment items

Pumps and anchors

Guns

Mast, yard, boom and gaff

Equipment and rigging works

Sails

Flagging ceremony

And champagne with friends

HMS Speedy 1828HMS Speedy

British armed cutter built in 1828Scale 1:100

Techniques and materials used

Hull Solid, bread ad butter

Deck Birch veneer with drawn planks

Coppering Self adhesive cooper tape

Sails Cloths lines – computer printing o thermotransfering paper and ironed o old cotton bed sheet

Ship’s name, skylight grating Photoetched

Guns Brass machined

Anchors Cut from aluminum bar

Flags Computer printing on rice paper

Rigging Commercial cordage and blocks

Showbox Plexiglass and plastic angles joined with double side adhesive tape

Costruction of sister boats for my grandchildren