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back in the warf.... was doing some details... had to do some research to be sure to do things right.... an idea came to me... and so I started something extra... can someone tell me what I'm gonna make to ad to my NS Savannah Vitrine, and as it doesn't exist in that same scale... I'll have to make it scratch and with a bit more done

Could it be the first Savannah? A galley if I'm correct?

Good thinking Neptune... but it will be the 1819 SS Savannah, the Hybride pioneer ship being the first steampowerd ship to cross the Atlantic and the reason NS Savannah got her name
and with this said, I changed my topic title

some more done... on both ships

As the lifeboats are without cover on all pictures I've seen... I had to scrap the kits lifeboats out worked also on bow and rear with a little paint it looks like a wooden hold... gives it something extra also some more done on SS savannah

Some Savannah/National Maritime Day, Baltimore related pictures

Well Jerry,... I do in way smaller ships lol
to see if my masts are in good spot and in line... test bars looks ok, now deck details

Some more done on SS Savannah and with some paint... it starts to look like a ship and to fully see the difference of size between Savannah 1 and 2

I was curious about the masts...they are dryfitted

little by little things are getting done, more and more details.... and with masts

put last color on hull, thought it a good idea to place a batterie, and so giving a reference for size

the lines are made of 0.1mm Cu, I decided to use Cu and not stretched sprue to give extra strenght

Looks good, however, for future reference I'd recommend Fly-tying thread for fly fishing (different thicknesses) . They are thinner than the copper, but more importantly, easier to get tight.
I once used copper wire for mooring lines and you always seem to get some twist/bend in it. It's never 100% straight.

After using fly tying thread for bottle builds, I regret not using it for those mooring lines.
Difficult to see, but the crane wire on this one is done with fly tying thread.


In any case, a remarkable and unique build. Where did you find plans or drawings of the old Savannah?

yes, true Cu wire is always difficult to straiten, but in this case I used it to give extra strenght to the bowsprite making it a little more stabile on its own and also for futur wiring to masts.
something else, this is to show how I made it and this is after first paint

it continues

and end of day wrap up, all on

ever more details
the SS and the NS has now her chains

as I wasn't happy with the masts, the centerpart was too short, had to re-make them extra stearing details ancres made

Thank you for all this information. I'm planning to build her too, though I may waterline mine.

I also have the Glencoe NS Savannah, which was attacked by eager grand-nephews and has a different fate in mind.

Like the idea of the older ship of the same name; I've a photo of an earlier SS United States I may someday scratch build to go with the more famous version about to be permanently moored off Florida.

Joe