H.M. Schooner Fair Rosamond

The Model

This model is based around the solid hull from a kit called “The Slaver” (Dos Amigos) from the old Marine Model Company with nothing else used from the kit. The hull was reshaped to improve the accuracy of the transom and to allow for planking of the upper hull. The hull is sheathed with individual copper plates below the waterline. Above the waterline, it is planking using scale width strips of American Cherry.

The model deck and deck house roof are planked with strips of degame, or lemonwood. The planking is properly nibbed at the ends and trunneled using bamboo treenails. The deck house and other deck structures are made from cherry. Masting is made from birch and the rigging is linen line with many of the larger lines hand-laid on my ropewalk.

Commercial fittings…