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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;the blacksmith, post: 9491076, member: 20148&quot;]Thank you. The helmet was great fun to make, but a bit of a challenge as it was so small. The helmet was made in exactly the same way as the full size originals, no cheating, or modern techniques allowed!<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/rolleyes.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>If you are interested in perhaps trying your hand at making one, I would suggest the Danish firm Billings as a good place to start. They have kits for all levels and are graded as such. I have in the past made a few of them, and they are great fun, though as you say, the larger full rigged ones are a time-consuming challenge. I have made two of them, the Frigate Jylland and the full rigged school ship Danmark.</p><p>Billings boats are also fairly inexpensive compared to some.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.billingboats.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.billingboats.com/" rel="nofollow">https://www.billingboats.com/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>A model that I would very much like to make is the ZHL model of HMS Victory. The model is some 40&quot; long and nearly 30&quot; high. Two problems with this though, one is that I may not live long enough to ever see it completed, and the other is the cost, some $800 ! They also do an even larger model of her at 54&quot;, but this kit is $900 !</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.zhlmodel.com/index.php?route=common/home" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.zhlmodel.com/index.php?route=common/home" rel="nofollow">https://www.zhlmodel.com/index.php?route=common/home</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This is a true story:</p><p><br /></p><p>Many years back a friend of mine, a young first year student nurse, wanted to give her father a ship in a bottle for his 60th birthday, something that he had always wanted. However, all those that she found were nearly £100, which as a student nurse she simply couldn&#039;t afford. So I said I would make one for her to give to him, which I did. Some 60 odd hours of interesting work later it was finished. She was extremely happy, as was her father a little later on.&nbsp; But, the very next week, my parents were at a bric-a-brac market, and there was a three masted, full rigged clipper in a Dimple whisky bottle, beautifully made and probably by an old sailor, possibly while still at sea......... price.......10p ! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie56" alt=":jawdrop:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Just the gin for my bottle cost me £5 ![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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