A little more background

Having found my ISP's webspace allowance a little on the low side, I have now joined the world of "bloggers" :)
This will be a super way to keep track of the progress of my latest model, The Atlantis,

Here's a little more info from Robbe, the kit manufacturers, which will give you some idea of the scale of this build!



The models details taken from the http://www.robbe.com/ site,

Twin-masted Gaff Schooner to 1:20 scaleThe original vessel was built in 1935 and is a 28 m long gaff-rigged schooner. The special sail arrangement on the boat makes her stand out from the more familiar ship types of her time, and for this reason she is of particular interest to the modeller. With a sail area of just on one square metre, distributed over several separate sails, and a streamlined hull with its characteristic extended keel, this imposing model offers an excellent performance and good manoeuvring capability. Although the boat is quite heavy, the draught of the Atlantis is relatively small, so shallow in-shore waters present no problem. The multiple sails give the operator plenty of scope for trimming the model to suit different wind speeds just by lowering and setting individual sails. For light winds a Genoa is available. The boat features an ingenious tensioning mechanism which means that only one screw has to be slackened on each mast when it is time to transport the "Atlantis". All the shroud settings can be left unchanged.