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Bruce
Von Stetina is not only a talented painter, he also creates museum-quaility scale ship models, magazine
quality models for HO scale trail layouts and unique sculptures.
Scratch
built wooden model of the clipper ship Lightning, 1/8 scale Built to the plans of William Crothers. One reason I picked
this ship to model was its unusual deck arrangement. I started by installing plywood bulkheads on a lemon wood keel,
then filled between bulkheads with basswood and finished the shaping. The bulwarks were built up and planked inside, then
the fancy panels with diamond and star moldings installed using a mold making and casting technique (there are 50 of them).
Next I established the positioning of all of the fancy moldings on the exterior of the hull - the hardest part of this was
wrapping them around the ship's semi-elliptical stern. The deck has been planked with white holly. In order to represent the
tar between the planks I painted the edges of each plank.
Photos below taken 2/2/2010












Photos below taken 9/2008



reat art!
reat art!



Photos below taken 10/1/2007






Scratch Built HO Scale Models
Contact Bruce at vsart1@embarqmail.com if you are interested in having him make a custom model for your layout. He can work from plans or from your photographs.
Pricing quotes are given per job.
Coaling
tower, receiving pit and sand storage tank. Brass and wood construction.






150 Ton Coal Tower Made from hardwoods:
maple, holly and lemon














Water tower and Pump House
made from scale basswood





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