discussion Laughing Whale “The Cat Boat” scale 3/4”-1’

[Tugman]

This is an old model I found on EBay and I fell in love as soon as I saw it.
Little did I know that it was John F. Kennedy favorite.
I built it to give as a gift to my son.
I hope you guys enjoy the pictures as much as I enjoy building it.

This is what I came up with after many hours of research.

 

[Tim Marlow]

That’s just gorgeous Julien. Super work. Good enough to take out and sail in!

 

[Tugman]

Thank You Tim. I remember the numerous time I sew the sail until I finally got it to look like that.

 

[Airborne01]

Wow! That's gorgeous (and so was Jackie!)
Steve

 

[Jim R]

That's a fine model Julian. The J F Kennedy connection makes it very interesting.

 

[Tugman]

Thank You Jim and Airborne, you guys also build excellent models.

 

[Airborne01]

Thank You Jim and Airborne, you guys also build excellent models.

Thank you :smiling:

 

[Mickc1440]

Fantastic work

 

[JayCee]

Excellent workmanship, Julian. A museum quality model.
John.

 

[Mark1]

Excellent work, thats finished beautifully.

 

[Tugman]

Thank You for your king words Mark, JayCee and Mickc

 

[boatman]

VERY NICE build very neat
chrsb

 

[Tugman]

Thank You Boatman for all of your comments and advises.
Julian

 

[Andy T]

I'm not really a boat fan but that's beautiful. Both the craft itself and your workmanship.

 

[Tugman]

Thank You Andy. When I build boats sometimes I go crazy about it’s accuracy compare to the real thing.

 

[Gern]

Beautiful

 

[Tworrs]

Excellent, well done Julian

 

[Guest]

Beautiful, worthy indeed of the
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Congratulations Julian.

 

[Ian M]

That is wonderful. Any chance of a reason for the name on her..?

 

[Tugman]

Yes, the reason is that my son is a computer “coder” and he works with many algorithms.
Also he used to live in Miami Beach but recently has moved to Los Angeles.