# Amazing model ship building- using cardboard

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-model-ship-building-using-cardboard/833206
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [April 29, 2019, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-model-ship-building-using-cardboard/833206 "2019-04-29T04:17:29Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author: ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)
#### Post date: [April 29, 2019, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-model-ship-building-using-cardboard/833206/1 "2019-04-29T04:17:29Z")

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I just had to share[this.](https://www.facebook.com/CanvasArtsPage/videos/273836956826715/) Pretty cool!

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### Author: ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)
#### Post date: [April 29, 2019, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-model-ship-building-using-cardboard/833206/2 "2019-04-29T10:19:01Z")

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Very awesome! Cool link, thanks!

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### Author: ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)
#### Post date: [May 1, 2019, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-model-ship-building-using-cardboard/833206/3 "2019-05-01T16:21:25Z")

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Neat.

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### Author: ![Gorsnak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gorsnak/32/7587_2.png) [@Gorsnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorsnak)
#### Post date: [May 1, 2019, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-model-ship-building-using-cardboard/833206/4 "2019-05-01T18:41:00Z")

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I don’t like the cut of his jib.

A jib is the triangular sail rigged between the bowsprit and the foremast. The model doesn’t have any jib so it can’t be liked.

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### Author: ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)
#### Post date: [May 1, 2019, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-model-ship-building-using-cardboard/833206/5 "2019-05-01T19:12:03Z")

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I’m not sure what the point is supposed to be.

Is it being presented as an “easy” cardboard ship that anyone can do? Because it’s not. The video handwaves away all the real problems - rigging and weathering. If you’ve never done either before, you’re not going to get those results.

If it’s supposed to be a “nice” model, you can get better results using wood. And it has no details. Where’s the cannons (canni?)? The belaying pins? The wheel?