HMS Faithful

When one looses a parent, such as I have, it is generally a good idea to do something special to the other parent. When I lost my Mom last May, I knew that I had to do something special for my Dad. And being the two track mind kind of guy that I am (Lego and hockey being the two tracks, with a few branch lines of various other things) I decided to build a Lego ship for my Dad, who is quite a fan of ships and the like. Almost as much as I am, I would say.

So after a couple months of dithering, and some planning, I figured out what sort of ship my Dad liked (He said clipper and schooners, it being obvious which I choose to build) and then a couple days in July, maybe August of building, I finally had a 'prototype' of the ship I would eventually give to my Dad as a Christmas present. A Bricklink order in August had about 95% of the parts, and another one in October got me the last 5% of pieces. At some point (I don't recall when) I made the custom sails and rigged the ship up, and after a late November decision and a trip to the Lego Store, it had a nice little stand. And there it was, in all it's glory.

So it sits on my shelf for a couple more weeks, Christmas rolls around, and even though I had laid a few hints here and there, my Dad was very surprised and happy when he received it.

More pictures can be found on the finicky old sit known as Brickshelf

Note: the ship in the pictures is the prototype, not the actual gift.