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Could Occre or Artesania Latina be something? I like the larger scale (1:45 and 1:48), maybe easier to fix things in the larger scale?
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There is a list of everything included in the kit. Under Plans and instructions is only Instruction manual listed. So, I was so disappointed. For me, drawing is important. I think Blue Jacket's drawings are very nice. If you make a kit, you have to make a drawing, right? Then you might as well insert it into the instruction sheet and just ignore stapling it together and the problem is solved?
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Just received a model from Model Shipways, Norwegian Sailing Pram. Since I'm Swedish, I thought it sounded interesting with a Norwegian boat. I have now checked the contents and there is no drawing! This is supposed to be a beginner's kit but I'm going to build blind without an option to take measurements??? I am so disappointed, never again a boat from Model Shipways. Amati, Blue Jacket and even Billing Boats always have drawings in their kits. With this, I want to warn everyone about these kits. Of course, they have saved the cost of the drawing. A blueprint costs $30 and must be ordered from another company in the United States. Forget it! I intend to check with the Maritime History Museum in Stockholm.
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In another thread here on the forum, I wrote that I thought you couldn't buy Model Shipway kits in Sweden. It was wrong, they are available at a shop in Luleå, https://www.modellhobby.se/sv/334-fartyg-skeppsbyggsatser?fäyskarare=model-shipways The prices are quite high, but that is probably primarily due to a weak Swedish krona. For example, the beginner's set with three ships costs about 250 euros. Maybe not that many people here are affected by this, but right must be right.
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Here is the bottom part and where it came from. Maybe I can use this to get it perpendicular. I'll find a square hook and some Lego pieces.
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Thanks Jaeger, I'll try what you suggest, I'm stuck with this step and somewhere you reach a limit where you have to make drastic decisions. Keith, I already cut all the parts apart with a knife. Thought that was what I wrote but my English is not perfect so I use google translate.
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Yes, coming up with some good solution to a problem is of course satisfying. But I've done a lot of thinking and haven't found any when it comes to this boat. If I can't get any advice from here, I'll throw it away.
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I cut everything off with a knife and think I can at least use the bottom part. The other parts are easy to replace. But I have to try to get some sort of jig to get the fore and aft to line up right. If anyone has suggestions for such a jig, that would be great.
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What I find difficult is getting the stern piece right. It leans on the hull that I started. I think the frames looks ok.
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I can see it's too much and I remember giving up when there was no way to get the other laser cut parts to fit. Unfortunately, it looks like I've used a one component glue on this one. But I don't see any major problem with making new parts, I think I have 1 mm linden at home.
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The problem is that my eye measurement was not good enough and the stern has ended up crooked which makes the whole hull crooked. How do I get it all straight if I start from scratch with new parts?
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Sorry, picture 2 is the one in the instruction, bottom left in the instruction in the picture.
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Everyone tells the beginner, build a dory. After trying to build a couple of ¨ordinary¨ boats with poor results, I bought the Bluejacket Swampscott dory. But it went bad right away. This was a few years ago and I have since put together a few hulls with decent results. Today I took out the Dory kit and I still can't figure out how to fix it or how to start from scratch. I hope you can see picture 2 in the description. That's where everything went wrong. These parts that you have to glue without any kind of jig on something that is not perpendicular anywhere, must of course be completely straight and perpendicular. But how can I achieve that?
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If I would like to build myself a model of, say, Victory in 1:48 scale, I can then start from Shipyard's Victory kit in 1:96? I understand that I have to take into account the different thicknesses of the materials if, for example, I build the hull in wood and the rest in cardboard.
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I have tried a dory but for me it was a disaster. Its a very special building technic completly different than most boats and you must get everything right before glueing. I dont know why a dory is adviced as first kit, its the only boat I couldnt build at all, but maybe its just me. I should copy all parts in a copying machine if you dont get drawings in full scale, then you could make new parts if you have to. The one I tried was from Bluejacket. A build log.
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