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  1. There are a few wonderful builds of this kit on MSW and thought I would add to the current roster. In my opinion, this kit builds into a wonderful static display and I have been working my skills up to the level required to complete this kit. My last and only Mamoli build previously was the Mamoli Santa Maria kit and I am very happy how it turned out given the limitations in instructions. Nevertheless, I have seemed to figure out the Mamoli way of building and though the present kit I purchased was a vintage kit off of Ebay, I am still very pleased with the quality of materials and metal castings. *Unfortunately I am missing the figurehead and noted some degradation in some of the metal casting and the keel is significantly warped. *Fortunately I have sourced the figurehead and the wood looks excellent given its age as I estimate the kit to be about 35-40 years old at this time.
  2. Started this build January 2023, progressed through the winter and spring. I lost interest in the hobby after getting Covid and other family issues. But I’m back to working on the build.
  3. Presently, I am about 1 month out from finishing my Vanguard Cutter Trial. While waiting for any new Vanguard model I was looking for my next project. Note I always have two models going at the same time. My AL Soleil Royal is proceeding nicely but slowly. I've always liked the seventeenth century warships and the Prince would be one of my favorites. I have the old Amati HMS Prince (1/64 scale) in the box. Having built that one in the distant past I know how big it is and given space limits in my house, this 1/144 scale model caught my eye. It looks like the size of the hull is someplace around the Vanguard Duchess model. Given the small scale I do have some concern about working with such small parts. But on the plus side there will be a LOT LESS rigging of shrouds and ratlines! I started my wood modeling hobby about 30 years ago and built many Mamoli and Corel kits. I always found them to be pretty easy to build. This Mamoli kits looks to be pretty similar to what my experience was back then. The wood supplied looks very good as do the laser cut parts. The metal castings are OK. Given the small size the detail on the castings does not come close to the detail on the larger Amati kit. Note the picture of the two figureheads for comparison. It will probably be a month or two before I can add any pictures for this build. Once I get going I will provide more pictures of the kit.
  4. Hello ship builders, I chose this kit before I had any experience at all. I may not have enough yet. This build log is going to be more for me to get through the build instead of being helpful to another builder that probably knows way more than me. I encourage all comments, tips advice that will help me out. The first thing, Do I need to cut the rabbet and Bearing line before the stem and keel are glued to the spine? I’ll be trying to figure it out so I don’t start all wrong:-)
  5. I built the model of the "le Coureur", built in 1776 and used by French corsairs. This is a Mamoli kit..... Greetings to all the modelers of the site !!!
  6. Before I started with my first real Kit, the Optimist I already did a Mini Mamoli Kit - the Goletta Elisabeth, a nice little two master. As my first ever wooden model kit I thought the Mini Mamoli Kit would be perfect and indeed it was. The Kit comes with preshaped hull, some laser cut parts and some metal parts as well as material for sails. I was a little bit surprised the sails were not already done. Will be interesting to do them on my own. The Kit: First steps were sanding the hull and attaching the deck with glue and rubber bands as well as gluing the stand and paint it with primer and black colour. There were not a lot informations in the description about colouring so I decided to stain some parts in mahagony like the railings, masts, bow spur and cabin parts. Adding the deck went well and the cabin parts are coloured and glued together pretty fast. Bending the railings was a little bit tricky. Soaked them in boiling water for like 10 minutes and did a form with nails to fit them into over night. worked well. There is a small rear part on the railing which needs heavy bending as you can see in the picture below. Couldnt figure out how to do that yet. Also I already painted the water line. Below in red and above white. The paint job with brush was not that clean as you can see, maybe bubbles or not enough fine sanded hull? dont know really why it came out like this. Drilling holes in the deck for anchors for the rig was easy and fast done. Net mistake was to try to paint the metal pre formed dinghy with the acrylic wood colours. Yeah that did not work, learned from that and ordered some new colours, so the dinghy will be added later.
  7. About 10 years ago, I assembled a Blue Shadow model from MAMOLI. Then I had few skills and collected everything according to the instructions. The model turned out to be childishly naive, but cute. Mainly due to the rich rigging. Two years ago, I replaced all the rigging with threads of my own twisting, as the threads from the set were covered with dust and began to look not presentable. And he gave this ship to his colleague. For better preservation, I made a showcase, but it did not fit into the interior of my friend and he took it off. And it so happened that the children dropped the model. The results of the crash are in the photo. Now I have to put Niagara aside and do the restoration of Blue Shadow. I'm thinking of making the model better than it was. There is a lot of work to be done: - I've already cut all the rigging. Completely; - I will clear the deck, the deck will need to be cleaned of varnish and brought to the same color, I will add imitation nagels; - I will make a new becket, a pump, make a minimum strapping of guns, modify anchors, replace channels and yufers and blocks (I will make smaller); - maybe I'll add something else. thus, for the third time I take up this model
  8. Hi all, Recently I've become fascinated by floating things with tall poles and giant sheets of woven materials. I'd never cared much about ships but have always been interested in aircraft, and especially small plastic representations of them. I've built a few of them in the past and enjoy modelmaking, as it has taught me patience and the enjoyment of working with my hands to create a displayable piece. When I was young my father purchased a large plastic model ship, which ended up with us ditching the project after hand painting the deck and being unsatisfied with the results. While I hadn't much of an interest in ships, I had always admired the models of them. The seemingly endless amount of tied off strings and craftsmanship that went into creating wooden models seemed far out of my skill range and I figured I would leave it to the "experts". Specifically the rigging is what turned me away, thinking I barely had enough patience to do basic necessary tasks such as cleaning parts or waiting for paint to dry, so there was no way I would have the dedication to connect every tiny line that a sailing ship demanded. Recently however, I've caught some bug that has left me enamored with sailing ships, their history, and just how cool and interesting they look. I decided to test the waters of ship modelmaking by purchasing the Academy 1/350 Cutty Sark. I promised myself if I completed the model, I would purchase an entry level wooden model. After about a month's work I arrived at the below result: The rigging was painful and resulted in quite a bit of frustration, since I seemed to repeatedly have issues with the line sticking to the tweezers and not the boat, line not being as taut as I'd like, etc., but after a few days work I called it complete. While not perfect, part of my modelmaking journey has been learning to cope with imperfections and accept that the model is not destroyed just because there are paint chips and excess amounts of glue. Every screw-up on one model is an opportunity for a better next model. Enter the model that just arrived at my doorstep: I intend to hold this build log as an accountability partner and I welcome any and all suggestions/tips. I will be starting with the stand, as I have minimal woodworking skills/tools and lack a vice. I look forward to posting here! Chase
  9. I had this Kit for 22 years, and I didn´t start it because I never felt confident enough to build a plank on frame kit, and additionally, I had the idea that I got the worse kit available in the market till I saw Y.T Victory in another site.
  10. Building the Lexington took a little over six months. Directions were easy to follow, although my painting skills leave a lot to be desired (need steadier hands). All things considered it was very enjoyable to build and learn about it's history in the process. Making various jigs to hold the planks in place while the glue dried helped a lot.
  11. Hello Dear members I'm new to this respectable forum. I would like to share with you the construction of this special model. I would be happy for your support when it comes to working methods and learning from your experience. Attaches photos from the last few weeks.
  12. Unfortunately I did not discover this fantastic community until I was almost finished with my CSS Alabama build (wow, there's some incredible talent out here). I am done now with my build but thought I'd post my pictures and comments from the 8 months of harrowing work. This was my first attempt at a wooden ship model. Not sure why I thought I could do this since the only other models I've ever attempted were Revell plastic car models when I was a kid 50 years ago. But how hard could it be, right? It's just a kit, right? All you gotta do is follow the instructions and glue the parts together, right? Right, noob (as my son would say). Even though I'm done now, I would appreciate any comments/tips/advice on what I could have done better as I'll be doing another one of these things soon.
  13. Captain's Log: This is my second wooden ship kit build, and while it is daunting (the first was a simple sloop - almost too easy) it is mostly going OK, apart from quite a few missing pieces (note to self, check that everything is in the box immediately after receiving and opening it - not 6 months later after the returns policy for the retailer has well and truly expired...). The hull is essentially complete - the outer planking is a little "unique" towards the bow, as I did not quite understand the importance of sanding down the ribs to get a clean rounded plank-line from bow to stern - won't make that mistake again. A further challenge was working out the chamfer on each plank - the plan just casually tells you to chamfer "to fit" - well, sure, I guess... After fitting the side rails, the next step will be to find some decent images of a typical deck configuration - I'm going to have to custom carve some of the missing pieces, such as the posts for the stern guard rail, but the manufacturer's plan doesn't have enough detail to work out the dimensions, alas - just a few rough sketches. I'm spending a fair bit of time on Google translate, too - the original plans and instructions are in Italian, and the English translation they have provided is pretty woeful, to be honest. Another lesson learned (unlike my Italian lessons at school...). Still, all in all, it's coming along OK - hoping that if (or when...) I hit a reef there will be someone on this group who has been there before and can send a few navigational pointers through!
  14. This is my first build. Have the kit, have tools, paint and adhesives by the weekend. Hope to get advice making heads and tails of the parts...
  15. Hello! I am new in this forum and this is my first wooden boat model i am building. I am just finish the first planking and in to the number 2 planking using mahogany strips. I find this part of the building not so easy do to the shape of the hull and the sokening of strips and the shaping of the strips. But i will make som paperstrips to use as templates to see how the the trips are going to be trimed to fit the shape of the hull. I will post som more pictures later on. Regards B. Brekke
  16. Hi all, In a few weeks i will start my third built, Le Coureur which i purchased a few weeks ago. I already learnt quite a lot building the AL Red Dragon and Le Renard but I was reticent to post anything but a couple of technical questions. So this time I will muster the courage to post and share my accomplishments, mistakes and disappointments. Feel free to chime in, share suggestions and give constructive criticism, and if you already have built this Mamoli kit please let me know how it went and if there are pitfalls i should be aware of. Thanks! PC
  17. Hello. It is all started in 1990 when I got a magazine with paper model of Golden Hind in it. I never succeeded to build it then. Finally now I do it from wood, not paper.... This is my second model ship from wood I did the hull. Next is rigging. Flint
  18. Well it's time to get this build log underway. Thanks to mtaylor who put the idear into my head. I bought The Lexington American Brig by C.Mamoli kit back in 2013, I started it then ran into some real life problems. I started on the Lexington, and soon ran into my 1st problem as the instructions in my mind are awfull. I have made a lot of plastic models, ships, tanks etc. but never a wooden ship. So as per instructions i start with adding the bulkheads to the keel, once that was done i started on the mahogany deck sheet. Then added the transom where my 1st problems started. So i fixed that with a bit of cutting and sanding but never thought of measuring so it ended up slightly off as you can see from the pic. After the Transom I started on the 1st layer of planking where my real life problems started. This is the point of the build where i was stuck and mothballed the kit until i sorted the real life stuff and researched alot about planking and looked for all i could find on the Lexington, which puzzled me a bit because I found that there were a few versions of the ship. Some had 4 windows above the 2 gunports in the transom, some had 2. Mine has just 2 gunports.I also found 3 build logs here and 2 of them are different to mine I know The Lexington was renamed from Wild Duck to Lexington and was re-fitted to be a war ship in the continental navy. So the years passed and i forgot about the ship, Then came covid 19. So took her back out and with the research and some help from you guys I started again. So i finaly finnished the ist layer of planking. Which i can say was a chore but an enjoyable one. I found i did'nt need much filler as the planking came out quite good.
  19. I started this build log for one reason, there wasn't much of these being built for such an important ship. I tried my hand at the bluenose 2 as a first build and ended up abandoning her... let's just say one late night there was a shipwreck, might end up being a scratch build in the distant future. For know I'm tackling mamoli's kit. At first I noticed the plans are so much worse then artisana's, thank God for the interwebz as I'm learning how to build from those befor me. The wood as well is in very poor quality, I had a warp in the keel and the balkheads were very badly cut (all pre-cut by hand). The wood planks were all mixed up in one big bag, and some broke just by handling them, in part from the old kit and some just broke (5×5 broke in 1/2 cause if a knot in the middle). As a clear indicator of age on this kit... the little rubber bands that were suppose to hold a plank bundle together was basically brittle plastic that disintergrated on touch and stained the wood. I guess I grabbed a very old kit. I'm missing lots of wood like the blocks on the "nose" of the ship to round the plank into the keel. Had to fab up my own, no big deal but still a bit of a headache as this is my first real go at things. To do it all over again I wouldn't have bought the mamoli as the price of the kit isn't representative of quality in the slightest. Anyways, mamoli bashing aside her we go with a few pics. Of my cat... because why not start with that adorable face 🤣 These are the pictures I took upon opening of the kit. Anyone willing to guess at the age?
  20. Hi All, After my build of the Half Moon, I started buiding the Friesland of Mamoli. However, when the 2nd planking was nearly done, I paused buiding due to all kinds of circumstances. Now that I'm working from home for 2 months already (due to Corona), I picked up buiding again. I'll post some pictures of the buid in 2013, end then continue where I left off. I hope to finish this build, I didn't start a report earlier because I was afraid I wouldn't keep it up. But now I built for 2 months already, I dare to start. this report. Hopefully you like it, and help my motivation to keep up! Best regards, Alex
  21. Hello, encouraged by Kikatinalongs i will submit my own build log of a carrack. I had the fortune to buy it at an auction for the equivalent of 20 $. Although not complete and lacking plans. I bought the plan from cornwall model boats. From start my intension was to use the wood as spare. The big con with my kit, which is quite old probably at least 30 years old, is the quality of metal casting. It is brittle and badly cast. From a personal view i think it quite ugly. Looks like someone put a caravan on top of a lumberyard. Mamoli did not bother to check how guns or windlass were constructed in the 16th century. Based on that i decided to make my own interpretation of a 16th century ship. Could possibly look like something sailing in the baltic sea.
  22. With the extra leisure time on my hands I decided to break out another kit from my stash to have more to do while waiting for the glue to dry on my Resolution. Mamoli/Dusek Gretel This will be my 2nd time around with this kit. For some reason I am attracted to Mamoli kits. even though they have their shortcomings compared to some of the other manufacturers. My modeling goal is more of an art piece rather than an historically correct masterpiece, and since some Mamoli kits seem rather whimsical in some respects, that may be why I am attracted to them. I was attracted to Gretel because it looked small and simple, and the sort of thing that would make a nice gift for a family member. I have a sister-in-law who was bugging me for a ship model, so that was what happened to the first kit; which I enjoyed building and led me to do it again. I have some pics in the Gallery as seen in my signature. This is the new Dusek resurrection of the kit, and it includes some features that myself and others might find as an improvement over the original Mamoli kits. Mamoli says that Gretel is based on a Chapman drawing, and the lines confirm that. Mamoli has made their own changes to some details, but not to the detriment of the model as far as I’m concerned. The changes mostly consist of simplifying some of the ornate work. Duplicating that Chapman counter would be an interesting and challenging endeavor. (... Hmmm, Laser engraving might be an option. ) Here is an overview of the kit contents. The relatively small number of parts compared to some of the monster kits we see, is refreshing in my opinion. I just realize I didn't include a picture of the wood package, but it is a typical bundle of sticks and looks to be of good quality. I will report any problems if I encounter any. Dusek has added a lot of laser cut parts, and they are a better fit than the stamped parts that Mamoli used to include. Dusek has added separate laser cut stem, keel and stern post, whereas Mamoli used to have you create those parts by applying veneer to the one piece backbone. I think the separate parts make for a better look, but the way Dusek has designed them is presenting some possible challenges. More on that later. Dusek has also replaced most of the cast ornamentation that was in the old Mamoli kit with some laser engraved pieces. The wood is dark, and the details are there, but don’t show up as well in person, as they do in this picture. I’m going to have to think about how to bring out the detail. I don’t like to paint, but that may be part of the solution. There are a few etched brass parts, which should make for a better finish in some areas than we had with the original kit. I struggle to build out of the box, because I’m always seeing ways to do things differently. That may have a lot to do with why it takes me so long to complete a kit. I am going to do my best to build this out of the box for the most part, because I think that helps others see that the kit should be all that you need to end up with a nice model. However, I know I won’t be able to resist changing some details here and there, which I will point out when it happens. I am actually a few hours into the build, so I will post an update soon.
  23. Many years ago (25-30?), before the advent of the internet, I bought and started construction of this cross section of the USS Constitution. It may have been following a visit to that venerable ship in Boston that I felt so inspired. I got the frame built,deck beams formed and installed, and the planking done outside and in. At that time I started to feel overwhelmed,with many questions that needed answering before I went any further. With no help readily available I packed the unfinished kit away. Someday. I never lost my love of wooden ships and had the opportunity to visit several including the CW Morgan of Mystic, Cutty Sark in Greenwich, and the Draken Harfarge Viking ship. I still felt the tug of building a ship and when we moved to Maryland 3 years ago I started reading about The Pride of Baltimore II which I decided I'd really like to build. I figured that my long neglected Constitution would be a great practice project since I already had most of the hull built, and it only has one mast and spars, and associated rigging. I took her out of her cardboard box dry dock and started work. I made a crude working cradle to hold the hull, and gave the ship a quick coat of polyurethane as a sealer. The The mast dowel is just inserted to check it's fit and rake. The mast step is imperfectly fitted to the hold, but I figure that it will be covered with ballast and barrels so I didn't worry about it. I've read through the other build logs for this kit and if I was to do it over, I would not have installed the deck beams other than the ones over the hold to make it easier to install decking and deck fittings. You live and learn. Installing all the below deck items should be "fun". In my zeal, I mistakenly added un necessary hatch cross pieces between the lower deck's beams. Oh well, it was good practice. I'm planning on using copper foil rather than the cheesy looking green wood chips supplied with the kit. Anyone here tried simply scribing the lines in the copper tape to simulate individual copper plates? It would sure be easier, but might not look convincing. I might try to give the copper an aged patina which could enhance the illusion I can always try a strip or two on a piece of scrap wood to see. One thing that deterred me from working on this kit when I first got it was a dread of figuring out how to thread deadeyes and form ratlines. Now that there's a resource like Model Ship World, I'll have some guidance which is a great relief. I need to figure out a better way to mount the hull. The kit just includes a cheap looking piece of pine and I gather you're supposed to run a couple of screws up through it into the keel,which does not sound very secure. I might build a nicer version of my crude work cradle in better wood, like cherry, for final displaying. I thought it might be fun to have some crew members on deck and aloft, but I can't find any in 1:93 scale. Do you think figures in 1:87,HO railroad scale, would look 'way too off scale? I could probably modify some of those. What's with the natural colored standing rigging cordage supplied with the kit? Can I somehow dye it black or would it be better to replace it? I know I'll have tons of other questions as time goes on, and I welcome any and all criticism and suggestions.
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