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  1. I am resuming a build of the Mantua Albatros "Goleta tipica di Baltimora" - a Baltimore clipper, fitted out as a revenue cutter. I started the kit back in the mid 1980s and finished planking the hull. Then other things came along (buying a house, getting married, etc.) that left little time for ship modeling. The partially completed hull has resided on my bookshelf for about 30 years. I really like the lines of these ships so I decided to resume the build, but I am not sure what it will end up being. I am building it to get experience with a few new techniques. NOTE: THE RESULTING MODEL DOES NOT REPRESENT ANY ACTUAL SHIP. I MADE SEVERAL ERRORS IN THE CONSTRUCTION, AND HAVE TRIED TO POINT THESE OUT AS I GO ALONG. BUT I HAVE PUT A LOT OF RESEARCH INTO TOPSAIL SCHOONERS AND REVENUE CUTTERS SO I HOPE THIS THREAD WILL BE USEFUL TO OTHERS. This is the 1980s kit, and it is different from the latest Mantua Albatros kit description on line. The new kit has a false deck, apparently of thin plywood, and the 1980s kit does not. The newer kit seems to have mahogany hull planking, and the older kit used tiglio or lime wood. The older kit came with two drawing sheets, hull construction and sail plan, plus brief instructions. The Mantua web site says the new kit has three drawings, and at least one appears to be the same as the 1980s kit. The 1980s "instructions" are a joke - one page saying to assemble the hull frames, plank the hull, assemble the base, build the masts and finish the rigging - just about that brief! For me this isn't a problem. I have been researching and scratch building plank on bulkhead models since I was a kid. I have searched and found no record of a Baltimore clipper named "Albatros." The kit name suggests Mantua's "famous" ship is just "typical" of a Baltimore clipper. Looking at the plans for the model and plans for actual Baltimore clippers I can see quite a few differences. This raises several questions, and I would appreciate any help you can offer. 1. Scale. The 1980s kit plans and instructions give no scale. Comparing with other ships I guessed it was about 1:64 scale. Some sites say the Mantua model is 1:55 scale, and the latest Mantua web site says it is 1:40 scale. The model is about 27" long (tip of bowsprit to end of the spanker boom), and this is what Mantua says is the length of their latest Albatros model. The waterline (length between perpendiculars) is about 17 inches. This would give a full scale hull length between perpendiculars of: 1:40 - 56' 4" and about 70 tons 1:55 - 78' and about 100 tons 1:64 - 90' 8" and about 180 tons Baltimore clippers were constructed in approximately all of these sizes between 1800 and 1820. Since the model has only six cannons plus one larger gun on the centerline, I assume the 1:40 scale is close. There were several 60 foot ships built. Any thoughts? 2. Mast angles. The Mantua plans show the rake of the fore mast to be 2-3 degrees and the main mast to be 5 degrees relative to the water line. I examined plans and drawings for 17 Baltimore clippers and found the mast rakes to be: Fore mast - 11.5 degrees average, with a range of 7-16 degrees Main mast - 13.75 degree average, with a range of 8-22 degrees The rake of the masts is one of the outstanding characteristics of these ships, and none were as boring as 3-5 degrees! I plan to build it with 11.5 and 14 degree rakes. 3. Deck fittings. The Mantua kit has four hatches with gratings and one flat solid hatch on the deck. Looking through Chapelle's books I see that almost all of the revenue cutters had some form of low deck house and companionway, even the small 30 ton ships. I think I will build deck fittings similar to an actual 70-80 ton revenue cutter. 4. Stern. Most Baltimore clippers had either round tuck or square tuck transoms. A few appear to have had curved transoms. The kit plans seem to show an odd flat stepped square tuck like nothing I see in any of the Baltimore clipper plans. In any case, when I started the kit in the '80s I constructed a curved transom faired into the hull lines, more like some of the later schooners I have seen. It may not be accurate for an 1815 revenue cutter, but I am not going to deconstruct the hull and start over again! The model stern is similar to the "V transom" that was introduced in the 1840s to 1850s (according to Howard Chapelle's The American Fishing Schooners). 5. Colors. The hull was painted with white lead below the waterline. Chapelle says American schooners after the Revolution were painted yellow topside with black trim. In the early 1800s they were painted yellow topside with a broad black stripe along the gun ports. Deck houses were white or light gray, and bulwarks could be red, brown, green, blue, white or varnished. The kit box cover shows a broad yellow stripe along the gun ports with brown/black trim, and yellow bulwarks with brown/black trim. I am inclined to use the broad black stripe along the gun ports (between the main deck and cap rail) with yellow trim above and white below the waterline. The bulwarks will be white or yellow, and the deck furniture white. 6. Deck planking. I am familiar with nibbing, but this may not have come into practice until the mid 1800s. Before that planking was tapered and hooked. I have thought about this, and read the few tutorials on hooked deck planking, and I just don't understand the procedure. If you start planking at the center line and work outwards, you apparently have to curve the outermost plank while laying it and then cut into the previously laid plank to create the hook. Nibbing is a lot simpler! By the 1850s planking on revenue cutters was nibbed, so I guess I could build the ship as a mid 1800s revenue cutter. But I need the practice with the hooking technique for the next build I am planning to make (Rattlesnake). I guess I will create a CAD plan of the deck and practice making the hooked deck planking. I'll post some pictures of the 1980s hull and current modifications later.
  2. Just joined the group. I have built many ships and was not aware of this forum. I finished the Sovereign of the seas in 2019 and the Soleil Royale in 2021. My newest project is the Amerigo Vespucci. It has been quite different that the older model ships with all the sun builds but I am enjoying the challenge. The hull was indeed different since it is painted and I was a putty and sanding operative until I got it just right. More to come.
  3. Hi all, New to this forum so please bare with me. I have just started building this Panart 1/78 scale version of HMS Victory and thought I would share my experiences here. I’m retired and live on a Scottish island and needed a new hobby, wooden ship building. Experienced I’m not I would call myself average. This the third kit I have made the previous two both being Caldercraft, HMS Sherborne and HMAV Bounty. Caldercraft kits are great but wanted to build a decent size Victory that didn’t require a bank loan to purchase. Anyway, let’s see where this goes.
  4. I purchased the kit in 2000 and have finally decided to build it. I hope I am not overwhelmed. Would someone please tell me if the instruction booklet is available to purchase or download and print? My kit only has the small white booklet with it and it's definitely not enough for me to build this model.
  5. My first attempt at a wood ship I usually build 1/32 plastic WWI and WWII aircraft and some armor. I’ve found it very fun so far. O2
  6. After HMS Pickle I started Santa Maria kit of Mantua which I bought three years ago. I will modify the kit a little during the construction. Everybody knows about everything Santa Maria. So, no need to tell about her history. I did the framing and glued the main deck in place.
  7. ...and it certainly looks like it! I started this quite some time ago, over the inbetween years I picked up some tools and equipment at car boot sales thinking I would get back to it sometime and after finding this forum a couple of weeks ago, decided that it was time. This is the first wooden ship I've tried. I followed the instructions but it is obvious there's more to the planning than I put in at the time. The benefit of a good few years and having the advice on sites like this would have helped, but you have to start somewhere. I've been looking at the other build logs and can see that it's not just me though, particular thanks to Rach10199 for her posts, which are doing a lot to boost my confidence and overcome my initial reluctance to have a go again. So here we go. Good news that I found everything and moved it inside from the garage. After doing a review, there are some things to fix, some I think can be worked around and some I need advice on. it would have been easier to sand the bulkheads prior to assembly in preparation for planking, but this is easily overcome. I also remembering struggling to glue the deck down in one session (probably the reason for putting it aside). Patience would have had its reward as it doesn't quite conform to the top profile of the bulkheads, particularly 9 as labelled in instructions. I doubt this will be noticed when finished, but you can see it now. Careful camera angles used throughout this entry! I'm also going to add some support on the edges of the deck hatch at 9, the curve of the deck in two directions has pushed the edges perpendicular to the bulkhead into a curve. I think a bit of extra support now will save issues later. And now for my request for help. Bulkhead 9 is obviously short (of the bearding line?). I know I have significant profiling of the edge of the bulkheads to do before planking, but should I do anything else? It is correctly positioned, and is really well attached. If I had known at the time... Thanks for the warm welcome, so far so good (in that it's on the table again!) and thanks for looking. Charlie
  8. Hi, I am very sad, that my 5 years of updating my log on old MSW is over. Danny told me that HDD has failed in server. I did not intend to rebuild my log, because I have not much time for it, but fortunately I found web archive service, which make backups of web pages from time to time and I found there my thread, last backed up on 2010. I will paste here my posts from old thread and will continue with posting here new updates. Currently doing masts, very interesting work with round materials. Majq
  9. A few notes first about this build. I purchased this kit in the mid-to-late 1970s. It's the original Mantua 776 kit, not the laser-cut version. As you can see in the photo below, the box is definitely showing its age having been carted between Canada and the U.S. multiple times and back-and-forth across the continent several times over the years. Now retired, I decided it was finally time to tackle it, after all, you don't want to rush into these things. The build is a combination of scratch-built components married to or replacing plywood (predominantly) parts in the kit. I don't like plywood to be visible, so the only plywood used will be in the hidden interior structure. To that end I'm scratch-building a new keel which will be covered in more detail later in the log. Note that many of these photos are frame stills taken from our video log of the build on our YouTube channel Whisky Workbench, so image quality is not the best. The second photo shows the interior of the box, basically a box of wood. There are smaller boxes with plastic detail castings, brass cannons, rigging materials, and so on.
  10. Sorry I didn't do the 'open box' montage.... I did start this kit in December 2022 and have been slowly working on it when time allows. I have been taking photos as I progress and will get this thread up-to-date. First I dry fitted the main bulkheads and keel. Then glued. I felt no need for any keel clamps as the longitudinal plywood bracing kept the keel straight and the bulkheads at 90 degrees to the keel. I also just added a generous bead of glue around all joints without taking the assembly apart. Then attached the decks with the glue still fresh, ensuring there was no warping of the keel or twisting of the deck. After 24 hours drying the structure was solid. I added a small strip to support the angled bulkhead between the upper and lower decks. And added the slanted bulkhead. Hmm, don't like the visible plywood edge... ...so added a small hardwood strip. I also realised that I should have sanded the bulkhead a little more where it meets the lower deck, but I have a plan for that. I think this 'no plywood edges showing' may be my downfall. Moving forward to the foredeck (is it a foredeck?). I added some wood to the back of the curved piece to aid gluing, the backing was from a wooden coffee stirrer, once dry I carefully cut off the excess from the top and bottom and was careful to make one continuous cut for the trimming of the top. Dry fit of the 'step' I then glued the foredeck and used the trimmed piece mentioned earlier as the 'plywood edge' cover. Sanded the filler carefully down to the deck height and decks complete. I sanded the stepped area back as can be seen by the removed charring on the front bulkhead.
  11. Hi, This is my first wooden ship build. I started quite a few years ago, but I'll start the log from the beginning. I'm learning as I go, so I'll let you know my mistakes as well as problems with the kit. Thanks Marc
  12. Hi, I'm Phil. I'm about ten months into my build. I've never done a ship of the line before, so this is a learning experience. I chose to build the HMS Victory because I wanted to do a ship of the line. I bought it off of E-Bay on an auction. The kit dates back from 1991. I've had a few difficulties due to the age of the wood and my relative inexperience (compared to most of you guys) in wooden ship modelling. I am very patient. I am very stubborn. I have lots of experience with other types of models to draw from. I have finished the rough work on the hull. Both layers of planking are on. The stern and quarter galleries are built and painted. I have the base color scheme painted on. I am going to be coppering the bottom of the hull. I have 3/16" copper tape, a pounce wheel and Gene Bodnar's article on making copper plates using self adhesive copper tape (thank you very much, Gene, for writing that, as well as the other articles that you have written), that I pulled off of this website. I plan on making very good use of all three . Here's where I'm at right now:
  13. I have just finished my Amati Revenge and I'm going to jump right in and start on this kit. I've read about this kit and know its reputation so hopefully I'm prepared for the issues that will pop up and with the assistance of the existing logs will be able to work through them. Despite the issues I'm very impressed with the look of the finished kits I've seen, it can be a very beautiful ship and I'm hoping I'll be able to make it look good. Some of the issues I expect to face will be the hull planking as I don't plan on painting the hull so the sections of pre cut and laser etched hull probably won't match each other when stained. I'm keeping open the idea of replacing those pre-cut and etched areas with planking and just purchasing enough wood to be able to plank the entire hull with the same wood. I'm sure I'll have to get a little further into it to figure out what I'm going to do. I've also seen multiple comments about the alignment of the decks and cannon ports so I'll try to be extra careful as I assemble that area and make sure I get all that aligned correctly without having to take things apart. I haven't been able to find a log of this kit that's less than several years old so I'll try and note things that are different from the logs I've seen. I'm hoping some of the instructions will have been corrected over the years, I did check the book that came with the kit and as far as I can tell it matches the PDF on the Mantua website. Initial inspection of the parts seem to show that everything seems to be of good quality, some of the brass looks a little less than completely sharp in definition but nothing that really bothers me from what I've seen so far. I'm not crazy about the pre-etched decks, I really enjoyed doing the decking on the Revenge but I suspect that if I try to deck over the provided deck here it's be way too thick but we'll see as I get there. I consider myself more of a kit nudger than a basher so I'm not looking to do a total rework of how the kit does things, just make slight improvements where I can. All in all I'm ready to get started and see where this goes, I feel like it's a completely different type of kit than the Revenge, not good or bad, just different.
  14. Hello, after the warm welcome in this forum and the interest on a build log of the "Amerigo Vespucci", I will start it now. As you may know it is an Italien sail training ship which was originally build 1931. The model bases on the Mantua-Kit, which I tried to optimize according to pictures of the real Ship. I started to build the model in 1994, but just shortly after the begin, I had to disturb the building due to job, wife, house building, kids, ... A few years ago I restarted building the model again. Some data: Mantua Kit scale 1:84 length 1,25m hight 0,75m In a german forum I have already started a build log of this ship a few months ago. Therefore, first I will present as an overview also the steps which I have done since this time. Unfortunately, I have got no pictures from the earlier steps, so I will start with a mostly ready body of the ship and show you first some detail pictures. Hope, you enjoy it. Best regards, Joachim
  15. I started this about 30 years ago and I have completed about 75 % of the hull and I have restated to try to complete I will post pictures but this is my first try so they may not be as good as some might expect I have a lot of questions the the first of which is:- panart provide brass edging for the gun ports do the expect the lids to be sized to fit inside or are the lids meant to cover the brass edging and thus never can be closed flush with the hull
  16. This is my first ship model build so please excuse the mistakes. I actually started this model in the mid '90s with the delusion I would build it over a summer, quickly realized I had no concept of what it would actually take, then got distracted by multiple kids and life in general. The result was I took about 20 years off, but always planned to pick it back up again. I dusted it off earlier this year and have finally started to make progress. When I stopped in the '90s I had only completed the ribs, deck, the upper portion of the hull planking, and a few gun ports (that was about the time I realized the true scope of the project). So the first thing I did was finish the gun ports....... Then I moved on to hull planking....first layer (a little rough) Second layer....getting a little smoother High tech waterline tool.....the two-tone wood colour is due to a 20 year gap between laying the planks!
  17. Here is my Log for my Amerigo Vespucci - So far I have the super structure done and I'm ready to finish putting the decks on, and to fill in time as I wait for glue to dry, I am starting to build the Life Boats - this is quite small and challenging but fun to do - there are 11 of these small boats so there is lots to do . I have one small issue with the decks - The lower deck is a different shade than the 2 upper decks, as you can see in the photo - does anyone have any ideas as to how how I can get both decks the same shade - I dont want too use a dark stain as I like the look of a lighter color on this ship !
  18. Hello all! My name is Nemo, and I'm a complete newbie! I'll be honest, I wasn't really planning on posting a build log, hence why this is all going to be coming at once rather than staggered (which would have let me benefit from feedback as I went, but hey... you live, you learn) I've been a silent viewer on these forums for about a half year, getting tips and tricks, but I'm still not really sure how people feel about modding (/modifying) kits - especially when done by a complete newbie! I'm a first time ship builder, but the reason I wanted to make this ship is because I'm a writer who's just written a show about a crew of pirates. I set myself the goal of building their ship before the show comes out in the beginning of August, because woof don't deadlines help with everything. Essentially - because my characters are pirates - I had the idea that they sailed a customised Bermuda Sloop. I started with the HMS Sharke but took inspiration from other ships from the period, and wanted to play with some of the features the ship had (most significant was having a cabin instead of a second level deck). I know exactly where all my mistakes are (especially on the hull... planking even with guides sure is hell), and I'm sure as a ship it's not exactly accurate or sea-worthy, but I'm fairly proud of myself because of how completely incomprehensible the manual/diagrams in the kit were to me! I definitely would not have finished this (or any ship tbh) if I didn't have a passion for my characters, but now it's done I really miss fiddling with it! You'll also notice in the pictures that I made this ship in the smallest space in the world - a 50cm/50cm desktop, with no power tools - and in a rented flat (with sound limits!) so there was definitely some crudeness and thickness that I couldn't overcome with my little strips of sandpaper and using the back of a knife as a hammer... but hey, if you're also new I guess know that it is possible to make this ship with just some knives and files? Again, I wasn't going to post this, but I've noticed that there aren't any *complete* logs for building this kit on these forums, and while mine is definitely not *how you should do it* guide, it might give someone in the future some idea of what it looks like? Anyway! Excuses out of the way, here's my ship!
  19. Welcome to my build. Pull up a chair and get comfortable and follow along, as I try to fit all these pieces of wood, string and metal into a model resembling what is on the box. This is my first build in over 50 years, so I'll be dusting off some old skills and learning new ones along the way. Opened the box and removed the "instruction manual " and line drawings to see what I was in for. The line drawings were 1:1 for the kit, which is always a bonus as you don't have to keep trying to get measurements correct. The instruction manual left much to be desired, but the pictures sure are pretty. The parts list is on the back of each section of the manual. Next step was acquiring to necessary tools for the build. I'll be in that process for a while. Next was removing the parts from their respective bags and labeling them so I could readily find them when needed. Small parts such as blocks, belaying pins were left sealed in the bags they came in. Removed keel, bulkheads and false deck from the sheets they were attached to and dry fit the parts. Unfortunately for the fairing process, I was on my own, as there are no "cheat lines" suggesting the fore to aft tapper along the bulkheads. Been there before, it just means a lot of hand fitting and sanding. That reasonably accomplished, I glued up the keel and bulkhead, and then cut the rabbet line. False deck was then added for more strength, More sanding. Marked false deck centerline and drew athwart ship lines every 20mm for reference when planking. Hull planking began. Mantua used balsa wood for the hull planking on this kit, and it is fairly forgiving, but very thick, but narrow 50mm wide by 20mm thick, would have liked something a little wider and thinner. The kit is supposed to be double planked, but there is not enough finish wood to accomplish this. Knowing my limitations anyway, I had planned on painting the hull, so this was not a big deal. Here is where I am at today:
  20. Hi, I’m a new member to this forum and this is my first attempt at wooden ship building. I have some experience with plastic model before (airplane, tank, car) but never dare to attempt a ship build before. The rigging (even for modern ship) scares me away. Yet I’ve always been a ship fan especially those sailing ships. Years ago I visited the San Diego maritime museum where they displayed lots of ship models and wished I could work on one. Well, after searching on the internet, I came across a lot of scratch builds or kits that required wood working skill, which is way out of my league. So I gave up on making one myself - If I came across this forum then, a different outcome would have taken place About a month ago, I came upon a wooden ship built log by chance and it sparked my interest again. With some modeling experience on my belt, I thought I could give it another try. Not knowing where to buy wooden ship kit, I searched on ebay and craiglist and came across a half built HMS Victory, a perfect chance to get my feet wet. The hull and deck have been built though there are evidences that it was damaged from a fall (dented hull, etc). It was offered for what I thought a great deal so I drove 2hrs to pick it up, and here I am. in an effort to find info on the ship, I came to this forum, stared my new member into and my first half build log. I got warm welcome from several members, and they helped me identify the manufacturer of my model. Here are the pictures of the ship when it came to my home. My plan is to clean up the damages, verify the available parts and decide how to proceed without a manual. Some of you will say that this is no project for a beginner and I’m well aware of that. My goal is to being persistent and start learning to get this done. It might take awhile due to life obligations , but the ship is in a place where I can work on it whenever I got time, so that’s a good start IMO.
  21. Hi everyone, In this log you'll be able to follow my built of the beautiful french tallship LE SUPERBE. Like my other finish builts, i'm not looking for a period exact ship and try to do my best with the plans that come in the kit. I suppose i'm a layback builder looking to make a stunning result that i'm gonna be proud. The colors i choose for this buit are black and gold. I hope you'll enjoy it as much as i am. I have already begin the build some time ago and taken pictures during the process. I'll post those pictures with minimal explanations and concentrate writing my thought on the part i'm now building. If you have any comment or question on those first posts, i'll be glad to anwser you. Keven Deschenes -kedes1-
  22. This will be my fifth build, I'm not the best at logging my builds but will try to keep up with this time. All but one of my previous builds have been models by Midwest (The Dingy, The Muscongus Lobster Smack, Sharpie Schooner, Boston Whitehall Tender), and Long Boat 18th Century by Model Expo. I had purchased the Trotmares on eBay last summer 2020 not knowing anything about the build process. The Midwest plans and instructions for the most part are very easy to follow. After opening the Trotmares box and looking at the sheet plans and instructions, I was very overwhelmed. Almost a year later I have decided to go ahead and build it.
  23. Hi everyone, this is my 2nd ship. I started this one about a month ago, I am very much a beginner and have been reading many of the posts on this site. I will post some photos of my progress. I am at the point of starting the rigging. planking went very well compared to my 1st ship.
  24. Welcome to my ongoing log of my build of HMS Victory by Panart. Although I have modelled in the past, this is my first model ship, working in wood and metal rather than plastics. Having taken on the project with zero knowledge of model shipbuilding and working with wood at such a small scale it has been a great challenge building this ship to the high standard I wanted. I've built up my skills throughout, learning a lot from fellow modellers on this website, and can say this is my favourite project I've ever worked on. At this current stage I'm really happy with the results and would like to share the images of the build as it progresses.
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