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Chesapeake Bay Skipjack by Armchair Admiral - FINISHED - Midwest Products


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Some photos of my first foray into model ship making: Midwests Products Chesapeake Bay Skipjack.

This is a really good kit for beginners to start on. Introduces lots of techniques and skills through a really good set instructions, quality cut pieces and a nice scale to work from. I'm not sure if the company is still in business but there are plenty of these kits still out there.

Overall it took me about 2 months, on or off, to complete the model.  I am very happy with the build - sure mistakes were made - but this was the kit to make them on and to build confidence which it has done.4.thumb.jpg.fd9279b4036163315281fab7e0bbf84c.jpg

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Nice! By the way, if you want a name for her, she is based on the "Messenger" from Chapplle's plans. She was an Oyster Pirate, a boat used to illegally dredge oysters.

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  • 5 months later...

Well done!

Building: 1:64 HMS Revenge (Victory Models plans)

1:64 Cat Esther (17th Century Dutch Merchant Ships)
 

On the building slip: 1:72 French Ironclad Magenta (original shipyard plans)

 

On hold: 1:98 Mantua HMS Victory (kit bash), 1:96 Shipyard HMS Mercury

 

Favorite finished builds:  1:60 Sampang Good Fortune (Amati plans), 1:200 Orel Ironclad Solferino, 1:72 Schooner Hannah (Hahn plans), 1:72 Privateer Prince de Neufchatel (Chapelle plans), Model Shipways Sultana, Heller La Reale, Encore USS Olympia

 

Goal: Become better than I was yesterday

 

"The hardest part is deciding to try." - me

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