schnu

Hola Schnu,  
 
one thing you can do with the metal boat is cover it with wood.  I made that in three of the kits : San Francisco, Endeavour and Pandora and the result is very acceptable as you can see in the pictures:
 




 
Saludos, Karl

I don`t know if its too late, but I`ve got some fotos which might be interesting.
Those are from the book: Historische Schiffsmodelle Das Handbuch der Modellbauer
by Wolfram zu Mondfeld

I don`t know if its too late, but I`ve got some fotos which might be interesting.
Those are from the book: Historische Schiffsmodelle Das Handbuch der Modellbauer
by Wolfram zu Mondfeld

I don`t know if its too late, but I`ve got some fotos which might be interesting.
Those are from the book: Historische Schiffsmodelle Das Handbuch der Modellbauer
by Wolfram zu Mondfeld

Hi there, I have gotten this Kit for my 16th birthday back in January. If someone would question me why I wished to have a model ship or how I came on the idea of model shipbuilding, I could not answer it. One morning I just woke up with it in my mind. It might have been a model that I have seen once, or some photos on the internet that gave me the Idea.
 
Anyway I chose this kit because it was in a good price range and it was the only one with 2 mortars in the front. Once it had been ordered I searched eagerly on the web for more pictures of the finished ship. (a little late maybe    ) Unfortunately there were only a few pictures and I only found two build logs (one in Russian and one in Portuguese). I might have taken another ship if I had known this before ordering it. I was wondering what other ship were available and this is how I stumbled on this site. Only after reading through build logs did I come on the Idea of modifying the kit. I never thought to improve it  , but now that I have a log I will try to do modifications .
This log may not be worthy of this site, but I hope to get excused because it is the only build log of this ship here.
 
 
 
Anyway here are some pics:
 
 

 
 
 
 
The first planking I did was terrible, because the instruction weren`t very clear, so I used lots of wood filler  
 

 
 
 
 
Now I just finished the second planking and started to cut out the gun holes (is that what they are called?) 
 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 
 
 

 

Wow, I Love the cabin detail, its amazing.

Again mainly a photo update.
The Quater deck is now completed just a paint touch up on some of the eye bolts and rigging hooks, next the fore deck.
 
The barricade
 

 
Rear view
 

 
Finished Quarter deck
 



 
 

I just read trough your log, I am impressed with the canno rigging, looks amazing.

Today I couldn`t do much as I am waiting on some tools that I bought on ebay, I only started to paint some things:
 
 

I am still not convinced of a brass boat, do you think that it is worth buying a little kit in wood? I didn`t finish painting it yet because I am not sure if I will use it.
 

I also started to paint the figurehead, but my brush isn`t great, as there is a light split in the middle of the hair, will have to buy new one.
 

Finally I also started to paint the cabin, but I am not sure which color i should take for the decorations. (Now they are still plain metal). I am hesitating on gold, light brown or very dark brown, does someone have any suggestions on the colour?
I wish I could scratch buil the cabin but I don`t have the tools for that, so I will just go with the brass one.

Wow, it`s amazing what you did from that old kit, I woudn`t have touched it, it looks unrepareable from the first picture. I am impressed, that you took on the chalenge, I really love the painting work. I can`t wait to see how the finished model will come out.

Greetings all
Well things have really slowed down now. I have finished all the work I intend to do on the deck apart from a bit of repair work on the buckets , and a broken handrail on one of the stairways . All the ratlines need a lot of attention which will take a while. I am now starting to work my way around the hull from the starboard bow and have repaired all the gunport lids as far as the ships entrance. I have just finished adding the first anchor and next the second anchor and onward to the stern. Thanks for viewing and all your comments. Here's a few photos .DAVID

Hi there, I have gotten this Kit for my 16th birthday back in January. If someone would question me why I wished to have a model ship or how I came on the idea of model shipbuilding, I could not answer it. One morning I just woke up with it in my mind. It might have been a model that I have seen once, or some photos on the internet that gave me the Idea.
 
Anyway I chose this kit because it was in a good price range and it was the only one with 2 mortars in the front. Once it had been ordered I searched eagerly on the web for more pictures of the finished ship. (a little late maybe    ) Unfortunately there were only a few pictures and I only found two build logs (one in Russian and one in Portuguese). I might have taken another ship if I had known this before ordering it. I was wondering what other ship were available and this is how I stumbled on this site. Only after reading through build logs did I come on the Idea of modifying the kit. I never thought to improve it  , but now that I have a log I will try to do modifications .
This log may not be worthy of this site, but I hope to get excused because it is the only build log of this ship here.
 
 
 
Anyway here are some pics:
 
 

 
 
 
 
The first planking I did was terrible, because the instruction weren`t very clear, so I used lots of wood filler  
 

 
 
 
 
Now I just finished the second planking and started to cut out the gun holes (is that what they are called?) 
 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 
 
 

 

Hi there, I have gotten this Kit for my 16th birthday back in January. If someone would question me why I wished to have a model ship or how I came on the idea of model shipbuilding, I could not answer it. One morning I just woke up with it in my mind. It might have been a model that I have seen once, or some photos on the internet that gave me the Idea.
 
Anyway I chose this kit because it was in a good price range and it was the only one with 2 mortars in the front. Once it had been ordered I searched eagerly on the web for more pictures of the finished ship. (a little late maybe    ) Unfortunately there were only a few pictures and I only found two build logs (one in Russian and one in Portuguese). I might have taken another ship if I had known this before ordering it. I was wondering what other ship were available and this is how I stumbled on this site. Only after reading through build logs did I come on the Idea of modifying the kit. I never thought to improve it  , but now that I have a log I will try to do modifications .
This log may not be worthy of this site, but I hope to get excused because it is the only build log of this ship here.
 
 
 
Anyway here are some pics:
 
 

 
 
 
 
The first planking I did was terrible, because the instruction weren`t very clear, so I used lots of wood filler  
 

 
 
 
 
Now I just finished the second planking and started to cut out the gun holes (is that what they are called?) 
 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 
 
 

 

Hi there, I have gotten this Kit for my 16th birthday back in January. If someone would question me why I wished to have a model ship or how I came on the idea of model shipbuilding, I could not answer it. One morning I just woke up with it in my mind. It might have been a model that I have seen once, or some photos on the internet that gave me the Idea.
 
Anyway I chose this kit because it was in a good price range and it was the only one with 2 mortars in the front. Once it had been ordered I searched eagerly on the web for more pictures of the finished ship. (a little late maybe    ) Unfortunately there were only a few pictures and I only found two build logs (one in Russian and one in Portuguese). I might have taken another ship if I had known this before ordering it. I was wondering what other ship were available and this is how I stumbled on this site. Only after reading through build logs did I come on the Idea of modifying the kit. I never thought to improve it  , but now that I have a log I will try to do modifications .
This log may not be worthy of this site, but I hope to get excused because it is the only build log of this ship here.
 
 
 
Anyway here are some pics:
 
 

 
 
 
 
The first planking I did was terrible, because the instruction weren`t very clear, so I used lots of wood filler  
 

 
 
 
 
Now I just finished the second planking and started to cut out the gun holes (is that what they are called?)