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Hello Model Ship Worlders! Just wanted to let you all know that this month at Ages of Sail we're running a special, featuring sale pricing on a dozen different kits every week, with discounts of 10% to 15%. No coupon codes are needed for this. Visit our SHOP page and scroll down to see this week's discounted kits under Featured Products: https://www.agesofsail.com/ecommerce/ We'll have kits listed from Amati, OcCre, Mamoli, Billing Boats, Victory Models, BlueJacket, and more. The list will change every Sunday at midnight, for four weeks. Check out our sale items and browse our shop while you're there. We carry over 2000 products, including wooden ship model kits, paper ship kits, plastic kits, tools, books, plans, accessories, and more... Thank you for your support! Roger

Good news for those who have been waiting for us to get restocked on Vanguard Models products! Shipment arrived this week, so just about everything is back in stock, including Sherbournes, Adders, Flirts, Speedys, Indefatigables, and more. Most importantly, we have the new HM Brig Harpy in stock! Probably not necessary for us to tell you that this is an amazing kit. I think everybody here knows that already. Apologies for those looking for the Sphinx or Duchess of Kingston. We ran out of those while waiting for this shipment. A reorder of those kits, plus the couple of ships boat kits are in the works now. Roger

FYI, we have a number of these kits available now, ready to ship. Note that this also qualifies for free domestic shipping (all orders of $150 or more). https://www.agesofsail.com/ecommerce/new-items/uss-missouri-bb-63-(occre,-1-200).html In any case, it's a very nice looking kit. Hope to see some build logs soon!

Johnathan, just wanted to chime in about your build. It's looking really great! You'd commented that you were thinking about how to paint the ship's bottom. But, I'm just wondering if you'd thought about leaving it natural. I know that makes it a little more decorative rather than "by the book", but your model's wood finish is looking so nice. Looking forward to seeing your progress.

Absolutely gorgeous model Glenn! Congratulations on her completion!

Wow, are you really only one month into this build!? And, such a beautiful job you're doing as well!

I don't have any specific experience building these kits, but since we carry both kits in our shop, this kind of question does come up. Generally speaking, many people do like the classic kits, like the Serial Soleil Royale, and I've seen many beautifully done builds over the years. I think there's a certain mindset that appreciates these classic kits. They use various woods, and brass and wooden parts to affect a certain aesthetic in the final appearance of the model. I think the kit's value this aesthetic over scale and accuracy. The Artesania Latina kit is a modern era kit, and it relies less on using wood varieties for the final finish, and more on painting, or perhaps staining, for a finish, but probably is better in terms of a scale look. A major difference is that the newer Artesania Latina kits feature very detailed instructions, but don't provide any printed instructions or plan drawings. You need computer to view the instructions, as they're only in digital form. If you really want, you should be able to download them and print them out, if you don't mind printing a few hundred pages, but you'll still lack the nice, big printed plans sheets that many of us rely on. The Sergal instructions are very much "old school", with almost no written instruction. These kits rely on the use of several large, folded sheets of line drawings to guide you through the build. These require more interpretation skills, ability to measure from drawings, and definite a good amount of wooden ship modeling experience. As Eric comments, in either case, make sure you have some ship modeling experience before taken on either of these.

Absolutely beautiful. This is a very inspirational build. Thank your for sharing your construction methods. I hope you don't mind if we share your build log with our customers. Sharing the link, at least.

Wonderful progress and a beautiful model so far Keith!

Hello Everyone, We just wanted to let folks know that we are still open for business and shipping regularly in this odd reality of the COVID-19 outbreak. As we posted on our own blog last week, while we are taking measures to keep both employees and customers safe, we shut down our showroom to the public. Also, while we have a very large inventory of kits, fittings, and supplies, some imported items are running low or are out of stock. Given the problems in Europe, we're expecting it may be some time before we get some of these shipments in. Fortunately, we've recently added a number of products to our inventory recently, which you might be interested in checking out if you're looking for your next project. These include: Shipyard's Laser-Cut Kits: Hanse Kogge - Bremen, 1380 Wütender Hund Kogge Kolderstok Kits: De Zeven Provencien Batavia Duyfken Statenjacht Exploration ship of Willem Berentz Master Korabel Kits: Schooner Polotsk - Plus Edition Brig Phoenix - Plus Edition St. Gabriel Tender Avos - Special Edition Cannon Jolle Double Boat Secret Vessel Morel We're also working on getting the new wooden kits from Shipyard, but this may take several weeks to process and ship. Unfortunately, some of the most popular kits right now, OcCre's Essex and HMS Beagle kits, are out and we're just about to run out of HMS Terror kits. But we have a very good stock of Billing Boats, Caldercraft, Constructo, Corel, Disar Model, Mantua, Nordic Class Boats, other OcCre kits, Turk Model kits, and others. Plus, of course, we have tons of Amati, including all the kits of the Victory Models line. Hopefully, the situation will be back to normal soon. Until then, please stay safe!

Hello folks, exciting news for us! Ages of Sail is now carrying the line of 17th century Dutch wooden ship model kits from Kolderstock of the Netherlands. We're pretty excited about being able to provide these kits here in the U.S. and abroad. The Kolderstok Line of Kits Batavia Duyfken Statenyacht The Expedition Ship of Willem Barentsz Zeven Provinciën, Flagship of Admiral Michiel de Ruyter These kits are designed for experienced ship modelers: The aim of Kolderstok is to offer a high quality range of wooden model boat kits for ships not available elsewhere. Models of famous ships of the Dutch Golden Age, such as those belonging to the VOC (Dutch East India Company), but also ships famous for the great battles in which they served. Ships under the command of well-known names: Michiel de Ruyter, Marten Harpenszoon Tromp, Jan and Cornelis Evertsen and Adriaen Banckert. Kolderstok models are created using old images and existing models as guidelines, thus ensuring the best possible accuracy. Kolderstok kits consist of laser-cut keel, frames and decks, planking for the hull and decks, masts, yards, rigging and a full set of hand-cast resin ornaments. The ornaments will need a finishing touch. Sail kits are available as a separate kit for the ship model kits that do not already include them. Sail kits include necessary material, instructions, blocks, and belaying pins to mount them. They are not pre-sewn. Note that there are optional cannon sets for a couple of these kits. We have these on order from the manufacturer, and they should be available shortly. For a limited time, we're offering the kits at 10% off our regular pricing. Check them out at Ages of Sail: https://www.agesofsail.com/ecommerce/kolderstok.html

We haven't posted here in a while, but have a big savings announcement for all you fans of Amati Models. Ages of Sail has been in discussion with Amati about distribution and pricing and have negotiated a more competitive pricing structure, which allows for some major savings on all Amati kits, including their popular Victory Models line. All Amati kits we sell have been reduced in price – many have seen a BIG reduction. This is not a sale, it's our new regular pricing. Here are some examples: AM570 Coca was $129, now $111.95; $18.05 drop! AM1300/09 Fifie was $289, now $263.95; $25.05 drop! AM1406/01 Viking Drakkar was $179, now $108.99; $70.01 drop! AM1427 Xebec was $279, now $163.95; $115.05 drop! AM1606 Titanic was $799, now $411.95; $387.05 drop!!! You read those right. I don't know if the owner here went crazy and will discover it eventually, but for now the prices are greatly reduced. This is not a sale – these are new prices. Again, these are just the Amati Model kits only, with new shipments coming in regularly. Check out the Amati products on Ages of Sail here: https://www.agesofsail.com/ecommerce/amati-kits.html And, if you're a fan of the Victory Models line (designed by Chris Watton), you're not going to want to miss checking out the new lower Ages of Sail pricing here: https://www.agesofsail.com/ecommerce/amati-kits/victory-models.html

Happy 4th of July MSW! To celebrate, we're offering 10% off on selected OcCre kits: HMS Terror, HMS Beagle and, for those who want a non-ship model project for a change, the San Francisco Cable Car. You can see photos of the Terror and the Beagle in earlier posts, so I'll just add the 1/24-scale San Francisco Cable Car kit photo here. HMS Beagle and HMS Terror regularly sell for $209, so for a limited time, you can get them for only $188 each. The San Francisco Cable Car is on special for $170. The prices are discounted on our website, so there's no need to include any special codes to get them. Here are links to each of these kits: HMS Beagle HMS Terror San Francisco Cable Car These prices are good through Monday, July 8th.

HMS BEAGLE KITS NOW IN STOCK There were some awfully long delays in getting these kits from OcCre, but we order large quantities at a time, so perhaps OcCre wasn't quite ready for us. In any case, they are here at long last! Thank you to all who were patiently waiting for your pre-orders, they have all been shipped and you should be receiving them shortly. This is listed by OcCre as a low difficulty build. The fact that this ship features a square tuck stern should help a lot for those who have a bit of trouble with planking those tight curves. But, we're pretty sure that the deck details and rigging will offer plenty of challenge to more experienced builders. You can order yours or check out the details at the following link: https://www.agesofsail.com/ecommerce/hms-beagle-(occre-1:60).html

Thanks for everyone's patience. These kits should be coming in soon. OcCre seems to have taken longer to get our order together. Perhaps they weren't expecting us to order such a large quantity at one time, but it saves us on shipping costs. We're hoping these arrive this week, along with a replenishment of our supply of HMS Terror kits – we're down to our last one!