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Model Shipways Mayflower or Armed Virginia sloop
Ronald-V replied to Ronald-V's topic in Wood ship model kits
Thank you, that's really helpful. I'm not a big fan of small scales either, so that's a thing to consider -
I want to begin with a new kit. I don't have a lot experience. A while ago, I have build the hull and deck of the HM Supply from Caldercraft. But not finished this ship because some personal issues. I like both ships, but it's hard to choose. Can someone give me some advise about the two? Are they equal in difficulty? Would the rigging and hull shape of the Mayflower be to complex for a novice? The AMS is a bit bigger in scale, so that's a plus. But the Mayflowers manual is written by Chuck Passaro, that's a plus to haha. And does someone know what scale 5/32" = 1 ft is? I tried to figure it out, and does it come close to 1:75? I would love to hear your opinion
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Yes perhaps the perfect kits don't exist .
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Yeah I soaked them to and then it's doable. I am now sanding the hull, and it looks pretty good so far. I didn't count the amount of strips in the first place, and now knowing that there is plenty in the kit, I would pick the best planks to use. Well, learned something Tnx for the tip about the stagecoach. I saw that in the store and it looked really nice. Something for the future
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I now see that the price of timber is twice as cheap in the UK in comparison here in Holland. Then it's not a real big problem to buy new wood for a kit. So perhaps I can buy better wood for my next purchase. Only the downside is...I can't see the quality of it before buying. Has anyone bought some new walnut strips at Cornwall Modelships? Is that stuff better then the supplied wood in the kit? Or is it not possible to find nice clean strips with dimensions like 0,5x40?
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Yes that was certainly a positive thing, more than enough strips. Well I just finished the second layer of planking, so I'm going to sand now. I'm painting the ship because I really like the colours of this ship. So with that I can mask a lot. thanks for the reply's everybody
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thanks for the answers Yes I meant the walnut. I also used the supplied wood, because I did not want to spend more money. They are not the cheapest ones. If it were Artesania, it was understandable. The kits that I saw of Corel were really good quality. Only very poor instructions and the pre-cut bulkheads are very bad. Therefore I chose for CC, because a lot of people say it's high quality. Also a lot of parts are of a finer quality Well, I'm gonna think about my next build. Maybe there are other brands, which have everything in order. I read good things about Model shipways.
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Hello, First of all, my native language is not english so maybe it's not written well I have a question about the Caldercraft kits. I'm currently building the hm brig supply of CC, and it suprised me that the wood for the hull was of a really bad quality. Everything else in the kit is okay, but the wood was real bad. Did more people experienced this in the other kits of CC? Or is this only the case in the "cheaper" ones? A dealer here in the Netherlands said to me that the smaller vessels are not of the same quality of the bigger ones. I expected the highest quality off CC, but Corel for example has much better wood in the boxes. Greets Ronald
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