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  1. CharlieZardoz
    The Lynx aka Mosquidobit is on page 84-85 in the Howard Chapelle book "The Baltimore Clipper. Even has number of deck planks. Btw just curious what is the size of the model hull without masts? Charlie
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    Hi there! You going to be adding Aeropiccola and other defunct kit builders so that we might also seek out some old out of production kits?
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    Frolick your statement intrigued me so thought I'd look into this a bit more. I put together an image comparison of Rattlesnake and Fair American both ships from the same era. The left is more or less what the ships should be in same scale historically, the right is the comparison of the size of the two hulls as per the models measurements. I added little Sultana at the bottom just to offer a bit more for comparison. While I find it odd that a 14 gun brig could be a mere 69' I do think the picture shows that certain details look in proper scale to the left rather than right. The Fa's depth and the rudder cleats and masts seem too big on the right so the kit is most likely accurately portrayed at 1/48. That said the pic on the right shows cannon ports that are the same size as the Rattlesnake also the forecastles do look rather proportionate. Regarding the fittings I got the measurements of the quarterbadges (fancy window ports) for both kits and they seemed to be the same size (about 1" by 5/8"). Since they look similar it's possible the models are just using the same fitting.
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    I think i'm going to look through the scratch section more thoroughly to see what people have posted. Scratch building feels ominious but mainly in the manner of knowing what resources to get ie. size of deadeyes, size and amount of plank strips, cannons, etc. I have noticed that the quarter gallery window for the Fair American looks just like the one in the ms rattlesnake so perhaps conversions aren't as scary as they seem with a bit of searching through available stock parts (also don't seem to fancy myself an extremely proficient whittler either lol). BTW how does everyone have that list of builds under their name? Charlie
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    Hello again fellow builders. Was wondering if one wanted to lets say make the Fair American or Armed Virginia Sloop from 1/48 scale to 1/64 or another scale what might be the challenges a modeler might face? Aside from a few fittings and changing the size of the wood planks, parts, etc, the kits seem to have very clear instructional guides to work with but curious if anyone's every tried doing so and what the process would entail. Also would one say doing so would be significantly harder to build than the kit directly from the box? Appreciate the shared wisdoms cheers/jeers and/or speculations. Charlie
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    Not surprised now that you say that since he does consistently great work
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    Also seems to resemble the HMS Sherbourne from Caldercraft as well?
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    Hi everyone! Been doing some research on Amati's Lady Nelson, a beautiful kit in my opinion that I think will offer me some nice experience down the line. My question is looking into the history of the Lady Nelson is seems that the kit is not based on the Australian vessel with two masts (that has a series of modern replica's) but is of an English cutter design. The kit does look accurate as a cutter so was wondering if it was based on a plan of some sort (maybe something in one of Chapelle's books). thanks! Charlie
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    Artworx does a 200 for Arizona that is very nice and looks just like Pontos.
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    I'd be nice if someone made a new kit of her (cough- Model Shipways...) to represent her accurately and also not in such a weird scale (1:85?) I just repurchased and old book Modeling the USF Constellation by Gilbert C. McArdle and inside the prior owner had included the old Baltimore pamphlets with the erroneous history. Quite the collectors item they really tried to convince you lol. BTW anyone look at my post about the Black Prince?
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    BTW does anyone know if the Black Prince by Mamoli is accurate? I know that Ben Franklin had a ship called Black Prince but is the kit off some sort of plan or is it just a generic clipper that has no direct connection.
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    Sounds about right, thanks Juhu!
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    Hey Mark! Lol I love the 1854 sloop! But that's me I happen to dig the civil war era sailing vessels and if I ever went for the AL kit someday I wouldn't think it too much trouble to modify/bash the kit to more accurately portray the sloop as it appears today (or did in civil war times). It should always be a fun process researching/falling in love with a build. As I mentioned the 1986 model expo catalogue I just read it over and over again as a kid loving every design so to realize after all these years some are ficticious was a bit shocking but oh well more amusing than anything else. If one wants to be really obsessive with historical accuracy and have a "museum quality" admiralty POF model etc. best learn how to scratch build but even then you can only research so much since some facts are lost to history. Part of the fun I think is not knowing I mean back as a kid me and pop built the Santa Maria from scratch there's no real naval plans for the thing you can just go grab in an archive somewhere so you make a few guesses. He made a very nice back cabin with a bookshelf and bed and all those little touches personalize your model which makes it your own work of art P.S. Your sloop Constellation looks very nice btw!
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    Non-Historical (Fake) kits as far as I can tell (only researched American ships atm) Any of the Baltimore Clippers (Harvey, Albatros, Dapper Tom) do not appear to have historical counterparts with exception of Pride of Baltimore II by Model Shipways Gunboats/Cutters (like Dallas, Alert or Ranger) probably from some unidentified ship plans? Mamoli's Blue Shadow which is just a redress of the HMS Portsmouth and Valiant model with Colonial era flags looks nice though Then there are ships that did exist but the kits do not accurately portray them Lynx by Mantua doesn't look much like the current replica The Constructo Enterprise which tbf I love that kit I grew up with it as a kid I had the 1986 Model Expo catalogue that I'd read over and over again I want to believe it's as least reasonable accurate to the historical Enterprise Aeropiccola kit Bonhomme Richard doesn't look anything like the plans I've come across and looks more like the Revell plastic kit. Artesania Latina's Constellation accurate but not it has gunports on the top deck making it look more like a frigate and they seem to market it with the idea that the sloop was the 1797 frigate refitted. Hope this helps
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    Lol! Noted.
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    That's fascinating! I do love Mr Chappell's books so will have to grab that one as well. I suppose this opens up another quandary regarding which kits out there have actual historical basis and which are made up. A few Mamoli kits are -uh implied ships like the Blue Shadow and possibly the Newport. I know at least the Lynx and POB II have real life replica's (and yeah Taney is technically a cutter) but the rest I just haven't been able to find any historical info on. I suppose taking the Mantua Albatros and Lynx kits and lining them up to see if the fittings are a truly different size/scale would be a start
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    Greetings fellow ship enthusiasts! I've been doing research regarding some of the kits out there and was looking for some feedback regarding size variations of Baltimore Clippers. Specifically with regard to the Albatros I've noticed 3 kits available Mantua, Constructo and Occre which lists scale at 1:40, 1:55 and 1:100 respectively. That said the model lengths are reportedly 27" 20" and 22.5" respectively which doesn't make much sense. I am aware that the Occre kit leaves something to be desired and doesn't look much like the other two but the scales must be off between the Mantua and Constructo kits as well? I've been looking at the other Baltimore Clipper (or similar looking) kits available Lynx, Pride of Baltimore and Roger B. Taney whose scales are around 60-64 and sizes range from 27-34" the Harvey which is 36" at a 1:50 scale and also the Dapper Tom via Model Shipways which is 24ish" at 1:76 scale. For the most part looking at the models they all seem somewhat similar in design gunports, hull shapes etc, so unless the Albatros was a significantly smaller than average clipper ship I'm wondering if there is some sort of logical explanation. Thanks all
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    Thanks Chuck! The picture seems clear enough. Any recommendation for what woods might work best? I'm expecting this piece to be fairly small for the Sultana probably 1/16" Also best ways to keep the motion straight?
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    BTW the practicum states he bought the piece at a hobby shop
  20. CharlieZardoz
    Greetings all! I am a beginner in the field of wooden ship modeling (though I have some experience through my grandfather who did a scratch build Santa Maria years back). My "noob" question is about beaded moldings and for clarity I took a few photo's off the Sultana Practicum (which I plan to start building shortly and very excited about). I'm trying to determine the best method to make them, tools etc. or even better if any model sites sell beaded molding strips already complete in respective scale. Thank you all and appreciate the learned advice. Charlie

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