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We live in a Golden Age of beginner-level wood kits. It's a great idea to start with one of the many simple rowed craft or small sailing boats that are available. One of the best lines was produced by Midwest Products -- you can still find the original kits on eBay. The Midwest Products boats are now made by Model Shipways here in the States and are available from Model Expo (ME). ME also makes a series of progressively more challenging beginner kits called the Shipwright Series. In the UK, Vanguard Models makes a line of small fishing vessels specifically designed with beginners in mind. To get a good overview of the process of building a wooden model, check out the classic book on the subject Ship Modeling Simplified by Frank Mastini -- it's easy to find, inexpensive, and a good read.
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Hi, Nic. Your grandfather obviously had some skill at making models. It looks like it may be HMS Prince 1670. An Italian kit manufacturer, Aeropiccola, once made a kit of her, and I have seen at least one example of someone building a scratch model from the kit's plans. The bad news for any new modeler is that this particular ship is one of the most challenging subjects a modeler could choose. In addition to the copious amounts of rigging (which could be omitted if the modeler chose to build a hull model, i.e., no rigging), Prince sported an incredibly lavish suite of carved ornamentation. It's not my intention to scare you off your project, but I think you'd want to know just what kind of challenge you would be taking on. http://www.modelshipgallery.com/gallery/misc/sail/HMSPrince-144-mda/index.htm Cheers!
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That's a Bermuda schooner rig. I can't tell you exactly when it came into use, but it's been around a long time. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bermuda_rig#History.
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Welcome aboard! Chile is beautiful country -- I wouldn't mind visiting some day.
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Absolutely fabulous! What a credit to the card modeler's art! PS: Do you follow the HMV page at Facebook? If not, I'd like to share a link to your build log there -- Benjamin (the owner) would certainly appreciate it.
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Hey, did this build ever get wrapped up?
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I've no personal experience with them, but I'd be super hesitant to order anything from AliExpress -- they're a known platform for pirated merchandise, and some Chinese sellers have no qualms about using photos that don't depict the actual merchandise being sold.
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Congratulations, and nicely done!
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There's no comparison, as you may already know. Chris designed both kits, but the Caldercraft kit dates to very early in his career arc. The Caldercraft kit is still a good product, but Chris' more recent releases for Vanguard Models are ahead in every respect: better designs, better materials, better instructions.
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Gonna have to sideline this build for the weekend, but here's a quick update. The patch has been made (it's ugly), the aft fuselage completed, and the vertical stabilizer added. I'm getting a little itchy to get back to Phoenix. 😬
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Head room, I feel certain. Analogous to a companionway on later designs.
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I was born in Arizona, but I didn't like it, either, so I left. Actually, it was my parents who left, since I was only two months old at the time, so I can't really confirm that my opinion came into play. Probably it didn't -- my memory of that time is a little hazy.
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Hello, Odi. Please remember that this is an English-language forum. You may use an online translator, if necessary. Bitte beachten Sie, dass hier Englisch erforderlich ist. Bei Bedarf können Sie einen Online-Übersetzer verwenden.
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Greg, your build logs are a real treat. Congratulations on completing another stunning model!
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P-51D Mustang by CDW - FINISHED - Dragon - 1:32 Scale
ccoyle replied to CDW's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
But the original quote said "still to this day," so I was limiting the search of my memory to aircraft that still had flying examples. The De Havilland Hornet was pretty lickety-darn fast, too, but there are no air-worthy examples at present. -
P-51D Mustang by CDW - FINISHED - Dragon - 1:32 Scale
ccoyle replied to CDW's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
Depends on how one defines "hottest". The Mustang might win the award for best-looking, but there are still Hawker Sea Furies flying today, and the production Fury was 20 mph faster than the P-51D. (For what it's worth, I think nearly all piston-engined, propeller-driven fighters are beautiful.) -
And your satisfaction is justified! I really like how all of the colors you have chosen, along with the patina you have achieved for the metal pieces, work so well together. Your model has a lot of visual appeal!
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Hello from British Columbia!
ccoyle replied to sixtythousandbees's topic in New member Introductions
Welcome aboard! I, too, write for a living, but I write textbooks, so it's not terribly exciting work.
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