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ccoyle
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SS Keewatin - last Edwardian passenger steamer
ccoyle replied to JKC27's topic in Nautical/Naval History
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Whoa! Must be nice to have a friend who does such excellent painting (though we all know that James has considerable skills himself in that department). That's one of the reasons I build card models -- some highly-skilled graphic artist gets to do my weathering for me!
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This is the Model Shipways kit? Beautiful work so far!
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We know this is true! 😄
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Hi, Larry. I'm going to give you some possibly unpopular advice. If you have a SOTS (Sovereign of the Seas) kit and are looking for instructions to build it, that's a pretty good sign that you aren't ready to build it. SOTS is one of the most difficult kits you could ever take on as a project, and Italian manufacturers are notorious for their poor instructions. Someone who is actually capable of tackling that kit, i.e., a seasoned modeler, doesn't really even need those instructions. So before you dig into SOTS, may I suggest you read through this topic first? I know the guy that wrote it -- he's kinda goofy, but he means well. After that, give some serious thought to investing in a simpler first project. Finishing one will increase by orders of magnitude your chance of completing SOTS successfully. For ideas on what to build first, look through the build logs and find ones that have both "finished" and "first build" in the title. Each of those represents a builder who got his or her hobby off to a good start, and everyone here would like to see you become a part of that accomplished group. Cheers!
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Hi, Mitch. The first model is a mass-produced decor model with essentially zero resale value. The second model is likely made from the Artesania Latina kit. Being a kit model and given its current state of disrepair, its resale value is also negligible. If it were repaired, it might be worth a few bucks -- not a lot, just a few, but restoration work is not cheap, and finding buyers for a model like that is not easy. Wish I could give you better news.
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Welcome, Pete!
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Okay, made a little light-hearted edit to the title. 😉
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A beautiful subject and one worthy of your skills, Keith!
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Gorgeous!
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Done!
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Would you like to continue your updates in a build log? That would be the appropriate place to do so, and I can set it up for you if you like.
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Looks great, Al! Your showroom looks like a magical place -- maybe I'll get to visit someday.
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Does This Wood Model Ship Have Any Monetary Value?
ccoyle replied to jtridexter's topic in New member Introductions
I'm 99.9% certain that this is a finished model of Lila Dan from the Billing Boats kit. Because it is a kit model, a civilian vessel rather than a man-of-war, and is not built to a particularly high standard, its monetary value is very low. See the article here. -
No apology needed -- you went through a rough patch there. I hope the pain of loss will diminish with time, and I wish you well on your future projects.
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From what I've heard, if it was a plastic model at an IPMS competition, things would be different, but since it's wood and we're not IPMS, you're safe! 👍
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That's a very nice result, Claire. Well done!
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Beautiful model, but since this isn't really a build log but rather a completed model, these images should be placed in a gallery album. See here for instructions.
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Something to file away for reference for future builds is to check the straightness of the longitudinal profile former (false keel) before mating the bulkheads to it. Yours looks to have a noticeable bend in it. Another recommendation I would make, and this is worth putting your build on hold for a few days or weeks while you do it, is to get a copy of Ship Modeling Simplified by Frank Mastini and read it. It's a great introduction to the process of building a wooden model, and particularly so in your case because Frank used a build of the very similar Artesania Latina Bluenose kit to illustrate his methods. I think you would find his book very helpful. Cheers!
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