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Is the Sergal Thermopylae (791) kit any good?
GrandpaPhil replied to Scottish Guy's topic in Wood ship model kits
Cornwall Model Boats has the plans for the Sergal Thermopylae for £14.84. https://www.cornwallmodelboats.co.uk/acatalog/Thermopylae-Construction-Plans-Set-961.html Those plans have the parts sheets included. You could always scale those plans up to 1/96 scale and modify/build at will. They also have the plans for the Cutty Sark as well. The research and learning is half the fun. -
But, just think about how nice the fence will look and all the vegetables will taste after they grow. I planted mine yesterday.
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Is the Sergal Thermopylae (791) kit any good?
GrandpaPhil replied to Scottish Guy's topic in Wood ship model kits
I have Mantua’s Victory and the Sergal set of plans for the Soleil Royal. Their kits and plans look nice but need a LOT of help. They can make a good starting point though. -
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Beginner looking for advice on first kit
GrandpaPhil replied to O-Nurse's topic in New member Introductions
Welcome! A cutter or a schooner make great first models. -
Blocks: wood, card or 3D resin?
GrandpaPhil replied to georgeband's topic in Masting, rigging and sails
Tony, Seahorse has some really nice stuff. Here’s their 3D printed stuff, to include the blocks. https://seahorse.pl/en/14--3d-printed -
Thank you very much! All lower loading tackles are done: Here is a side on shot of the ship: I missed the third set of tackles on each lower mast and found a set on each top mast. That makes for 8 sets of tackles that I didn’t plan for. Needless to say, I made some more double blocks. The hooks are made from steel wire. I am being much more careful with reading the rigging plan so I don’t miss anything else. This plan is the most complete, rigging wise, that I have ever built from, so it is a learning process. The only other square rigger that I have ever built at decent scale was a Mamoli Endeavour which was 1/100 scale, and therefore still simplified significantly. The Solferino was pretty complete, rigging wise, but it was only 1/200 scale and therefore only had half the rigging it should have had. We’ll see how this turns out. Next up for me rigging wise is the Revenge.
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AMC DH9 by davec - FINISHED - Wingnut Wings - 1/32
GrandpaPhil replied to davec's topic in Non-ship/categorised builds
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Blocks: wood, card or 3D resin?
GrandpaPhil replied to georgeband's topic in Masting, rigging and sails
I use that method and carve the grooves in with a scalpel.
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