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Nautical Research Guild
237 South Lincoln Street
Westmont IL, 60559-1917
If you enjoy building ship models that are historically accurate as well as beautiful, then The Nautical Research Guild (NRG) is just right for you.
The Guild is a non-profit educational organization whose mission is to “Advance Ship Modeling Through Research”. We provide support to our members in their efforts to raise the quality of their model ships.
The Nautical Research Guild has published our world-renowned quarterly magazine, The Nautical Research Journal, since 1955. The pages of the Journal are full of articles by accomplished ship modelers who show you how they create those exquisite details on their models, and by maritime historians who show you the correct details to build. The Journal is available in both print and digital editions. Go to the NRG web site (www.thenrg.org) to download a complimentary digital copy of the Journal. The NRG also publishes plan sets, books and compilations of back issues of the Journal and the former Ships in Scale and Model Ship Builder magazines.
Norske Love questions
in Wood ship model kits
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I bought the Norske kit in 1974 and built it over a period of several years. I am currently restoring it. In 1974 this kit included a plastic lion figurehead as well as balsa to carve the figurehead. Balsa was included for the modeler to carve the stern detail - no plastic option was included. I carved both the stern and the bow figurehead. The lower deck of the stern is curved, the upper deck is straight, and the arch is curved following the curve of the lower deck. I have pictures but cannot figure out how to post them on this site. If I was building this kit today, I would get some balsa and use the plastic parts as a model to carve the figurehead and stern ornamentation. This would be in keeping with the idea of a hand built model and would work better over the curved surface of the stern arch.