Jeffrey D

Thanks

Read the review,one of the reasons I picked the Beagle

Thanks for the encouragement.

Thanks, I have been looking at videos and collecting tools clamps, things I think I might need, there is also a step by step with 30 videos, I think, building this exact model

I understand your concerns and take them on board, I do have experience in furniture design and construction with hand tools only, I also do marquetry and leather work

and I am incredibly patient, I hoped these would get me through.

After trawling through reviews, pictures,builds, I have chosen HMS BEAGLE by OcCre for my first build. 

Any thoughts?

23 hours ago, Matt H said:

Hello and welcome. Model Shipways makes some good models that are priced well with excellent instructions for a beginner. They are sold on the Model Expo website here: https://modelexpo-online.com/ 

 

Good Luck!

Thanks

14 hours ago, Chuck said:

Welcome to the forum.  It probably is Chinese....what brand of kit is it because we have a ban on some Chinese kits because they are pirated from legitimate manufacturers.

 

A good place to start is here....click on this topic below.

 

If you have any questions about it please contact me and I can tell you if it is in fact a banned or pirated kit.  We do not allow these to be built on our site for obvious reasons.  If its the one I am thinking of (huasong) which is only about 20" long then you will have hard time building it.  The kit itself is not a copy BUT......Its an awful kit and although it is cheap,  you will get very frustrated trying to build it.  This particular company does have a pirated copy of two other smaller subjects....a Harvey kit and an albatross kit.   And because of this they are banned from our site.  These were copied from long standing MFGs.   Better to start with a smaller and simpler subject from a quality MFG rather than a 3 decker 100 gun ship in a very small scale from cheap Chinese site.   Not really recommended for a first time model builder.

 

Chuck 

 

 

 

Thanks for making me aware

Thanks, I will look it up

New to this, I thought I would buy the HMS VICTORY from Wish it's only £30, looks like it is a Chinese kit so quality unknown, but I thought a good starting place as I can make mistakes and learn while not ruining an expensive kit.

I am Jeff any advice would be great