Marco Silva

I have already contacted them but no answer so far... guess I'm on my own!

32 minutes ago, amateur said:

On second thought: what do you meanby 'the kit has no plans'

do you mean that there are no drawings included? In that case I would ask for them by the seller, as building a model without drawings is near impossible.....

Yes, there are no drawings, only a booklet with photos of the kit and some instructions.

40 minutes ago, amateur said:

Vincezo Lusci was an Italian writing some books on modelbuilding, somewhere around the late sixties. He made a couple of ship plans, that showed kind of 'archetypical ships', with a good sounding name on it.

In germany you had Rolf Hoeckel, doing the same.

 

I am pretty sure that this model is based on a number of paintings showi g spanish galleons, and not a historically accurate model of a specific ship.

these 60-iesmodels make attractive models, but not historically accurate models. Even if it was a model depicting the state of the art knowledge on historic shipbuilding, the research has moved on since the 60-ies, so presumably not accurate and state of the art nowadays.

 

having said that: it still makes and attractive looking model.

 

and I don't see why there is a strange configuration near the keel: what I see is that the planks run a bit high along the stern, but that is due to the fact that all older kits, and quite a few modern ones, use rather stiff straight planks for the hull, while they should be spiled, and slightly inward curving. But perhaps you see something I don't....

 

Jan

The strange configuration near the keel I was talking about was an optical illusion due to the different wood colors...

Hi, I'm sorry if this is the wrong place to ask, but I've acquired a ship kit of a Spanish galleon and I can't find any information about the ship. From what I have searched the kit is based on the plans of Vincenzo Lusci - Galeone Spagnolo 1607, but I can't find the original plans and the kit doesn't have any plans. I have almost no experience in wooden ship models, but I'd like to have at least some historic base to give me a direction. This is the kit: https://www.disarmodel.com/nivel-4/27-san-luis-galeon-espanol-del-s-xvii-8436552881446.html

Thank you very much for your help

Thank you all for welcoming so well in this forum, as soon as I receive the galleon kit I will start a building log.

Hi, my name is Marco and I live in the Azores. I'm 43 and have no experience in this area... but that is about to change soon! I've ordered a kit from Talhoer - Disarmodels and against all advices the model I've choosen is the spanish galeon San Luis. https://www.disarmodel.com/nivel-4/27-san-luis-galeon-espanol-del-s-xvii-8436552881446.html

I know this might sound like I'm bitting more than I can chew but I'm sure that with lots of patience and the help of this forum I will be able to complete it. If anyone has any experience with this specific model or other similar ships I will appreciate your help. Thank you all and happy modelling!