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  1. I think Vanguard could be a good choice. I would like to build a Vanguard model myself but no shop in Sweden sells it. After Brexit its difficult to get anything from UK.
  2. Here you could download instructions and plans. https://www.billingboats.com/index.php/modelboats-footer/79/120/boats/the-expert/P-bb5005-danmark My build is on hold. I have just taken up Santisima Trinidad, cross section. Because I always get problem with firewall when trying to upload pictures on this forum I now write my building log on Ships of Scale.
  3. If I had the money, the time and the skill. I look forward to follow building threads on this one.
  4. I think the question is interesting. Sometimes you see models of old boats that look as if they were built with fiberglass hulls without the slightest joint between the boards. So it all depends on what the role model looks like, right? So the advice is to try to look at real boats, preferably in real life, but you can find most things online. If you now want to build a model of what a boat might look like in reality. I have noticed that many build ships according to other criteria, and nothing wrong with that, of course everyone must be allowed to decide on their own model and build as they wish.
  5. I think Occre Polaris is a good beginner kit. A good build log:
  6. Could Occre or Artesania Latina be something? I like the larger scale (1:45 and 1:48), maybe easier to fix things in the larger scale?
  7. There is a list of everything included in the kit. Under Plans and instructions is only Instruction manual listed. So, I was so disappointed. For me, drawing is important. I think Blue Jacket's drawings are very nice. If you make a kit, you have to make a drawing, right? Then you might as well insert it into the instruction sheet and just ignore stapling it together and the problem is solved?
  8. Just received a model from Model Shipways, Norwegian Sailing Pram. Since I'm Swedish, I thought it sounded interesting with a Norwegian boat. I have now checked the contents and there is no drawing! This is supposed to be a beginner's kit but I'm going to build blind without an option to take measurements??? I am so disappointed, never again a boat from Model Shipways. Amati, Blue Jacket and even Billing Boats always have drawings in their kits. With this, I want to warn everyone about these kits. Of course, they have saved the cost of the drawing. A blueprint costs $30 and must be ordered from another company in the United States. Forget it! I intend to check with the Maritime History Museum in Stockholm.
  9. In another thread here on the forum, I wrote that I thought you couldn't buy Model Shipway kits in Sweden. It was wrong, they are available at a shop in Luleå, https://www.modellhobby.se/sv/334-fartyg-skeppsbyggsatser?fäyskarare=model-shipways The prices are quite high, but that is probably primarily due to a weak Swedish krona. For example, the beginner's set with three ships costs about 250 euros. Maybe not that many people here are affected by this, but right must be right.
  10. Here is the bottom part and where it came from. Maybe I can use this to get it perpendicular. I'll find a square hook and some Lego pieces.
  11. Thanks Jaeger, I'll try what you suggest, I'm stuck with this step and somewhere you reach a limit where you have to make drastic decisions. Keith, I already cut all the parts apart with a knife. Thought that was what I wrote but my English is not perfect so I use google translate.
  12. Yes, coming up with some good solution to a problem is of course satisfying. But I've done a lot of thinking and haven't found any when it comes to this boat. If I can't get any advice from here, I'll throw it away.
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