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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?
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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?
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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I cut everything off with a knife and think I can at least use the bottom part. The other parts are easy to replace. But I have to try to get some sort of jig to get the fore and aft to line up right. If anyone has suggestions for such a jig, that would be great.
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What I find difficult is getting the stern piece right. It leans on the hull that I started. I think the frames looks ok.
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I can see it's too much and I remember giving up when there was no way to get the other laser cut parts to fit. Unfortunately, it looks like I've used a one component glue on this one. But I don't see any major problem with making new parts, I think I have 1 mm linden at home.
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The problem is that my eye measurement was not good enough and the stern has ended up crooked which makes the whole hull crooked. How do I get it all straight if I start from scratch with new parts?
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Sorry, picture 2 is the one in the instruction, bottom left in the instruction in the picture.
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Everyone tells the beginner, build a dory. After trying to build a couple of ¨ordinary¨ boats with poor results, I bought the Bluejacket Swampscott dory. But it went bad right away. This was a few years ago and I have since put together a few hulls with decent results. Today I took out the Dory kit and I still can't figure out how to fix it or how to start from scratch. I hope you can see picture 2 in the description. That's where everything went wrong. These parts that you have to glue without any kind of jig on something that is not perpendicular anywhere, must of course be completely straight and perpendicular. But how can I achieve that?
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If I would like to build myself a model of, say, Victory in 1:48 scale, I can then start from Shipyard's Victory kit in 1:96? I understand that I have to take into account the different thicknesses of the materials if, for example, I build the hull in wood and the rest in cardboard.
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I have tried a dory but for me it was a disaster. Its a very special building technic completly different than most boats and you must get everything right before glueing. I dont know why a dory is adviced as first kit, its the only boat I couldnt build at all, but maybe its just me. I should copy all parts in a copying machine if you dont get drawings in full scale, then you could make new parts if you have to. The one I tried was from Bluejacket. A build log.
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Occre Polaris is also a good beginner kit with a lot of videos showing each step. I am building it myself and one thing that I really like is all printed instructions that comes in the box. Printed on A3 everything is very easy to read and the pictures are also in big size. There is a printed side with all wooden strips in actual size, just put the real strip beside and compare, so easy, so clever. Of course Occre have taken some shortcuts to make a easy build, the deck is completely level, easier to build but not so correct. Polaris is not a model of a real ship, its a real beginner kit and the best one I have seen so far. I have tried Billing boats, Mamoli, Bluejacket, Amati and some smaller companies modelboats and Polaris I think is best in instructions. We dont have Model Shipways in Sweden I think, but I have read the build logs and got the impression their beginner kits have som problem with fitting issues. Maybe they are a little bit old and the lasercut not so exact? I dont know, read the build logs yourself and decide. Polaris instructions, link from Occres website: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1FwgMxKs20rx1Ec5VMwuTVq6lWc7agKw3/view Polaris has at least one very good building log on this forum.
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Endeavour is a good choiche I think. Beautiful boat, have had my thoughts about her myself. Amati doesnt have the best instructions but you can find building logs and ask questions here.
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I recognize your fear of planking but I think you will gain by realizing that the first and maybe even the second boat you build will not be a masterpiece. I think it's better if you choose a smaller build, regardless of whether it involves planking or not. Choose a type of boat that you like and have fun building. This is a hobby, not a competition.
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Dont know if this helps you, its a picture of a doubleblock from Vasas rigg. https://digitaltmuseum.se/011024638916/block
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Does This Wood Model Ship Have Any Monetary Value?
ubjs replied to jtridexter's topic in New member Introductions
I think it would be easy to sell the model to someone in northern Europe that knows what Lilla Dan is. https://www.j-l.com/about/ The model is in the old version, the one you could buy now is a modernised later version. I would say 2-300 euro. -
I have now ordered Polaris but I have also changed my plan. I will build Polaris like it is to restart my modelshipbuilding career. And I will copy some of the parts and build a waterline model for my model railroad modul in 0-scale, Enköpings harbor. I have got some plans from Seahistoric museum in Sweden and I have got a lot of pictures of similar boats and also think that I have found the name of the ship in the link in nr 3, it was called Folke. Why Polaris? Its doubleplanked, its cheap and there is, I think, a very good building log on this forum. I have copied the log to a word-document and will print it.
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Hi I got some answers on a swedish forum and maybe I can use Polaris-kit to build something like this: https://digitaltmuseum.se/011014537628/enkoping-hamnen-gamla-hamnmagasin-och-silobyggnaden-mot-nordost
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First, my english is not good, maybe ¨real role model¨ is not right? If there isnt a ¨real role model¨ what type of ship would it represent? From what country? I wonder if the ship could have been seen in the Baltic sea?
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Hi, I tried some spackle but I saw directly it wasnt good and wiped it away. The card sunk in. I search this forum and found answers about fill with paper or balsa. I shall try that. I have painted the hull with a acrylic spraycan, I think it makes it easier to see where I have to fill.
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Now I have glued most of the first planking. After trying a number of different glues, I chose UHU express. The glue adheres quickly, in a few minutes. So there were no major problems getting the cardboard pieces there. But when I now look at the hull, there is a lot of glue residue and what's worse is that the cardboard pieces have sunk in a little in the middle of each piece. Now I'm thinking about what to putty a cardboard model with. One strike filler? Since this is my first cardboard construction, maybe it's time to try some different methods, it's unlikely to be anything amazing here. :) A variant would be to build on with cardboard on one side of the hull and cover the other with wooden strips. It needs two more layers of cardboard, 2 x 0.6 mm, so it would work with 2 layers of wood or 1 layer with slightly thicker wooden strips.
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