B-Ram
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Hello Yves, I agree with you. When I finish this build, I plan on looking for a ship around 1:350 scale. I am also wanting to build a wooden ship, so I am looking to see what would be a good wooden ship to start with. Bill -
Hello everyone. This will by my first attempt at a build thread. Also, this is my first attempt at a ship model in over forty years. I thought I would start with a easy build, so I picked up Revell 1:535 USS Missouri. There is not a lot of detail on this model and I can't find that there is a photoetch set for this model. I started by working to get the hull and the deck to fit correctly. The froward area of the hull was bowed in, so I added extra tabs to the underside of the deck to make it fit. After gluing it up and lots of sanding, the hull/deck fit is starting to look better. The anchor chains were molded in, so I removed them to the chain plates and will replace them with metal chain. Please let me know if I have started this thread correctly and please feel free to add any comments to my build. Oh yeah. I don't know a lot of ship terminology, so if I use the incorrect terms please let me know. Bill
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Hello everyone. Thanks for the great welcome. I have been moving along with the Missouri build. This is my first ship build in over forty years, but I am having fun with the process. I would be happy to start a build thread if you guys think there would be any interest. Bill
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Hello everyone, I am happy and excited to be part of this great group. I have been in the modeling hobby for most of my life. I started back in the early 60's building airplane models and have only stopped modeling for a few years. I build a little bit of everything. I build mostly airplane and cars, but when I was younger I built quite a few ships. I remember building the PT-109 several times because I liked it so much. Over the last 20 years I have concentrated on building large scale scratch R/C airplanes. I'm looking forward to jumping into the deep end, but I will take my time. Once I hone my skills, I would love to build one of the very nice wooden ships. My wife always asks what I want for my birthday or Christmas, now I have ideas. I just got a small ship, Revell U.S.S. Missouri 1:535, to start with. I think I should have read the reviews before I got the kit. I'll just use this to get started and see how much detail I can build into it. Bill
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