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  6. Thunder
    I attended the IPMS model show at Telford this year and last year. Bit disappointing regarding age groups this year but last year was surprised to see many young and ladies at the show. One surprise this year was a new wooden kit ship manufacturer with a USS Constitution. Sailing ships have a very poor turnout at that show with only approximately three built examples.
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  12. Thunder
    Currently building the Revell 'flying Dutchman' which is also the La Flore kit rebadged. I have the Captain Kidd to build as well, this will be built as the Wappen Von Hamburg.
  13. Thunder
    My Bounty - Adapted from a kit, can you guess which? ShipCraft 30: Bounty: HM Armed Vessel, 1787: Amazon.co.uk: Kerry Jang: 9781399022897: Books Above is a link to a, rather expensive for what it is, book but it does give a review of all the kits mentioned above.
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    Hi, Yes, they are the kit sails with a bolt rope superglued round the edge and the cringles on each corner. The Mayflower Airfix guide does take you through all of that.
  16. Thunder
    Thought i would drop of mine on, built over 20 years ago now and still on display. Reason put on though is that you like rigging. This was rigged using he Noel C L Hacney book for the Airfix Mayflower. Well worth a look on ebay for
  17. Thunder
    As yet to install sails on one of my wooden kits i am waiting for an answer with interest
  18. Thunder
    Cant find a pic of Victory's wheels but here is Trincomalee's and Warriors
  19. Thunder
    I think the main issue was not fairing the bulkheads correctly, which is much better than sanding them too much as at least know still enough material to do correctly
  20. Thunder
    Why not choose another Vanguard kit and build both?
  21. Thunder
    Hi, Strip the planking off, re-fair the hull bulkheads and start again with new planking. It might be great fun to turn it round and rewarding if achieved.
  22. Thunder
    I missed out on the Imai kit and kick myself for it, i believe this may be the basis of the Woody Joe kit. I did have a constructo version once but promptly sold it on. Was not a great kit.
  23. Thunder
    I would be the same, RE the blocks, amount of time spent on all fours looking for them. Why do they always find their way to the most unlikely of places.
  24. Thunder
    Hi, I was lucky in that there was a specialist model shop just for wooden model kits in my area. I was given advice and went with Corel's Resolution. At that time Caldercraft had not done many kits and choice was limited. Even so he had about every kit that was available other than the ones he would not sell due to poor quality. I then decided to buy a 'cheap' kit to practice on. I made the mistake of getting Racehorse for this. It is a poor kit in most ways, materials quality, historical accuracy, instructions are all very poor. However, i persevered and loved it. Because I had done upgrades of masts and yards and rigging i completely scratch built these which made it a much better finished model. I then did another small kit, Caldercraft's Chatham. This had great materials and again really enjoyed. Built Resolution and was also great but again masting and rigging in kit was poor, materials very good as are drawings. Then thought wanted a kit with excellent instructions, chose Pickle, I did not enjoy, as instructions so detailed just followed them, which was fine till discovered errors. Long winded but basically it is choice. No point choosing a model as suitable for a beginner if of no interest and if good with hands may well do a great job with a more advanced kit.
  25. Thunder
    Have you looked at this? JoTiKa Ltd. ~ HM Gunboat William Construction Page 1.
  26. Thunder
    How about the Caldercraft gun boat William, that is 1/32. I have in stock and looks to be a good kit.

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