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  1. Frank Burroughs
    Do I need a tool, or, desire a tool?! There has to be a twelve-step program to stop buying tools and books.
  2. Frank Burroughs
    Model Shipways Shipwright Series combo bought. Thanks folks for talking me into the water.
  3. Frank Burroughs
    Looks like I have everything if PVA glue can be used
  4. Frank Burroughs
    Model Shipways Shipwright Series combo is the ticket. I have it in the check out. All I need is recommendations for glue and tools before hitting the button.
  5. Frank Burroughs
    Looks like a likely candidate for first builds. Model Shipways Shipwright Series will probably work in there somewhere. Beautiful next step. the only way to go. Figure it will take more time once the wooden kits come along. Yes, I am impressed also. Will I go to Hell if a plastic kit and a wood kit are done at the same time? The more I read about making wooden models two work areas seem needed, one clean and one to let the dust fly. There is a garage. But wheelchairs don't go through six months of snow well. I have a ten foot wall closet to turn into a ventilated work work area. The garage can be used in the summer to cut model wood. Can you store model wood in an unheated garage when it gets -40 F for two weeks at a time? So, work in two mediums in two areas, right! I find myself waiting on paint or glue to dry. Rigging is fun. However, a break is needed frequently.
  6. Frank Burroughs
    Perhaps. The plastic phase gives me a sense of accomplishment to do the wood phase. It is a year I can enjoy before another round of collecting tools for wood building. Then the frustration of learning a new set of skills. I am in it for the journey from plastic to scratch. I started this because a Three Island Tramp Steamer model to match the ship in the novel I am writing does not exist. Looking at the problem a few years plan evolved to go from sailing ships to steamers. Plastic kits are cheap and easy to start with. Wood kits will probably be a lot harder and more expensive. Not to mention a whole new set of tools. The tramp steamer will give me a good reason to buy a 3D printer, right! The greatest part is researching each ship as it is build. Not in this for money. Can I do it? What will it teach me about myself. A new group of people to kick it around with. Always went for the niche groups anyway. Besides, I use paper towels, not Kleenex.
  7. Frank Burroughs
    Start out small and think big! When the large plastic kits prove this is more than a passing fad, I'll build a wooden rowboat. Ever since skipping class to read C.S. Forester in the college library I have been hooked on the sea. I don't mind building the plastic ships. TThe challenge of the wooden kits pulls me there.
  8. Frank Burroughs
    That is a good idea. A small start that goes harder at stages. The Vangaurd models look more advanced, and good. Hot damn!
  9. Frank Burroughs
    Coming from plastic to wood kits, the best first experience is needed. I'll skip buying pre-owned until a few are put together and the research is done. Plastic kits and wood kits must be night and day. Rather learn those differences first than fabricate missing or damaged pieces. On new wooden kits, will the manufacturer replaces missing or damaged parts?
  10. Frank Burroughs
    That's doable. I carved wood for ten years. Oh joy, more tools!
  11. Frank Burroughs
    Right now I am saving money by buying plastic kits while gathering together tools and books. Next year, or so, my first wooden kit will be started. Since it will be harder and more expensive, I think a new kit would be worth the money. My interest lies 1800 to 1930 in ships to build . My first plastic kit had a piece broken and another missing. Who knows what shape the next three pre-owned kits are in. My skill is low enough flaws will happen. What's a missing part or two. The wooden kits, then scratch builds, are a different story. Hopefully they all will be keepers. I should acquire new kits. However, some kits are out of production. Do I buy used?
  12. Frank Burroughs
    C.S.S Alabama, Revell 1:96 85-5621, is my next model now. I found it on Ebay. Two Men O' War were going to be my ladder to experience. After thinking it over, my time would be better served with a greater challenge. I can give the two other model kits away to a kid who wants to get started in ship model building. I bought these two books to get started with: CMS Alabama: Builder, Captain, and Plans by Charles Grayson Wolf of the Deep: Raphael Semmes and the Notorious Confederate Raider CSS Alabama by Stephen Fox What is the difference between CSS and CMS? So, the plan is to build three 1/96 scale plastic models after finishing Charles W. Morgan whaler. CSS Alabama, USS Constitution and then Cutty Sark before my first wooden kit.
  13. Frank Burroughs
    Well, tonight the last paint touch ups, then I start rigging this simple model. I'll remember how easy it was when rigging the 1/96 scale kits. Thanks all for giving me a good start.
  14. Frank Burroughs
    on my amazon wish list for next month
  15. Frank Burroughs
    Steel's Elements of Mastmaking, Sailmaking and Rigging (from the 1794 edition) Steel, David Is this the book for the USS Constitution?
  16. Frank Burroughs
    it is! Any particular kind? Steel the author? Looking for the book, but can not find it. The first three models are give away. I am just doing them for experience. The USS Constitution and Cutty Sark are keepers. I will replace what I can afford to make them better models. I do want to improve my work to suit this website.
  17. Frank Burroughs
    Sounds like I should build USS Constitution before the Cutty Sark.
  18. Frank Burroughs
    satisfactory deal was made.
  19. Frank Burroughs
    That I have plenty of. Bookbinding leather journals was my gig for many years. Thanks for your answer.
  20. Frank Burroughs
    Dr. Slick scissors was recommended by a fly tying friend of mine. Fiskars Premier No. 5 Easy Action™ Micro-Tip® Titanium Scissors will be on next month's credit card bill. Reading in the forum I ran across "CA glue" used on the end of the threads. CA refers to what?
  21. Frank Burroughs
    Underhill's Masting and Rigging the Clipper Ship and Oceanic Carrier - $97, I'll wait on this one The Young Sea Officer's Sheet Anchor by Darcy Lever - found on Scribd (monthly subscription) The Art of Rigging by George Biddlecombe - Scribd Historic Ship Models by Mondfeld, Wolfram zu - can buy used + shipping ~$6 An Universal Dictionary of the Marine By William Falconer - scribd This is a grand start on the next phase of this model. I do want Underhill's book. Might be a Xmas gift for me. I can watch hours of youtube, yet a book gives much more.
  22. Frank Burroughs
    I like DIY. I will keep my eyes open to what I can adapt. 14" Long Stainless Steel Alligator Forceps bought like the Ear polypus you suggested. RIGGING PERIOD SHIP MODELS by LENNARTH PETERSSON Kindle Edition. Picked this up to start my collection rigging books. I soon, Spring, want to go to wooden kits. Then to building from scratch. You can never have too many books. I do not know if that is true with tools. thanks all!
  23. Frank Burroughs
    The idea to watch surgical video is great
  24. Frank Burroughs
    ear polypuses are my next tool. $15 ain't bad. these are the tools i am starting with:
  25. Frank Burroughs
    Excellent advice. I had not thought about how bad the mast and yards are in plastic models. The first three model just concentrating on painting and gluing. The two after that are keepers. Have not decided to do the 1/96 USS Constitution or 1/96 Cutty Sark next after that. Both I would like to install better yards and mast. Are they better made or bought aftermarket. Years ago I bookbound and carved wood. I could make them myself. What tools would I need? Where to buy the material to use? I ran the line through a hot crock pot of beeswax. I'll try your advice also

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