Boerscht

Thank you! I have once seen one at a harbour in Kopenhagen as a kid, was fascinating. Also like smaller ones looking like that, like Drachen Class, Schärenkreuzer etc..

Besides my first ever wooden build, the Goletta Elisabeth and a little side projekct, the Optimist Dinghy I decided to go for the Amati Endeavour 1:80 as my first bigger and more advanced model. I somehow really like the elegance and sporty look of those J-Class ships. Kit was openend and wow this is a whole different story than those other two kits I did. This will be way more difficult and time consuming, but I am on fire for it so checked out the instructions and plans and started constructing the hull right away. First step was to glue the two kiel parts plane together and adding the frames. Numbered them before and prechecked if they fit well. Needed some sanding first with some parts. To make sure to have them in a right angle to the kiel I and clamp them I constructed two rectangles out of some spare wood which worked out well. Next step was adding the rear and bow reinforcements and one reinforcement in the middle. Rubber bands did their job here. Net up adding the first deck and fixing it with the provided nails and again lots of rubber bands. Was a little bit tricky since the deck slightly bends to the right and left. Thats it for now. Net up is sanding of the frames, bow and rear parts to make the first layer of planks fit right. Will probably take some time.

Before I started with my first real Kit, the Optimist I already did a Mini Mamoli Kit - the Goletta Elisabeth, a nice little two master. As my first ever wooden model kit I thought the Mini Mamoli Kit would be perfect and indeed it was. The Kit comes with preshaped hull, some laser cut parts and some metal parts as well as material for sails. I was a little bit surprised the sails were not already done. Will be interesting to do them on my own. The Kit: First steps were sanding the hull and attaching the deck with glue and rubber bands as well as gluing the stand and paint it with primer and black colour. There were not a lot informations in the description about colouring so I decided to stain some parts in mahagony like the railings, masts, bow spur and cabin parts. Adding the deck went well and the cabin parts are coloured and glued together pretty fast. Bending the railings was a little bit tricky. Soaked them in boiling water for like 10 minutes and did a form with nails to fit them into over night. worked well. There is a small rear part on the railing which needs heavy bending as you can see in the picture below. Couldnt figure out how to do that yet. Also I already painted the water line. Below in red and above white. The paint job with brush was not that clean as you can see, maybe bubbles or not enough fine sanded hull? dont know really why it came out like this. Drilling holes in the deck for anchors for the rig was easy and fast done. Net mistake was to try to paint the metal pre formed dinghy with the acrylic wood colours. Yeah that did not work, learned from that and ordered some new colours, so the dinghy will be added later.

Building goes well besides the sails. Had some problems to attach mahagony decor strips at the bottom because my clamps were too small. Had to use some tweezers with the clamps to hold it tight. For the upper decor strips the clamps are working well and without bending of the wood. The hull needs now a lot of sanding of the edges but then it’s finished and i am happy with it. Adding the rolls for main sail and finishing mast and bow as well as adding the rudder and kiel went good. Also the stand is looking good with maganoy stained Optimist class Logo. rudder attachement: Details of the bow and kiel: the wood filler you can still see on the edge: Done, now it’s only the sails and rigging missing:

Thank you! Yes you are right with the material. I already glued the edges and some of the 5 parts together but i don’t like the outcome. The material got soaked in glue. Already used a fine brush to glue it but seems like it was too much of it. Looks bad for me. I will do a new one with some thin cotton material and the sewing machine…

Hello everyone, about to start my first build log at MSW with a 1:10 model from Krick Modellbau - the Optimist Dinghy. Probably the sailing ship the most people in their childhood learn how to sail with. In my home at lake constance you can see them every day. They are not the most beautiful boats looking a little bit like a swimming bath tub. The 1:10 model from Krick Modellbau comes with laser cut wooden parts, mast and bow parts as well as some detailled iron rolls and rudder suspension. I didn’t like the sail on first sight. You have to glue them together out of 5 parts and the material is quite thin…so i will probably sew m own sail. The package: I somehow did not take a lot of pictures sadly. Will do that in my next report better. From the beginning I decided to not paint this model and keep it natural. Only pickle some parts in mahagony stain to give some contrast. I also tried walnut and oak but mahagony suited the best and gives the best contrast. First step starts with buidling a slipway to get the ground plate in it’s curved shape. Fixing it with some nails through the hole for the sword box (don’t know the english word for Schwertkasten). Adding the rear plate first and the sides which have to be bended first. In the and adding the front plate. Was a little bit tricky and had to fill the edges of the front with wood filler. Shape is done and turned out good. Also added the sword box and some of the mahagony parts: looks like an Optimist already. With some glue on the wood i am not that happy but lets see how it will look when everything is placed.

Hello everyone at MSW, i am a 28yo from the south of germany, based at lake constance. Normally I go sailing a lot on the lake with my Korsar Class boat and Tornado Katamaran but things changed since I cought LongCovid months ago and can‘t be active at all anymore. Life changed so it is time for new hobbies. In my youth i was freaking out about building Revell models. I did hundreds of them including Bismarck, Cutty Sark, Alexander von Humboldt, aircraft carriers, planes and helicopters. I remembered this in search of new hobbies which don’t need that much body activity. From Revell I wanted to do the next step and go into wooden ship buildings. I really like craftmanship and am an engineer myself. I worked a lot on my wooden Korsar Class sailboat. In research of models i stumbled across MSW and here I am now. The first Kit is already finished. Started with the Mini Mamoli - Goletta Elisabeth witch turned out pretty good. Next up is the Amati Endeavour 1:60. Already did the basics and planking the first hull starts soon. Besides I Just ordered the Krick Optimist 1:10 as a little side project. Looking forward to share the builds with you and get some tips from the pros. Greetings, Boerscht mini Mamoli - Goletta Elisabeth