Mickp868

I built this one as well, Anatomy of the ship Pandora was a great reference book. As it was a first model I built it mainly straight out of the box but fixed the following: gun carriages were the wrong shape so narrowed the rear ends with new back axles. replaced ship’s wheel with a much smaller one. replaced anchors, fitted 4 plus a kedge anchor. replaced stove chimney with a smaller in scale item replaced the pumps. the cast stern took a lot of fettling to get it to fit, I also ground the castings down to reduce the bulk and was reasonably happy with the result. ships boat was fitted out as per anatomy of the ship, but then I fitted a canvas cover so it was all covered up anyway.

I’ve rejoined after a long absence. Originally joined after making the basic newbie mistake of buying a nice looking kit in a model shop (long since gone). In my case a Constructo HMS Pandora. Fortunately a copy of Anatomy of the ship Pandora and a lot of after market extras resulted in a nice looking model that was more accurate than the kit. I followed this with a fishing boat Saint Malo and then started on HM Brig Supply, got into difficulty with the stern of this one and put it aside whilst distracted by a model railway and a few radio controlled tanks. October last year I got Supply out again, removed a lot of the original planking, found the receipt for the kit in the bottom of the box, dated 2013 and got on with it! Being retired now I have more time and have reached the masting stage. This one is easier to build than Pandora but the instructions are a bit sparse for something aimed at a beginner. Fortunately a few suitable reference books have joined the home library and this one will contain less errors. One thing I have noticed when looking at build logs is that Supply looks very different depending on whose kit you buy. I have the JoTika 1/64 model and have added two stern windows, one either side of where the rudder post runs through the stern, couldn’t see why anyone would put a window behind the rudder post, I also added chains to the rudder, blocks and hooks to the cat heads and have made a binnacle as there must have been some sort of compass housing in order to keep the ship on course. One thing I haven’t seen on any model is a chimney for the stove, not even sure where this would be located on a small vessel like this. Any ideas anyone ?