Adrian Hunter

Welcome aboard!

Good looking hull!

Welcome aboard!

Welcome aboard!

A nice looking first project.

Welcome aboard!

My condolences, and welcome to the forum

Welcome aboard!

Hello all,

Just a quick intro to myself.

I am very new to wooden ship modelling. In the (dim and distant) past I made many plastic models, and re-found this during the Pandemic lockdowns, also making one wooden plane.

Given that I have served as a Master Mariner and Ships Pilot in the British Merchant Navy for many years this is a thing that I will most probably enjoy and given that my Batchelors degree is in History it should be a match made in heaven... 

I plan to work my way through a few kits of increasing complexity, and I have now finished the first. One day I would like to scratch build, perhaps a ship that I have served on...

We will see!

Popeye,

I would just like to thank you for this thread.

I am just starting this kit, and you have me considering problems that I did not even know that I had!

I will post my progress as it goes along

I would just like to wholeheartedly endorse the central tenet of this post. 

I have just finished my First Project HMS Bounty. For this I deliberately chose an entry level kit, and while it stretched me at times the problems that I found were not insurmountable.

I now feel that I can move on to something a bit more complicated. Time will tell if this is a good idea...

As they say you have to walk before you can run...

Happy modelling!

All,

I recently had my first attempt at modelling in wood. I selected Mantua's HMS Bounty (Le Piccole) kit. This was due to a number of factors. It was advertised as an entry level kit. It was reasonably priced (important as I didn't know if this medium was for me, or indeed if I would make a complete hash of it...) and it was easily available from multiple sources. Previously I had built many plastic kits, and one wooden RC airplane (I must see if that will actually fly one day...) So, planking and so on was a new world to me!

In total the build probably took me around six weeks, working conscientiously but not excessively...

The main issue that I had was that at times I found it hard to discern exactly what the picture book instructions were telling me. There were a few mistakes made which took a bit of fettling to rectify. Please note that on this project the emphasis was on acquiring a base skillset and whilst I certainly nodded towards authenticity this took a back seat compared to what I thought that I could achieve with the tools and capability I had to hand!

Overall, I am quite pleased with how it came out and I enjoyed the project. If you are looking for a first kit this (or perhaps the others in the Le Piccole series) might be a good start.

Now on to Mantua's Thermopylae which I suspect may present a few more challenges!