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Another lovely model, Dave!

Of course, you know what I'm going to ask you... 😁

Thanks Jim, Harvey, for the nice comments.

Harvey, about the only information available, aside from boats that Douglas Brooks has worked on, is in Japan and it's all in Japanese. And, even in Japanese, they mostly tend to be text heavy and discuss their use, rather than the boats themselves and commonly have very few illustrations.

For this particular model, I bought a couple books that I spotted on Amazon Japan and I lucked out. One of them had two drawings in it, and one of those had a side and top profile of a boat, but no cross sections. It was enough to work with, while the details I had to piece together from drawings and photos in the other book, plus what I could find on Japanese web searches of museum models and old period photographs.

Message me if you haven't visited my website on the subject, as I list resources there and can give you more info.

Him Jim,

Thanks for the nice comments.

Yes, anytime, I'm happy to discuss modeling in paper, though I've only done that through these Shipyard kits.  Still, I've done three of their kits so far: one cut-out paper model of the naval cutter Alert (pre-printed, but painted over much of it), one laser-cut lighthouse kit, and then this laser-cut cog kit.

Of course, Ab Hoving and others here know a lot more about it than I do.

Clare

Interesting looking boat. Looks very well done.

But, your photos are all close-ups or weird angles, so I'm not quite sure I understand the overall appearance of  it. You should have at least one broadside view that shows the whole model.

Gorgeous job you did on this model Erik.

It looks beautiful on your shelf too.

Absolutely beautiful model.

Hi RussR,

Very nicely done model! This kit was one of the first in my 25 years of model building that I remember fondly from visiting my first ship modeling shows. I saw one of these and just fell in love with the large-scale detailing. 

It's still one of those model that in the back of my mind I would love to build. Mantua/Panart kits are long time classics that I am very fond of.

Well done!

Clare

Kronvold, you did an awesome job on this classic Billing Boats kit. 

On the plywood parts, it's really not noticeable unless you look deep down inside. Most people wouldn't notice, and frankly, it seems a small issue to me when I look at how nicely this build turned out.

I know it's well done when it makes me want to try building the kit too! 🙂  And, it does.

Clare

I really like the way this model is finished. It is different from what other people have been doing and it is reminiscent of an old, fine museum model. 

Very nicely done. Very inspiring. And, beautiful carving work!

Clare

Lovely model. You always do such amazing work, Ab. I wish my work looked like this!

I have something of a fondness for this kit. Eyed it for a long time, but I have too many other projects I want to get to. You've done an outstanding job with it – looks like a scratch build.

Thanks for the nice comments, Jim. The metric scale is really a carryover from Japanese models. The boatbuilders themselves often made models of their boats, maybe as a pastime when it's too cold or wet to work on their full-sized boats, or maybe as a retirement hobby. But, when they did, it was often in 1/10 scale and sometimes 1/15 or 1/20 scale.

I've been trying to stick to these scales, but for some subjects, I've been drifting to 1/32 and 1/72 scales. The 1/72 scale, because some recent Japanese kits have been in that scale, so it's nice for larger vessels to stick to that scale for comparison purposes. 1/32 scale is kind of handy for the war vessels, as there's a reasonable selection of Samurai figures that can be use or adapted for the model. The metric scales are much harder to get figures for!

This is the very model kit that inspired my interest in ship modeling so many years ago. 

Beautiful model!

First completed ship model? Wow!

I've always liked the look of the Kate Cory. Well done!

May be a simplistic kit, but you did a bang up job on it. Well done!

Gorgeous presentation of a nicely done model! It looks like it is in very good company too. I think I spot a Katy,  a brig Eagle... can't tell about the other ships in the background, but looks like one cutter rig and maybe a harbor tug of some sort?

Are you R.B. Fairfull then?

Lovely photos, all of them. Looks like some beautiful work there.

Looking forward to following your build logs!

What a very cool subject and a really nicely done model! 

What scale did you build this in and what did you use for the hide?

Nice model, Harvey!

It's an interesting subject. I'm not sure where the term "sampan" comes in. Is that the actual name of the boat type in Hawaii? 

This boat has very Japanese-looking features, like the beams with the faceted mooring posts and how they are lashed to what is probably another beam down inside the boat. If this is Japanese influenced, or really a sampan, then I would expect it to actually have a flat bottom. But, of course, that's just my guess, based on the general appearance.

In any case, it's a very interesting and very unique build – very nicely done!

Clare

Beautifully done model. Nicely displayed.

Beautiful model, but it's certainly not 1/16 inch to the foot as stated in the album description.

The completed model would then be 1/192 scale and only about 6-1/2" long. 

Christos, you did a fantastic job on this model. I am very impressed with how nicely it turned out.

Well done!

Beautiful job, JCT. This may be the nicest Harriet Lane build I've seen.

I still have to finish my USS Saginaw, another side paddlewheel steamer, and you're giving me a lot of inspiration.

Well done!

This is a wonderful build of this kit – best I've seen! Congratulations on such a fine job.

Sorry, I never saw this. I built it years ago – well before MSW or other ship model forums. I hope you'll post your own build log, or maybe you already are!

Clare

Beautifully done Javier – a real jewel of a model!

Clare