CharlieZardoz Posted October 2, 2015 Share #1 Posted October 2, 2015 Hi all! This might be a long shot but was wondering if anyone has come across the Aeropiccola Halifax model as I am looking to track one down. ScottRC 1 Quote Build on hold: HM Sultana 1/64th scale Current Build: 31 ton Doughty revenue cutter as USRC Active 1/64th scale (in progress) Future Interests: Ballahoo, Diligence, Halifax and beyond... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccoyle Posted October 2, 2015 Share #2 Posted October 2, 2015 Charlie, why are you tracking down this kit in particular? Mamoli also produced one, and that kit is likely to be more common. The Hahn-style scratch build is also popular, using the timbering kit from The Lumberyard. CharlieZardoz, mtaylor and ScottRC 3 Quote Chris Coyle Greer, South Carolina When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk. - Tuco Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix, Salmson 2, Speeljacht Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieZardoz Posted October 2, 2015 Author Share #3 Posted October 2, 2015 Greetings Chris! It's mainly a matter of scale I have been wanting to have a 1:64 scale Halifax to sail along with my 1:64 Sultana. I had planned to scratch build Halifax down the line using a mix of the Lumbreyard/Hahn detailing's and a copy of the Mamoli plans, however thought this kit might save me a few steps. Mamoli's Halifax at 1:54 scale is about 590mm or 23.25" +/- and the Aeropiccola kit is 530mm or 20.75" +/- so that should be close enough to 1:64. That said I'd likely only use the hull frames and a few fittings and scratch the rest so while I was curious about the kit, it may very well be more trouble than it's worth mtaylor and ScottRC 2 Quote Build on hold: HM Sultana 1/64th scale Current Build: 31 ton Doughty revenue cutter as USRC Active 1/64th scale (in progress) Future Interests: Ballahoo, Diligence, Halifax and beyond... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtaylor Posted October 3, 2015 Share #4 Posted October 3, 2015 If it's the Hahn plans size holding you back.. you can rescale them down. Works for me.. I've scaled some of his plans up and one of them down. CharlieZardoz and ScottRC 2 Quote Mark "The shipwright is slow, but the wood is patient." - me Current Build: Past Builds: La Belle Poule 1765 - French Frigate from ANCRE plans - ON HOLD Triton Cross-Section NRG Hallf Hull Planking Kit HMS Sphinx 1775 - Vanguard Models - 1:64 Non-Ship Model: On hold, maybe forever: CH-53 Sikorsky - 1:48 - Revell - Completed Licorne - 1755 from Hahn Plans (Scratch) Version 2.0 (Abandoned) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieZardoz Posted October 3, 2015 Author Share #5 Posted October 3, 2015 Ultimately thats what ill likely do however since im still a novice-ish I plan to get a few kits under my belt before I get to full scratchwork. Even with Sultana though other than the hull everything else will be scratchwork mtaylor 1 Quote Build on hold: HM Sultana 1/64th scale Current Build: 31 ton Doughty revenue cutter as USRC Active 1/64th scale (in progress) Future Interests: Ballahoo, Diligence, Halifax and beyond... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtaylor Posted October 3, 2015 Share #6 Posted October 3, 2015 That sounds like a good plan, Charlie. ScottRC and CharlieZardoz 2 Quote Mark "The shipwright is slow, but the wood is patient." - me Current Build: Past Builds: La Belle Poule 1765 - French Frigate from ANCRE plans - ON HOLD Triton Cross-Section NRG Hallf Hull Planking Kit HMS Sphinx 1775 - Vanguard Models - 1:64 Non-Ship Model: On hold, maybe forever: CH-53 Sikorsky - 1:48 - Revell - Completed Licorne - 1755 from Hahn Plans (Scratch) Version 2.0 (Abandoned) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieZardoz Posted October 3, 2015 Author Share #7 Posted October 3, 2015 Thank you my friend. mtaylor and ScottRC 2 Quote Build on hold: HM Sultana 1/64th scale Current Build: 31 ton Doughty revenue cutter as USRC Active 1/64th scale (in progress) Future Interests: Ballahoo, Diligence, Halifax and beyond... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieZardoz Posted February 3, 2016 Author Share #8 Posted February 3, 2016 http://www.anibis.ch/de/modellbau-modellbaus%C3%A4tze-,-standmodelle-schiffe--2228/go%C3%ABlette-coloniale-halifax-de-1768--11302640.aspx So might anyone on here be from Europe (France or Germany) or perhaps have a European email to possibly contact this seller? I've tried to no avail and can't imagine there are many of these left in the world mtaylor 1 Quote Build on hold: HM Sultana 1/64th scale Current Build: 31 ton Doughty revenue cutter as USRC Active 1/64th scale (in progress) Future Interests: Ballahoo, Diligence, Halifax and beyond... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieZardoz Posted February 3, 2016 Author Share #9 Posted February 3, 2016 (edited) Yeah I remember them from the old model expo books. I really just want the frames and plans maybe a few knicknacks then will modify with lumberyard plans and do the rest by scratch. Perhaps it's because I haven't done a scratch ship before that I am nervous and want some element of a kit to go by. It's in the scale I want so I can sail her alongside Sultana but if I don't get the kit it's not the end of the world. But I wouldn't attempt scratch until I do a few POB kits with decent plans first Edited February 3, 2016 by CharlieZardoz Canute and mtaylor 2 Quote Build on hold: HM Sultana 1/64th scale Current Build: 31 ton Doughty revenue cutter as USRC Active 1/64th scale (in progress) Future Interests: Ballahoo, Diligence, Halifax and beyond... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieZardoz Posted February 3, 2016 Author Share #10 Posted February 3, 2016 (edited) There is a xebec on ebay right now actually only 120 Edited February 3, 2016 by CharlieZardoz Canute and mtaylor 2 Quote Build on hold: HM Sultana 1/64th scale Current Build: 31 ton Doughty revenue cutter as USRC Active 1/64th scale (in progress) Future Interests: Ballahoo, Diligence, Halifax and beyond... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
overdale Posted February 3, 2016 Share #11 Posted February 3, 2016 Charlie, Aeropiccola kits often surface on ebay. Especially in Italy. The company has been gone for a while but there are still quite a few of their kits about. From what I've seen, they are a bit basic in some areas. I can however recommend the Mamoli 'Halifax' plans as I used them scaled down to get bulkheads and keel to scratch build 'The Sturdy Beggar' privateer a few years ago. They would probably be a more accurate reference than Aeropiccola. It's a nice straightforward ship to build and judging by how well you are getting on with Sultana, I'm sure you'd have no trouble with a scratch build from the plans. The Mamoli Halifax kit also surfaces on ebay fairly regularly. Dan. Canute, Brian the extraordinaire, mtaylor and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieZardoz Posted February 3, 2016 Author Share #12 Posted February 3, 2016 Thanks Dan I might just buy the mamoli plans on their own and scale them to what I need them to be 1/64 however if thats the route I go then next kit I do will probably be Ballahoo to get the feel of pob construction. The halifax by aeropiccola was a rare kit i think it was only produced in 1993 for the anniversary (I would have been 15 at the time lol). One may pop up in the next few years who knows Canute and mtaylor 2 Quote Build on hold: HM Sultana 1/64th scale Current Build: 31 ton Doughty revenue cutter as USRC Active 1/64th scale (in progress) Future Interests: Ballahoo, Diligence, Halifax and beyond... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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