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Just thought I’d post a few photos of my first project model shipways flying fish , my wife bought me this kit for Xmas , to be honest I’m totally out of my depth but I’m willing to learn and I would be grateful for any advice you builders can give me .

thanks

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Hi Wizbang69

I actually completed this build last year and there are some pics in the gallery (uploaded feb 2018) if they help at all.

I'm a long way from being a good or experienced builder and I found the Fish to be extremely challenging at times but more than worth it in the end.

Good Luck and I'll drag up a chair if you don't mind.

Mike

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Mike

 

When all else fails - read the instructions.

 

current build

Model Shipways  Pride of Baltimore II 

 

completed

Billings   L'Etoile (1996)

Billings   Mary Ann (2012)

Occre     Brig Aurora (2013)

AL          J.S.Elcano (2014)

Model Shipways    Flying Fish (2018)

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Hi Steve and mike thanks for the kind messages ,,I’m finding the build rather challenging, never attempted anything like this before , the last ship I built was the HMS ark royal an airfix model kit when I was about 10 year old 😂 , I’ve been struggling with the waterways and planksheer st the bow , just can’t seem to get it right but I’m persevering, I’ve uploaded a few upto date photos , but I haven’t shaped the bow cover boards yet , please feel free to tell me if I’ve made any errors.

thanks

andy

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Best piece of advice I can give you just take your time no need to rush you doing really good so far lots of great people on this form to give you help keep, up the good work

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Looking very good, nice and clean so far Andy. The thin bridging strips across the top of the first three bulkheads  - I broke all of them, sometimes more than once!

You are probably aware of this already but it took me quite a while to work it out, the answer to just about everything you need to know about this build is in the plans - somewhere! Sometimes you have to look at two or three different sheets to get the full picture of a specific element that you are working on but it is there.

Mike

 

When all else fails - read the instructions.

 

current build

Model Shipways  Pride of Baltimore II 

 

completed

Billings   L'Etoile (1996)

Billings   Mary Ann (2012)

Occre     Brig Aurora (2013)

AL          J.S.Elcano (2014)

Model Shipways    Flying Fish (2018)

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