Steve Harvath Posted August 3, 2019 #1 Posted August 3, 2019 Hi all, Glad I found this group. It looks like a great place to learn. I model in 1:48 scale to match my O scale model railroad stuff. I am building a diorama of a waterfront scene set at around 1900. So my ship and boat models are waterline and pretty grubby from all the coal smoke and other industrial scum. I also build model boats for the pure fun of it. My latest model is a Florida sharpie from a Howard Chapelle plan. I ran out of the silk material I was using for sails. I want to show them furled. Any recommendations? I have attached some of my models including the sharpie, a San Francisco Bay scow schooner called the Crockett, the Grand Banks schooner Lottie Haskins, the steam tug Philadelphia which is towing the railroad transfer barge D&I No. 1. BLACK VIKING, Fernando E, GrandpaPhil and 6 others 9
GrandpaPhil Posted August 4, 2019 #2 Posted August 4, 2019 Nice work! Welcome to Model Ship World! Mirabell61 and mtaylor 2 Building: 1:200 Russian Battleship Oryol (Orel card kit) 1:64 HMS Revenge (Victory Models plans) 1:64 Cat Esther (17th Century Dutch Merchant Ships)
Jim Lad Posted August 4, 2019 #3 Posted August 4, 2019 Hello Steve, and a warm welcome to MSW from 'Down Under'. John mtaylor 1
Baker Posted August 4, 2019 #4 Posted August 4, 2019 Nice models mtaylor 1 Regards, Patrick Finished : Soleil Royal Heller 1/100 Wasa Billing Boats Bounty Revell 1/110 plastic (semi scratch) Pelican / Golden Hind 1/45 scratch Current build : Mary Rose 1/50 scratch große-jacht / Yacht D'Oro 1/50 Corel Gallery : Revell Bounty Pelican/Golden hind 1/45 scratch Shore leave, non ship models build logs : ADGZ M35 funkwagen 1/72 Einhets Pkw. Kfz.2 and 4 1/72 Autoblinda AB40 1/72 122mm A-19 & 152mm ML-20 & 12.8cm Pak.44 {K8 1/2} 1/72 10.5cm Howitzer 16 on Mark. VI(e) Centurion Mk.1 conversion M29 Weasel 1/72 SAM6 1/72 T26 Finland T26 TN 1/72 Autoprotetto S37 1/72 Opel Blitz buses 1/72 Boxer and MAN trucks 1/72 Hetzer38(t) Starr 1/72 Cleaning the 1/72 military collection Si vis pacem, para bellum
JeffT Posted August 4, 2019 #5 Posted August 4, 2019 Welcome to Model Ship World 🙂 mtaylor 1 Jeff In progress: Medway Longboat 1742 - Syren Ship Model Company -1/2" scale USS Constitution - Model Shipways - Scale 1:76 HMS Granado - CAF Model - 1:48 HMS Sphinx - Vanguard
mtaylor Posted August 4, 2019 #6 Posted August 4, 2019 Hi Steve. Welcome to MSW. What were you using for sail? Real silk or something silkspan? 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)
Steve Harvath Posted August 4, 2019 Author #7 Posted August 4, 2019 I was using this silk material that wasn't woven. I think I got it from one of the ship model supply houses years ago. I think it was labeled as silk.
mtaylor Posted August 5, 2019 #8 Posted August 5, 2019 If you have a hobby shop nearby, go and take a look at silkspan. Non woven and can be shaped, painted, etc. 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)
Matt H Posted August 8, 2019 #9 Posted August 8, 2019 Good looking work, welcome. Matt Completed Builds: Viking Drakkar - Amati - Scale 1:50 18th Century Longboat - Model Shipways - Scale 1:48
Steve Harvath Posted August 20, 2019 Author #10 Posted August 20, 2019 Thanks all. I found silkspan and it is just what I needed. mtaylor 1
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