PC52 Posted September 11, 2019 Share #1 Posted September 11, 2019 This is my first post to say hello and ask for help. I am a total beginner who was offered a 18th century long boat. I am ready to learn new skills however learning the ship building vocabulary is pretty challenging 😞 I have a practical question though that prevents me from getting started. There are two keels and two stems. Am i supposed to glue them together or are there just spare parts? The instruction manual doesn't mention those duplicates. Thank you in advance. PC52 mtaylor, ccoyle and JeffT 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baker Posted September 11, 2019 Share #2 Posted September 11, 2019 The best way to get answers to these questions is to start a build log. pontiachedmark and JeffT 2 Quote 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 Gallery : Revell Bounty Pelican/Golden hind 1/45 scratch To do : Prins Willem Corel, Le Tonnant Corel, Yacht d'Oro Corel, Thermopylae Sergal 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 Si vis pacem, para bellum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccoyle Posted September 11, 2019 Share #3 Posted September 11, 2019 Welcome! I'm not familiar with that kit, so I can't answer your question. But, as Backer suggested, best way to get answers is to start a build log. Join the fun! Cheers! JeffT, pontiachedmark, mtaylor and 2 others 5 Quote Chris Coyle Greer, South Carolina When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk. - Tuco Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix, Hawker Hurricane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtvd19 Posted September 11, 2019 Share #4 Posted September 11, 2019 Sounds like it's a Passaro designed longboat - extra keel pieces the clue. Check out build logs here - whichever kit it is there will be multiple build logs. Kurt mtaylor, pontiachedmark and JeffT 3 Quote Kurt Van Dahm Director NAUTICAL RESEARCH GUILD www.thenrg.org SAY NO TO PIRACY. SUPPORT ORIGINAL IDEAS AND MANUFACTURERS CLUBS Nautical Research & Model Ship Society of Chicago Midwest Model Shipwrights North Shore Deadeyes The Society of Model Shipwrights Butch O'Hare - IPMS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt H Posted September 11, 2019 Share #5 Posted September 11, 2019 Hello and welcome. JeffT and mtaylor 2 Quote Matt Completed Builds: Viking Drakkar - Amati - Scale 1:50 18th Century Longboat - Model Shipways - Scale 1:48 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffT Posted September 11, 2019 Share #6 Posted September 11, 2019 Welcome to MSW. mtaylor 1 Quote 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Lad Posted September 11, 2019 Share #7 Posted September 11, 2019 Hello, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John mtaylor 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duanelaker Posted September 11, 2019 Share #8 Posted September 11, 2019 Welcome to the site! Lots of build logs for that boat, you will find your answer in no time! mtaylor 1 Quote David Builds in Progress: Phantom Pilot Boat - MS Completed Builds: Bounty Jolly Boat - AL Chesapeake Bay Crabbing Skiff - MW Grand Banks Dory - Bluejacket The Dinghy - MW Grand Banks Dory - MW 32 Pound Carronade - MS Skiff - MW Peterboro Canoe - MW On Hold: 18th-Century Merchantman Half-Hull - NRG Ponte Berlin - Corel Taurus Steam Towboat - MS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pontiachedmark Posted September 12, 2019 Share #9 Posted September 12, 2019 Gidday PC52 and another warm welcome from the Land Downunder. I can only second the advice given in the above posts. Search the build logs for your ship / kit. Hopefully this will give you some clarity on the build process. Secondly if I may suggest that you dry fit as much as possible. Dry fitting is a process where you assemble parts without glue. This way you can identify problems that are difficult to rectify when everything is glued together. Ask questions, we all started in the same boat, forgive the pun. Above all - enjoy yourself. I wish you all the best in your endeavours. Mark. mtaylor 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtaylor Posted September 12, 2019 Share #10 Posted September 12, 2019 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...
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