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Hello,

      I am newly interested in building ships. I have mostly built 1/35 military kits, including resin and photo-etch. Also some mecha kits. Until recently I was not that interested in ship building. Then my brother died and I inherited his collection. He had a lot of ship kits in his collection and I decided to try and build at least one. I read the article on choosing your first kit and some of it I had already thought of. I don't think I have a lot of patience for doing a lot of rigging, so all those are out.  I have narrowed my choices of first kit to the Mantua Models Caeser or the Amati Egyptian Ship. Both look fairly simple to me. I would be interested in hearing other peoples opinion on them. I think though, for my first foray into wood kits I am going to build the Mantua Models Norman Catapult to get some experience working with wood. 

 

Thanks for reading,

Chris

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Welcome!

 

I am sorry to hear about your brother.  You have my condolences.

 

I have not built either kit, although both look like nice kits.

 

 I also enjoy 1/35 armor.  I just bought a BT-7 by Zvezda.

 

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Building: 1:64 HMS Revenge (Victory Models plans)

1:64 Cat Esther (17th Century Dutch Merchant Ships)
 

On the building slip: 1:72 French Ironclad Magenta (original shipyard plans)

 

On hold: 1:98 Mantua HMS Victory (kit bash), 1:96 Shipyard HMS Mercury

 

Favorite finished builds:  1:60 Sampang Good Fortune (Amati plans), 1:200 Orel Ironclad Solferino, 1:72 Schooner Hannah (Hahn plans), 1:72 Privateer Prince de Neufchatel (Chapelle plans), Model Shipways Sultana, Heller La Reale, Encore USS Olympia

 

Goal: Become better than I was yesterday

 

"The hardest part is deciding to try." - me

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Hi Chris,

Welcome to MSW from southern Oregon.  I''m sorry to hear of your loss.  

 

I check our index and there's no logs for either of those.  Which ever you decide, feel free to start a build log.  The ships would go in the Build Logs for Kits area and the catapult would go into Non-ship Models area in Shore Leave.  

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)         

         

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                

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Welcome to MSW,  condolences for your brother. 

24 minutes ago, mtaylor said:

 

I check our index and there's no logs for either of those

Deep in the kit logs there's a kit bash of an Amati Egyptian ship by Nikiforos, I don't know wether it's the one you're thinking of building though.

 Egyptian "Byblos-Ship" trader by Nikiforos - Amati - 1/50th - bash

 

Current builds;

 Henry Ramey Upcher 1:25

Providence whaleboat- 1:25     HMS Winchelsea 1764 1:48 

Completed:

HM Cutter Sherbourne- 1:64- finished    Triton cross section scratch- 1:60 - finished 

Non ship:  SBD-3 Dauntless 1:48 Hasegawa -FINISHED

 

 

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On 3/27/2020 at 11:13 PM, mtaylor said:

Hi Chris,

Welcome to MSW from southern Oregon.  I''m sorry to hear of your loss.  

 

I check our index and there's no logs for either of those.  Which ever you decide, feel free to start a build log.  The ships would go in the Build Logs for Kits area and the catapult would go into Non-ship Models area in Shore Leave.  

I think I found a log for the caeser

 

 

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Two thoughts about the rigging:

Both museums and builders here have hulls that stop with stub masts = no rigging

Do not look at rigging as a whole.  Think of it as one line going from its A to its B.  Add each individual one at a time.

 

NRG member 45 years

 

Current:  

HMS Centurion 1732 - 60-gun 4th rate - Navall Timber framing

HMS Beagle 1831 refiit  10-gun brig with a small mizzen - Navall (ish) Timber framing

The U.S. Ex. Ex. 1838-1842
Flying Fish 1838  pilot schooner -  framed - ready for stern timbers
Porpose II  1836  brigantine/brig - framed - ready for hawse and stern timbers
Vincennes  1825  Sloop-of-War  -  timbers assembled, need shaping
Peacock  1828  Sloop-of -War  -  timbers ready for assembly
Sea Gull  1838  pilot schooner -  timbers ready for assembly
Relief  1835  ship - timbers ready for assembly

Other

Portsmouth  1843  Sloop-of-War  -  timbers ready for assembly
Le Commerce de Marseilles  1788   118 cannons - framed

La Renommee 1744 Frigate - framed - ready for hawse and stern timbers

 

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