Articcie Posted July 31, 2020 Share #1 Posted July 31, 2020 Hello fellow model makers, I have been busy reading all kind of topics with very nice build logs. 95% of them are wooden sail ships. So that made me curious.. is it allowed to post a "modern" rc ship build also? I have build a few (failed) projects of a offshore supply vessel. All of them with a differt kind of build.. started with a paper one with lots of expoxy.. but every one of them failed in one way or another.. When i was cleaning out my hobby room, i found all the plans again.. it started to tickle abit.. I'm thinking of doing a final build in wood, scale 1/75. And if allowed when the time is right, doing a build log here on msw.. The picture below is the vessel i have all plans for.. Best regards, Tom Keith Black, lmagna, Nirvana and 5 others 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RussR Posted July 31, 2020 Share #2 Posted July 31, 2020 Bring it on. I am sure most of us would like to see it. Any subject nautical is welcome here. RussR Keith Black, lmagna, Nirvana and 3 others 6 Quote "Peace is not something you wish for; It's something you make, Something you do, Something you are, And something you give away" by Robert Fulghum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Articcie Posted July 31, 2020 Author Share #3 Posted July 31, 2020 Ok,.good to know🙂 Here is a picture of my first attempt of this vessel.. that is about 8 years ago. Learned alot with this build, so this time it should go much better😂 And remember.. this is a hull made out of paper and cardboard.. Edwardkenway, lmagna, Keith Black and 8 others 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Posted July 31, 2020 Share #4 Posted July 31, 2020 Indeed it is. The only build logs not welcomed are those which are from pirated kits copied from unethical manufacturers. There is a list of those in our guidelines. Chuck Keith Black, lmagna, Nirvana and 2 others 5 Quote Chuck Passaro - MSW Admin Sloop Speedwell - POF scratch Block Island Boat - POF scratch HMS Winchelsea - POB scratch build HM Cutter Cheerful - POB scratch build Royal Barge - POF scratch Medway Longboat- POF Scratch SYREN SHIP MODEL COMPANY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Articcie Posted July 31, 2020 Author Share #5 Posted July 31, 2020 It sure aint a pirated kit... i could do i pirate flag on top though...😂 But good to know its welcome here, i will post a build log here when the time is there😁 All have a good weekend! Nirvana, Canute, Keith Black and 7 others 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccoyle Posted July 31, 2020 Share #6 Posted July 31, 2020 We try to encourage ship models of every kind, though most of what you'll see is indeed wooden period ships. Nirvana, mtaylor, Keith Black and 1 other 4 Quote Chris Coyle Greer, South Carolina When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk. - Tuco Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix, Bf 109E-7/trop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmagna Posted July 31, 2020 Share #7 Posted July 31, 2020 Nice work on your original try. These vessels are the workhorses of the oilrigs and in one form or another have remained almost unchanged for years. They have taken the form of fishing boats, anchor handling ships, cargo ships for the oil industry, and even navel tugs. Some even have hard chine hulls and that makes them even easier to model the hulls. Welcome and goodluck on your second try. mtaylor, Ryland Craze and Nirvana 3 Quote Lou Build logs: Colonial sloop Providence 1/48th scale kit bashed from AL Independence Currant builds: Constructo Brigantine Sentinel (Union) (On hold) Minicraft 1/350 Titanic (For the Admiral) 1/350 Heavy Cruiser USS Houston (Resin) Currant research/scratchbuild: Schooner USS Lanikai/Hermes Non ship build log: 1/35th UH-1H Huey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaager Posted August 1, 2020 Share #8 Posted August 1, 2020 This thread had me looking at the modern scratch build logs, just to see how much steel was there. The targets and objectives for simulating iron and steel are sort of different from pre-1860 wood. It is sort of off my usual path. There are two ships that are not too different from the one in this thread, that dock not too far across the harbor from my deck. They seem to spend most of their time either in the Bay, or in the Atlantic off the Virginia capes. The difference is that they each have a huge crane. They are not home now and what with a hurricane coming our way, I am thinking they will join the Navy in staying out at sea in a zone where the storm ain't. I wonder if the two LSD here now, will soon beat feet. In looking at this log: Pelikaan Dutch Beamtrawler 1999 by kees de mol - FINISHED - scale 1/75 I came up with a "would this work?" armchair experiment proposition: The hull was fiberglass over a wooden plug. The complexity of hull had him lay the glass fiber as two halves. My question: if the plug had been shaped as three longitudinal pieces, one sort of narrow encompassing either side of the keel and the other two: the bulk of the hull on either side. The glass fiber laid on the whole hull. When the epoxy had cured, the middle section be unsecured from the sections on either side, and pulled straight out. Then the sides, where the complex reverse shapes were, could be pulled to the vacated middle - even rotated a bit - and pulled out, leaving a complete glass fiber hull. Nirvana, Ryland Craze and mtaylor 3 Quote NRG member 50 years Current: NMS HMS Ajax 1767 - 74-gun 3rd rate - 1:192 POF exploration - works but too intense -no margin for error HMS Centurion 1732 - 60-gun 4th rate - POF Navall Timber framing HMS Beagle 1831 refiit 10-gun brig with a small mizzen - POF Navall (ish) Timber framing The U.S. Ex. Ex. 1838-1842 Flying Fish 1838 pilot schooner - POF framed - ready for stern timbers Porpose II 1836 brigantine/brig - POF framed - ready for hawse and stern timbers Vincennes 1825 Sloop-of-War - POF timbers assembled, need shaping Peacock 1828 Sloop-of -War - POF timbers ready for assembly Sea Gull 1838 pilot schooner - POF timbers ready for assembly Relief 1835 packet hull USN ship - POF timbers ready for assembly Other Portsmouth 1843 Sloop-of-War - POF timbers ready for assembly Le Commerce de Marseilles 1788 118 cannons - POF framed La Renommee 1744 Frigate - POF framed - ready for hawse and stern timbers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amateur Posted August 1, 2020 Share #9 Posted August 1, 2020 You have my attention. long, very long time ago I ordered some drawings at Smit-international to do a modern tug. I ended up with Billings Rotterdam. The drawings are still lying around somewhere, fading I guess. Jan Ryland Craze, mtaylor and Nirvana 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Articcie Posted August 1, 2020 Author Share #10 Posted August 1, 2020 Well a smit Rotterdam is still a nice vessel, even though its long turned into paperclips.. still a beauty with nice lines.. "my vessel" is build in 2006 and i visited her in 2012. This visit resulted in a couple hundreds photo's and all drawings anyone could think of. I feel like a must to deliver a nice looking model to the Vroon Company😀. So i will do that👍 Nirvana, Ryland Craze and mtaylor 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louie da fly Posted August 2, 2020 Share #11 Posted August 2, 2020 Welcome, Articce. Yes, any type of ship model is very welcome and we even have a place for non-ship models (it's in the "Shore Leave" section). And there are also quite a few ship models made of card, so you're among friends. A build log would be very welcome mtaylor, Nirvana and Ryland Craze 3 Quote It's not really a ship model unless you've bled on it. CURRENT BUILDS Golden City - Ballarat paddlewheeler La Lomellina - Theoretical Reconstruction of a Genoese carrack sunk in 1516 FINISHED Venetian merchant Ship from Basilica of San Marco Australian couta boat RMS Titanic HMVS Cerberus 11th century Byzantine dromon Winchelsea Nef - Late 13th century Mediaeval ship Henry Grace a Dieu - Rebuild of 1:200 model I started in 1967 Mistydeefer - restoration of decor model yacht Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nirvana Posted August 3, 2020 Share #12 Posted August 3, 2020 Tom, , As a matter of fact, I would love to see more of modern ships in here. Classic wood kits such as Victory and Constitution are still popular. I have some modern ships I like to build. But those are going to be from plans and scratch. Start a build log and I will follow along. Ryland Craze and mtaylor 2 Quote Please, visit our Facebook page! Respectfully Per aka Dr. Per@Therapy for Shipaholics Finished: T37, BB Marie Jeanne - located on a shelf in Sweden, 18th Century Longboat, Winchelsea Capstan Current: America by Constructo, Solö Ruff, USS Syren by MS, Bluenose by MS Viking funeral: Harley almost a Harvey Nautical Research Guild Member - 'Taint a hobby if you gotta hurry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Articcie Posted August 4, 2020 Author Share #13 Posted August 4, 2020 11 hours ago, Nirvana said: those are going to be from plans and scratch This vessel is also scratch build. And i would be full rc, 2 stern thrusters and 2 bow thrusters, working anchor, radar,lights and sounds... the whole deal would be on and in it😀 ccoyle and mtaylor 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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