swasson Posted October 30, 2020 Share #1 Posted October 30, 2020 I'm including some more photos of my models. My first scratch-built model was of IRIS the the buoy tender. I was 14 and had a subscription to the magazine "Ships and the Sea". They always ran a modeling project and someone did a multi-part story about this cutter. It had plans that fit on a magazine page, photos of the prototype and of the contruction process (bread and butter). So I got some balsa sheets and built up a block to carve. My father took me into NYC one day to go Polks Model Hobbies on 5th Ave. so I could purchase some of the fittings. Later as you can see I built the radio control Hornbeam. Keithbrad80, steamschooner, lmagna and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Pellett Posted October 31, 2020 Share #2 Posted October 31, 2020 I have a set of plans for the “Tree Class” Buoy Tenders built in Duluth, MN during World War II. They are official USCG drawings and include a Booklet of General Plans and Lines and Mold Loft Offsets. I will never use them and intended to give them to a local University Library’s maritime collection once they reopen. Instead, if anyone would like to have them for the cost of shipping, it’s a big roll, send me a PM. I particularly like the motor lifeboat model. Roger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swasson Posted October 31, 2020 Author Share #3 Posted October 31, 2020 23 hours ago, swasson said: I'm including some more photos of my models. My first scratch-built model was of IRIS the the buoy tender. I was 14 and had a subscription to the magazine "Ships and the Sea". They always ran a modeling project and someone did a multi-part story about this cutter. It had plans that fit on a magazine page (hence the size of the model), photos of the prototype and of the construction process (bread and butter). So I got some balsa sheets and built up a block to carve. My father took me into NYC one day to go Polks Model Hobbies on 5th Ave. so I could purchase some of the fittings. During WWII a deck gun was mounted on the platform aft of the funnel. Later as you can see I built the radio control Hornbeam. lmagna 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtaylor Posted October 31, 2020 Share #4 Posted October 31, 2020 Swasson, Give some thought to posting these of your completed models in the Gallery. It's a more appropriate place then in the Introduction area. 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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