Henry Wombat Posted January 22, 2021 Share #1 Posted January 22, 2021 Hi there. I’ve just joined the Group today. I’m a retired seafarer (38 years Service Royal Navy). I have been building POF ships since I was about 19. Six ships completed in between time away at sea. All builds have been from ‘in the market’ kits, but I am working myself up to take a leap of faith and semi scratch build HMS Prince from the Amati plans, which are on order. I just need to finish HMS Fly first; basic hull complete, main deck fitted and that’s it so far. I do like WW2 ships, mainly 1/350 scale in plastic, with all the aftermarket bits and bobs. Recently finished a paper and card 1/200 HMS King George V. Really looking forward to sharing stuff on this site. JeffT, bruce d, GrandpaPhil and 5 others 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce d Posted January 22, 2021 Share #2 Posted January 22, 2021 24 minutes ago, Henry Wombat said: Really looking forward to sharing stuff on this site. Hello, Henry Wombat, welcome aboard MSW. It sounds like your interests are spread across all the key subjects here, I am sure you will find a lot of interest if you decide to add a build log (or two or three...) especially as you are a 'proper sailor'. Bruce mtaylor and JeffT 2 Quote 🌻 STAY SAFE A model shipwright and an amateur historian are heads & tails of the same coin current builds: HMS Berwick 1775, 1/192 scratchbuild; a Slade 74 in the Navy Board style Mediator sloop, 1/48 - an 18th century transport scratchbuild French longboat - CAF - 1/48, on hold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrandpaPhil Posted January 22, 2021 Share #3 Posted January 22, 2021 Welcome! mtaylor and JeffT 2 Quote Building: 1:64 HMS Revenge (Victory Models plans) 1:64 Cat Esther (17th Century Dutch Merchant Ships) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baker Posted January 22, 2021 Share #4 Posted January 22, 2021 mtaylor 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 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccoyle Posted January 22, 2021 Share #5 Posted January 22, 2021 Welcome aboard, Henry! 2 hours ago, Henry Wombat said: Recently finished a paper and card 1/200 HMS King George V. Ooh, that sounds like a Halinski product -- that's a real feat. We have a small cadre of card model enthusiasts within our ranks. mtaylor and JeffT 2 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...
JeffT Posted January 22, 2021 Share #6 Posted January 22, 2021 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...
Duanelaker Posted January 22, 2021 Share #7 Posted January 22, 2021 welcome! 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...
Jim Lad Posted January 22, 2021 Share #8 Posted January 22, 2021 Hello Henry, and a warm welcome to MSW from 'Down Under'. John mtaylor 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaager Posted January 23, 2021 Share #9 Posted January 23, 2021 10 hours ago, Henry Wombat said: HMS Prince This inspired me to investigate my archives. For a time, I explored building a model of HMS Prince 1670. This was at a time when I was teaching myself some skills on the drawing board, so no wood was ever in danger. My first step is to gather up as much information as I can find. Long ago, I bought: A set of 1:48 lines plans of the ship (model?), I think it is from the Science Museum. It is a really large photograph - on two sheets. A set of 1:96 plans ID'ed with CM (Clive Millward?). A folder of model plans 1:60 (POB - ugh) in Italian Teconmodel . I think I have a series of photos of the Science Museum model - probably from their museum shop. At the time, I was working thru the design exercises in Deane's Doctrine. This made me aware of "touch" as relates to keel and ship length. Touch is what the dimensions in tables from the time list as the length of the ship. It is ~20% shorter than the length on the gun deck. I was corresponding with someone who was building a kit of HMS Prince. He was having trouble getting the deck gear placed. It turns out that the designer of his kit confused touch with LBP. The hull was too short. It could have been rescued early on by patching in an additional section of spine at the dead flat and duplicating or triplicating the midship mould. For your kit plans, it would be prudent to verify that the length of the hull is correct. A first rate 17th century floating palace is about as daunting a challenge as it gets for a ship model. If you are determined to forge ahead, but wish your first scratch project to have sufficient documentation and plans, ANCRE has a recent monograph of a French 17th first rate that is both elegant and magnificent. It is St. Philippe. But a really challenging aspect is that all of the frames are canted forward between 1 and 2 degrees. mtaylor 1 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...
Louie da fly Posted January 23, 2021 Share #10 Posted January 23, 2021 (edited) Welcome to MSW, Henry - from Oz, the land of the wombats. It would be good to see a build log of your HMS Fly, even if it started from your current stage of completion - though photos from earlier in the build would be even better. In case you haven't come across them so far, the instructions for starting a log are here: It's a great way to get help and encouragement (and the rest of us get to see the progress of your build). Good to have you on board. Steven Edited January 23, 2021 by Louie da fly mtaylor 1 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...
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