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Hi,... thanks for accepting my registration.

I have a read your introduction and would like to ask advice from the community about starting my ship model building hobby.

My ultimate goal would be to build a RC sailing yacht.

 

So my main question is:

What would be a good first model to built in order to learn the necessary skills

 

My many thanks in advance,

 

Johan Reynaert

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32 minutes ago, Johan Reynaert said:

Hi,... thanks for accepting my registration.

I have a read your introduction and would like to ask advice from the community about starting my ship model building hobby.

My ultimate goal would be to build a RC sailing yacht.

 

So my main question is:

What would be a good first model to built in order to learn necessary skills to built sailing boat models.

 

My many thanks in advance,

 

Johan Reynaert

welcome to MSW

 

i just built this and is suitable for RC By Amati

 

this is my build log link

Dorade renamed Dora by Kevin - FINISHED - Amati - 1/20 - Completed March 2021 - Page 5 - - Kit build logs for subjects built from 1901 - Present Day - Model Ship World™

 

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Its all part of Kev's journey, bit like going to the dark side, but with the lights on
 

All the best

Kevin :omg:


SAY NO TO PIRACY. SUPPORT ORIGINAL IDEAS AND MANUFACTURERS.
KEEP IT REAL!

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On the build table

HMS Indefatigable 1794 by Kevin - Vanguard Models - 1:64 - Feb 2023 

 

 

HMHS Britannic by Kevin 

SD 14  - Marcle Models - 1/70 - March 2022 -  Bluebell - Flower Class - Revel - 1/72   U552 German U Boat - Trumpeter - 1/48  Amerigo Vespucci     1/84 - Panart-   HMS Enterprise  -CAF -  1/48     

Finished     

St-Nectan-Mountfleet-models-steam-trawler-1/32 - Completed June 2020

HMS Victory - Caldercraft/Jotika - 1/72 - Finished   Dorade renamed Dora by Kevin - Amati - 1/20 - Completed March 2021 

Stage Coach 1848 - Artesania Latina - 1/10 -Finished Lady Eleanor by Kevin - FINISHED - Vanguard Models - 1/64 - Fifie fishing boat

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Hello Johan, welcome to MSW. I hope you post a build log when you start your project.

 

Bruce

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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

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Johan,

 

Welcome to the forum! You may be interested in learning more about Marblehead class model yachts. These are all 50" long and range from vintage (1940s) wooden construction up to modern carbon fiber versions. While they are not models of actual larger boats, they are a lot easier to build for a beginner. Here's a photo of a build I am currently doing for a vintage hard chine model. 

 

Michael

 

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Johan,

 

One more bit of advice I forgot to include earlier – don't expect to get any kind of sailing performance from a scaled-down model of a full sized yacht. It will not sail well at all except in the lightest of breezes. If you want an RC sailboat model with any kind of performance, it has to be designed specifically for that purpose with a deep keel, a heavy bulb, and much stronger than scale rigging. Here's an example from the American Model Yachting Association of a Marblehead pond yacht by Biff Martin. Interestingly, the designers of these classic models in the '40s and 50's came up with many of the concepts used in modern sailboat design decades before they were used on full size boats!

 

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Welcome to MSW, Johan.   For a first model, pick on without sails.  You might start by reading this topic...  

 

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!

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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Welcome to Model Ship World Johan.  The Lowell Grand Banks Dory is an excellent choice for your first wooden ship model.  There are several build logs of this kit on MSW that you can refer to.  Building this model will give you the skills to build more complicated ship models.  I hope you will start a build log of this model.

Ryland

 

Member - Hampton Roads Ship Model Society

            - Ship Model Society of New Jersey

               - Nautical Research Guild

       

 

Current Build - Armed Virginia Sloop, 18th Century Longboat

Completed Build - Medway Longboat

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