Providence by Janelle - FINISHED - Artesania Latina - 1:25 - Whaleboat

[Janelle]

Late to the website, but practicing with posting my first build done three years ago...

Decades ago I built model airplanes (plastic) and had good eyesight, steady hands and a knack for detail. Fast forward and I have so-so eyesight, a tremor and a desire to be as detailed as I can within my limitations.

 

I love small wooden boats, whaleboats in particular, so I picked up a kit off the internet in 2019. Little did I know that it would take over my discretionary income...

 

Photos from the first few weeks will appear if I figure out the interface.

 

Janelle

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[Janelle]

Lesson #1 .heic files upload, but aren't visible.

Improvise, Adapt, Overcome

 

[Janelle]

Please let me know if I am doing this correctly, both technically and socially...

 

Second month of build, started a dinghy to help pass the time while planking...

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[Janelle]

Final six months of the build. 

 

Had to make several repairs of broken planking while I learned to bend planks, patchwork obvious in photos above.

Directions were less than stellar, but I was able to figure most of it out, several times after "ungluing" and restarting.

Overall I don't think it's too bad for a first ever kit build.

Moved on to dinghy, skiff, and dory and now circling back to try and complete a "Morgans Whaleboat" by Artesania Latina. Directions are long on words, short on diagrams.

Looking to find more realistic sails than the burlap provided in the kit.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Knocklouder]

wow That looks really cool and great details to, I am just learning how to plank as well, my first model I used an iron to  bend the planks then I got an electric  plank bender it works really well for me. A little heat and they start to bend.

    That is some nice work.

[Janelle]

29 minutes ago, Knocklouder said:

wow That looks really cool and great details to, I am just learning how to plank as well, my first model I used an iron to  bend the planks then I got an electric  plank bender it works really well for me. A little heat and they start to bend.

    That is some nice work.

thank you for your kind words... I am now using a plank bender as well and it works much better than the crimper tool I had...

[James G]

Very nice Janelle! If you get a chance, check out Tom Lauria on YouTube. He is a master model builder and has a series of videos on how to build a whaleboat from scratch. I learned a lot watching them.

[Janelle]

thank you, Jim!

 

Tom's videos have been great and have inspired me to go into details that I would have feared before, such as scratchbuilding harpoon heads and oarlocks...

 

Janelle

[Jorge Hedges]

Very NICE build, Janelle!  Love the shoreline setting for the whaleboat.

 

Hope my Disarmodel Whaleboat comes out as good as yours!  I just completed the basic hull build; need to perform some small corrections, and will post in my blog.

 

Keep up the GREAT work!

 

Jorge