Janelle Posted December 1, 2022 Share #1 Posted December 1, 2022 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 IMG_2840 (1).HEIC IMG_2841 (1).HEIC IMG_2844.HEIC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janelle Posted December 1, 2022 Author Share #2 Posted December 1, 2022 Lesson #1 .heic files upload, but aren't visible. Improvise, Adapt, Overcome Knocklouder, bruce d and Jorge Hedges 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janelle Posted December 1, 2022 Author Share #3 Posted December 1, 2022 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... providence WB(3.5).jpg.HEIC providence WB(3.5).jpg.HEIC Jorge Hedges, bruce d and GrandpaPhil 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janelle Posted December 1, 2022 Author Share #4 Posted December 1, 2022 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. JacquesCousteau, Prowler901, James G and 6 others 5 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knocklouder Posted December 1, 2022 Share #5 Posted December 1, 2022 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 and mtaylor 2 Quote Start so you can Finish !! Finished: The Santa Maria -Amati 1:65, La Pinta- Amati 1:65, La Nina -Amati 1:65 , Hannah Ship in a Bottle -1:300 The Sea of Galilee Boat-Scott Miller-1:20 ,The Mayflower Amati 1:60 non Ship Build: 1972 Ford Sport Custom Truck Current Build: Viking Ship Drakkar -Amati-1:50 On Hold: HMS Pegasus: Amati Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janelle Posted December 1, 2022 Author Share #6 Posted December 1, 2022 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... Knocklouder, Ryland Craze and mtaylor 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James G Posted December 1, 2022 Share #7 Posted December 1, 2022 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. mtaylor, bruce d, Janelle and 1 other 4 Quote Jim Current Build: HMS Winchelsea, Model Shipways Mayflower Completed Builds: NRG Half Hull Project Model Shipways 18th Century Armed Longboat Dumas 1954 Chris Craft 36' Commander Dumas 1940 Chris Craft 19' Barrel Back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janelle Posted December 24, 2022 Author Share #8 Posted December 24, 2022 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 Ryland Craze 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jorge Hedges Posted December 25, 2022 Share #9 Posted December 25, 2022 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 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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