Ikcdab Posted December 29, 2023 Share #1 Posted December 29, 2023 Hi all, I am a lifetime railway modeller and have built many railway kits and lots of scratchbuilt. Years ago I built a Clyde puffer and I have built full-size sailing dinghies. Now I hanker to build another model boat. My choice is the steamtug Wattle 1:24. Scratchbuilt, it scales out at 1100mm long. Although the plans say it is for the experienced builder, having done so much railway modelling and general woodwork, I am confident I can do this. So far, all I have done is to order the plans and clear a spot on the workshop! all comments gratefully received. Ian C SiriusVoyager, Keith Black, Helge Hafstad and 5 others 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Lad Posted December 29, 2023 Share #2 Posted December 29, 2023 Hello, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. When you're ready to start building, remember to start a build log - then we can all enjoy your model, and you can get all the help might you need. John JeffT, mtaylor, Keith Black and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hollowneck Posted December 29, 2023 Share #3 Posted December 29, 2023 Welcome Ian C. You'll get lots of support on this forum, especially if you create a "Build Log" for your ship model- it's easy to set up and you'll need to take decent photos of course. Good Luck! P.S. I lived in Somerset for two years, close to Taunton. Loved visiting Bristol's waterfront and hopping over the bridge to Cardiff. Ron AJohnson, Keith Black, JeffT and 1 other 4 Quote Ron Director, Nautical Research Guild Secretary/Newsletter Editor, Philadelphia Ship Model Society Former Member/Secretary for the Connecticut Marine Model Society Current Build: Grace & Peace (Wyoming, 6-masted Schooner) Completed Builds: HMS Grecian, HMS Sphinx (as HMS Camilla) Ongakuka Maru, (Higaki Kaisen, It Takes A Village), Le Tigre Privateer, HMS Swan, HMS Godspeed, HMS Ardent, HMS Diana, Russian brig Mercury, Elizabethan Warship Revenge, Xebec Syf'Allah, USF Confederacy, HMS Granado, USS Brig Syren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baker Posted December 29, 2023 Share #4 Posted December 29, 2023 Keith Black, AJohnson, JeffT and 1 other 4 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...
JeffT Posted December 29, 2023 Share #5 Posted December 29, 2023 mtaylor, Keith Black and AJohnson 3 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...
Keith Black Posted December 29, 2023 Share #6 Posted December 29, 2023 Ian, welcome to MSW. Glad to have you aboard. AJohnson and mtaylor 2 Quote Current Builds: 1870's Sternwheeler, Lula Wood Hull Screw Frigate USS Tennessee Decorative Carrack Warship Restoration, the Amelia Completed: 1880s Floating Steam Donkey Pile Driver Early Swift 1805 Model Restoration Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikcdab Posted December 29, 2023 Author Share #7 Posted December 29, 2023 So I do have a question. The plan is to build the boat plank on bulkheads with 3mm ply bulkheads planked with 3mm thick balsa planks. Then to cover it in fibreglass sheet. I have sourced some balsa sheets that I can cut into planks. But I am being asked if I want soft, medium or hard balsa. Instinctively I feel I should go for hard. Is that the right choice? Ian mtaylor 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccoyle Posted December 29, 2023 Share #8 Posted December 29, 2023 Welcome aboard, Ian! Keith Black and mtaylor 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...
AJohnson Posted December 29, 2023 Share #9 Posted December 29, 2023 Welcome to MSW Ian! mtaylor and Keith Black 2 Quote Andrew Current builds:- HM Gun-brig Sparkler - Vanguard (1/64) , HMAV Bounty - Caldercraft (1/64) Completed (Kits):- Vanguard Models (1/64) :- HM Cutter Trial , Nisha - Brixham trawler Caldercraft (1/64) :- HMS Orestes(Mars), HM Cutter Sherbourne Paper Shipwright (1/250) :- TSS Earnslaw, Puffer Starlight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted December 29, 2023 Share #10 Posted December 29, 2023 welcome aboard, i am in Bridgwater Keith Black, mtaylor and hollowneck 3 Quote Its all part of Kev's journey, bit like going to the dark side, but with the lights on All the best Kevin SAY NO TO PIRACY. SUPPORT ORIGINAL IDEAS AND MANUFACTURERS. KEEP IT REAL! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ On the build table HMS Indefatigable 1794 by Kevin - Vanguard Models - 1:64 - Feb 2023 Belle Poule 1834 by Kevin - OcCre - 1/90 - French frigate - started June 2024 - - On hold MHS 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 Hercules by Kevin - OcCre - 1/50 - Tugboat - Finished - May 2024 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce d Posted December 29, 2023 Share #11 Posted December 29, 2023 Ian, a warm welcome from chilly Sussex. mtaylor, Keith Black and hollowneck 3 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...
Ian B Posted December 29, 2023 Share #12 Posted December 29, 2023 (edited) What!!! Another 'Ian' ship builder in Somerset.... All we need is an Ian A to complete the Somerset team Welcome aboard 🤪 Edited December 29, 2023 by Ian B hollowneck, Keith Black and mtaylor 3 Quote HMAV Bounty 'Billings' completed ⛵ HMS Cheerful - Syren-Chuck' completed Steam Pinnace 199 'Billings bashed' - completed ⚓ HMS Ledbury F30 --White Ensign -completed 😎 HMS Vanguard 'Victory models'-- completed Bismarck Amati 1/200 --underway 👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Posted December 29, 2023 Share #13 Posted December 29, 2023 16 minutes ago, Ian B said: What!!! Another 'Ian' ship builder in Somerset.... All we need is an Ian A to complete the Somerset team Welcome aboard 🤪 call me Ian A if you wish, have been called far worse Ian B, Keith Black, mtaylor and 2 others 1 4 Quote Its all part of Kev's journey, bit like going to the dark side, but with the lights on All the best Kevin SAY NO TO PIRACY. SUPPORT ORIGINAL IDEAS AND MANUFACTURERS. KEEP IT REAL! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ On the build table HMS Indefatigable 1794 by Kevin - Vanguard Models - 1:64 - Feb 2023 Belle Poule 1834 by Kevin - OcCre - 1/90 - French frigate - started June 2024 - - On hold MHS 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 Hercules by Kevin - OcCre - 1/50 - Tugboat - Finished - May 2024 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtaylor Posted December 30, 2023 Share #14 Posted December 30, 2023 I've never run into the hardness of the balsa so I"m no help there. Maybe consider basswood for the planks? A bit stronger than balsa. Keith Black 1 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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