wvdhee Posted January 19 Share #1 Posted January 19 Started this before I joined, so no early pics. It's new tooling from 2023, good fit, nice and crisp details. Instructions aren't very good I believe, but maybe I am spoiled with Tamiya instruction quality. Scale is too small for me ( at my age 😬 ) but I did somehow manage to do the pe parts ccoyle, AJohnson, yvesvidal and 3 others 6 Quote Walter. Current build: HMS Flirt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canute Posted January 19 Share #2 Posted January 19 Welcome aboard. I see you have a building inspector supervising part of your build. Just hope it doesn't develop a taste for plastic.😄 Quote Ken Started: MS Bounty Longboat, On Hold: Heinkel USS Choctaw paper Down the road: Shipyard HMC Alert 1/96 paper, Mamoli Constitution Cross, MS USN Picket Boat #1 Scratchbuild: Echo Cross Section Member Nautical Research Guild Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wvdhee Posted January 19 Author Share #3 Posted January 19 2 hours ago, Canute said: Welcome aboard. I see you have a building inspector supervising part of your build. Just hope it doesn't develop a taste for plastic.😄 Thanks, and yes, she's never far away and very curious 😄 Canute 1 Quote Walter. Current build: HMS Flirt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wvdhee Posted January 27 Author Share #4 Posted January 27 Finished with it, not really happy with it tbh, I think mainly cause I couldn't find the right flat white colour. I used Humbrol 34 which was too thick for this scale and diluted it didn't cover. But anyway, it floats 😉 On to a wooden ship now 😃 Vanguard Models for sure, dunno yet which one, Flirt probably... or Sphinx? 😬 Canute, yvesvidal, ccoyle and 1 other 4 Quote Walter. Current build: HMS Flirt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccoyle Posted January 27 Share #5 Posted January 27 4 hours ago, wvdhee said: Flirt probably... or Sphinx? Congratulations on finishing! If you have limited experience with wood, I'd recommend Flirt. wvdhee and Canute 2 Quote Chris Coyle Greer, South Carolina When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk. - Tuco Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wvdhee Posted January 27 Author Share #6 Posted January 27 3 minutes ago, ccoyle said: Congratulations on finishing! If you have limited experience with wood, I'd recommend Flirt. Thanks! In shipbuilding I've done the "Half Moon" by Billing Boats a long time ago. Apart from that I have build a few violins from scratch. Canute 1 Quote Walter. Current build: HMS Flirt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wawona59 Posted January 27 Share #7 Posted January 27 (edited) Welcome aboard to MSW! Congratulations on finishing your 1/700 Titanic. I built a 1/700 USS Arizona several years ago and found the PE parts quite fiddly to work with. I utterly failed with the PE railings so you're ahead of me on the PE. Your violin experience should pay you dividends in building a wooden ship model. The Vanguard Flirt would be a good choice. There should be some wonderful Flirt models on the MSW site. Edited January 27 by Wawona59 wvdhee and Canute 2 Quote Wawona 59 John Next Project:: New Bedford Whaleboat - Model Shipways Wish list for "Seattle Connection" builds: 1/96 Lumber Schooner Wawona, 1/96 Down Easter St. Paul, 1/32 Hydroplane Slo-Mo-Shun IV Completed Builds: Midwest - Chesapeake Bay Flattie (highly modified); Revell - 1/96 Constitution, 1/96 Thermopylae, 1/96 Cutty Sark, 1/570 Titanic; Dragon - 1/700 USS Arizona; Model Shipways - NY Pilot Boat Phantom, Aurora - Whaling Ship Wanderer, Maquette - Boeing 307 Stratoliner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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