Shipific Posted February 7 Share #1 Posted February 7 Hi everybody! Joining here as my passion always lied with the warships of late 19th century, but you would not know it looking at my work. Which is mostly 1:700 scale grey warships for 1900-1945 period. I have boxed myself into quite a corner: 1:700 only, full hull only, weathered only! There is a limit to kits available with that requirement. I dont do anything else, Im agnostic to submarine or a carrier (OK, Im not a big fan of carriers) and I quite like capital ships, models of ship wrecks and submarines. I love comparison modeling, where you build several ships of the same scale to get a sense of how they relate to each other. I kind of think thats my main goal, build different ships in small scale and compare them to each other. And make them weathered, alive, as if plucked from the sea during a voyage. I dont do dios or figures, Im purely after the object modeling. Which brings me here. My secret desire for a long time has been to get out of the grey fleet and into the tall ships, of the 1800s and the steam era. In a scale that noone really does, 1:700. So this should be fun. Here is some of my work attached, and you can find my under "shipific" here, on Instagram or under my old handle "pascalemod" on other modeling forums. I am from Estonia originally, residing in sunny Sweden. ERS Rich, Keith Black, BETAQDAVE and 11 others 12 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petervisser Posted February 7 Share #2 Posted February 7 What stunning models! All the best with your transition to tall ship building. If it's anything like your current work, it will be epic! Cheers, Peter Keith Black, Knocklouder and mtaylor 3 Quote Build Log: Billing - Cutty Sark In The Gallery: HMS Unicorn, HMAV Bounty, L'Etoile, Marie Jeanne, Lilla Dan, Zeeschouw "Irene" A Toast: To a wind that blows, A ship that goes, And the lass that loved a sailor! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knocklouder Posted February 7 Share #3 Posted February 7 Keith Black 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...
ccoyle Posted February 7 Share #4 Posted February 7 Welcome aboard! Good luck on your adventure doing tallships in 1/700 -- not impossible, but definitely a challenge at that scale. 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, Salmson 2, Speeljacht Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Lad Posted February 7 Share #5 Posted February 7 Hello, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John mtaylor and Keith Black 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jsk Posted February 7 Share #6 Posted February 7 Welcome, Shipific! Are you familiar with Warlord Games' Black Seas 1/700 scale ships of the Napoleonic wars? They're gaming pieces rather than models but I've seen much worse. Shipific, mtaylor and Keith Black 3 Quote --jeff In Process: US Revenue Cutter 1/72 Card (Seahorse), Skipjack Kathryn 1/72 Card (scratch build) Completed Builds: Slavic (Viking) Longship 1/72 (Falconet) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baker Posted February 7 Share #7 Posted February 7 Very beautiful models. Keith Black, mtaylor and Shipific 3 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 Gallery : Revell Bounty Pelican/Golden hind 1/45 scratch To do : Prins Willem Corel, Le Tonnant Corel, Yacht d'Oro Corel, Thermopylae Sergal 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 Si vis pacem, para bellum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtaylor Posted February 7 Share #8 Posted February 7 Shipific and Keith Black 2 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...
Keith Black Posted February 7 Share #9 Posted February 7 Welcome to MSW. Glad to have you aboard. mtaylor and Shipific 2 Quote Current Builds: Wood Hull Screw Frigate USS Tennessee Decorative Carrack Warship Restoration, the Amelia Completed: Early Swift 1805 Model Restoration Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiriusVoyager Posted February 8 Share #10 Posted February 8 Welcome to MSW. I would be interested in seeing the the tall ships and your current models side by side at the same scale. mtaylor, Keith Black and Shipific 3 Quote - Eric In the shipyard: Finished: Norwegian Sailing Pram, Lowell Grand Banks Dory, Muscongus bay lobster smack, OcCre Palamos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shipific Posted February 8 Author Share #11 Posted February 8 (edited) Thank you for the warm welcome all! 11 hours ago, SiriusVoyager said: Welcome to MSW. I would be interested in seeing the the tall ships and your current models side by side at the same scale. I am attaching here my work in progress on the Ironclad Turenne. Not next to other models yet (I have but not good pics). I will post them in a build thread or when done a bit more, currently it is in very early stage: 17 hours ago, Jsk said: Welcome, Shipific! Are you familiar with Warlord Games' Black Seas 1/700 scale ships of the Napoleonic wars? They're gaming pieces rather than models but I've seen much worse. No, have not seen! My reference point is something like Victory built by Kostas Katseas in 1/700 and Jim Bauman as we speak is building his Bretagne in 1/700 from scratch. I am also following Marijn Van Gils build of Redoutable vs Victory in slightly bigger scale. So Im glad Im in a good company of mighty makers who are doing tall ships in tiny, plastic scale. I hope to be half as good with this project. Edited February 8 by Shipific ccoyle, mtaylor, Baker and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJohnson Posted February 8 Share #12 Posted February 8 Welcome to MSW! Keith Black and mtaylor 2 Quote Andrew Current builds:- HM Cutter Trial - Vanguard models (1/64), HMAV Bounty - Caldercraft (1/64), Hawker-Typhoon-1b-"Car-Door" - Airfix (1/24) Completed (Ship):- "Nisha" - Vanguard Models (1/64), HMS Orestes (Mars) - Caldercraft (1/64), HM Cutter Sherbourne - Caldercraft (1/64), TSS Earnslaw - Paper Shipwright (1/250), Puffer "Starlight" - Paper Shipwright (1/250) Completed (Non-Ship):-Blackburn Buccaneer S.2C - Airfix (1/48), Bristol Beaufort - Airfix (1/72), Mosquito B.XVI - Airfix (1/72), , Sea-Harrier-FRS1 - Airfix (1/72), Grumman F6F-5 Hellcat - Airfix (1/24), De Havilland Chipmunk T.10 - Airfix (1/48), Flamborough Head Lighthouse - Paper Shipwright (1/250) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nirvana Posted February 8 Share #13 Posted February 8 Välkommen till ModelShipWorld We're getting more and more Swedes in this forum. And I like your 1:700 scale models. Here is a link for you. 1/700 Ship Models (hobbylinc.com) Keith Black, AJohnson, Shipific and 1 other 4 Quote Please, visit our Facebook page! Respectfully Per aka Dr. Per@Therapy for Shipaholics Finished: T37, BB Marie Jeanne - located on a shelf in Sweden, 18th Century Longboat, Winchelsea Capstan Current: America by Constructo, Solö Ruff, USS Syren by MS, Bluenose by MS Viking funeral: Harley almost a Harvey Nautical Research Guild Member - 'Taint a hobby if you gotta hurry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Y Posted February 8 Share #14 Posted February 8 Välkommen! Very refreshing genre and looking forward to following your build log! AJohnson, Shipific, Nirvana and 1 other 4 Quote Current build: Beavers Prize - POF 1:48 (Hahn style) Side builds: Schooner Polotsk by Master Korabel 18th Century Longboat by MS Finished: 21ft English Pinnace by MS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrandpaPhil Posted February 10 Share #15 Posted February 10 Welcome! Nirvana, mtaylor, Keith Black and 1 other 4 Quote 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ERS Rich Posted February 10 Share #16 Posted February 10 Greetings from Massachusetts, USA. Good luck with your woodworking journey! Cheers! Nirvana, Keith Black and Shipific 3 Quote Build Logs: USS Maine, USS Constitution (Hull) Albums: Baltimore Clipper, Sherbourne Cutter, Lackawanna Tug, Eagle Coastal Schooner, Katy Pilot Boat, Sultana Colonial Schooner, Armed Virginia Sloop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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