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CliveR

CliveR

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I guess like many I have thought about making wooden model ships for many years but never got around to it with life's demands. Now almost fully retired I have started on my new challenge. I have just completed the Saint Malo fishing boat from Artesania and we learn from our mistakes and I can say I learned a lot.  Not ready to move from the Beginner's level I am about to undertake the HMS Bounty's Jolly Boat also from Artesania. Love the detail in their kits and the spares they throw in to replace those fiddly bits somewhere on my workshop floor. Started on the Corel Yacht America but stalled that at the sail stage. No sewing machine in our house so will come back to that at some stage maybe! The model shops I have been to near me seem to be phasing out of wood kits in favour of the plethora of plastic kits available. Hopefully I can share some things I learn along the journey that help others struggling with their builds.

Knocklouder

Knocklouder

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Good luck on your journey    :cheers:

Bob M.

"Start so you can Finish!" 

In progress:

Astrolabe 1812 - Mantua 1:50; 

In queue:

Pegasus - Amati 1:64 

Completed:

The Dutchess of Kingston - 1:64 Vanguard Models 🙂 
Santa Maria - 1:64, La Pinta - 1:64, La Nina - 1:64, Hannah Ship in a Bottle - 1:300, The Mayflower - 1:64, Viking Ship Drakkar -1:50 all by Amati. King of the Mississippi - Artesania Latina - 1:80  Queen Anne's Revenge - Piece Cool - 1:300  The Sea of Galilee Boat - Scott Miller - 1:20

Baker

Baker

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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

 
 
Old Collingwood

Old Collingwood

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Welcome  from the UK.

 

OC.

Current builds  


28mm  Battle of Waterloo   attack on La Haye Saint   Diorama.

1/700  HMS Hood   Flyhawk   with  PE, Resin  and Wood Decking.

 

 

 

Completed works.

 

Dragon 1/700 HMS Edinburgh type 42 batch 3 Destroyer plastic.

HMS Warspite Academy 1/350 plastic kit and wem parts.

HMS Trafalgar Airfix 1/350 submarine  plastic.

Black Pearl  1/72  Revell   with  pirate crew.

Revell  1/48  Mosquito  B IV

Eduard  1/48  Spitfire IX

ICM    1/48   Seafire Mk.III   Special Conversion

1/48  Kinetic  Sea Harrier  FRS1

CliveR

CliveR

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One of the "tricks" I learned from my planking attempts with the Saint Malo and am going to use again on the Jolly Boat is to trace the shape from the 1:1 picture that Artesania helpfully provide and then to use this to make a simple planking jig by lightly nailing along the hull line at appropriate intervals into a scrap piece of plywood and then using a planking strip to add the nails on the other side of the plank in the spaces between the first nails necessary to hold the plank while it "sets" into the required shape. I found that after a 5-minute hot water soak and then couple of hours in this jig, the planks held their shape and made gluing a whole lot easier.

 

Tried to attach a couple of photos of what I have just done but for an unknown reason the upload failed.

 

 A simple and cheap work around. Hope this helps somebody else having trouble.

 

Cheers, Clive 

Wawona59

Wawona59

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Welcome to Model Ship World Clive.  Like you, my local model shop seems to be phasing out wooden ship and aircraft kits in favor of plastic.  Some of the plastic kits they carry are very nice and expensive.  There's just something about working with wood that appeals to me.

 

Enjoy your journey.  There are a lot of friendly and talented models on MSW.

 

Welcome Aboard!

 

Wawona59

John

 

Next Project: Cleaning off my messy workspace a putting my tools away.

 

Selected Previous Completed Builds:  Revell - 1/96 Thermopylae; Revell - 1/96 Cutty Sark, Revell - 1/96 Constitution, Aurora - Whaling Bark Wanderer, Model Shipways - 1/96 Phantom, AL - 1805 Pilot Boat Swift, Midwest - Chesapeake Bay Flattie, Monitor and Merrimac, Model Trailways - Doctor's Buggy

 

Keith Black

Keith Black

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 Clive, welcome to MSW. Glad to have you aboard. 

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

 

 

Nirvana

Nirvana

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Clive, a long time ago a wise man said "You are never to old to learn something new".

With those words I say:sign:

 

Please, visit our Facebook page!

 

Respectfully

 

Per aka Dr. Per@Therapy for Shipaholics 
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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

mtaylor

mtaylor

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Welcome to MSW, Clive.   I suggest you open a build log on your project.  It's a great way to get help and also to meet other builders.

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)         

         

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                

tmj

tmj

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"Howdy Clive!"

"The journey of a thousand miles is only the beginning of a thousand journeys!"

 

Current Build;

 1776 Gunboat Philadelphia, Navy-Board Style, Scratch Build 1:24 Scale

On the Drawing Board;

1777 Continental Frigate 'Hancock', Scratch Build, Admiralty/Pseudo Hahn Style, "In work, active in CAD design stage!"

In dry dock;

Scratch Build of USS Constitution... on hold until further notice, if any.

Constructro 'Cutty Sark' ... Hull completed, awaiting historically accurate modifications to the deck, deck houses, etc., "Gathering Dust!"

Corel HMS Victory Cross Section kit "BASH"... being neglected!

 

 

 

jpalmer1970

jpalmer1970

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Welcome !

 

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Current Build Hayling Hoy 1760 - First POF scratch build

 

Completed HMB Endeavour's Longboat by Artesania Latina

Completed HM Armed Cutter Alert by Vanguard Models

Completed 18ft cutter and 34ft launch by Vanguard Models

Completed Pen Duick by Artesania Latina

Scottish Guy

Scottish Guy

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A warm welcome from Scotland Clive, nice having you aboard here at MSW.

 

Micha

"The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever." Jacques - Yves Cousteau.

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Current Build:

"Roar Ege" by Billing Boats - 1:25

On Hold:

n/a

Finished:

n/a

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