Rix ships Posted July 10 #1 Posted July 10 Hi to all, My name is Rick and I have been a life long general modeler. I have 3 nautical modeling intersts: PT boats, Clipper ships and Bristol boats built by Allen Quimby Veneer of Maine. I am currently trying to build a model of the Flying Cloud from the 1928 Popular Mechanics series by James Tate. I have never done anything like this before. I am going to build the model from a hull started by my Grandfather in 1959 made from as he called it South American Red Cypress. The hull was made from 1inch thick X 8inch wide X 30 inch long planks bolted together so big enough to fit the sizes in the Tate book. The problem for me is the working prints , I have found them on line but they do not scale quite to the book when printed out and I can only print out at 50% on my printer so I am working with the 1/4 scale drawings in the book. And speaking of scale I think the scale is 1/8 inch to the foot. I have a draftsmans proportional divider which is really acurate. As of yessterday I decided to try to lay out the lifts on poster board. Previously , I had tried 3 sheets of 8/12 X 11 paper taped togethter. Anyway, I am glad to be here and will probably start a build entry here soon. GrandpaPhil, chris watton, Thukydides and 5 others 8 Quote
ccoyle Posted July 10 #2 Posted July 10 Welcome aboard, Rick! Scottish Guy, mtaylor and Keith Black 3 Quote Chris Coyle Greer, South Carolina When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk. - Tuco Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix, TBD
markjay Posted July 10 #3 Posted July 10 Welcome to the family! Keith Black, mtaylor and Scottish Guy 3 Quote Mark Phoenix, AZ Current builds; Previous builds, in rough order of execution; Shipjack, Peterbrough Canoe, Flying Fish, Half Moon, Britannia racing sloop, Whale boat, Bluenose, Picket boat, Viking longboat, Atlantic, Fair American, Mary Taylor, half hull Enterprise, Hacchoro, HMS Fly, Khufu Solar Boat. On the shelf; Royal Barge, Jefferson Davis.
Keith Black Posted July 10 #4 Posted July 10 Rick, welcome to MSW. Glad to have you aboard. mtaylor and Scottish Guy 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
Knocklouder Posted July 10 #5 Posted July 10 mtaylor, Keith Black and Scottish Guy 3 Quote Start so you can Finish !! Finished: The Sea of Galilee Boat-Scott Miller-1:20 , Amati } Hannah Ship in a Bottle:Santa Maria : LA Pinta : La Nana : The Mayflower : Viking Ship Drakkar The King Of the Mississippi Artesania Latina 1:80 Current Build: Royal Yacht, Duchess of Kingston-Vanguard Models
Snug Harbor Johnny Posted July 10 #6 Posted July 10 An interesting challenge ... best of luck ! Scottish Guy, Keith Black and mtaylor 3 Quote Completed builds: Khufu Solar Barge - 1:72 Woody Joe Current project(s): Gorch Fock restoration 1:100, Billing Wasa (bust) - 1:100 Billings, Great Harry (bust) 1:88 ex. Sergal 1:65
GrandpaPhil Posted July 10 #7 Posted July 10 Welcome! Scottish Guy, Keith Black and mtaylor 3 Quote Building: 1:200 Russian Battleship Oryol (Orel card kit) 1:64 HMS Revenge (Victory Models plans) 1:64 Cat Esther (17th Century Dutch Merchant Ships)
Baker Posted July 11 #8 Posted July 11 mtaylor, Scottish Guy and Keith Black 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 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
Scottish Guy Posted July 14 #9 Posted July 14 Welcome aboard here at MSW and a warm welcome from the North of Scotland. Enjoy the community and modelling... Micha Keith Black and mtaylor 2 Quote "The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever." Jacques - Yves Cousteau. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Current Build: "Roar Ege" by Billing Boats - 1:25 On Hold: n/a Finished: n/a
mtaylor Posted July 14 #10 Posted July 14 Welcome to MSW, Rick. Just a suggestion here. Take your original prints to an architectural copy shop or possibly one of the many copy shops/office supply shops and see if they can copy them to the exact size you need. 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)
Rix ships Posted July 18 Author #11 Posted July 18 Thank you all for the warm welcome ! Keith Black and mtaylor 2 Quote
SiriusVoyager Posted July 23 #12 Posted July 23 Welcome to MSW! Keith Black and mtaylor 2 Quote - Eric Current build: Sultan Arab Dhow Finished: Norwegian Sailing Pram, Lowell Grand Banks Dory, Muscongus bay lobster smack, OcCre Palamos, San Francisco Cross Section
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