Rix ships Posted July 10 Share #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. Scottish Guy, Thukydides, ccoyle and 5 others 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccoyle Posted July 10 Share #2 Posted July 10 Welcome aboard, Rick! mtaylor, Keith Black and Scottish Guy 3 Quote Chris Coyle Greer, South Carolina When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk. - Tuco Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix, Speeljacht Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markjay Posted July 10 Share #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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Black Posted July 10 Share #4 Posted July 10 Rick, welcome to MSW. Glad to have you aboard. Scottish Guy and mtaylor 2 Quote Current Builds: 1880s Floating Steam Donkey Pile Driver 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...
Knocklouder Posted July 10 Share #5 Posted July 10 Scottish Guy, Keith Black and mtaylor 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 Current Build: King of the Mississippi-Artesania Latina-1:80 -- Royal Yacht, Duchess of Kingston-Vanguard Models 😊 On Hold: HMS Pegasus-Amati Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snug Harbor Johnny Posted July 10 Share #6 Posted July 10 An interesting challenge ... best of luck ! mtaylor, Keith Black and Scottish Guy 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrandpaPhil Posted July 10 Share #7 Posted July 10 Welcome! Keith Black, Scottish Guy and mtaylor 3 Quote Building: 1:64 HMS Revenge (Victory Models plans) 1:64 Cat Esther (17th Century Dutch Merchant Ships) 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...
Baker Posted July 11 Share #8 Posted July 11 Scottish Guy, mtaylor 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 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...
Scottish Guy Posted July 14 Share #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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtaylor Posted July 14 Share #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) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rix ships Posted July 18 Author Share #11 Posted July 18 Thank you all for the warm welcome ! Keith Black and mtaylor 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiriusVoyager Posted Tuesday at 10:54 AM Share #12 Posted Tuesday at 10:54 AM Welcome to MSW! mtaylor and Keith Black 2 Quote - Eric In the shipyard: San Francisco Cross Section Finished: Norwegian Sailing Pram, Lowell Grand Banks Dory, Muscongus bay lobster smack, OcCre Palamos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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