Info on this kit.......

[airborneswede]

Afternoon all, I am a new member on a quest. I have built models for years armor, aircraft and even naval..on occasion submarines. A friend brought me an OLD wooden ship her granddad had built back in the sixties. This ship, Fragata Espanola 1780, needs some help! The most major needs right now are replacing numerous lines and fiddly broken things. Basically, being wooden it has aged well but not so much for the plastic parts. I need to replace the blocks? and assorted pieces for the rigging as the little plastic pieces have failed. I've searched around and found excellent line for the rigging and numerous small parts. What would be of great help would be knowing what scale I am working with. Lots of pictures of the built kit but sorely lacking in necessary scale. If anyone has this info I would really appreciate getting it from this source. Even something to help putting the rigging where it needs to go. This is NOT a restoration as much as trying to give back what this looked like in the 60's. Thanks guys..........

[JacquesCousteau]

I think you'll have better luck getting helpful responses if you can share photos, and also the measurements of the model. Also, you mention photos of the finished kit--what company made the model? 

[ccoyle]

Have a look at this topic: 

 

30 minutes ago, airborneswede said:

This ship, Fragata Espanola 1780

 

This is not a good sign. Fregata Espanola simply means "Spanish Frigate" -- this is a generic label that was slapped on myriads of mass-produced decor models. I'm inclined to believe that your friend's recollection of the model's provenance is inaccurate. 

[airborneswede]

on the ID plaque it reads Frageta Espanola 1780

[airborneswede]

Its safe to assume you have no idea what I am dealing with.

[airborneswede]

https://www.etsy.com/listing/1251595780/model-ship-fragata-espanola-ano-1780?dd_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F

[airborneswede]

https://www.etsy.com/listing/1251595780/model-ship-fragata-espanola-ano-1780?dd_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F

 

It appears after studying other sites, I am looking for scale Holliards ?  for the lines running from the sails. The plastic ones have failed from age and I can find them but they are sized by MM.

[ccoyle]

2 hours ago, airborneswede said:

Its safe to assume you have no idea what I am dealing with.

 

That's an odd assumption to make. 

 

2 hours ago, airborneswede said:

https://www.etsy.com/listing/1251595780/model-ship-fragata-espanola-ano-1780?dd_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2F

 

That is a decor model. If that's what your friend's model looks like, then your friend has a decor model, not a scale model built from a kit. If you want to repair a decor model with scale fittings, that's your prerogative -- just be warned that whatever scale fittings you purchase will not be in the same 'scale' as your friend's model, because that model is not built to any scale.