Derek B Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 When I start my scratch building my Trehantiris (or kaiki (Caique): traditional Greek fishing boats), I think that 1/35 scale will be an ideal scale for them. Derek Tnarg, LSP_K2, Basta and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrahamF Posted January 18, 2021 Share Posted January 18, 2021 The only boat I've done is a Thames sailing barge which was a Remploy kit, this was a company who used to mostly employed disabled people and the kit was awesome. I built it for my Dad who as an artist uses it for reference when painting them. I started about 1987 when I was at college but it took ten years on and off and was very complicated I had to use four different reference books to understand all the different rigging elements, it was quite an education. It's just over 2 feet long it really needs to go in a case. Graham. Rick Griewski, Alain Gadbois, Basta and 7 others 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncarina Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 Beautiful work Graham! I’m steeped in references myself now, poring over “Anatomy of the Ship: HMS Beagle”. Cheers, Tom LSP_K2, Derek B and GrahamF 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thierry laurent Posted January 19, 2021 Share Posted January 19, 2021 20 hours ago, Derek B said: When I start my scratch building my Trehantiris (or kaiki (Caique): traditional Greek fishing boats), I think that 1/35 scale will be an ideal scale for them. Derek Many years ago I got a similar 1/35 Italian wood ship. The only major difference was the cabin location. I'm wondering if it is still available. Look for instance for the 'Mare Nostrum'. Derek B and LSP_K2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 A recent Goodwill purchase, and at a great price. phasephantomphixer, Tnarg, GrahamF and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom2 Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 (edited) Almost done.... "Old Ironsides", Revell 1/96 I love old sailing ships and I still have the Heller 1/100 Victory and the small (fictitious...) 1/96 HMS Bounty from Revell to do. ...and a VERY small 1/350 Santa Maria from Heller! Cheers! Stefan Edited February 18, 2021 by Phantom2 phasephantomphixer, LSP_K2, Alain Gadbois and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Mike Posted February 18, 2021 Author Share Posted February 18, 2021 Looks good Stefan. phasephantomphixer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scotsman Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 Some beautiful work there guys , Yes I have a USS Constitution in the loft as a retirement project , and I'd love to build Cutty Sark again as a retirement project , but one thnk I'd like to know , has anyone ever done a waterline Sailing ship , under sail on a sea base , Clippers especially look wonderful when under way , where I live we have a maritime museum which has a particular emphasis on Clipper's which is not surprising since the local yards used to build them . The museum does have a superb model of the clipper Thermopylae, made by the yard and despite looking superb as a fully rigged model however without sails it does look a little bare Something like this maybe! phasephantomphixer and LSP_K2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_K2 Posted February 18, 2021 Share Posted February 18, 2021 On 2/18/2021 at 6:43 AM, Scotsman said: Some beautiful work there guys , Yes I have a USS Constitution in the loft as a retirement project , and I'd love to build Cutty Sark again as a retirement project , but one thnk I'd like to know , has anyone ever done a waterline Sailing ship , under sail on a sea base , Clippers especially look wonderful when under way , where I live we have a maritime museum which has a particular emphasis on Clipper's which is not surprising since the local yards used to build them . The museum does have a superb model of the clipper Thermopylae, made by the yard and despite looking superb as a fully rigged model however without sails it does look a little bare Something like this maybe! I've yet to make any serious attempt at modeling water, so would be reluctant to attempt it until I had done some experimenting first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Mike Posted February 19, 2021 Author Share Posted February 19, 2021 An idea I've thought on, yet to truly capture the feel of a clipper under full press would be challenging to say the least. LSP_K2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalashnikov-47 Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 For those of you who build the plastic ships from Revell, Heller, etc, check out this ebay seller if you want to take that plastic to the next level: https://www.ebay.com/sch/hismodel/m.html LSP_K2, phasephantomphixer and Tnarg 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tnarg Posted February 20, 2021 Share Posted February 20, 2021 46 minutes ago, kalashnikov-47 said: For those of you who build the plastic ships from Revell, Heller, etc, check out this ebay seller if you want to take that plastic to the next level: https://www.ebay.com/sch/hismodel/m.html You can also go directly to his website: https://www.hismodel.com/ and buy accessories such as blocks, etched metal parts, turned cannon, laser cut decks and cloth sails sewn with patterns or even printed with decoration (like Golden Hind or Santa Maria). He is great to deal with and has lots of resources. He sells old plastic models or can find them for you. Highly recommended. Tnarg Uncarina and LSP_K2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Ron Posted February 28, 2021 Share Posted February 28, 2021 Phantom2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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