Derek B 4,551 Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 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 Basta, Rick Griewski, Uncarina and 2 others 5 Link to post Share on other sites
GrahamF 1,532 Posted January 18 Share Posted January 18 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. ivanmoe, Uncarina, Basta and 7 others 10 Link to post Share on other sites
Uncarina 6,121 Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 Beautiful work Graham! I’m steeped in references myself now, poring over “Anatomy of the Ship: HMS Beagle”. Cheers, Tom Derek B, GrahamF and LSP_K2 3 Link to post Share on other sites
thierry laurent 6,969 Posted January 19 Share Posted January 19 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'. LSP_K2 and Derek B 2 Link to post Share on other sites
LSP_K2 25,358 Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 A recent Goodwill purchase, and at a great price. phasephantomphixer, ivanmoe, Tnarg and 1 other 4 Link to post Share on other sites
Phantom2 1,259 Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 (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 by Phantom2 Tnarg, phasephantomphixer, Uncarina and 2 others 5 Link to post Share on other sites
LSP_Mike 5,465 Posted February 18 Author Share Posted February 18 Looks good Stefan. phasephantomphixer 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Scotsman 2,057 Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 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! LSP_K2 and phasephantomphixer 2 Link to post Share on other sites
LSP_K2 25,358 Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 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 post Share on other sites
LSP_Mike 5,465 Posted February 19 Author Share Posted February 19 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 post Share on other sites
kalashnikov-47 675 Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 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, Tnarg and phasephantomphixer 3 Link to post Share on other sites
Tnarg 1,649 Posted February 20 Share Posted February 20 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 post Share on other sites
LSP_Ron 14,134 Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 Phantom2 1 Link to post Share on other sites
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