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The beloved Ships in Scale Magazine is back and charting a new course for 2026! Discover new skills, new techniques, and new inspirations in every issue. NOTE THAT OUR NEXT ISSUE WILL BE July/August 2026 |
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As a way to introduce our brass coins to the community, we will raffle off a free coin during the month of August. Follow link ABOVE for instructions for entering. |
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Yes, I made all the figures that Shirl purchased from me. She made the boats as well as painted the figures. She sure knows how to paint and make the figures come alive.
Ahhh, the magic of the internet….
She did an excellent job of making the kits and painting the figures. She sent me the details of her technique that she said I could share with everyone. I will put that on the website.
Below is the model a customer of mine made with figures I provided to her. She made the boats and sent me the photos after she had placed figures in them that were painted. We had discussions about what she wanted including how wide she wanted the fishermen with nets to be. I included with the fishermen mending their nets “cushions” of various thicknesses to place under their butts to get the right height as the height and the width of the figures were competing dimensions with each other. The inclusion of the cushions made the height adjustment easy to match up with the width requirements. I provide customized figures and design/make to order. Another customer wanted the height of his figures to be exactly 60mm but to add height for hats as different people had different height hats….no problem to achieve the desired dimensions and look. Shown below is the printed version of the fisherman sitting on the crate while there is the version that is sitting in a dory. Finally the 1/30th scale figures (target head height of 60mm) adjusted for hat height.
