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Hi all. This will be my first build log and will be of my 3rd model ship kit. I started this build back about a month ago and have only now thought to do a log. Not many photos have been taken up until this point. I will post the photos that I have up until today. I will then update you all as...

Work in progress on upper ratlines.

Hi all , my first ship and naturally my first build log. Not everything has gone perfectly but I'm not scared to pull things apart and do them properly. (There have been several instances already) I don't have a lot of photos from early in the build as I never really planned on sharing the...

Hi Ship Builders, Happy new year of 2023. Please check out my latest youtube build video, the Artesania Latina San Francisco 1:90. The build started on October 23, 2022 and finished on December 31, 2022. Please enjoy. Sorry, I did NOT have text and photo build log for this build. However...

Good afternoon. Although this is not my first ship build, I hope for it to be the best one yet. I have attempted to build several kits but I have only completed one so far. I would usually quit once I got to the sails. There won't be much in the way of pictures here unless they are requested of...

Build Log #1: Part 1, L’Hermione La Fayette - Unboxing & Wood. So, we begin! My first ship since 2009, when I completed the old Hermione kit from AL. Suffice it to say I was much younger then and I simply ‘winged it’! Built the whole model in 5 months doing 9 hours a day. (Interestingly, the...

Second model probably will be just as bad as the first effort. Anyway, I never got to rant and rave 'Seventy Six trombones' etc. because illness (not the Omicron pestilence) prevented a family gathering for my 76th. weekend before Easter the Grandchildren delighted in giving me the La Pinta kit...

Back at it again. Finished one ship today now starting on another one. This time I'm doing the independence by Artesania Latina. I have the bulkheads glued a dnd set on the false keel. Wood wise I am very pleased with the wood. I really like the all the African walnut is solid wood instead of...

Hi All I was determined not to buy any more kits as I have enough projects and pastimes to keep me going beyond retirement. However this release changed all that, I simply HAD to build it. Not because it is an amazing model straight out of the box but more a case that I realised the potential...

"And I guess one never ever forgets their first". - Kit was a Christmas present from the family and a complete surprise as I've only ever assembled 1/350 scale 'Regia Marina' plastic warships. My efforts in this adventure turned out to be challenging to say the least due to total inexperience...

Hi. This is my first build and I was posting in the introduction forum. I thought as I am taking photos and doing a build I may as well put some stuff in here. I have started with some photos of the build so far and will add notes as we go. Lessons I have learnt so Farr are: These things aren’t...

What's in the Box: 24 Dec 2021 My second build is underway. I am constructing the new HMB ENDEAVOUR in 1/65 scale by Artesania Latina. The kit has some amazing features for the price including detailed templates when it comes time to find the openings in the hull, etched stainless steel...

Mat ar jeu ? my two old fathers were see mens. one was on a merchant boat and the other was a "terre neuva". my wife's father was a oyster farmer in la baie de saint jacut before having his retreat. In a certain way, lots of things in britanny turn around the maritime domain. And me ? i m just...

Started Jan 2021 . Just completed Dec 2021 On March 21, 1780, the young Marques de La Fayette embarked on the Hermione, setting sail for America to fight alongside the American insurgents in the struggle for their independence. Two years earlier, at the Rochefort Arsenal, in a building berth...

Hello, just finished Artesania Latina's 1/60 "Sultan" Arab Dhow. It is me second project. The first is seen in the background of some ptotos. Actual project (San Phelipe-Panart) is too long and I need see some close project. JAroslav

Hello shipmates, Before we are getting started with my new buildlog, a short introduction of myself and the ship is in order. I'm a new member of this forum, and I live in The Netherlands a small country in Europe. I'm also a member of other fora. So posting on a forum is not new to me. Some...

Hi all The Turtle Ship is arriving to an end. So I started to think, " what next ? ". After a lot of thoughts, I decided to finish a project I started 22 years ago. Precisely in 2000 when we were living in Belgium. Unfortunately, for the model, 1.5 years after I started it we relocated to USA...

This is my very first ship modelling endeavour, or my first modelling endeavour of any nature really. I ordered the Bluenose II from Artesania Latina as a starting point and it already feels that I'm punching well above my weight. Nonetheless, I was encouraged by other build logs on this forum...