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Hi all, After a summer break following the construction of the Benjamin W. Latham, I am now embarking on a somewhat crazy project: The complete scratch construction of a 1929 American yacht, the Olympus. Why the Olympus you ask me? First of all because I wanted to build something other than...

This is the great work awarded by ID:ZIX Prize. The finished model of ZHL model product has won high comments and the great prize in Competition. I will update the making process details and the way to assemble and painting method.

This new build is of the Model Shipways USS Constitution Cross Section (MS2045) at 1:76 (Actually the scale is 1:76.8 or 5/32" = 1'). The finished model is 4"x6"x32". I chose this kit for several reasons: 1) It is a nice kit and I like cross sections; 2) The Constitution cross section is a...

Even though this model wasn't built by me but by my father over 30 years ago and it is actually a restoration, I was advised to create a Log and here I am. Just bear in mind that this project is already finished but I will detail it as much as possible. Also I would like to point out that I...

I have already built this kit but sold the model to a friend and wanted one to keep. I intend to do some things differently to the first time. I plan to get rid of the bulkhead top tabs as they are very difficult to make look exactly like the 1/8th square intermediates, and they require the...

There are some very nice Black Pearls in this forum and I'd like to share my rendition of this build. I don't know if this was a Revell to Zvezda or visa-versa, but all in all it was a nice kit that kept me busy. Some modifications were made to the staircase, Captain's cabin doorway, helm...

I'm partly using Google translator, so it may be a bit wrong, sorry For various reasons, I did not keep a construction diary, so I decided to at least show the final results of my work. This is not my first sailing ship, but the first with folded sails. I've been thinking about this form of...

Hello again colleagues, After a few years in the warehouse, it was the Black Pearl's turn. An iconic movie ship, that I am making for my daughter, because I made a promise, and I had read somewhere, that promises should be kept. The model is in 1/72 scale by the company Zvezda. An extremely...

Hello fellow modellers, this is going to be my build log of HMS Blandford a 1:48 scale POF model from Modelship Dockyard . Many of you will know me from some of my other logs but for those that don’t I will introduce myself. I am a 76 year old retired Police Detective and I live in the north...

Day one The clara is a bit of a mess. Sails need a bit of a bit of attention.one mast is falling of so I will take all the rigging of and re vanish.

Unboxing Having just completed the Amati Nina there were no surprises here: a box of good quality materials and fittings. Many of these looked very familiar from my previous build: the windlass, ship's boat, door frames etc. It appears that Columbus bought a job lot when kitting out his fleet. I...

Hi everyone I have been a member for many years but so far I haven't posted a build log I have built several models from Caldercraft Model Shipways and Trumpeter So I thought it was time that I contributed Here is my build of H.M. Pickle I haven't documented every part but just a few major...

So years ago, in a galaxy far far away, I owned two cafés and a coffee roasting business. So when I saw this how could I not build it! By the way, it was on sale….even better. Looks like a fun build. So I’m going to pull a shot of espresso and start the build. BMT

Kilka dni temu rozpoczęło się leczenie Gorch Fock OcCre w skali 1:90 Oto pierwsze przymiarki do konstrukcji kadłuba: A few days ago, the Gorch Fock OcCre 1:90 scale treatment began Here are the first attempts at the hull structure: Jeszcze dużo pracy:)

Hello guys! this is my first post here and what better way to start than to share the buiding progress of my Palamos fishing boat over the past couple weeks. Or should I say years? Well, I was gifted this set in 2019 and spent around 10 hours doing the internal structure but then life got in...

Hi Everyone, I've been trying to work my way up through different skill level kits to get to, some day, be able to build my own plank-on-frame scratch model. Now there seems to be a number of nice POF kits in quality hardwood from China and I, perhaps foolishly, decided to cut the line. I had...

Hello people, I'm introducing my self after some week of 'lurking' in the Forum. What a fine place to be! As many before I never did a wooden ship as being more interested in plastic kits, modeltrains and above all cardmodelling. Next to that I'm volunteer/semi-professional modelbuilder at...

Ship History: His Majesty Yacht (HMY) Fubbs was laid down at Greenwich shipyards by Phineas Pett in 1682 and broken up in 1781. By Royal Navy standards yachts would be the size of a typical harbor dispatch vessel or lightly armed gunboat. HMY Fubbs sported a keel length of only 63’ with at a...

Witam wszystkich Aktualny czas temu odkryłem stworzenie jachtu Gretel w skali 1/54 z zestawu Mamoli. Budowa szła szybko bo dalej skłądowano również tylnokołowiec Mississippi - Artesania - Latina, ale powolutku idziemy do przodu, dzisiaj kadłub jest wykonany: Hello everyone Current time ago I...