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I have built a number of plastic and stick & tissue airplanes and a handful of boat models but this is my first attempt at so large a project. Here are photos of some past projects. The African Queen will be different not only size but materials as well not to mention being RC and electric...

Hello ship modellers. I am going to do a very simple sort of retro log of the Wappen Von Hamburg that I built about 12 years ago, let me explain how my introduction to this hobby came about and how I ended up building this model. I started the hobby about fifteen years ago after a hand issue...

Hey guys, I wanted to share and document my journey through my first build. After countless videos, messages, posts, articles, I purchased my first kit from OcCre and have now started. I am buying tools, etc. along the way and will comment on those as well. I appreciate any and all...

Since a few of the members here are trying their hand at making a decent model out of the cheap Chinese Halcon or Harvey Baltimore sloops, and since I had a Halcon kit sitting around for a year of so, I started a speed build of it with bashing limited to deadeye, cannon, and blocks replacements...

A girl I once knew, while sitting an entrance exam for a teaching college answered the question, ‘do you have any problems making decisions?’ She answered first, yes, then scored that out and wrote no. I felt a bit like that trying to decide what to build next. I was looking for something...

new build as you can see the bow part of the keel does not fit in the slot of the cradle , does this part need beveling it does not say so in the instruction. need the help i can get

I have started the druid build my first POF kit!! I started as Donnie suggested building the framing jig, and started assembling the ribs this looks like quite a job each rib is 2 layers and there are a lot of them!! took me a while to figure out the rib sequence sometimes I can be really...

As it was said, the time had come to complete Columbus' fleet and add the missing ship to it. As is often the case with Heller, the sight of frames with elements does not raise any major objections until we take a closer look at them... The plastic sails need to be replaced with ones made of...

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...

Here is a few photos on the way

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...

Hi everyone, I started scratch build of a Columbus Santa Maria according to an Anatomy of the ship book by Xavier Pastor. It seamed to me it would not be a too difficult job since I have a book and just need to follow it, but there was equally time spent on thinking of how to build something or...

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.