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Hello everyone, I've been modeling for almost 60 years now, whether it was plastic cars, boats or airplanes, I've also been building and flying RC airplanes for years but I was always fansinated with wooden model ships, so when I got the itch to build one I started with the Artesanea Latina...

Bon Soir, Shipmates. I have recently begun to build a new model from an old kit (circa 1990 kit). I've already got dozens of hours into this model, and I tried to talk about the experience so far with my friends and family, but when their eyes glazed over, I realized I was in the wrong location...

Hi everybody, in the end, I decided to open my build log for the Victory model, made by Panart in 1:78 scale. Opened the packaging I was impressed by the general quality of the materials and I continued to evaluate the instructions and drawings. Although there are very negative judgments...

Well, here goes... With the help and advice of others on this forum I have bitten the bullet and ordered the Panart kit from a company on Ebay. My first Ebay order ever! At 760€ it is a big step for me, albeit a good price for this model, but encouragement from Pauls Models on his log and from...

My second ever wooden model ship. Hopefully putting into practice, lessons learned from building the Halcon and taking on board the excellent advice from members on this site. HMS Victory is currently in dry dock at my "shipyard", with the false keel clamped in the jig. 18 bulkhead frames and...

Ok this will be a build log of the Panart Deluxe Command Deck sold by Mantua. I saw this kit a few months ago and order it as I like the mini action scenes. So here is kit overview so far. Nice set of plans and instructions with photos to show steps to be completed. This is basically a...

Hey guys I decided to build my first model kit. Of course I'm finding out that I'm building one of the hardest models to start... Mantua HMS Victory 1:98 art.776. I do plan on starting a full build log but I need to recover parts that are missing from the kit. I noticed that Parts numbers 21...

Starting a new kit the gorch fock by mantua. Doing an unboxing of this kit, definitely seems of better quality than the lynx. Big sheet of photoetched parts. This will be the biggest ship I have done so far. 3 sheet of plans that are printed front and back. Already started to dry fit the...

My 2nd build (since 1984) Mantua Golden Star. The sails are not included in the kit. Images of the full size sails are on the diagram sheet. Don't know yet if will do full or furled.

Hi All :) I want to share my build log of my first build ever and it is Golden Star kit by Mantua 1:150. Finished it was half year ago, and now im working on my next ship Silent Mary plans by mellpapa :) .. This was my first ship, in 2020 come covid to our country so my job was closed and i...

A few weeks ago I fractured my hip and had to get a new ball joint. So, I am not moving too well and want to start building my Mantua Soleil Royale kit. My workshop is in the basement and that is out for now, but I have made a temporary work area upstairs for another reason before I broke my hip...

I would like to start a build, so many questions. Need everyone’s experienced advice and direction. This is the scratch build wood kit of the HMS Victory’s launch by Mantua. It has a double planked hull. I have started the build as you can see, the false bulkheads are in, squared up, level and...

Hello SOS My first log. Firstly thank you to the administrators for an awesome sight. I bought a Mantua Victory kit from Ebay in January which took 3 months to arrive due to the South African postal service slow delivery. In hindsight this gave me sometime to look at build logs on SOS. As with...

The new kit arrived a few days ago, and after swapping the workbench over from electronics shop to shipyard, I'm ready to start build #2! President was actually my second choice, as I really wanted to build Thermopylae, but it was persistently our of stock, so I gave in to the itch and...

This will be my fifth build, I'm not the best at logging my builds but will try to keep up with this time. All but one of my previous builds have been models by Midwest (The Dingy, The Muscongus Lobster Smack, Sharpie Schooner, Boston Whitehall Tender), and Long Boat 18th Century by Model...

I'll try and keep a dribble of progress pictures coming. I started this model in 1990 and stopped in 1991. I understand the kit has changed slightly since. Sadly, I don't think the instructions have. However inspired by this new-fangled interweb thingy that we didn't have back in the day, i have...

Hi from Beaverton, Oregon. my name is Dick and am not new to modeling. I was in engineering and at that time we modeled pulp factories and computer chip factories in plastic and wood. Long before 3D acad. I’m also very proficient in autocad. So when I visited my relative in Boston I saw he had...

Welcome to my new build log of the HMS Victory. This is a copy of my build log I started on another forum. This journey has a special meaning for me. All my life I wanted to build a ship. Not just any ship, but a highly detailed model, but as with most things life gets in the way. I built...

How I got started in this hobby. A couple of years ago the wife and I went to Boston to visit my sister. While there we went into a gift store in Rhode Island that had all of these beautiful looking wooden model sail boats. I said to myself I would love to build one of these. That Christmas, my...

Hello again friends. After HMS Pickle I started Santa Maria kit of Mantua which I bought three years ago. I will modify the kit a little during the construction. Everybody knows everything about Santa Maria. So, no need to tell about her history. I did the framing and glued the main simulated...