model shipways

Good morning! This will be a retrospective build log. The model is pretty much finished. My thought is to record my mistakes and discoveries for comment by experienced modelers and perhaps for the benefit of other novices like me. I'm going to start the log at then end and work my way...

Started with the first sketches today.

Hello everyone and welcome to my build. This is the place for some background and statement of build objectives. As background, I started my first wood model ship 36 years ago (unfortunately unfinished due to a foreign job relocation) and only recently recently finishing an Occre Calella...

I've had Models Shipways Screw Picket Boat on the shelf for a couple of years, so I decided to dust it off and begin construction. There are a couple of discrepancies between the Model Shipways kit and the actual 1864 Navy boat. I found some documentation on the navy website but am looking for...

Well on to #3 of the series and I do feel more educated and glad I decided to venture in this series! And I would recommend it to anyone! So I started by studying the instructions before gluing any wood! Then I dived into the build! I do have to say building the center board it’s different from...

I will be building the Model Shipways Bluenose (MS2130) in 1/64 (3/16"=1') scale. This is one of the ships I have wanted to build for some time. I got pretty lucky when purchasing the kit and got it at a super sale price when Mode Expo moved their warehouse last year. The Bluenose will be...

I decided I wanted to eventually build my USS CONSTITUTION but needed to gain some skills and ship building knowledge to achieve that goal ! In doing so I bought the triple kit for model expo and started on the Dory!

This one of the few kits that Model Expo obtain the permition to build from Midwest Products. Its a quick and fun kit to build whenever we feel tired of building something intricate. I built this one in 1 1/2 week. The faltties were used along the coast of Virginia and North Carolina to carri...

I have been motivated by Vic's (Vfordyce) Galille Boat (https://shipsofscale.com/sosforums/threads/galilee-boat-kit-from-scott-miller-completed-build.9348/) to post a build log of the whaleboat that I have been working on for the past 10 months or so as I worked on the Endurance...

I recently started a new build, and saw that there was not yet a log for this kit here (although a number of forum members seem to have built it), so decided to chronicle my progress. Afraid that I had already started a few things before I decided to record the process, so the first few photos...

I've been working on the Syren since Christmas 2020 when my daughter gave me the kit as a present. Worked on it steadily until I thought I could make 2 model simultaneously. I found this hard to balance both so I decided to concentrate on Syren until finished. I think I should post a couple of...

Hello, I decided to start kit #2 in the Model Shipways Shipwright series. Nice kit! Instructions are clear, laser cutting clean. Nicely put together. Built the bow and stern transoms. Starting to bend the wood. I like the building jig, but snapped off part of the basswood. Found that CA doesn’t...

Well, it just arrived. I am very excited. This is going to be a challenge for me. I have read a lot of build logs and my conclusion is, when I finish this build, I will have learned much about model ship building. It look like only half of those that started this build acturally finish...

I started my model not with the ship itself but with the ship´s boats, here some impressions

This is intended to be a log of the final construction of a vintage MS Sultana kit started in the 70's. Back in the 1970's I started ship modeling. I built a MS Privateer, a fishing schooner half hull from a Chapelle book, and a pinky schooner from plans. There were a few other forays into...

Started work on the Muscongus Bay Lobster Smack (Model Shipways 1:24) 2 weeks ago. This is my second model. My first was the Lowell Grand Banks dory 1:24. This is very different. Well here we go ! You can never have too many clamps. Getting everything lined up before the glue get too tacky was...

So I decided to take a break from my Bluenose II project and have a little fun, so I ordered the Norwegian Sailing Pram. It's a nice little kit with what appears to be excellent instructions. It just came in a few days ago, so I'm eager to get started. Here's what's inside.

This is my second build. The first was the Polaris. Hopefully this build will go smoothly. As I look into the blueprint, and the directions, I do believe it's going to be quite the learning experience.

Always a big fan of O.H.P. In preparation for a painting of the Battle of Lake Erie..

How do I start a build log for my project ELSIE ?