model shipways

Welcome to my log for the Model Shipways MS2041 US Frigate Essex, Hull Model. I've had my eye on this kit since I started not very long ago in wood kits. I liked the looks of it, and since I'd already known I wasn't going to be big on fully rigged models, the "Admiralty Style" had a lot of...

I should have started this project a year ago but moving house prevented this from happening. I posted a kit review February last year if you would like to know what's inside the box. This will be the forth ship I've built and by far the most challenging. This build will be out of the box I'm...

ARMED VIRGINIA SLOOP - The instruction manual is on this link if anyone is interested is seeing it. There are several builds of this model, so won't duplicate the parts images.

This solid hull kit has been discontinued, replaced with a plank on bulkhead version. I like carving solid hulls and planking over them. This version represents the Harriet Lane as she might have appeared Jan. 1 1863 when she was captured by the Confederates. Her appearance is modeled after she...

Hello all, Since I finished building "The Confederacy" I started the Benjamin W. Latham, 1902 Mackerel Fishing Schooner. The kit is quite minimalist. There are plans and wood (basswood) as well as some Britanium fittings. The assembly instructions are interesting because on the one hand there...

Decided to take the plunge and start a log. I’m going to continue to have questions and a build log seems to be the best way to get them answered. So here goes. I’ve been working on my Bluenose (1/64; Model Shipways) since October of 2000 - yes almost 24 years. I started it after a divorce but...

I have been spoiled on the model shipways shipwright series, and the building instructions of OcCre’s Palamos were extremely clear. After sourcing build logs ( thanks, Kurt), B. Lankford’s How to Build First-Rate Ship Models, and to review the building instructions of the Bounty Launch, I feel...

Hi folks! I have just started posting here and am already in-progress on the Model Shipways Constitution Cross Section, kit MS2045. In looking around I see that there are a couple of Mamoli cross section build threads, but none for the MS. So even though I've started already I haven't really...

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...