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Hello all. Not really sure what the protocol is for new members with current builds nearing completion. I guess the best place to start is a quick build overview I have been working on this build for several years. Being a large & small project wood guy, I do not work on the build daily. I...

The Mayflower was an English ship that famously transported the first English Puritans, known today as the Pilgrims, from Plymouth, England to the New World in 1620. There were 102** passengers, and the crew is estimated to have been about 30, but the exact number is unknown. This voyage has...

I'm really excited about my new kit from Model Shipways Inc that just arrived. I purchased the HMS Bounty Launch 1:16 scale for a good deal at 22% off and she looks wonderful. This will be my 1st attempt at building a POF kit. I originally picked up MS 1:24 scale English Pinnace to build but I...

I am starting my Build Log of the Lady Nelson. Thank you for watching. Mike MC

It is time to start a new build; actually it is time to continue with existing build i started some time ago while still residing in my rented apartment. No room to do much but eager to get back to favorite hobby, i opened a box and started building it. Unfortunately at some point i realized...

Just re-started the build. I have sanded the hull and carved the bulwarks, even though some sections are a little thinker than others. i have tried to make a cradle but i am not sure how to shape it. i am also perplexed on the transom. Is it made from square piece of wood in kit? i have...

This is one of the models I acquired from the estate of a fellow ship modeller here in central Florida. He had completed the hull planking and part of the deck planking. For some reason the original owner cut the top off all the bulwarks flush with the deck which doesn't appear to be called...

I happen to have an archival copy of my original Bluenose build log from the old Lauck Street forum. Although I built this a few years ago, all the tips and techniques described in this log will still work on the current Bluenose kit from Model Expo along with Bob Hunt's excellent practicum. I...

I started to build the Armed Virginia Sloop in 2007, here are the pictures of the build, bulkheads installed, false deck glued in and planking has been started.

May 18, 2006 Model Shipways - Sultana Colonial Schooner - Solid Hull Kit Built by Benjamin Hollowell in Boston in 1767, Sultana was seaworthy far beyond her size of 51 feet. The Royal Navy bought her in 1768, and she became one of Britain´s most effective weapons in the fight against...