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Hello everyone. I am going to attempt to build a train, it is a Pacific 231, a wood and brass kit by Occre, a large model some 730mm long so hopefully quite impressive. I know nothing about trains, I have never researched or built one before and I have never built with brass except the small...
This is my 3rd ship. It is the BEAGLE by occre. I also tried to implement some things from the anatomy of the ship book. With making it with the 7 life boats. And making the futtock lines with chains. I did some experimenting with making my own shackles and even bought a serving rig. That has...
In the build log I am doing the HMS TERROR by occre. This is my second wooden ship ever. And as usual there was mistakes along the way but learning from those mistakes helped on future builds. On this one I decided to keep it the natural wood tone because I didnt want to paint over the iron on...
This was my first kit ever. There were some bumps in the road as with any first of anything. But key was learning from those bumps. Time was 175 hrs or work over the course of 3 months.
At this point I was short on second layer of planks so had to wait till occre sent some extras. They were...
This is the first ship I'm actually going to finish! There's been multiple attempts to start builds in the past. They never came to fruition. But now life has provided the time -
So here we go, I'm really excited about this ship. I read the story in Nat'l Geographic when I was a kid. After...
Well I've put this off long enough, with a much needed break after my Royal Louis and now off work till the 6th January, it's now time for the next kit on my workbench.
After watching so many videos and trying to gather as much info as possible, This will be my first wooden kit in the shape of...
Hello SOS builders,
Now after I have gathered a huge load of information and inspiration from the fine build logs here on SOS it’s finally time to start my own first model.
I have chosen La Candelaria from OcCre which seems the right size and complexity for me to start with ( but it was hard...
Hi everyone.
I have decided to publish my version of Jabeque Cazador. I will not reach the level of Dean62 and Ptèr, I will try to get a little closer to them in my step by step, I've been working for a month and a half, I hope you like it. Thank you.
I haven't built a ship in 20 years and then only to finish up a Victory 1:72 scale. I got a commission to build aircraft dioramas and that is what I have done since. I am 81 years old now and need something to do. So much has changed since I started building back in 1975 when modeling was a...
Hello fellow ship modelers.
This will be my second buildlog on SOS as my first one Santa Maria is finished.
This time another ship, from another time period and from a different manufacturer.
These type of fast ships the "xebecs or jabeques" intrigued me since childhood after reading Redbeard...
This is the first I have brought new and and one that I have never tried in wood so its either going to be a quick build or knowing me I will probably take ages but here's what I got in the box.
I forgot to put in the title that's its a scale of 1/85
My son is a big fan of the Shackelton expedition and he wanted a model of Endurance so that will be my next build. This is my first OcCre kit and so far i'm impressed. All the frame pieces fit well and only a little adjustment was needed. I applied sanding sealer, then sanded, and airbrushed the...
So here we go...
Finally got my workshop set back up after some family responsibilities forced me to give it up for a while. Time for a new hobby! I've always like sailing ships, just from an aesthetic point of view, and have been fascinated by the scale models I've seen people build. But it's...
I built the Mississippi in the autumn and winter of 2020. The interior of the model is furnished, and as such the exterior of the model can be taken apart to view the interior. I also took the opportunity to open up all my old cans of paint, so there are is a vivid mix of colors in the interior :)
Time to get back to the bench, wich by the way has received a bit of an upgrade since the Santisima Trinidad
It is not time to start the Santisima Trinidad cross section, don't think there's any point in presenting the kit, it's well known
I'll do the same type and extent of weathering that...
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Chciałbym przedstawić, jak buduję model statku Montanes OcCre. Wiem, że na forum są już dwie wersje dotyczące modelu, jednak ja zdecydowałem się na zakup tego trochę inaczej, chciałem przedstawić innowacje, które postanowiłem wprowadzić. W moim modelu wymieniłem całe całe drzewo...
Hello all,
Well, starting building out the skeleton of the Montanes and I am dealing with troubles already!! I glued the two main center sections and all was well until the next morning. The Aft center "board" decided to do two things, bend and twist. Out here in Colorado during the...