xebec

Hello! I'm new to this Forum and to wooden ship modeling. I once (many years ago) built cars and ships plastic kits, in between which the Passat tall ship from Heller. Now I decided to turn to modeling and to try wood kits. It happens that my firs kit is this Xebec from Amati. That is how I...

Good afternoon I am going to build a Xebec. Originally I was going to build the Jabeque Cazador from OcCre 1:60 scale, however as I will show I am going to change this up a little. The kit : As with most reasonably affordable kits there is nothing exotic about the Cazador from OcCre. When my...

Greetings fellow masochists!! This is my first build log on this forum. I had been using another site but it was all getting a bit prissy and perfectionist for me so I thought I would give this one a try. I have made a lot of models now so I won't list them all on a completed page. Suffice to...

I am pleased to announce the start of my current project. A French Cebec as kitted by Aeropiccola. I have had to search for a scale since it is not given on the box. By the way, this is a kit from 1971. What I have been able to determine is the scale as given on other Italian Model Forums as...

Misticque French xebec 1750 Corel kit SM21 The model is base on the (Musé de la Marine Paris France) And reproduce a mid 18th century Mediterranean 18 guns that was use as counter pirate fighting ship and escort for merchant ship The rigging is what is call Polish-style xebec a modification of...

Hello This will log my third plank on hull ship build. I am learning that one of the major attributes for this hobby is to go slow. I took nearly a year to build the BENJAMIN LATHAM, but did so in somewhat hurried spurts. The results were varied but usually entailed multiple instances of tear...