1/48 scale 20 gun ship from Modelship Dockyard kit [COMPLETED BUILD]

Ken said:
Jack, I’ve followed but not commented on your build up until now. I am in awe at what you’ve achieved, I couldn’t even consider building to your standard but you do inspire me to try harder. Thanks for showing me what is possible. Ken
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Thank you for your kind comments Ken. Building scale models of historic ships has been a life saver for me (kind of house bound) and I am glad I took it up, until about five years ago the last model I built was plastic and Airfix way back in the sixties and never thought I would be doing this so many years on. I try to make each build better than the one before, don't usually succeed!

Cheers JJ..
 
Jack Jäger said:
Hi Grant, plenty of quantity but not much quality. I need to give myself a good talking to.

All the best JJ..
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Good morning Jack. No need :D . Plenty of quality here. Re your next ship…. I can only think of HMS warspite and Ark Royal which survived both world wars. Of course HMS Victory also survived both as well;). Cheers Grant
 
GrantTyler said:
Good morning Jack. No need :D . Plenty of quality here. Re your next ship…. I can only think of HMS warspite and Ark Royal which survived both world wars. Of course HMS Victory also survived both as well;). Cheers Grant
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Good morning Grant. Plans for my next build have been blown out of the water as my darling wife a.k.a. 'she who must be obeyed', reminded me that she gave me a Fife Drifter to go with my Zulu as a Christmas present and wasn't best pleased when I passed it over to build the 20 Gun ship Scarbourgh. I'll not enter the Pillars of Fire twice thank you, so its the Fife first,( truth is I probably will enjoy a no-brainer for a while).
As to my next real build, it is not a particular ship but a class of 'ship' used by the RN in both wars. The Navy used literally thousands of them. Any guess what ? It surprised they had so many.

Cheers JJ..
 
Jack Jäger said:
Good morning Grant. Plans for my next build have been blown out of the water as my darling wife a.k.a. 'she who must be obeyed', reminded me that she gave me a Fife Drifter to go with my Zulu as a Christmas present and wasn't best pleased when I passed it over to build the 20 Gun ship Scarbourgh. I'll not enter the Pillars of Fire twice thank you, so its the Fife first,( truth is I probably will enjoy a no-brainer for a while).
As to my next real build, it is not a particular ship but a class of 'ship' used by the RN in both wars. The Navy used literally thousands of them. Any guess what ? It surprised they had so many.

Cheers JJ..
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….agreed.It’s best not to enter the “pillars of fire” twice. Nope I have no idea but guess it would be a smaller class of ship. A mine sweeper or PT boat? Cheers Grant
 
GrantTyler said:
….agreed.It’s best not to enter the “pillars of fire” twice. Nope I have no idea but guess it would be a smaller class of ship. A mine sweeper or PT boat? Cheers Grant
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Steam Trawlers, believe it or not, more than three thousand in the first war alone. The Admiralty couldn't get enough of them or their crews. They rented them, bought them and in the end built them new. They were used as mine sweepers, anti-submarine work and convoy escorts. they where at Dunkirk, they served as escorts on every convoy to Russia, they cleared the mines for the D Day landings. they fought from the Artic to Australia. My great uncle served on one in the Mediterranean clearing mines. They were even based in Cape Town and Freetown, Sierra Leone.

This book tells their story, so next it's the age of steam for me.

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What a great project Jack. I just love the work done by @Stevedownunder Steve and @neptune Johan on their steam fishing trawlers as these models lend themselves to so much fabrication and builders' initiative. I will most certainly be here to follow your progress on the naval one. Can't wait!
 
I was just thinking how fickle we humans are, well me in particular. I had decided that what was needed to complete Scarborough was the addition of the lower deadeyes and chains. I ordered up some deadeyes,( getting lazy in my old age ). I waited the best part of two weeks to receive and fit them only to decide instantly that they didn't work, looking too squashed together and not adding the wow factor I had hoped for, so off they came. 'There's nowt so queer as folk', as they would say up north.
So having repositioned the anchors and doing a bit of touching up of the paintwork I now declare myself happy and His Britannic Majesty’s Ship Scarborough finished. All told about eleven months work and looking back, really quite enjoyable. Although at times in felt anything but enjoyable. A lot of that down to me as I had never previously attempted a PoF Build . A lot has been said already about the very poor and often misleading, if not out right contradictory, instructions and for sure they are bad. But that should not take away from a great kit. I am certain that in the future Modelship Dockyards will do better on that score. What you cannot fault is the quality of the design nor the quality and quantity of wood they provide, over 1,000 individual pieces in the frames alone. Nor could you fault their friendly and generous backup service. If they get their instructions sorted out and perhaps buy in better ancillary parts, ( the quality of the 'brass' photo etch parts was poor and plenty where tiny for the scale. I say 'brass' because its the first photo etch I had real trouble blackening. At a guess I would say the brass mix has a relatively high ferrous content compared to what I have seen in Europe, but I am no expert.
A great kit Modelship Dockyard! ​

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The temporary stand is made from a piece of driftwood I found behind the castle, when I cut into it I was surprised to discovered it to be pinstripe mahogany. It will do until I build a case. In the background of one or two pics you can see the start of the little Fifie I got last Christmas, a present from She, who must be obeyed. I am building it from a VM kit and improving it from plans of 'The True Vine' found in 'Sailing Drifters'. My boat, I have provisionally given the name, Si, the gallic for She! I have some photos from the start but doubt if it is worth doing a log, but maybe, I have to think about it. Hope you like the photographs.

Cheers JJ..

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Jack Jäger said:
I was just thinking how fickle we humans are, well me in particular. I had decided that what was needed to complete Scarborough was the addition of the lower deadeyes and chains. I ordered up some deadeyes,( getting lazy in my old age ). I waited the best part of two weeks to receive and fit them only to decide instantly that they didn't work, looking too squashed together and not adding the wow factor I had hoped for, so off they came. 'There's nowt so queer as folk', as they would say up north.
So having repositioned the anchors and doing a bit of touching up of the paintwork I now declare myself happy and His Britannic Majesty’s Ship Scarborough finished. All told about eleven months work and looking back, really quite enjoyable. Although at times in felt anything but enjoyable. A lot of that down to me as I had never previously attempted a PoF Build . A lot has been said already about the very poor and often misleading, if not out right contradictory, instructions and for sure they are bad. But that should not take away from a great kit. I am certain that in the future Modelship Dockyards will do better on that score. What you cannot fault is the quality of the design nor the quality and quantity of wood they provide, over 1,000 individual pieces in the frames alone. Nor could you fault their friendly and generous backup service. If they get their instructions sorted out and perhaps buy in better ancillary parts, ( the quality of the 'brass' photo etch parts was poor and plenty where tiny for the scale. I say 'brass' because its the first photo etch I had real trouble blackening. At a guess I would say the brass mix has a relatively high ferrous content compared to what I have seen in Europe, but I am no expert.
A great kit Modelship Dockyard! ​

Here are some pics..


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The temporary stand is made from a piece of driftwood I found behind the castle, when I cut into it I was surprised to discovered it to be pinstripe mahogany. It will do until I build a case. In the background of one or two pics you can see the start of the little Fifie I got last Christmas, a present from She, who must be obeyed. I am building it from a VM kit and improving it from plans of 'The True Vine' found in 'Sailing Drifters'. My boat, I have provisionally given the name, Si, the gallic for She! I have some photos from the start but doubt if it is worth doing a log, but maybe, I have to think about it. Hope you like the photographs.

Cheers JJ..

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Congratulations with this beautiful model, Jack. I also liked building a PoF. There is only ones a first time.
Regard, Peter
 
Dear Jack. Your evaluation is a lesson in objectivity. With constructive criticism like that Modelship Dockyard would do well to heed your advice! The finished product is superb and the personal bent that you gave it, makes it a one-of-a-kind model! Well done, sir!
 
Heinrich said:
Dear Jack. Your evaluation is a lesson in objectivity. With constructive criticism like that Modelship Dockyard would do well to heed your advice! The finished product is superb and the personal bent that you gave it, makes it a one-of-a-kind model! Well done, sir!
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Thank you Heinrich, I quite enjoyed the whole experience in the end, although I had plenty of doubts along the way.

All the best Jack.
 
Jimsky said:
I am adding my voice to Paul's Congratulation. I think you did a great job modeling Scarborough, your first POF build. Does the rat live inside the kit while you build the hull? ;) Again, Congratulations!!

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Thank you Jim, the rat may live there for ever. BTW I really liked your bit on the Proxxon table, its a really useful bit of kit.

Cheers JJ..
 
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