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G'day Bob
I like working on larger scale mainly because it's easier for me. I havta admire any modeler that works smaller than 1:64 scale. Your are working on an almost impossible scale of 1:384. Taken from 1 inch to 32 feet. Your eyesight must be A1.
Happymodeling
Greg
 
Afraid it is far from A1! In fact I have to put eyedrops in twice a day to keep things stable, been like that since 1997! But if you can see well enough to read, you can make miniatures! A steady hand is far more important, but from what you have said, I guess you know that! I always found small models much easier to build than big ones. No knots, no running blocks to thread etc. Big ones take far too long, and use up a lot of space and energy. But regardless of anything else, very few modellers build merchant ships of any size.
Bob
 
Yes, I saw that in your other post. The eyesight is just an inconvenience, twice a day with the drops. I am supposed to have cataracts as well (they told me ten years ago I would have to have them done within six months), but nothing hapenned and verything is still clear enough to not need glasses for everyday life, but reading glasses whilst building models! Someone with shaky hands once told me that he rested the side of his hand on the desk when working on miniatures, and that helped quite a lot.
Bob
 
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Someone with shaky hands once told me that he rested the side of his hand on the desk when working on miniatures, and that helped quite a lot.
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That helps me as well. Doing things in a different way from normal is there aswell. But that works on larger scale only.
Havagooday
Greg
 
Bob Would love to see how you make them. Is this not SHIPS of Scale, not just one type! I'm hoping to get in RC tugs, but a lot to learn and a big jump from static.
I could say it not the size that counts, but how you use it, ( Oh I just did). I believe there is no restriction on any ships on this site. Thats the beauty of it.
Pleas share your skills ans logs.
 
Love the genre - very few of the cannon toting flotilla interest me. Prefer a larger model, though that becomes personal preference.
 
I know! I am just saying that my build logs will not help anyone to build a large model, because it is something I have not done for many years (nor even want to). Bob
 
Yes,for larger models we need more detailed drawings ,I am not sure where can I find merchant ship plansets in 1:48 scale.
 
There are inifinietly more plans of merchant ships around than Naopleonic warships, but it really is not practical for those who like building large models. You say 1:48 - That is 4 feet to 1 inch. Take a medium sized cargo ship of the 1950s, with a length of 465 feet. That would give the model a length of 9.7 feet!
Plans of older merchant ships are so detailed that they often showed the buttons in the couches in the cabins. There were tens of thousands of merchant ships built last century. Have you any particular ship in mind? I could probably tell you where to get the plans. So far, 98 people have viewed this thread, and only eleven have bothered to vote, so that really shows how unpopular the subject is.
Bob
 
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Bob,

I for one am fascinated by your builds and the the history you provide for those ships. I look forward to seeing your creations and following the methods you use to build them. At our age we all seem to be in various stages of physical detriments that make any type of fine work a CHALLANGE. The crux is to learn new skills, to keep active and share the knowledge gained.
 
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