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Greetings from Texas

Evan builds

Evan builds

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Hello, my name is Evan. I put together a couple CubicFun ships earlier this year (one even had some paper twine rigging) and Im afraid Ive got the bug to build something more in depth. My latest love in life is learning about the early age of sail with the Portugese and Spanish, and the 16th century in general. Ive just purchased the 70's Quick-Build Spanish Galleon from Revell that Im itching to put together. I built planes and tanks as a kid, and I painted mini's for a while. Hopefully that experience will serve me here.
Thanks for having me!
 
Evan builds said:
Hello, my name is Evan. I put together a couple CubicFun ships earlier this year (one even had some paper twine rigging) and Im afraid Ive got the bug to build something more in depth. My latest love in life is learning about the early age of sail with the Portugese and Spanish, and the 16th century in general. Ive just purchased the 70's Quick-Build Spanish Galleon from Revell that Im itching to put together. I built planes and tanks as a kid, and I painted mini's for a while. Hopefully that experience will serve me here.
Thanks for having me! Apostar
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Welcome, Evan! Sounds like you've already got a solid background for ship modeling. Fair warning though—once you start getting into Age of Sail subjects, it's a slippery slope from a simple kit to spending hours researching rigging, sails, and historical details.
Looking forward to seeing that Revell Galleon come together. Those older kits may not be perfect, but they have a lot of character and can turn into great display pieces.
 
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Welcome aboard from Connecticut! I started here after many years of plastic models (Which I still build) These ships are different creatures for sure. I think working with wood releases a lot more creative ability in you. I suggest you look at this section.

Beginners Corner - How to Get Started

Beginners Corner - How to Get Started
shipsofscale.com

There are also many many you tube videos on all aspects of this craft.

My primary piece pf advice with wooden ships, start simple do not plunge in. I started with a dory then the Norwegian sailing pram then an 18th century long boat (which was a birthday present). Those got me used to the use of wood and its limitations and abilities. I was glad I did beofore started a cross section.

The wonderful advice from the kind people here was also invaluable.

Rob
 
Evan builds said:
Hello, my name is Evan. I put together a couple CubicFun ships earlier this year (one even had some paper twine rigging) and Im afraid Ive got the bug to build something more in depth. My latest love in life is learning about the early age of sail with the Portugese and Spanish, and the 16th century in general. Ive just purchased the 70's Quick-Build Spanish Galleon from Revell that Im itching to put together. I built planes and tanks as a kid, and I painted mini's for a while. Hopefully that experience will serve me here.









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Welcome Evan! My wife and I are addicted to CubicFun architecture models and we recently finished the CubicFun Notre Dame Cathedral. It took us 4 weeks of work but it came out great...they have tremendous puzzles/kits. My interest is in the Dutch "Golden Age" of sail from around the mid-1500's to the late 1700's, which covers the 80-years war between Spain and the provinces of the Netherlands. Plenty of great ships on both sides to build, plus great ships of the line from England and France. I'm working on a deep dive into building 17th-century Dutch military and commercial vessels in paper cardstock from designs by Ab Hoving in his many books about the Dutch maritime industry. Hit me up if you want to talk about tall ships! I look forward to seeing your work on SoS!
 
Welcome to the forum from your neighbor up north in Oklahoma.

We have several members here from the Lone Star State, where in the small state are you located.
 
Kurt Konrath said:
Welcome to the forum from your neighbor up north in Oklahoma.

We have several members here from the Lone Star State, where in the small state are you located.
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Im in the piney woods of southeast Texas, near Lake Livingston. I love it here, and also would like to get farther northwest, away from the humidity!

When I was just out of college, I lived near Galveston. They were taking volunteers to man the Santa Maria replica boat out of Galveston. I have always regretted not volunteering.
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Welcome Evan! My wife and I are addicted to CubicFun architecture models and we recently finished the CubicFun Notre Dame Cathedral. It took us 4 weeks of work but it came out great...they have tremendous puzzles/kits. My interest is in the Dutch "Golden Age" of sail from around the mid-1500's to the late 1700's, which covers the 80-years war between Spain and the provinces of the Netherlands. Plenty of great ships on both sides to build, plus great ships of the line from England and France. I'm working on a deep dive into building 17th-century Dutch military and commercial vessels in paper cardstock from designs by Ab Hoving in his many books about the Dutch maritime industry. Hit me up if you want to talk about tall ships! I look forward to seeing your work on SoS!
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Im curious about the paper stock ships. Ive seen some on Ebay, but I cant make out if they have instructions. I like instructions lol.

I just started a third listen to Defragged History's 80 years war series. It's twenty hours of fascination, though she mostly focuses on the land side of things.


Thank you for the warm welcome everyone!
 
Evan builds said:
Im in the piney woods of southeast Texas, near Lake Livingston. I love it here, and also would like to get farther northwest, away from the humidity!

When I was just out of college, I lived near Galveston. They were taking volunteers to man the Santa Maria replica boat out of Galveston. I have always regretted not volunteering.

Im curious about the paper stock ships. Ive seen some on Ebay, but I cant make out if they have instructions. I like instructions lol.

I just started a third listen to Defragged History's 80 years war series. It's twenty hours of fascination, though she mostly focuses on the land side of things.


Thank you for the warm welcome everyone!
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Evan -- There is a difference between classic (mostly European and Eastern European/Russian) paper model kits from companies like Shipways and Paper Modeling and the relatively new paper cardstock builds that Ab Hoving, the Dutch Master shipmodeler, and the folks at SeaWatch Books are doing. I have done alot of the classic paper builds but I found that the margin for error is 0...one bad cut or bad fold and the whole model piece is ruined. The new method promoted in several books by Ab Hoving involves using "chip board," "cardboard bookends," or Fibercore to replace wood elements and it is a LOT more forgiving. Chip board is basically 1mm - 2 mm pressed cardboard that can be stacked in 1-2 mm increments to create boat frame elements that are as strong as wood, but as easy and cheap as cardboard. The Hoving method also uses multiple thickness card stock -- I use 65 pound, 80 pound and 110 pound card stock -- as well as 1 mm - 2 mm polystyrene foam, and multiple different adhesives (CA glue, PVA glue, tacky glue, gel CA glue) which gives the build flexibility and hardness where required. I am on my second "Hoving Build" from his books "17th Century Dutch Ships in Paper Models" and "The Ships of Abel Tasman." I really like the Hoving method and plan to build my next 3 builds from Ab Hoving plans (the Jagt Heemskerck, the Zeehaen Fluyt, and the Witsen's Pinnace). The nice thing about the Hoving method is that if you mess up a part, you can always cut another one out of chip board or card stock. I am also using the Hoving method to "kit-bash" two classic paper models of the Dutch ships the Duyfken and the Papegojan, using larger scales and chip board to replace the paper/lasercut elements. We'll see how they come out, but the nice thing is all of these are scratch models and I am saving a lot of money because I am building everything from scratch using the Hoving method (so I haven't bought a model kit in several months)!

I think you asked about the plans for a paper model kit and I'm attaching some drawings from Ab Hoving of a Dutch 17th century "smalschip." These are from Mr. Hoving's book on "17th Century Dutch Ship Models in Paper," published by SeaWatch Books.

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Evan builds said:
Im in the piney woods of southeast Texas, near Lake Livingston. I love it here, and also would like to get farther northwest, away from the humidity!

When I was just out of college, I lived near Galveston. They were taking volunteers to man the Santa Maria replica boat out of Galveston. I have always regretted not volunteering.

Im curious about the paper stock ships. Ive seen some on Ebay, but I cant make out if they have instructions. I like instructions lol.

I just started a third listen to Defragged History's 80 years war series. It's twenty hours of fascination, though she mostly focuses on the land side of things.


Thank you for the warm welcome everyone!
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Here's one more picture from my smalschip build. It's a double-hull build with paper cardstock planking (110 lb.) covering the under-hull, which is 65 lb. cardstock. The two wales that will go atop the cardstock planking are made out of legal file-folder board, which is .75 mm thick. The leeboards will be made out of 3 mm of built-up chip board.
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If you wanted to you can add your location in your profile.

Click on your profile located in top line of page, and select Account Details, and then there is a section for entry of location if you want to list city or area as you wish.
 
Ignatius27 said:
Evan -- There is a difference between classic (mostly European and Eastern European/Russian) paper model kits from companies like Shipways and Paper Modeling and the relatively new paper cardstock builds that Ab Hoving, the Dutch Master shipmodeler, and the folks at SeaWatch Books are doing. I have done alot of the classic paper builds but I found that the margin for error is 0...one bad cut or bad fold and the whole model piece is ruined. The new method promoted in several books by Ab Hoving involves using "chip board," "cardboard bookends," or Fibercore to replace wood elements and it is a LOT more forgiving. Chip board is basically 1mm - 2 mm pressed cardboard that can be stacked in 1-2 mm increments to create boat frame elements that are as strong as wood, but as easy and cheap as cardboard. The Hoving method also uses multiple thickness card stock -- I use 65 pound, 80 pound and 110 pound card stock -- as well as 1 mm - 2 mm polystyrene foam, and multiple different adhesives (CA glue, PVA glue, tacky glue, gel CA glue) which gives the build flexibility and hardness where required. I am on my second "Hoving Build" from his books "17th Century Dutch Ships in Paper Models" and "The Ships of Abel Tasman." I really like the Hoving method and plan to build my next 3 builds from Ab Hoving plans (the Jagt Heemskerck, the Zeehaen Fluyt, and the Witsen's Pinnace). The nice thing about the Hoving method is that if you mess up a part, you can always cut another one out of chip board or card stock. I am also using the Hoving method to "kit-bash" two classic paper models of the Dutch ships the Duyfken and the Papegojan, using larger scales and chip board to replace the paper/lasercut elements. We'll see how they come out, but the nice thing is all of these are scratch models and I am saving a lot of money because I am building everything from scratch using the Hoving method (so I haven't bought a model kit in several months)!

I think you asked about the plans for a paper model kit and I'm attaching some drawings from Ab Hoving of a Dutch 17th century "smalschip." These are from Mr. Hoving's book on "17th Century Dutch Ship Models in Paper," published by SeaWatch Books.

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Interesting!
A little out of my league I think. I had hoped to find something a little more complicated than the CubicsFun foam board ships. I like doing the plastic models, except I dont care for the high amount of painting involved lol.
 
Evan builds said:
Im in the piney woods of southeast Texas, near Lake Livingston. I love it here, and also would like to get farther northwest, away from the humidity!

When I was just out of college, I lived near Galveston.
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Welcome from another Texan and native Houstonian! Spent a lot of my early life in the Galveston area and occasionally in Livingston as well, mostly water skiing on the lake with friends. Have fun with this wonderful hobby!
 
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