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Hi all, My name is Iain and I am new to this forum. I am 57 and live in the South East of England although I am originally from Scotland which I left in 1987. I have lived in a few different countries during my current career in IT, those being USA (Bay Area for 4 years), Iowa (1 year), Spain (Alicante 6 years) as well as Scotland and England.
I started ship modelling in 2002 when I built my first and only model of Corel's Vasa. After that I didn't do anymore and about 7 years ago I started modelling large scale (1/32) planes as I have an interest in aviation focusing around the golden age of aviation and especially the early air races of the 20s and 30s. I m curently working on a 1/32 PBY Catalina multi media kit (mainly resin) of which about 75% is complete. I have always wanted to build a POF ship as POB just does not interest me, 20 years ago there were no POF kits as such but only practicums like the Swan and Romero's Warrior. I'm not really looking to mill my own wood for a complete scratch build so I am focusing on the available POF kits (mainly Chinese) on offer with the focus on frigates, I am considering CAF's Enterprise and Dockyards's Blanford. I like the look of the Fleuron currently under progress by Wang but it looks to be a while away from being abvailable for purchase. Out of the Enterprise and Blanford I am slighty more favoured towards Enterprise as I like the Stern gallery more than Blandfords. Are there any more POF kits of this type (frigates or above) that are available that I don't know of? I have seen all the POF kits on offer by ZHL, CAF and Dockyard.

I would eventually love to scartch build 1732 HMS centurion from Comodor Anson's round the world venture where the Wager was lost of the coast of Chile and the Centurion went on to take the yearly Spanish treasure ship on her return voyage. I have read a couple of books on this voyage (Log of the Centurion being one) and also Patrick O' Brian's novels The Unknown Shore and The Golden Ocean.

Cheers!
Iain
 
IainCleland said:
Hi all, My name is Iain and I am new to this forum. I am 57 and live in the South East of England although I am originally from Scotland which I left in 1987. I have lived in a few different countries during my current career in IT, those being USA (Bay Area for 4 years), Iowa (1 year), Spain (Alicante 6 years) as well as Scotland and England.
I started ship modelling in 2002 when I built my first and only model of Corel's Vasa. After that I didn't do anymore and about 7 years ago I started modelling large scale (1/32) planes as I have an interest in aviation focusing around the golden age of aviation and especially the early air races of the 20s and 30s. I m curently working on a 1/32 PBY Catalina multi media kit (mainly resin) of which about 75% is complete. I have always wanted to build a POF ship as POB just does not interest me, 20 years ago there were no POF kits as such but only practicums like the Swan and Romero's Warrior. I'm not really looking to mill my own wood for a complete scratch build so I am focusing on the available POF kits (mainly Chinese) on offer with the focus on frigates, I am considering CAF's Enterprise and Dockyards's Blanford. I like the look of the Fleuron currently under progress by Wang but it looks to be a while away from being abvailable for purchase. Out of the Enterprise and Blanford I am slighty more favoured towards Enterprise as I like the Stern gallery more than Blandfords. Are there any more POF kits of this type (frigates or above) that are available that I don't know of? I have seen all the POF kits on offer by ZHL, CAF and Dockyard.

I would eventually love to scartch build 1732 HMS centurion from Comodor Anson's round the world venture where the Wager was lost of the coast of Chile and the Centurion went on to take the yearly Spanish treasure ship on her return voyage. I have read a couple of books on this voyage (Log of the Centurion being one) and also Patrick O' Brian's novels The Unknown Shore and The Golden Ocean.

Cheers!
Iain
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Welcome aboard. Hope you can find the model you're looking for. I am working up to scratch building - started with double planked (AL) San Francisco II, currently building single planked (OcCre) Nuestra Senora del Pilar, and my next endeavor will be a POF model. I too used to be a builder of aircraft (radio controlled) with a preference to WWII fighters. And am currently 2/3's through Grann's book The Wager - very interesting read. Good luck with your builds! And start a Build Log when you get underway! (And look at the Build Logs that already are posted for great ideas)
 
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Welcome aboard

There is an Enterprize from Modelship Dockyard too

Modelship Dockyard - New Kit - PoF 1:96 H.M.S. Enterprize 1774 by Modelship Dockyard

Hi guys, it’s Modelship Dockyard here. Since the establishment of this brand, we have made numerous attempts in the field of frigates, especially English frigates. This includes our previously released PoF HMS Blandford, PoB Pandora, as well as some upcoming frigate projects. We believe that we...
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Corsair said:
Welcome to the forums !
I have a 1/32 Bulldog racer (Williams Bros) that I started many years ago that i still need to finish, :rolleyes:

Jeff
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Hi Jeff, I have built Williams Brothers Firecracker and their Wedell-Williams racer. I've built most of the 1/32 Schnieder Trophy racers including Jimmy Dolittles's winning 1925 Schneider R3C-2 racer.
 
zoly99sask said:
Hi

Welcome aboard

There is an Enterprize from Modelship Dockyard too

Modelship Dockyard - New Kit - PoF 1:96 H.M.S. Enterprize 1774 by Modelship Dockyard

Hi guys, it’s Modelship Dockyard here. Since the establishment of this brand, we have made numerous attempts in the field of frigates, especially English frigates. This includes our previously released PoF HMS Blandford, PoB Pandora, as well as some upcoming frigate projects. We believe that we...
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Thnaks, yes I saw the 1:96 Enterprise on offer from Dockyard but I prefer the 1:48 offering from CAF.
 
zoly99sask said:
By next spring will be a1:48 from Dockyard ,alreasy in process,the Caf version a good kit tooI've been imprerssed
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zoly99sask said:
By next spring will be a1:48 from Dockyard ,alreasy in process,the Caf version a good kit too
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From what I have seen of their Blanford then their 1:48 Enterprise will be great also; mind you in competition with the CAF kit. Spring is a bit far away as I am looking to purchase within a week or two. I also liked the look of the CAF Renommee and is a difficult choice in choosing which one. I guess I am looking at a two year build or more as I would stop and make the odd aircraft model which on average takes arounf 4-8 weeks of which I have about still 40 kits in my stash.
 
also from my side a warm welcome here on board of our forum
I am looking forward to see your upcoming project - I can recommend very much the chinese POF model kits
 
IainCleland said:
Hi all, My name is Iain and I am new to this forum. I am 57 and live in the South East of England although I am originally from Scotland which I left in 1987. I have lived in a few different countries during my current career in IT, those being USA (Bay Area for 4 years), Iowa (1 year), Spain (Alicante 6 years) as well as Scotland and England.
I started ship modelling in 2002 when I built my first and only model of Corel's Vasa. After that I didn't do anymore and about 7 years ago I started modelling large scale (1/32) planes as I have an interest in aviation focusing around the golden age of aviation and especially the early air races of the 20s and 30s. I m curently working on a 1/32 PBY Catalina multi media kit (mainly resin) of which about 75% is complete. I have always wanted to build a POF ship as POB just does not interest me, 20 years ago there were no POF kits as such but only practicums like the Swan and Romero's Warrior. I'm not really looking to mill my own wood for a complete scratch build so I am focusing on the available POF kits (mainly Chinese) on offer with the focus on frigates, I am considering CAF's Enterprise and Dockyards's Blanford. I like the look of the Fleuron currently under progress by Wang but it looks to be a while away from being abvailable for purchase. Out of the Enterprise and Blanford I am slighty more favoured towards Enterprise as I like the Stern gallery more than Blandfords. Are there any more POF kits of this type (frigates or above) that are available that I don't know of? I have seen all the POF kits on offer by ZHL, CAF and Dockyard.

I would eventually love to scartch build 1732 HMS centurion from Comodor Anson's round the world venture where the Wager was lost of the coast of Chile and the Centurion went on to take the yearly Spanish treasure ship on her return voyage. I have read a couple of books on this voyage (Log of the Centurion being one) and also Patrick O' Brian's novels The Unknown Shore and The Golden Ocean.

Cheers!
Iain
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Hallo @IainCleland
we wish you all the BEST and a HAPPY BIRTHDAY
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