Do you mean where to find the resources? Where you can find line drawings ?
Depending also from which time period you are looking for? Or you have a special ship which you want to build?
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there are many sources The Smithsonian has a large collection,
Bowling Green University has a collection of Great Lakes vessels
what kind of ship are you looking for?
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National Maritime museum in england has a huge collection
This is the most difficult and at the same time an easy question to answer. It starts with deciding what ship you want to build the model from. Then research all available documentation and possibly line drawings. For most famous ships there is a great chance for the books written to accompany the plans and drawings. For less famous ships, research information would be necessary but not guaranteed. In such cases, it is possible to recreate lines using modern technology.
This being said, many modelers choose their next models for ships whose plans and documentation are already researched and available.
Here are some services. There are book series that come with the line drawings.
en.wikipedia.org
seawatchbooks.com
boutique.aamm.fr
This being said, many modelers choose their next models for ships whose plans and documentation are already researched and available.
Here are some services. There are book series that come with the line drawings.
Anatomy of the Ship series - Wikipedia
SeaWatch Books
Welcome to SeaWatchBooks. We publish and sell books for ship modelers, historians and those who just love ships and ship models.
seawatchbooks.com
Monographies
boutique.aamm.fr
The other possibility is that many of the manufacturers of kits often offer just their plans for sale if you wish to make a model of an existing kit, but don't want to purchase the kit.
In my youth I had a herreshoff rocinante canoe yawl.to me that is one of the most beautiful line drawings ever. After I posted I found the complete building plan for $375. To much for a model. Thanks for the resource
This one?
Great yacht designs 6 – the Rozinante
Francis L Herreshoff’s Rozinante is one of the famed small cruising yacht designs ever drawn. But is her lavish praise deserved? Article reproduced in full from CB332 Few boats have earned such lavish praise as L Francis Herreshoff’s ‘canoe yawl’ Rozinante; L Francis himself wrote immodestly...
www.classicboat.co.uk
Rozinante - Professional BoatBuilder Magazine
www.proboat.com
Its got no gun ports !!!!
ROFL sorry, I could not resist.
It does have very nice lines.
ROFL sorry, I could not resist.
It does have very nice lines.
Armed with only one bazookaIts got no gun ports !!!!
ROFL sorry, I could not resist.
It does have very nice lines.
Need to be careful that the backblast doesn't set the sails on fire.
Then it's a sitting duck.... or sitting boat as the case may be.
here you get material books and plans
https://onlinedesigns.com.co/product-category/modeling/
onlinedesigns.com.co
https://onlinedesigns.com.co/product-category/modeling/
Modeling archivos
onlinedesigns.com.co
1. You can start with ancre.fr.
2. ancre.fr has 50 or so "monographs" on various ships. A monograph is a collection of info sources
about one particular vessel.
3. They do have some "beginner's" models.