Thanks for replies,
Nigel, It is most likely that you
do have the skills to build them, but the greatest obstacle for most ship model builder is the firm and irreversible decission that they cannot do it! Long ago, I built large models, but found them difficult, and time-consuming. I transferred literally overnight to making small ones, and found it much easier from the start, as a lot of it is illusion. Kits never gave me any satisfaction, and I disliked all that fancy decoration on ancient warships. I don't need to worry about hundreds of knots in the rigging, door handles, ringbolts, rivets etc, and everything I do uses special techniques designed to make it easier. The result is a unique model that, although it may not be as perectly built as an expensive kit model, is highly prized, and sought after by collecters because none of their fellow collecters have one. The
barquentine Barden, below is a very simple model, but quite attractive. But the motor ship
Imperial Star is extremely complictaed, because powered ships have far more intricate parts. Bob