Terror or Endurance ?
HMS Terror History mentioned by Occre: In 1845, under the command of Sir John A. Franklin, the ships Terror and Erebus set off on an expedition to navigate the famous Northwest Passage. They were the first ships to be fitted out with auxiliary steam engines and were also reinforced with iron...
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My son is a big fan of the Shackelton expedition and he wanted a model of Endurance so that will be my next build. This is my first OcCre kit and so far i'm impressed. All the frame pieces fit well and only a little adjustment was needed. I applied sanding sealer, then sanded, and airbrushed the...
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or maybe also the Essex?
ESSEX - Whaler known by the book and film about Moby Dick History mentioned by Occre: In November 1820, the sinking of the whaling ship Essex, along with the survival of part of her crew, thrilled and moved the US public. The year before she had set sail from Nantucket on a new whaling...
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All these relatively new kits from Occre are similar designed, means the works and challenges are relatively similar. Also the size of the model.
So I think you should choose the ship you like most and you are interested in. Which of these ship models are most attractive for you.
You have to work on this first model over a longer period of several weeks and months, so you should build the model which you like most.
BTW: related to necessary tools:
Take a look at the building logs f.e. by
@STGCS and you will recognize several tools which are used - it will be a good basis to realize which tools most of modelers are using and for which works at which time.
No need now to buy a tool for rigging now, because you will start rigging works in several months.....
So first concentrate on tools for the wooden works