Scratchbuilding Merchant Sailing Ships, A Dying Art

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For anyone interested in this type of model ship construction, various details with illustrations are given in the 30-page practicum : Scratchbuilding Merchant Sailing Ships, A Dying Art. This is one of the first practicums that I made, and although it has no plans in it, it gives a lot of basic modelling hints and tips, including making the seas with the polystyrene foam method, a method used with the steel barque Marjory Glen, shown below. The complete build log for Marjory Glen (Pictured below) is also featured. Details on making rails and rigging using wire rather than twine The practicum is 30 pages in length. Click this link, and scroll down to read the synopsis. Then, if you wish to purchase a download, a Paypal button is provided for £2.49. http://payhip.com/b/RnMf

For further examples of my miniatures, a section of SOS is dedicated to them here:

https://www.shipsofscale.com/sosfor...time-history-build-logs-19th-20th-century.78/

Building costs for this type of model are very low, only two or three dollars, or pounds. The most expensive item is the acrylic for the display cases.

Bob
Marjory Glen.JPG
 
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