For me, the most daunting thing is getting useful plans and drawings to start with. I can mill wood, print hardware, and can even make my own rope but getting plans that I could translate to useable pieces is a tough item....
I can recognize already some frames and four masts - so you plan to build a four-masted clippership in POF?Scratch kits are available on the second hand market. I bought this cherry wood kit of a Dutch 2 decker.
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It was very cheap and only cost 15 euro.
One is for spare. In scratch you need a lot of spare parts, no problem, they're cheap.I can recognize already some frames and four masts - so you plan to build a four-masted clippership in POF?
In England, yes. In sub-tropical Queensland, a piece of cake. We planted Silky Oak in 1980, harvested it 17 years later and had ceiling to floor bookcases made from it.I chuckled when I read reference to cutting the tree down or even growing the tree, I doubt that any of us would live long enough to plant and grow a tree with the intention of harveting for model making. Doubtless somebody on here will prove me wrong on that!
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Love it!in a kit build you get a thousand pieces already pre formed for you, the attached picture is of the thousand pieces in a scratch build, you just need to cut them out
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Love the humour! - I've even used old floor boards and granny's wardrobeScratch kits are available on the second hand market. I bought this cherry wood kit of a Dutch 2 decker.
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It was very cheap and only cost 15 euro.
actually I'm wasn't joking. https://shipsofscale.com/sosforums/...5-pof-build-by-stephan-kertész-steef66.11344/Love the humour! - I've even used old floor boards and granny's wardrobe
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Hi Ian, I agree with you fully although for my first build, I will use Cherry I have purchased but we do have access to a lot of timber in Australia that we can machine to what we want.In England, yes. In sub-tropical Queensland, a piece of cake. We planted Silky Oak in 1980, harvested it 17 years later and had ceiling to floor bookcases made from it.
The Jacaranda I am using was planted in 1982 and we harvested it in 2001.
The olive, persimmon, red cedar and Queensland Maple were all planted since 1982 and branches harvested before 2015.
The Silver Ash was a 30 year old tree on our fence line which we harvested in 2005. The black wattle (Acacia) is an excellent timber, grows wild in the region and has a life span of about 30 years.
We left a thousand Gympie Messmates (eucalyptus) on our farm in 2019 which were planted in 1996 and most were ready for harvest as power poles.
None were grown with the intention of model making but they were grown with the intention of using them or selling them in my lifetime. Model building came as a result of my downsizing from the farm and having a strong interest in the 18th century navy.
What I love about this forum is the diversity of our members and their locations around the world. All drawn together by a love of model ships.