I Love sailing ships.

Very nice build especially the sail. Did it come like this or did you specially fabricate it?

Richard.

Lovely! Like the wood work, nice rigging too

Is this the Revell kit in 1/96?

Sails looks like fabrics......

nice sailing ship

looks windy.... LOVE IT...!!!!

say, does ship modelers not prefer their ship with figure??? coz i think it would be nice to have some...

Thanks for the replies. I'm Wendy, 25, City girl, love sailing ship, new to scale modeling.

It's Revell's kit with everything in plastic. I've made my own sail as plastic sail will ruin the whole model and it's impossible to paint the plastic sail with brush...It just won't looks good.

The UK is rebuilding the ship to sails the globe :D The sad thing is Charles Darwin does not sails to Malaya, wondering whether we get the chance to view to the real ship :unsure:

The colour scheme given by Revell is somewhat different from the real ship... weird... but I just followed it.

This model length is around 40cm. Figures will be 1 cm big if accordance to the scale?? It's impossible for me to make and paint it... :wacko: Not to the level of skill yet.

Very nice work Wendy.

I must say that the rigging and the timber painting is quite convincing. Back to the sails, the folds are quite realistic. Did you stiffen the fabric with white glue or did you allowed them to drape naturally.

Cheers

Loo

White glue?? What's white glue?? How to stiffen fabric with white glue?? :blink:

It's canvas which i placed some wire inside and stick it with UHU gum as i lazy to sew it.... :D Lay-man work... sorry to disappoint you.

Wendy, white glue is like our paper glue but white. I guess Loo was wondering whether you used white glue as starch to fix the shape of the sails. White glue dries hard and transparent. Anyhow, I guess using wires would do the job as well.

Impressive sailing ship. I am not contemplating to try out sailing ships made out of balsa wood.

Nice job with the sails Wendy.

I've got to try one of these one day.

cheers

Hi, Wendy. We r same age :lol: . Nice sailing ship. ^_^

Hey Wendy,
can I hijack your pictures and post them in our homepage at MalaysiaScaleModelling.com website?

Hi Loo,

If you don't mind the rough work of mine, I am fine.

Thanks Wendy.
Its uploaded here. Hope to see more of your ships!

Sorry for the thread hijack ...

I am starring at these three Armati ships everyday ... the Columbus Fleet

Caravel Pinta

Caravel Nina

Flagship Nao or better known as Santa Maria


and this thread is really poisonous. Each ship is retailing in Hamburg for more than Euro100. Definitely not for the faint-hearted as one would also need to invest in tools of more than Euro100 as well.

Kenny,
interesting find. How do these rate against the Italian and British made miniatures? I am in the hunt for one to try out....Looking at jotika ltd kit "The Bounty" at the moment. Santa Maria looks good.

wow, Kenny. Those ship look great.

Very poisonous. ;)

All three.....Pinta, Nina, and Santa Maria....tempting.... Perhaps 10 years later, leave it to the senior first.

I am starring at card model, It looks fun yet complicated. May refer to the link below for the construction of card model ship, HMS Victory, cited from Modelshipworld.com.

http://modelshipworld.com/phpBB2/viewtopic...c890a2c57e1c3b9

Loo, my findings shows that Italian-make historical ships are top of the line. However, most of their kits are made for Intermediate and Advanced builders. Beginners should stick with American miniatures.

Over here in Europe, builders do not stop at just building these ships. Some have invest significantly in light and sound systems for their ships. These additions are probably more suitable for 20th century ships.

As for card models ships Wendy, German is famous for it. Plenty of variety here but certainly not much easier to handle compared to wooden model ships. Of course, the price is more affordable for the card models. Something in the range of Euro10 (equal to one normal dinner meal) to Euro30. Bigger card kits like 1/72nd probably in the range of Euro60+.

If this thread continues, I would probably suffer more. Arrrgh!

Budget is my main concern for the time being... Wooden ships are sky to me.

Wonder where to get card model? Any suggestion?

Phew, need carpentry skills for those plank on frame kits.....

A whole different art form...like model engineering making steam engines and stuff.....

But the results are amazing, nothing like real wood for wooden ships, not some painted plastic...

Budget is my concern as well, Wendy. I can understand it well especially with the weakening Malaysian Ringgit.

Good card ship models are now from Europe. I may be wrong though. I will look for the best option to get card models as I have received the same query for the Santa Maria as well.

At the mean time, we will need to stick with Revell kits.

P/S: To all local modellers, Revell kits are not by far any cheaper in German (Revell's homeland). Your LHS are offering you modellers one of the best offer for Revell kits. The only good thing in German is that you can see the latest Revell kits on the departmental store shelves. Aaaagh! The C-17A Globemaster III.

and i thought my signature build is complicated enough... i got to get out of my hole some day...

oh O.o kena Racun lah me this time

OMFC 1:100 Bismarck (card board)
http://www.kartonbau.de/wbb2/thread.php?th...htuser=0&page=1

For all old salts that love sailing ships that ply the sea...Master and Command starring Russel Crowe will be on TV3 10pm tonight.

Enjoy swashbuckling and sea battles between the British and French navies.

Richard.

This is genius, salute their talents.

I better stick with plastic :P

A nice movie indeed. Also learn the way they 'measure' the speed of the ship, so that's how the knots from.

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Agreed wood planks sure make great ships. Need not be too ambitious try scratch building a small wooden sampan with miniplanks and icecream sticks is great fun. That is what I did. All real wood planks are of scale size. Just cut to size and glue on. Not referring to balsa though make good ships as well.

Bigger and more ambitious projects Proxxon Germany available from Multifilla have mini band saw, scroll saw, micromote drill router and even thicknesser to plane planks to scale. Mini nails or mini wood dowels makes authentic fixing. These are all big boys toys and far cheaper than a golf membership. Do see www.multifilla.com

Live your dream or just dream on.

The name HMS Beagle made me curious:

Why name a ship after a dog breed?

Googling very quickly, it seems there was also HMS Basset as well. This time, an armed trawler of 461 tons displacement launched in 1935.

Yet another ship named after a dog breed.

After still more searching, there also appears to be a HMS Bulldog.

(Dog) Food for thought for today.

It may be strange to name a ship after a dog, but naming ships after animals was common practice for the British Royal Navy. Something interesting to keep in mind is that the H.M.S. Beagle that Darwin sailed on was not the first ship to bear that name but the third ship. The British Royal Navy assigns names to ships on a circulating basis. They even have ships named after Scorpion, Rattlesnake, Squirrel, Barracouta... so I guess Beagle is still a decent name... :)

Third ship? Hmm, thy must like that name a lot.

Beagle or basset - both are perfectly good names (and dog breeds). ^_^

Guess in this day and age, we are more used to hearing ships named after cities, former presidents, war heroes or warrior-like atributes.

Imagine this:

Canine class medium cruisers (gun):
HMS Alsatian
HMS Daschund
HMS Retriever
HMS Poodle

Canine class (Hybrid) :
HMS Mongrel

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: !!!!

Jason, just check out some of the not-so-macho names of Flower class corvettes in RN:

HMS Chrysanthemum
HMS Daffodil
HMS Lavender
HMS Jasmine
HMS Wallflower

and this takes the cake

HMS Pink

Hi Wendy,

Sorry to hijack this post but I couldn't help noticing the funny names given to ships in the British navy.

I've got one sail ship that's been in progress for such a long time that my wife has named it the USS Constipation. :lol:

It's actually the USS Constitution by Imai and it's a beautiful kit in 100th scale. My wife gave it to me almost 20 years ago. Imai doesn't produce any more nowadays.
Actually what stalled the process was the ratlines. I wanted to use real thread instead of the plastic ones that come with the kit. Not easy, I found out.

Your post has given adrenaline to kickstart the process and I'll be posting the progress pictures soon on a new post.

Richard.