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I'm coming a bit late to this log as I have already built the hull. This is my first try at logging my work and I am feeling a bit inadequate and don't really know what I should write, but I fancied giving it a go. Hopefully other folks can learn from my mistakes. As I have said I have already...

From Amati family there were always something nice happening; first there were violins and then ship models. From Wikipedia: Amati (/əˈmɑːti/, Italian: [aˈmaːti]) is the last name of a family of Italian violin makers who lived at Cremona from about 1538 to 1740. Their importance is considered...

Just starting a group build through my IPMS group. The requirement is for each of us to choose and complete a 1/700 scale ship by mid-March. I chose the Nelson due to its unique design. I plan to enhance the kit with an Artwox wooden deck, anchor chain, WEM PE set and scratch building. I have...

Yeah, another one. There are already so many builds, of such high quality, that I'm sure you're thinking we don't need another one. But I'm hoping that my build might provide some interesting discussion, and the build will definitely be from a professional non-perfectionist viewpoint. Besides...

Hello everyone. I am going to attempt to build a train, it is a Pacific 231, a wood and brass kit by Occre, a large model some 730mm long so hopefully quite impressive. I know nothing about trains, I have never researched or built one before and I have never built with brass except the small...

I wasn't going to post this build log, but there weren't any for the kit and I figured if anyone just starting out wanted to check it out, it might be worth it. This was a super fun and quick build, which was what I was looking for. Almost immediate satisfaction, but lots of fun little details...

This is my 3rd ship. It is the BEAGLE by occre. I also tried to implement some things from the anatomy of the ship book. With making it with the 7 life boats. And making the futtock lines with chains. I did some experimenting with making my own shackles and even bought a serving rig. That has...

In the build log I am doing the HMS TERROR by occre. This is my second wooden ship ever. And as usual there was mistakes along the way but learning from those mistakes helped on future builds. On this one I decided to keep it the natural wood tone because I didnt want to paint over the iron on...

The Admiral gave me this for Christmas :D. It's a kit frome Scott Miller, a guitar maker as well as a model ship maker. Here is the link: Galilee Boat USPS was rough with the package. Fortunately because Scott did such an excellent job packing the kit no damage was sustained...

This was my first kit ever. There were some bumps in the road as with any first of anything. But key was learning from those bumps. Time was 175 hrs or work over the course of 3 months. At this point I was short on second layer of planks so had to wait till occre sent some extras. They were...

I am currently in the process of building a kit mash up of 2 of these kits. Your eyes aren't playing tricks on you. Here I am joining the 2 frames of the kit and adding some bracing with the 2x5 strips. Here are all the frames joined together. Total footprint of this one will be 21" x 10"...

20211224 Started the Wright Flyer today by opening the box, reviewing the contents, reviewing the build log I found on the site, making a photo copy of the plans and a first look at the instruction book. First observation is that this is going to be a pretty big model (approx. 15-in by 30-in)...

Hi all this is the tug boat ulises

As I patiently wait for my care package from Model Expo to arrive (probably sometime after the turn of the year), I was wondering what to do to occupy my time. About a week ago I was wandering around in a local thrift shop and found a model by a US company called Atlantis. I'd never heard of...

Picking up on this build I have been working for nearly a year, that worldwide friends and I have been working with Michael Mjelde who has written several books on the subject and has chronicalled her for over 45 yuears. A bulkhead drawing was created and I POB'd this build. All we had was...

Well I've put this off long enough, with a much needed break after my Royal Louis and now off work till the 6th January, it's now time for the next kit on my workbench. After watching so many videos and trying to gather as much info as possible, This will be my first wooden kit in the shape of...

Hola a todos. Saludos desde México. Les comparto el modelo ya terminado del Titanic Trumpeter. Juzguen ustedes el resultado. Considero que me quedó muy bien. Hi all. Greetings from Mexico. I share with you the finished model of the Titanic Trumpeter. You judge the result. I think it fit me...

Hello! I have started this build in the summer 2007... Radek

Started work on the Muscongus Bay Lobster Smack (Model Shipways 1:24) 2 weeks ago. This is my second model. My first was the Lowell Grand Banks dory 1:24. This is very different. Well here we go ! You can never have too many clamps. Getting everything lined up before the glue get too tacky was...

Hello dear friends Today I started the new Alert project. first I read some of the blogs, and they were very helpful. In the first step I completed the numbering of the parts in two boards out of the five components of the jig, not numbered. after that I started in the first phase of the jig...