Hello all
Just found this place having not realised there was a forum just for ship modellers. We seem to be a poor relation on most model-building sites along with figure modellers.
I've never built a wooden ship model but maybe one day. I last completed a plastic sailing ship model in 1982 (Airfix 1/144 Revenge - actually the Elizabeth Jonas, but there it is). I abandoned an incomplete Airfix Royal Sovereign in 1995 as the WIP got smashed up so many times but I now have the Victory (Inaccurate bows but it is what it is) and Great Western, so two to get to grips with. I have fond memories of the Victory because my older brother, now deceased, brought one back from a family visit to her in 1975. He did a fine job of it for a 13-year-old and displayed it with pride for years in his bedroom. I contented myself with the 1/600 version...
Looking forward to picking the brains and gasping at the skills of the shipmates round here....
Just found this place having not realised there was a forum just for ship modellers. We seem to be a poor relation on most model-building sites along with figure modellers.
I've never built a wooden ship model but maybe one day. I last completed a plastic sailing ship model in 1982 (Airfix 1/144 Revenge - actually the Elizabeth Jonas, but there it is). I abandoned an incomplete Airfix Royal Sovereign in 1995 as the WIP got smashed up so many times but I now have the Victory (Inaccurate bows but it is what it is) and Great Western, so two to get to grips with. I have fond memories of the Victory because my older brother, now deceased, brought one back from a family visit to her in 1975. He did a fine job of it for a 13-year-old and displayed it with pride for years in his bedroom. I contented myself with the 1/600 version...
Looking forward to picking the brains and gasping at the skills of the shipmates round here....
