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Hi All,
As a member of this ship modeling group thought it was about time I posted something.
This will be my second build after enjoying the process on my Port Jackson Schooner which can be seen in the showcase if interested.
I often wonder why modelers choose to build the particular ships they do, a common reason I see is there is some personal attachment to a particular ship but other than that I guess the reasons are as varied as there are models to build.
For my second build I wanted it to be quite a bit different to the first one, that is I wanted to try a lot of techniques the schooner didn't include.
Firstly the local admiralty ordered that if I build a second ship it had to include sails, ok can't disobey an order so that was the number one priotity and wont get into the modelers debate if they should or shouldn't include them.
Some other reasons are I wanted it to be a multi deck warship from around the period 1500's to 1800's as this seems to be where my interest lies, so naturally this includes some canons and gun ports but didn't want to dive to deep with more than say 20 for now.
I also wanted to try doing some ratlines and painting colours in the details, also didn't want it too expensive (in case I lost motivation)or too difficult for my still novice skills and just to have some visual appeal to me, a good back story also adds to the interest.
As I am in Australia Modelers central have a filter for skill level on their kits so I was looking in the mid range of about three and with the above criteria the list go a lot smaller so I settled on HMS Revenge from Occre.
I am happy with my choice and is turning out about the right level of challenge for me.
My thoughts on the kit, I think it is more of a representation of the actual ship than an accurate historical model, but I am ok with that as the kit template follows a couple of other ships in the Occre line up, guess this is where some costs are kept in check but I will attempt a few tweaks and additions to some areas along the way where I thought it lacked a bit of detail.
I haven't found many build logs for this particular ship so hopefully this will help someone else to see a way of doing things while I learn as I go or maybe equally how not to do things.
Pictures and updates to follow soon, happy for anyone to add any suggestions or corrections to something I may have missed but a bit nervous to put my mistakes out there for everyone to see, the work produced by everyone in this forum is just amazing and I am in awe and wonder how someone can produce models to such perfection.
Modelers central website: https://www.modelerscentral.com/model-ship-kits/occre/hms-revenge/
From the Occre website: https://catalog.occre.com/model-ship/ship/hms-revenge.html
As a member of this ship modeling group thought it was about time I posted something.
This will be my second build after enjoying the process on my Port Jackson Schooner which can be seen in the showcase if interested.
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I often wonder why modelers choose to build the particular ships they do, a common reason I see is there is some personal attachment to a particular ship but other than that I guess the reasons are as varied as there are models to build.
For my second build I wanted it to be quite a bit different to the first one, that is I wanted to try a lot of techniques the schooner didn't include.
Firstly the local admiralty ordered that if I build a second ship it had to include sails, ok can't disobey an order so that was the number one priotity and wont get into the modelers debate if they should or shouldn't include them.
Some other reasons are I wanted it to be a multi deck warship from around the period 1500's to 1800's as this seems to be where my interest lies, so naturally this includes some canons and gun ports but didn't want to dive to deep with more than say 20 for now.
I also wanted to try doing some ratlines and painting colours in the details, also didn't want it too expensive (in case I lost motivation)or too difficult for my still novice skills and just to have some visual appeal to me, a good back story also adds to the interest.
As I am in Australia Modelers central have a filter for skill level on their kits so I was looking in the mid range of about three and with the above criteria the list go a lot smaller so I settled on HMS Revenge from Occre.
I am happy with my choice and is turning out about the right level of challenge for me.
My thoughts on the kit, I think it is more of a representation of the actual ship than an accurate historical model, but I am ok with that as the kit template follows a couple of other ships in the Occre line up, guess this is where some costs are kept in check but I will attempt a few tweaks and additions to some areas along the way where I thought it lacked a bit of detail.
I haven't found many build logs for this particular ship so hopefully this will help someone else to see a way of doing things while I learn as I go or maybe equally how not to do things.
Pictures and updates to follow soon, happy for anyone to add any suggestions or corrections to something I may have missed but a bit nervous to put my mistakes out there for everyone to see, the work produced by everyone in this forum is just amazing and I am in awe and wonder how someone can produce models to such perfection.
Modelers central website: https://www.modelerscentral.com/model-ship-kits/occre/hms-revenge/
From the Occre website: https://catalog.occre.com/model-ship/ship/hms-revenge.html
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