Anyone like building ship models? Then look at how to do it in photos.

[Concerto]

We all like yachts and ships, but have you ever made a model of a sailing ship. This American web site has a simple guide with over 200 video clips and over 3000 photos on how to make a sailing ship model.

Wooden Ships Modeling for Dummies - Visitors

 

[Yngmar]

Nope, I've already got a full size one to work on

Although if you can build a ship in a bottle it's great practice for replacing parts of an in-mast furling system through a few small slots in the mast

 

[Wansworth]

Someone thoughtfully gave me a kit to make the Juan Sebastian Elcano…………?

 

[Yngmar]

Someone thoughtfully gave me a kit to make the Juan Sebastian Elcano…………?

I thought you were supposed to start with a dinghy, then a 24 footer and so on.

 

[Supertramp]

40 years ago I broke my hip and while immobilised for 3 weeks I built this Billings Boat kit. I remember steaming the garboard planks to get the twist in them. Before that I built my own designs for sailing on a pond. Nowadays I don't seem to have the patience plus a full size one, but it left me with a real appreciation of ship models.

 

[Wansworth]

I made various waterline models not very true to scale or of any determined boat but masking and rigging was fun and the sails were made from an old sheet dyed brown……superglue was very useful