Starting to build wood model ships and I like to build my own mini tools, hope to find some ideas here.
Rick
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Starting to build wood model ships and I like to build my own mini tools, hope to find some ideas here.
Rick
Hi Rick,
Welcome! :welcome:
Sounds neat! I'll be looking forward to seeing some pics of your projects underway. :hattip:
If you post any specific questions you might have in our Help Me Build subforum, you're sure to receive some useful replies.
Are you planning to scratch-build or will you be working from a kit?
Ken
I plan to Kitbash the Model Shipbuilders Rattlesnake, it is my first build. I am a retired carpenter and enjoy building anything thing using wood. I have built 3 wood Kayaks, 2 from kits 1 from plans, a stand up paddle board from plans and carve all my own paddles. Just completed a garden wagon with removable sides for my wife. I figure why buy it if I can build it.
"Why buy it", indeed! :cool: I'm a repeat offender/builder, myself, though of the vehicular sort. Airplanes, motorcycles, and most recently a kit car.
The Rattlesnake looks to be an ambitious first ship build; I can't wait to see your progress with it.
Ken
I had to look up "kitbashing"!
Be sure to check out our BoatBuilds.net site if you haven't already. Although I think you can argue that the models are often harder to build than the fullsize.
As a kid, I used to build model clipper ships. The most painstaking work was doing the rigging. Your introduction reminded me that I still had some of the rigging tools I made. I'll take a photo and do a writeup and publish it under a separate heading.Quote:
Originally Posted by rackem
As promised, the writeup of the tools is here...
http://www.homemadetools.net/forum/s...3162#post46465
Looking forward to seeing that model ship. As a former modeler myself, I do appreciate the skill, effort, and time that goes into building such things. Welcome to the forums! :welcome: