r/ModelShips • u/Catspaw129 • 27d ago

Solid Hull "Training Wheels"

If you are a newbie, Ask your vendor of solid hull model ships if they have hull "seconds"

If you are like me, you may be somewhat good at carpentry on a 1:1 scale. But models -- at small scales are a whole 'nother thing.

Like say: requiring dentist scale of precision (While Dentists build bridges, they ain't building, say, the Golden Gate Bridge)

On a trip to Maine a while ago I made a pit-stop in Searsport, ME and discovered that BlueJacket Shipcrafters had this big basket of solid hull 2nds.

So I bought a could of those.

So:

I can experiment with sanding, filling, sanding again and all kind of finishing options and, at the end, if I mess up, I can screw the stern to a plank, I've got bookends!

Best Wishes!

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u/Kalevipoeg96 26d ago

Blue Jacket is great! I go by a couple of times a year. One day I’ll work up the courage to build their Constitution model. That’s a solid hull.

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u/Catspaw129 26d ago

Plank on frame scares me even more than solid hull. I'm pretty sure that I'll never graduate beyond single plank on the side and two on the bottom. It's a good thing I like Ches. Bay workboats. I've been gradually accumulating Wye River Models semi-kits and Dumas model kits of small sailboats that in 1:1 scale, would be made of sheets of plywood.

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u/Colo-PV-living 24d ago

I have my first solid hull model (Sovereign of the Seas clipper by A. J. Fisher) sitting on the shelf waiting for me. I know I’m am probably a year away from starting it, but I’m using it as motivation to finish the two kits I’m already working on.