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You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly. You should upgrade or use an alternative browser. Question about ship modeling from scratch. Thread starter Jnorton Start date Aug 6, Watchers Joined Apr 14, Messages 51 Points I have built a number of ship models, and all of them have been from scratch, using published plans or plans I developed myself after some research.
I have never built a model from a kit. I am curious about how many modelers on this forum started out with kits and moved to scratch modeling, how many started building from scratch as I did, and how many modelers do both, perhaps in the form of serious kit-bashing. From the gallery of finished models, the results are extraordinary regardless of the method and approach, so perhaps my question is really irrelevant.
But if anyone wishes to share their modeling approach, I would appreciate it. Joined Jul 9, Messages 2, Points Most of us start out on kits. Theres nothing wrong with building a ship model from a kit as it still requires considerable skill.
Joined Jul 2, Messages Points I had a big twist in this. I was growing up in Hungary where in the 60's and 70's ship model kits were just a great but unachievable dream. So the only way was scratch building with inferior tools and using materials like firewood. Later I managed to put my hands on a few kits but then I realized that the quality of those were so far from those early dreams - so I ended up with scratch building again.
I acknowledge the quality of the latest kits some Russian, Chinese and others but I am hopelessly stuck to scratch building now. Joined Oct 19, Messages Points I've been building models since the early 's. Always kits of various description. Started with plastic of course. Planes, cars, boats Slowly moved into more complex ships and added in some paper card..
Only recently have I moved toward scratch building. It's fascinating I will still build kits, although I do bash them up some To me, wood ships, especially the "tall ships", represent the pinnacle of the art form. Clair G. Joined Jun 20, Messages Points I started with plastic kits as a youngster and mostly stayed with them, except for rockets and a Model Shipways Sultana I completely ruined. Im still learning working in wood so it's all kits for me, but I do enjoy scratching out details.
Dave Stevens Lumberyard Sponsor: dlumberyard Staff member. Joined Dec 1, Messages 3, Points Dave Stevens Lumberyard said:. Click to expand Clair G said:. Gee, I thought you were about the same age as me, maybe just one or two years older at best. I didnt mean any disrespect, I just thought from his photo he is about my age. Sorry if Dave or anyone took thatthe wrong way.
Hobbit99 said:. Joined Feb 8, Messages Points Well I started in plastic at the age of twelve. Been acquiring the tools, like band saw, table saw.
Scratch building will do when I fully retire from my present job. Another two years before that time arrives , unless some health issue comes up. I will be purchasing a mini table saw in the near futur, just not yet decided , byrnes or micomart. I enjoy the research and planning for a scratch-built model as much as building the model itself. Joined Sep 5, Messages 1, Points But, I am still learning. Dave Stevens Lumberyard just taught me something new the other day I never realized.
I am also a "graduate" from lauckstreet Thank you Bob Hunt!!! Like Bob, I enjoy teaching others the hobby. I build from kits or scratch - doesn't matter to me That's sixty !!.. Dave's putting on airs. He probably just played with a toy boat in !! Alright Dave, give it up.!! You're not really 70 y. My dad had a big HO model railroad layout so all during my childhood i was exposed to scratch building models of all sorts.
Last edited: Aug 7, Joined Jan 9, Messages 3, Points Jim J. Joined Aug 16, Messages Points I guess my experiences are not that dissimilar from everybody else. The first model s I built were plastic car kits my uncle gave me when I was recovering from a broken arm back in or so.
Boy does that date me. Any way, it started me down the road to ruin and I have built so many models over the years I can't even begin to count. Everything from kits in plastic, wood and resin, to scratch building everything from flying model airplanes and rockets, HO scale model RR structures, etc.
From the age of 9 to early teens i built plastic kits from cars, to the visible V8 engine to the visible man to boats, planes.
I don't know if it can be considered scratch building when you have so many kits you start to combine them into your own creations. You know, when I first started building model ships there was no internet, no SOS, no youtube videos - nothing.
When I bought my first wooden kit it was a time when you saved up your hard earned dollars, went to your local hobby store, plunked down your money and walked out with your prized posssession.
What have you gotten yourself into? Quick - run to the library and see if they have any books on the sublect! Ok then lets go to the local bookstore and see what they have. Oh well, I guess I'm on my own. But at least they had pictures and you figured it out - sort of. It was what separated the real hobbiest from the boys - so to speak, and I wouldn't change it for the world.
Joined Jul 22, Messages Points My first sailboat was made from a piece of 2x4, a wooden dowel, and a chunk of a saw blade my uncle cut out for the keel. I was around 10 at the time.
Don't know if that constitutes a scratch built ship. I went the plastic model kits, and N scale train route.
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