r/ModelShips

I may or may not have inadvertently made it more difficult to add the ratlines by adding the backstays first.. oh well…

Also: notice that the top masts are leaning slightly backwards. This will be fixed once I add the stays of the fore/main/mizzen masts. The tension on both stays and backstays will keep the ropes neat and straight. Let’s just hope it won’t break anything!

Now it’s really off to the ratlines… please think of me as I add about 3000 clove hitches…

See you in the next one!

It would be my third model ever. Until now I've only done some amateurish, very cheap Chinese models off of Temu/Aliexpress so it wouldn't only be my most complex model, but my most expensive yet. This one would be around 250 dollars or euros more or less, while the most expensive of the other models I've built would go for about $30.

I've learned many things building the other models (A nameless schooner first, then Hms Victory) but at the same time I'm not that happy with how the second turned out so I don't feel too confident in my abilities.

I really like xebecs and I'm planning on getting it for myself as a present next year, would only have about a month of uninterrupted work for it after I finish my exams and start my new job.

Any opinions. Has anyone built it? Is it worth it? Is it too difficult for a beginner?

Getting hms victory next… not nearly full construction just assembly but plan to get a full construction set once I know what I’m doing

I made it in 12 years old

Not finished yet, still have to add rigging and wanted to try make a seascape. Thought I would share my progress

Moana's boat

The frigate Niterói (F-40) and the NAeL (light aircraft carrier) Minas Gerais (A-11)—Brazilian Navy ships in 1:500 scale, made from cardboard, gouache paint, pencil, barbecue skewers, and toothpicks.

First time making a cardboard ship

1:500 scale replicas of HMS Agincourt (formerly Rio de Janeiro) and E Minas Geraes, made from cardboard, gouache paint, barbecue skewers, toothpicks, and scraps of plastic.

It’s my First Modell ship with visible canons, how can I put them and glue them to the broadside, that they stay even?

She climbed off my head while i was sitting on my desk, and I just let her climb on the model. She seemed to enjoy it, but I don't want her to fall off it, so this was a one-time thing.

How do I know the measurements? On the boat

Hi! I’m looking for a model kit of the Windsor Castle (1857), the three-masted merchant sailing ship built by William Pile for Richard Green.
I know there were several ships with the same name, so I’m specifically looking for this 1857 vessel.
Does anyone know if a kit ever existed, even vintage or discontinued, or of any custom kit maker who could reproduce it?
Ideally around 1:100 scale.

Estoy buscando información sobre un kit o semikit del Windsor Castle de 1857. Sé que aparentemente no existió un kit comercial, pero me interesaría saber si alguien conoce planos útiles para modelismo o algún fabricante artesanal que pueda hacerlo.