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Offline Curval

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« on: November 12, 2007, 08:56:27 AM »
As the final stages of my home office rennovation is about to start I have decided upon my "piece de resistance" and wanted to know if anyone here has had any experince ordering from the site linked below.

I've always wanted to have a tall ship model but there is no way I'd have the patience or even the skill to build one myself.  I saw one kit at a hobby shop in Toronto for HMS Victory and unbuilt it was over $500.

Recently I was in Amsterdam and in an Antique shop I saw a small model built by a French prisoner of war (from Trafalgar) made out of mutton bone and clothing thread etc. that was absolutely incredible, but the asking price was over 5,000 Euros!!!!

After a bit of research I discovered that these ship were more common than the Antique dealer was letting on.  :)

During my search I came across this site and this model.  I think it is awesome.

Your thoughts?

http://modelshipmaster.com/products/tall_ships/hms_victory.htm
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« Reply #1 on: November 12, 2007, 09:21:28 AM »
Looks pretty good to me!

Might go down too the dockyard and have a walk along the top deck!

Haven't done that for a few years now....


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« Reply #2 on: November 12, 2007, 12:30:46 PM »
Curval, have you ever built one of those kits before?  

Ive been interested for years and have even purchase two kits, the USS Constellation (sister to Constitution) and a 1860s era virginian sloop.  I have yet to begin building either of these kits.  Every time I open the box and look at the stuff inside I get the ibby jibbys.  Someday.....someday.

Good luck and do keep us informed on what goes down.
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« Reply #3 on: November 12, 2007, 12:45:20 PM »
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« Reply #4 on: November 12, 2007, 02:13:15 PM »
For a moment I was thinking TCS Victory

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« Reply #5 on: November 12, 2007, 02:19:45 PM »
That was a good game, I wish they would update it and re-release it
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« Reply #6 on: November 12, 2007, 03:42:23 PM »
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Curval, have you ever built one of those kits before?  

Ive been interested for years and have even purchase two kits, the USS Constellation (sister to Constitution) and a 1860s era virginian sloop.  I have yet to begin building either of these kits.  Every time I open the box and look at the stuff inside I get the ibby jibbys.  Someday.....someday.

Good luck and do keep us informed on what goes down.


No man...I get the same reaction when I see model parts.

The only way I'm ever going to own one is to buy it already made.  I have sent two emails with questions about shipping and a display case and already have answers back.

I'll let you know how it goes, looks like I'm going for it.
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« Reply #7 on: November 12, 2007, 04:50:20 PM »
That is an impressive ship model.  Did you see the 64" x 45" model marked down to $2900 from $3500?  Bet you could get it for $2500 by making an offer on it.  Lot of money but you'd have a museum piece for sure.




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« Reply #8 on: November 12, 2007, 05:09:36 PM »
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For a moment I was thinking TCS Victory


Man I LOVED that game
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« Reply #9 on: November 12, 2007, 07:45:58 PM »
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Man I LOVED that game


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« Reply #10 on: November 13, 2007, 04:58:50 AM »
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Originally posted by Leslie
That is an impressive ship model.  Did you see the 64" x 45" model marked down to $2900 from $3500?  Bet you could get it for $2500 by making an offer on it.  Lot of money but you'd have a museum piece for sure.




Les


It's too big for the room.  Even the one I am looking at buying is a bit too big and will prevent me from putting in a small couch I had planned to buy.  Instead I may have to get two chairs.
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« Reply #11 on: November 13, 2007, 07:15:58 AM »
Almost bought Victory last spring. Well, just a plastic model, some foot long.
HMS Beagle was there as well, looked nice.
But Cutty Sark is the sweetie ;)
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« Reply #12 on: November 13, 2007, 07:25:41 AM »
Cutty Sark is beautiful but has no real meaning for me.

Victory is...well...Victory.  Simply the penultimate tall ship.

If this goes well I may have them build me a model of HMS Pickle (the first Pickle), which was the smallest ship at Trafalgar and which was relegated to message duty during the battle.  But once the British fleet realised they had won the battle Pickle was dispatched to inform London as it was also the fastest ship in the fleet.

She was also built in Bermuda and was the most famous Bermuda Sloop.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Pickle_(1800)
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« Reply #13 on: November 13, 2007, 08:16:14 AM »
I started one of those once. I was determined to do it right, down to the last detail. I was doing the Constitution (Old Ironsides). I had it in my garage workshop, and one day about 3 weeks into the project my ex-wife brought me a box of broken pieces. She had knocked it down while looking for something. Never even thought about building one since then.


I like the one without the sails.
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« Reply #14 on: November 13, 2007, 08:42:11 AM »
I have been into wooden ship modeling for a number of years.  It can be an extremely enjoyable hobby with results at the end that will awe your friends and make your chest swell like the mainsail.

However, it can also make you tear your hair out and throw tools across the basement.

I can offer some suggestions.

1.  Start with a small model.  You will get every bit as much satisfaction at the end and it is a lot less expensive to start with.  Here is a good link:

good start

2.  Spend some time at Amazon.com and get some good books.  I have a number of them up to and including an enourmous volume on just rigging.

3.  Find a resource on the internet like this bbs is for AH.  I'll give you one:

ship modeling BBS

4.  Make sure the first thing you do is build a drydock with some form of clamp to hold the keel.

5.  I would build the model indoors.  You would be amazed at the catastrophic effects of a change in humdity on a wooden ship model.  I have seen one that looked like it had been torpedoed a couple of times. :cry

6.  Do research, do research, do research.  It is a whole new world.  While people here argue about the flight model or wether or not a certain airframe had 20 or 30 mm, there are models out there that are not historically accurate.  Who would want to spend the money to build something that is not accurate.  I almost fell into this while looking for a model of the HMS Bounty.

Don't pay the money for the prebuilt one.  Do it yourself, may take a year or two but it will be worth it in the end.   :aok

Hope this helps some.  

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