Recent content by pashlispaht

How about a model of the Turbinia, the revolutionary steam-turbine powered craft that disrupted the naval review at Spithead? This model should not be too complicated, it has a long narrow hull and looks to be similiar to his free torpedo boat model. Or one of the Thornycroft MTB's. Those are...

Has anyone seen this model completed? 1/100 scale would be about 10" for this vessel; I am sure that it is possible to scan and enlarge to 1/48 scale, but I don't have a scanner here or a good printer (currently deployed to Iraq). Also, it would have to be a pretty good quality kit, something...

Sorry, here is a diagram of what it is that I plan to build.

As my current model approaches completion I have started looking for my next "fix". I am considering building a model of a WWII Elco PT Boat, the type that JFK made famous when his PT-109 was rammed and sunk by a Japanese destroyer. I would like to build a mid-war type which is slightly...

After a week of steady work, I have some progress to post. I completed the cockpit, the interior bulkheads, cabin sole, cabin sides, and began work on the mainmast. Most of it was straightforward, just measure three times, cut once! The bulkheads were perfect fits, working from the lofting...

I am seriously thinking about making an interior... I am not sure what to include though. Not very much of it will be visible and I had considered making a skylight and portholes, but an interior would be infinately more challenging... I went back to the website I pulled the hull lines from...

The keel was actually a lot more work than I anticipated. I was originally going to make a solid structure built up of layers of card but I realized that I could more easily accomplish the task by building a hollow box type structure since the outside would be skinned anyway... It still took a...

I have just completed the skinning of the hull. A layer of 1/8" strips over the hull formers followed by two diagonal layers of 3/8" wide strips. I have trimmed the excess from the keel area and attached the transom skin, and the hull is ready for the keel to be attached. Note the...

Here, I have just about completed one side of the hull. My plan is to color it so the seams would not be visible. In reality, the diagonal lines are practically invisible, only this angle with the flash from the camera makes them visible. My roommate said that it was difficult for him to...

Greetings from the tropical paradise of Baghdad! I have been working on an idea of mine for a while now, and now that I have great success, I decided it was time to post my progress. I have a great interest in regular boatbuilding as well as card modeling, and I have aquired a small...

I have managed to locate 15mm sailor miniatures, however no photos are available. The company that makes them is called Minifigs and their website is - http://campaign-game-miniatures.0catch.com/minifigs_naps6.html They sell them in packs of 24 for a very reasonable price, about $8 for...

I checked them out; interesting but not quite what I had in mind... I think what I am looking for are 15mm miniatures made from metal. There seem to be quite a lot of these for land units but I have not had any luck finding British sailors from that era. I have done quite an exhaustive search...

I know they are out there, the Shipyard cover for the HMS Bellona shows a miniature sailor sitting on the "seats of ease" up in the bow of the ship and a miniature admiral pacing on the poop deck. I remember seeing a thread somewhere by Scorpio of his HMS Victory build where he had a miniature...

Does anyone know of a source of sailor figures (like British sailors from Napoleonic War era) in 1/96 or 1/100 scale?

I do not know if it makes a difference or not but I have observed on other models I have built, the kind of glue and the length of time it is allowed to soak into the paper can affect the fit. Especially with white glue, the paper can expand quite a bit and will make the parts appear to fit too...