espo Posted July 16, 2022 Posted July 16, 2022 6 minutes ago, von Zipper said: Yea for boats ! Lindberg reissued these two boat kits a couple of years ago, listed as 1/25 I thought about building one or both of these when they were re-released. I heard so much negative about them being more toy like than a model, so I passed. I would still be interested if something along these lines were done along the lines of current automobile and truck kits we see today.
cobraman Posted July 16, 2022 Posted July 16, 2022 This kit was out late 50’s . I actually had when I was a little tike . My dad helped me , A lot !
cobraman Posted July 16, 2022 Posted July 16, 2022 Speaking of Submarines . I built this wooden kit a few years back . It’s a model of a very early Russian sub . Very likely the toughest model I ever assembled and took a few months . 3
von Zipper Posted July 16, 2022 Posted July 16, 2022 I remember when you built that wood submarine and followed the wip, Bravo !
Oldcarfan27 Posted July 17, 2022 Posted July 17, 2022 15 hours ago, von Zipper said: Yea for boats ! Lindberg reissued these two boat kits a couple of years ago, listed as 1/25 I didn't even know these were 1/25. Crude or not, I'd like to find these someday!
Oldcarfan27 Posted July 17, 2022 Posted July 17, 2022 (edited) 14 hours ago, cobraman said: This kit was out late 50’s . I actually had when I was a little tike . My dad helped me , A lot ! Yeah, that's the one I saw. That one looks so cool! 13 hours ago, cobraman said: Leave it to the Russians to use a Vodka barrel for a submarine. ? Wonder if it has a screen door on it? Edited July 17, 2022 by Oldcarfan27
NOBLNG Posted July 17, 2022 Posted July 17, 2022 On 7/16/2022 at 6:53 AM, Paul Payne said: Like this? Wow, that turned out fantastic!?
von Zipper Posted July 17, 2022 Posted July 17, 2022 6 hours ago, Oldcarfan27 said: I didn't even know these were 1/25. Crude or not, I'd like to find these someday! these Lindberg boats are a bit crude ,but very workable the Century Coronado the Owens 22' cabin cruiser 1
Ace-Garageguy Posted July 17, 2022 Posted July 17, 2022 (edited) Besides cars, planes, trains, and machines in general, I've had a love for all things on the water since I was a small boy. One summer on Chesapeake bay, I fell for the Skipjacks, hard-working sail-powered shallow-draft oyster dredgers. I built the little 1/60 Pyro / Lindberg plastic Skipjack way back then, but it got away over the years. I've recently acquired another one. But the one I'm really looking forward to is the 1/32 Model Shipways Willie L. Bennett, all wood, and built up plank-on-frame, just like a real one. I'm also lucky enough to have a fairly complete wooden model of the schooner Bluenose (missing her sails and needing a complete re-rigging now) that my parents bought in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, before I was born. I have a smaller-scale plastic Bluenose kit that shows most of the rigging on the instructions. I hope to use that as a reference to restore the big one, and then have a new set of sails made. The big 70+ year-old wooden model was built by one of the retired guys who'd helped build the real one at the shipyard in Lunenburg back in 1921. A working fishing boat, Bluenose was also very successful as a racer, and is one of Canada's most cherished icons. I think she was just about the prettiest thing ever to be under sail. Bluenose was destroyed after striking a reef in 1946, but the full-scale replica Bluenose II was launched in 1963. Edited July 17, 2022 by Ace-Garageguy TYPO 1
NOBLNG Posted July 17, 2022 Posted July 17, 2022 On our recent trip to the east coast, the wife and I went up the Point Prim lighthouse in PEI. There was nice hand carved model of the bluenose on display there. When we got to NS, we went for a ride on the Bluenose II.? 3
Ace-Garageguy Posted July 17, 2022 Posted July 17, 2022 (edited) 19 minutes ago, NOBLNG said: ...When we got to NS, we went for a ride on the Bluenose II.? COOL !!! Bucket-list thing right there. I haven't been back to NS since I was little, but hope to maybe next year. Edited July 17, 2022 by Ace-Garageguy
OldTrucker Posted July 17, 2022 Posted July 17, 2022 Years ago I built the carrier USS Forestal because I had a cousin serving on her. i gave it to his Mother after he was killed in the fire in 1967. built the USS Constitution in the late 70's but it got crushed during a move. I have it to build again if I can find the box it is hiding in!
iamsuperdan Posted July 17, 2022 Posted July 17, 2022 I'm not a boat builder by any means, but my dad was. When he passed, he had a handful of boat kits on the go, which I plan to eventually finish. Although I'm not sure about the old boats with the complicated rigging. HMC Victory, and I think the SS United States. I also have a couple of dozen unstarted boat kits now. Plus several dozen plane kits.
BlackSheep214 Posted July 19, 2022 Posted July 19, 2022 I’ve done quite a number of ship model kits through my youth/teen years as well as a couple in the last year (USS Missouri and IJN Mogami - WW2 Japanese Aircraft Carrying Cruiser... a fun build BTW). I do enjoy the challenge in building them and have a few on my wish list; one currently in my stash being a long term project in building a Fletcher class destroyer to USS Wadleigh - a destroyer my dad served on when he was in the Navy in the mid to late 50s. Submarines are easy to build too. Been wanting to do the USS Nautilus for a long, long time since my youth years.
misterNNL Posted July 28, 2022 Posted July 28, 2022 As far as having boats on the forums I am all for that if and when they are displayed with tow vehicles included. 1
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