Wooden sailing ship models, anyone...?

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Does anyone here build the expensive, well-made wooden ship models available? In all my years on the RPF, I've never seen any.

After watching Master & Commander, I'm intrigued...
 
PHArchivist said:
Does anyone here build the expensive, well-made wooden ship models available? In all my years on the RPF, I've never seen any.

After watching Master & Commander, I'm intrigued...
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I'm currently working on one. (7/8 years) I'm backdating an old Laughing Whale Kit of the Joseph Conrad into the 'Georg Stage' for the descendants of her 7th Captain. There's a Kit of the Surprise available. The star of the film M & C is based in San Deago.
 
If I can ever get my house, life, and shop under control again, I want to take a crack at Constructo's 1/51 "Enterprise". :)

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-Sarge
 
modeleers said:
There's a Kit of the Surprise available. The star of the film M & C is based in San Deago.
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I've seen a couple of kits. Do you have a link to the one you have in mind?

I've been on the ship in SD and CANNOT find my photos of it! :angry Going down there next Saturday though.
 
I was always intrigued by these as a kid and still am although I have not thought of them in a while. I would love to try one but my wife would just kill me. Where to put a beauty like that once it's done would be a huge problem in my house. Please post the link . . . you never know when you may get divorced! :lol
 
I did a wooden ship model for the San Diego Maritime Museum. Can't remember the name of it. It was a model of a real ship that was used in Master & Commander. The ship used in the movie was docked next to the Star Of India for a while, but I think it is gone now. The model I built was put on display in the museum after the real ship left.

Caught an episode of Ghost Hunters the other day that was film on the Star. It's supposedly haunted.
 
micdavis said:
I did a wooden ship model for the San Diego Maritime Museum. Can't remember the name of it. It was a model of a real ship that was used in Master & Commander. The ship used in the movie was docked next to the Star Of India for a while, but I think it is gone now. The model I built was put on display in the museum after the real ship left.

Caught an episode of Ghost Hunters the other day that was film on the Star. It's supposedly haunted.
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Holy ****, Mike - that's too damn cool! That's the ship I'm most interested in! Was your build up from a kit? Pics? Other details?
 
like you, i re-watched M&C on blu-ray the other day and forgot how much i loved that movie, so i went hunting for models too...:thumbsup

i found these guys on ebay

four versions available here...

http://www.handcraftedmodelships.com/hms-surprise-model-ships.php

NOTE: for some reason i found their 30" version on ebay for $199 shipped, not sure of the price difference

also, do an ebay search for "HMS Surprise" and you'll find a couple more
 
Ah yes, the Surprise. That was it.

I was supplied a kit and just did a build and paint. Sorry no pics. It was a bugger. Tons of detail. Most I've ever done. Not a big fan of that kind of stuff 'cause I suck at it. Good enough I suppose. They loved it, and gave me the back up kit I was supplied. Sold it for crack.

I know the Surprise left at one point I was on board when she pulled out, road a dingy back to shore. Must have come back.
 
Have a wooden model kit of a viking long ship that sits unbilt. As soon as I get done with some costumes and props I want to start building it. The ship has some meaning to me as I'm half Danish and the ship was the type used by my ancestors. :cool
 
There's a Lindberg kit out there that can be modded as the Surprise . . .I've got one half way there, just not sure where it is . . . I'll dig.
 
Niiiiiiice!!
What kind of wooden ship was that used in Galactica? I thought it was funny when Adama and Tigh finished scrapping he picked up the ship and said do you know how many times I repaired this thing over the years? We even get to see him work on it at leat one episode.
 
Probably the most challenging modeling out there is a wooden ship. And good luck rigging the darn thing correctly when you are done.

Now where is that Constitution I never finished?:lol

I've always loved Tall Ship models. They can be truly awesome.

Whoa! Xeno, that looks like the basement of curatorial where I work.
 
incrediPAUL said:
Probably the most challenging modeling out there is a wooden ship. And good luck rigging the darn thing correctly when you are done.
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I read that the HMS Surprised used about 27 miles of rigging.

At 38" or 1:66 scale (and if I did my math correctly) that is a measley 2,160 feet. What's so hard about that!?
 
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