The Ship Model Forum

Hi. Im from a country where its hard to find some1 to help you with things like you are guys doing. Im 17 years old, im from country side, i got my place to work with wood, i got lots of wood in my house and etc. By this i meaned that i have mostly everything i need to start building the ships. Iv been modeling AirPlanes, for 2 years. But didnt really enjoy it, coz iv allways wanted to build a ship. Well, i have a teacher for the Air Planes modeling.But i am here to ask if some1 could help me or guilde me how to start this? Like whats the Basics for ship building and etc?

Hi and nice to read of a convert from model airplanes to model ships.
To get started you need to think what ship you would like to model. Then find out if you can get plans, drawings and photos. Once you have those you can think about how to make the model.
Good luck and please to ask more specific questions.
Mike

The "Completed Builds (Fully Documented" section has a series of step-by-step threads on how some of the builders on this board make their large-scale models. Since you said you'll be working in wood mostly, I suggest look at ARH's threads. Here's his build of a 1/72 Somers class destroyer:
viewtopic.php?f=75&t=8912

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Thanks guys for helping meh. Il add some photos when it will start to look like something like a ship. xD