Welcome to my Web site

Welcome to my website. This site is for folks who build or would like to build plastic model ships. I’ve been building ship models for many years and I still get as much enjoyment from the hobby as I did when I started. If you are an occasional modeler, serious modeler or if you’ve been away from the hobby for awhile and are coming back, I think you will enjoy this site.

I chose Revells’ Cutty Sark as the launch project because there are a large number of these kits out there in closets, attics and modelers collections, waiting to be built. Also, this kit builds into a pretty impressive ship model, no matter where the modelers’ skill level is.

The plan is for this site to grow over time, featuring a different model about every month. Previous models will be archived for reference and new visitors to the site. As you may have already noticed, this site is written in a blog foremat with the latest post on top and previous posts in decending order. I hope that modelers will find this website enjoyable and useful and will visit often……………..John

Small Boats


The large boat has no detail inside and the smaller boat sits inside. I'm not a real nut about authenticity but this is just wrong. After cementing the large boat halves together, I glued three strips of styrene to the inside to support the seats, made from sheet styrene. I next used the same square styrene strips to make a cradle for the small boat. This cradle was cemented to the thwarts of the large boat and the small boat cemented to the cradle. The whole assembly was then cemented to the boat cradle on the gun deck. The color scheme of the ship was carried onto the boats : white on the bottom, blue at the wales, black on the thwarts and red inside with brown seats.

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