Ship Modeling Forum
A web site forum devoted to the handcrafting of model ships and boats.

Hello, from your newest member!
by wtoffenetti
21 Nov 2008 at 6:21pm
Hello everyone, I'm not quite sure what to write at this time, so I'll just say Hi, glad to be here and glad to have found this forum!
Tree nails
by pidge
21 Nov 2008 at 3:16pm
Does anyone know where I can buy tree nails for decking? (Scale approx 1/62). Thank you!
Hello from a new member
by JohnB
21 Nov 2008 at 11:55am
Just came onboard. Glad to have found this Forum and I'm looking forward to exchanging ideas with the membership.
New Member from College Park, MD
by dufnobles
21 Nov 2008 at 8:03am
I've always been fascinated by model ships. The conversations that I've read here have only increased my excitement. I've finally decided to take the plunge by purchasing a beginners kit and follow the good advice provided in these forums to...
FDR and the Sea
by oodygdin
21 Nov 2008 at 6:40am
There's a very nice exhibit currently on view at the South Street Seaport Museum here in NY - "FDR and the Sea". It includes a great deal of memorabilia as well as more than two dozen ship models from the FDR Library in Hyde Park. Many of them are...
1/32 USS Keokuk, 1863
by senkogl
21 Nov 2008 at 6:39am
My Keokuk is five feet overall length and designed for radio control. I am building off the original factory drawings by Whitney, supplemented by the as-built engineering study by Corbett and steel engravings of the period. If you are not familiar...
go down to the sea again
by BroBBB
20 Nov 2008 at 6:47pm
As a youth, a modeler. Now retired (just). Have for 40 years ocean-sailed. But now time to go down to the historic sea again... via historic models. Wish me luck. Answer my questions (smilin')
useless tools
by lesser160
20 Nov 2008 at 1:56pm
From some replies to my thread on the Mantua Plank Bender in this and other sites, it appears that there are many useless tools out there for purchase. It might be helpful to many of us (and save us some money) if we had one thread to look at for...
Ironclad Junkie
by senkogl
20 Nov 2008 at 1:09pm
My name is Glen and my major interest is American Civil War ironclads, both Union and Confederate. I scratch built in large (1/32 - 1/16) scale.
Ahoy! New shipmate onboard
by dchris
20 Nov 2008 at 8:52am
Hi fellow Shipmates. I'm new to the Forum and I'm not quite sure what to say at this time. So I'll just say 'Ahoy!', and I'm glad to be part of the crew!
Scale drawings of ships
by friesenba
19 Nov 2008 at 5:00pm
Could someone tell me where I might find drawings of the Peregrine Galley as reference material for my upcoming build? I'm a plastic modeler gone over to the dark side :lol: and nothing beats reference material. I suspect it will be no different...
Greetings to all from a new member!
by mhenry7
19 Nov 2008 at 5:47am
Happy to be aboard! I have only completed a few wooden models to date, so I will be looking for all the help I can get. The most important aspect of modelling I want to learn to master is PATIENCE!
I'm getting back into it!
by Riskinator
17 Nov 2008 at 10:58am
Hello, Just signing up again for the forum after a 5 year break due to new family, international job assignment, etc. Severely kitbashing Caldercraft's Diana. Bought myself a new Sherline lathe and mill to celebrate!

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