Just stopped to say hello while searching around for Ship Builders group. I started with the plastic Revell 1/96 scales of the Constitution and the Cutty Sark. After careful study, I've used AutoCAD in the past to lay out hull designs...tried my hand at cast fittings...and grab anything around the house for rigging. If I couldn't find it around the house, I could always be found at the hardware stores. Hope I can help out with posters' questions. Griff
I am a ship builder . Do you build plastic kit or wooden kit models ? Or do you scratch build either ?
I haven't been here long but this group is miscellaneous . Don't know where I can find a ship builders' group .
What do you think ?
alt.models.scale.ships , but there isn't much there.
Armorama recently separated the ship builders site to its own domain. It is called Model Shipwrights and is a fairly decent site that is looking for knowledgeable ship modelers to join.
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I like the plastic and the wood. I got away from the ribbed hull methods in favor of a planked-buildup using CAD sometime back. I found a google group -
Try Steelnavy.com or Modelwarships.com. Two very good sites for ship builders only.
Rusty White Flagship Models Inc. flagshipmodels.com
AutoCAD , I wish ! My laptop ( state of the art 3 years ago ) is slowing down now --- I need a new one soon. Your idea about a new group is good . But you must tell people in various fora so they can join otherwise it will have little traffic . In the meantime , hang around here as a poster or lurker - take your pick . Or check out some of the exclusively ship- building groups to complement this one .
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