One of the ship model clubs in our area just sent out their monthly newsletter. So, we thought we’d share what they’re up to!
The new newsletter has been posted on our Meeting Notes page, which you can always access from the menubar above. But, to make things easy, here’s a link to the pdf document for your reading enjoyment.
Hyde-Street-2017-01-January News
Feel free to pass this along to anyone who might be interested in reading it.
Happy ship modeling!
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You can get a lot of last-minute holiday gift ideas by browsing Ages of Sail, but you’ll have to act fast if you want to receive your order in time for Christmas.
These are the cut-offs for placing your order via our website to assure it is delivered by Christmas. Other shipping options may be available, please call us if you have questions, 1-510-889-6000.
USPS:
Priority Mail, Dec. 20th
Express Mail, Dec. 22nd
FedEx (No Saturday Delivery):
Home Delivery, Dec. 16 – Dec. 21, depending on your location, call for details.
Express Saver, Dec. 19
First Overnight, Dec. 21
Saturday Deliveries, Dec. 24
No FedEx delivery on Saturday, Dec. 24. USPS will be delivering as usual.
A model of Amati’s Swedish Gunboat kit, AM1550, under construction. This small kit is relatively inexpensive, but challenging. These gunboats were armed with a single, rear-firing cannon, and used in squadrons for coastal defense in the late 18th century. Similar boats were used by other European nations as well. Check out the Amati kit, in stock now, at Ages of Sail.
While this is a group build that I’ve been working on together with 4 other people in a local group of ship modelers, a couple people have fallen behind and we haven’t had a group build meeting in many months now. So, I decided I should be making some progress. I know a couple others have made headway on their projects, and I figured I should get caught up a little.
I began by working on the gratings and also planking the main deck piece, which glues onto the top of the hull. The kit includes walnut for the planking. Some builders had been discussing the idea of planking the deck piece topside and bottom side, since it’s just a piece of thin plywood. I decided just to plank the topside. The only visible issue of plywood is the edge, but that is to be covered with a small walnut…
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If you didn’t have a chance to get in our Cyber Monday Sale, you’re in luck. We’ve decided to extend the offer and turn it into a Cyber Week Sale. Use coupon code CYBER2016 and take 10% off any order of $200 or more, now through Sunday, December 4th.
That’s nearly $25 Occre’s Rogers 199 Locomotive kit, $99.90 off of Dusek’s Nuestra Seniora ship model kit, or nearly $50 off of the already discounted price of Amati’s Revenge ship model kit.
See what savings deal you can come up with at Ages of Sail.
Been thinking about buying that kit you’ve been wanting, or those tools and supplies? Now’s a great time to buy and save. Place any order of $200 or more and save 10% on your order on this one-day Cyber Monday sale, November 28, 2016.
Mantua’s Armed Launch, Lancia Armata
Simply add products to your Ages of Sail shopping cart so that the merchandise total is at least $200. Once that’s done, go to your shopping cart and enter the coupon code CYBER2016 and the 10% merchandise discount will show up in your cart total.
Amati’s Master Cut Tool
The discount applies to fittings, tools, accessories, books, kits… all merchandise. The bigger the order, the more you save – Don’t miss out!
Amati’s 1:60-scale Mayflower Kit
Check out our full line at Ages of Sail .
Ages of Sail has been the official North American distributor for Amati Model for many years now. We carry the full range of ship model kits, specialty model kits, miniature figures and busts, ship model fittings, wood supplies, ship model plans, tools, and accessories.
But, did you know that as the North American distributor for Amati Model, we are able to provide our customers with free replacement parts should you break or lose a part from your Amati model kit, including their line of Victory Model kits.
This applies to any Amati model kit you purchased from us or one of the retailers we supply. When you contact us, be sure to indicate the specific model kit, a description of the missing or broken part (a photo or scan from the plans or instructions is helpful), and the purchase date and retailer name.
Buy your Amati kit with confidence, at Ages of Sail!
Ages of Sail just got in 6 pallets of products and we need to make room!
Just arrived is one pallet of kits from Disar Model of Spain, one pallet from Constructo of Spain, two pallets of ModelCraft Tools and two pallets of kits from Caldercraft.
We’ve been running low on Caldercraft and a lot of items were marked as “out of stock”. Well, it’s all in stock now! RC kits, Nelson’s Navy and Heritage Series kits.
Check them out at Ages of Sail.
Here’s a sample of some of the kits we got, in time for the holidays…
Caldercraft HMS Snake
Caldercraft Mary Rose
The big 1/72-scale Caldercraft HMS Victory
Caldercraft’s HM Brig Supply
Caldercraft’s RC Model Marie Felling
Disar Mode’s Almejera Adriana
Disar’s Navio Rayo combat station
Constructo’s US Coast Guard Training Bark, USCGC Eagle
Constructo’s schooner Altair
Do you keep looking at the available kits and just having a hard time finding your next build (or maybe one of the many after that)? Constructo kits had become increasingly difficult for us to stock, so we decided to import them directly. Ages of Sail has just listed a number of kits from the popular ship model kit company.
Constructo’s lineup include classic plank-on-bulkhead wooden kits like the Cutty Sark, HMS Victory, and Bluenose II. But, Constructo also has a large number of kits with a wide range of skill requirements, assuring you’ll find something that’s a perfect fit for you.
For those just starting or looking for a fun and quick build, there are the kits from Constructo’s 8-hour Series. These kits feature pre-built and pre-painted polystyrene hulls. Just add the deck and details, add masts, rigging and sails. Check out the Virginia, Dominica and Swift from this series.
Looking for something a bit more meaty? How about the U.S. Coast Guard training ship Eagle? Or the Gorch Fock? These kits also include pre-painted and pre-built plastic hulls, but details and rigging are a lot more involved.
USCGS Eagle features pre-painted plastic hull, with the challenging rig of the 3-masted barque.
Or, if you prefer working in wood, but want something not too overwhelming, you might consider the Altair or the Carmen. These beautiful small ships feature plank-on-bulkhead construction, but have the simpler fore-and-aft rig of the classic two-masted schooner.
The Altair features wooden hull construction with a simple schooner rig.
Whatever your skill level and interest, we think you’ll find something you like in the lineup from Constructo of Spain. Check them out now at Ages of Sail.
Ship modeler Clare Hess begins his next paper model project, Shipyard’s HMS Mercury.
Having completed Shipyard’s HMS Alert kit, it just didn’t feel right to not have a paper model to work on. There’s something about the simplicity of paper that is just too darned cool!
Of course, I have plenty of wooden ship model projects, but it’s nice to have a paper model going in the background. As with other background projects I’ve had in the past, there is no rush to get it done. There’s also nothing that says I have to ever get it done. But, having completed the Alert, I can see taking on another kit and carrying it to completion.
Now, I have Shipyard’s Super Modellar Plans (that’s Shipyard’s spelling, by the way, not mine) for the Santa Leocadia, a Spanish 38-gun frigate in 1/72 scale. The “Super” part of that title means that the plans include the laser-cut frames and some other items to give you…
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