Disar Galleon Santiago de Compostela Build

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Customer Glenn Stanfield chose Disar Model’s Santiago de Compostela Spanish galleon kit to be his first wooden sailing ship model, and he began his build with a kit he purchased from us back in August of 2021. Here it is, August 2022, and we just discovered that he’s been keeping a very nice build log on the ship model forum Ships of Scale.

Photos of Glenn Stanfield’s Santiago de Compostella build, posted here with his permission.

Glenn began his model back in September of 2021. It is his first wooden model ship build, and we think he’s doing an awesome job with it.

As a first time wooden ship modeler he’s faced some new challenges, but he’s done a great job overcoming them. Particularly impressive is how well he made the unusually shaped upper gun ports. That must have taken a lot of careful filing.

The finish of the deck is quite nice, and the planking shows some nice planning while using slightly different colored deck planks. Not sure if this is a feature of the kit – you’ll have to read his build log to find out more.

 

Read the full content of his build log and following along with his progress here: https://shipsofscale.com/sosforums/threads/santiago-de-compostela-disar-model-1-72.8166/

If you’re inspired to build your own Santiago de Compostella model, we have them in stock and ready to ship at Ages of Sail here: https://www.agesofsail.com/product/santiago-de-compostela-disar-1-72-2/ Ω

Wowed by Shipyard’s Laser-Cut Card Models

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We’re following this build of Shipyard’s 1/72-scale Laser Cut Kit of the British snow-rigged sloop-of-war HMS Wolf. Here’s a rather enthusiastic update and commentary on this and other kits from Shipyard’s line of Laser Cut Kits.

These are the kits that come with nearly all the paper parts laser-cut, that include turned brass cannon and swivel gun barrels, cast resin figurehead, pre-cut and marked sails, wooden dowels for the masts and yards, and even paints and paint brushes.

You can find them all here: https://www.agesofsail.com/product/hms-wolf-laser-cardboard-kit-shipyard-172/

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At this point in my build of Shipyard’s 1/72-scale laser-cut card model of the 10-gun snow-rigged sloop of war HMS Wolf, I’m behind on keeping my build log up to date. But, I can’t let that get in the way here. Here’s the thing, I am so in awe of how incredible this kit is, that I have to state, categorically, that I’m absolutely building not only the Papegojan kit I have, but the HMS Alert kit, and the Le Coureur kit, and that I’m absolutely going to find the money to buy and build the HMS Mercury kit.

Shipyard’s 1/72-scale HMS Mercury, laser-cut kit.

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Disar Shipment in – Marieville back in stock

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Good news for lovers of paddlewheet riverboat lovers. We just received a big shipment from Disar Model, so the Disar Marieville kits are back in stock. This popular kit is a 1/72 scale replica of the classic American riverboat. It measures about 26″ long and just under 10-1/2″ tall. All wood and metal construction.

In addition to these, we’ve replenished our stocks of other popular Disar kits, including Disar’s 1/72-scale model of the frigate Hermione, the ship that carried the Marquis de Lafayette to U.S. to aid in the fight for independence.

And the popular 1/72-scale model of the Spanish galleon Santiago de Compostela, which may be one of their best looking ship model kits.

Whatever your interest, you might want to check out the range of Disar kits at Ages of Sail here: https://www.agesofsail.com/product-category/disar-model/disar-model-ship-kits/.

Building HMS Wolf – Shipyard’s 1/72 Scale Laser-Cut Card Kit – Part 3

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Being that Ages of Sail is the US distributor for the products from Shipyard, the maker of very fine quality paper and card model kits, it’s always wonderful to see one of our kits go through the transformation from 2D paper pieces into a beautiful 3D model.

Here’s the continuation of the 1/72 scale HMS Wolf laser-cut model build.

Follow along and build your own. Check out the kit at Ages of Sail here: https://www.agesofsail.com/product/hms-wolf-laser-cardboard-kit-shipyard-172/

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In addition to my work on the paper Armed Virginia Sloop model from Seahorse. The build of Shipyard’s 1/72 HMS Wolf kit continues with the adding of the second hull layer. As a reminder, this kit is almost 100% laser-cut parts. There are some dowels to shape for the masts and yard later on, plus rigging. Also, cannon barrels and belaying pins are turned brass, and there are some other non-paper parts, such as the figurehead, which is cast resin. But, there are no paper parts that aren’t already pre-cut by laser, except for a small sheet of color printed decorative friezes and flags.

In my previous post, I had the hull skeleton covered by the first layer. This primarily stiffens the bulkheads and provides some support to the outer hull layers. This covering is done the same way on all ship model kits from Shipyard, whether they are printed…

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Presentation on Building Wooden Models from Paper Kits

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We can’t quite figure out where we learned about this video, possibly from a post on ModelShipWorld.com, but there’s a very interesting presentation that was given by ship modeler Ian McLaughlan at a meeting of the Society of Model Shipwrights, which take place mainly at locations in Southern England. This particular presentation was given in February 2021 and discusses how this ship modeler used 1/96-scale paper model kits from the Polish paper kit maker Shipyard to make a pair of wooden ship models.

Many ship modelers, learning of these paper kits, consider ways to use them to build wooden models. While we think paper models can be pretty awesome in their own right, this is one ship modeler who managed to do some interesting work using a couple of these relatively inexpensive paper model kits.

The kits the presenter is talking about are the HMS Wolf and HMS Alert paper model kits.

If you’re interested in learning more about them, you can use the following links to take you to the item listings in our online shop:

HMS Alert – 1/96 scale paper model

HMS Wolf – 1/96 scale paper model

Have you ever built a wooden ship model using a paper kit as a starting point? We’d love to hear about it. Emailing us a blogger@agesofsail.com. Ω

 

 

Beautiful Nordlands Boat – Completed Build by Paul Le Wol

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A little over a month ago, we posted this story about an amazing build of the Billing Boats Nordlandsbaaden kit by ship modeler Paul De Wol. As you may recall from that post,  the Nordlandsbaaden, or Nordlands Boat, is a type of boat from northern Norway, whose design and use as a fishing boat dates back to the 1600s, but has the traditional appearance of early Viking longships. If you haven’t read it, you can find the post here.

The model was “in progress” at the time we wrote that last post about the model, but it is now officially complete. In addition to these awesome photos we included here, Paul posted a lot more photos of the completed model in the gallery of the online forum Model Ship World. For a direct link to the photo album of his Nordland Boat, click here.

As a reminder, Paul made a lot of special modifications to really beautify this kit. If you read through his build log, he shows just how someone takes a nice kit and turns it into an incredible model. Paul gave us permission to use the photos of his model, so that we can share them with you, but as before, we recommend that you check out his full build log, as it’s not only interesting to see all the work he’s been putting into the model, but it also provides some great ideas and inspiration for anyone who’s intrested in building this kit or one like it.

This model is too beautiful to not post more photos of and we couldn’t help ourselves. Here are just a few more. Keep in mind that Paul made a lot of modifications, including using his own wood supply, in order to get his build to look this nice.

For those of you who might be interested in building this model, just visit the listing on our online shop here. Note that this is an “Experienced” level kit, which Billing Boats says should be attempted only by those with a couple models under their belts.

Special thanks again to Mr. Paul Le Wol for sharing his photos with us! Ω

Amati Swedish Gunboat – Revisiting a Build

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It’s been four years now since we shared this build by ship modeler Clare Hess, so we decided it was about time we took another look at this fine build of a classic Amati ship model kit. This kit, roughly 1/40 scale, measures 13.8″ long and about 8.5″ high. These photos appeared in the final post of his build log of the Amati Swedish Gunboat kit.

Visit the full build log on shipmodeler.com here: https://shipmodeler.wordpress.com/category/ship-model-build-logs/swedish-gunboat-group-build/

If you’re interested in building one of your own, check out the entry on our website here: http://www.agesofsail.com/ecommerce/am1550-amati-swedish-gunboat.html

Got photos of your own completed build to share? Contact us at agesofsail@gmail.com!

Building HMS Wolf – Shipyard’s 1/72 Scale Laser-Cut Card Kit – Part 2

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The second installment of the 1/72 scale Shipyard HMS Wolf build. Shipyard’s laser-cut card model kits are all pretty amazing. Shipyard has several to choose from, ranging from early medieval coggs to the 18th century British frigate HMS Mercury. The line also includes international light houses and more.

Check them all out here: https://www.agesofsail.com/ecommerce/paper-kits/laser-cardboard-kits.html

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Building the hull of this Shipyard kit is really a lot like building the hull of any of their kits in that the skeletal structure of the model is very well engineered. As with just about all Shipyard ship model kits, there is a main keel piece and a series of bulkheads, much like with any wooden ship model kit. But, Shipyard kits often then have a longitudinal piece that crossed the frames, horizontally, and often another piece that crosses most of the frames vertically as well. This kit is no different.

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Building HMS Wolf – Shipyard’s 1/72 Scale Laser-Cut Card Kit – Part 1

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A new build log is starting up of the 1/72-scale, boxed, laser-cut kit of HMS Wolf from Shipyard. This is an amazing kit, and one of the most complete card model kits we have. We still have this kit in stock, but the supply is very low!

Still, if you are interested in this kit, you can find it here: https://www.agesofsail.com/product/hms-wolf-laser-cardboard-kit-shipyard-172/

Or, if you’re looking for something smaller, there is the 1/96-scale paper model version (you cut out the parts yourself), and we have plenty of those in stock: https://www.agesofsail.com/product/hms-wolf-paper-kit-shipyard-196/

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While I don’t need to start any new projects, as I’ve got a enough irons in the fire, as it were, I started feeling that I need to generate some personal ship modeling momentum. I have had Shipyard’s laser-cut Papegojan kit that I was given about a year ago, but another model in one of my ship model clubs is currently building one, and I don’t want to complete with his.

What I’ve really been interested in trying out is Shipyard’s laser-cut HMS Wolf kit, a 1/72-scale model of an 18th century snow-rigged brig of war. But there are really 3 different kits that I’d like to kind of “test out”. But, one of these is a bit involved to merely test out, and that’s Shipyard’s 1/72 scale HMS Wolf kit.

Marketing photo of HMS Wolf from Shipyard’s website.

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The Kedge-Anchor or Young Sailors’ Assistant

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One of the classic books from the mid-1800s, The Kedge-Anchor or Young Sailors’ Assistant became the bible of the American sailor. Described as a genuine maritime classic, the book gives us a glimpse of the realities of shipboard life during the golden age of sail.

This work has been identified as culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. At Ages of Sail, we’ve carried this book for years now, as it gives model builders some context and better understanding of the ships they model and how they operated.

We’re mentioning this now, because we discovered that the book is no longer available in printed format from the publisher, only as an ebook (we don’t carry ebooks). However, we still have about a dozen copies of this Dover Publications edition in stock. When we run out, it is doubtful that we will be able to carry it again.

If you’re interested in getting your own copy, here’s the link to it on Ages of Sail: https://www.agesofsail.com/product/the-kedge-anchor-2/ Ω