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Duchess of Kingston - Wooden Sailing Yacht 1778 - Vanguard Models - 1/64
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Duchess of Kingston - Wooden Sailing Yacht 1778 - Vanguard Models - 1/64

DocRob · 19 hours ago19 hr

This build has been started some years ago. The reason, I post it again are twofold, one reason being to add another aspect of modelling to LSM Mark II and on the other hand to motivate myself to finish the build, which stalled with rigging. The name giving Duchess was a very interesting person, to say the least. In her later years, she owned the ship of the same name as a yacht, cruising the Atlantic, the Mediterranean and the Baltikum in it. Elizabeth Pierrepont, Duchess of Kingston-upon-Hu
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DocRob

19 hours ago19 hr

DocRob

6 minutes ago6 min
Some of my finished build.
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Some of my finished build.

Meter rat · 21 hours ago21 hr

These are some of the 1/16 radio controlled models built before I joined the site. My MAN Danish tank transporter. Challenger 2. Tiger 1. As captured by the Sherwood Rangers. Von Rossen’s Tiger 1 East German T72. Abrams in the cool winter sun. A not entirely accurate M35 Gun Truck, build with my grandson to drive. Leopard 2A6, which will become a Danish 2A6DK. Danish Leopard 1A5DK, as used in Operation Bøllebank.
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Meter rat

21 hours ago21 hr

FullArmor

9 hours ago9 hr
What's your other Hobby?
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What's your other Hobby?

KevinM · May 6May 6

We all have other interest many that will cross lanes with other post them here.I have developed in the last few years growing fruit in my backyard mainly I have 2-Sanat Rosa Plums 2-Apple trees Golden and Ein Shemer 2-orange trees Red navel and Honeybell 2- Lemon Trees 2-Peach trees and 2-Necatrine Desert and White Artic.The berry bushes include 6- blueberry 3-mature 4-blackberry 2-boysenberry and 3-patches of raspberry.I still have in pots 6 more Honeybells grown from seeds in pots which 3 wil
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KevinM

May 6May 6

FullArmor

9 hours ago9 hr
1/32 RedPill F-4 Phantom
Aviation model kits & Aftermarket

1/32 RedPill F-4 Phantom

Jeroen Peters · May 4May 4

Does anyone know this brand?? It's new to me:
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Jeroen Peters

May 4May 4

David Enders

14 hours ago14 hr
1/48 P-39 air racer #95
All 'in-progress' build logs here.

1/48 P-39 air racer #95

JohnB593 · 16 hours ago16 hr

I'll be using the Accurate Miniatures 1/48 kit for this build. It will be a largely unknown a/c which competed in one race and came in last LOL! I like the simple yellow scheme and markings plus the P-63 prop (which is in the AM kit). This will mostly be a "time filler" until I decide on my next 1/32 build. Should be a fun build. 😁
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JohnB593

16 hours ago16 hr

JohnB593

16 hours ago16 hr
What did you receive recently? Share it with us.
Modelling Discussion

What did you receive recently? Share it with us.

James H · May 4May 4

Did you get any new kit or other modelling related goodies today or recently? We all like so show our new stuff, so please share it with us. I know this is an odd scale, and the surface is a little questionable (!) but hey, who cares! Darren
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James H

May 4May 4

James H

21 hours ago21 hr
DAs Werk’s Leopard 2A7v
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DAs Werk’s Leopard 2A7v

Meter rat · Tuesday at 01:48 PM3 days

Posted the start of this on the old forum, before it went down. The intention was see if this kit could be made into a working RC tank. All while trying to retain as much as the kit as possible. I first investigated whether a propitiatory lower hull could be used, but this would not have been correct, so was dismissed. This would have been an easy solution, but why make life easier? I assembled the hull as per the instructions, after installing bearings for the suspension. Inner and outer b
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Meter rat

Tuesday at 01:48 PM3 days

Meter rat

22 hours ago22 hr
MFH MS11 1/12
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MFH MS11 1/12

Paddy · May 16May 16

My first build here :-) lets see how it goes. This is a Matra Simca F1 car from 1968. The usual mix of plastic and white metal from MFH. My first problem here is finding reference pictures because MFH has produced an MS11 chassis with a MS9 engine which is correct but nearly all surviving cars seem to have an MS12 engine as above. Anyway thats a detail but it does mean that i will have to guess some details, not least engine colour. This is a strange choice from MFH here but it should be not
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Paddy

May 16May 16

Paddy

Yesterday at 09:18 AM1 day
1/32 Westland Whirlwind with exposed engines
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1/32 Westland Whirlwind with exposed engines

Jeroen Peters · May 3May 3

This build really was a looong journey. Most time went into researching the Rolls Royce Peregrine engines. Not much is known in terms of reference. Lots of help came from Gunnar Olsen who provided knowledge almost every step of the way. Making the flaps drop was another huge challenge. I opened the radio compartment, which in turn was a project in itself. And so on. No decals used. Lots of 3d designed and printed parts. Right down to the Norton bike, which is so delicate it printed about 20 of t
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Jeroen Peters

May 3May 3

Martinnfb

Yesterday at 12:19 AM1 day
Das Werk P.1101 at Oberammergau
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Das Werk P.1101 at Oberammergau

Jeroen Peters · May 3May 3

I completed this model this year and tried to build it in exactly the way it was found by the US Army at the end of the war near Munich at Oberammergau, which is now pretty much intact and serves as a NATO training school. Pete Hamann (the 3d designer of this kit) helped me a lot with 3d designed the open panels on the wings. This plane did not have wing panels when it was found. It also did not have weapons, no gunsight etc. I used 1manarmy masks and a resin after market FWP Jumo004 engine. The
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Jeroen Peters

May 3May 3

Belugawhaleman

Thursday at 07:51 PM1 day

Duchess of Kingston - Wooden Sailing Yacht 1778 - Vanguard Models - 1/64

Thank you Gus and Jeroen, you are right about the skillset, but I like to challenge myself and learn doing new things. Unfortunately, the rigging turned me off, after breezing through the build. I hope, I can regain momentum soon.
By the way Jeroen, you are exploring new areas of model building / designing as well. I guess, you know the satisfying feeling to have mastered something entirely new for yourself.

Cheers Rob

By DocRob · 6 minutes ago6 min
Duchess of Kingston - Wooden Sailing Yacht 1778 - Vanguard Models - 1/64

Impressive work that requires a whole new skill set

By Jeroen Peters · 1 hour ago1 hr
Some of my finished build.

Cool🙂

By FullArmor · 9 hours ago9 hr
1/32 RedPill F-4 Phantom

Sprue Brothers says that their pre-order shipment is in customs in Chicago. They also have it available for the pre-order price on their website. Expected early June 2026.
Edit: After reading this, I realized that I should mention that Sprue stated that the current shipment was air freighted and there is a limited quantity. There is a much larger shipment coming via ship (container) and is expected later this summer.

By David Enders · 14 hours ago14 hr
1/48 P-39 air racer #95

I'll be using the Accurate Miniatures 1/48 kit for this build. It will be a largely unknown a/c which competed in one race and came in last LOL! I like the simple yellow scheme and markings plus the P-63 prop (which is in the AM kit). This will mostly be a "time filler" until I decide on my next 1/32 build. Should be a fun build. 😁

By JohnB593 · 16 hours ago16 hr
Duchess of Kingston - Wooden Sailing Yacht 1778 - Vanguard Models - 1/64

I remember this one. Thanks for posting again Rob

By GusMac · 16 hours ago16 hr
Duchess of Kingston - Wooden Sailing Yacht 1778 - Vanguard Models - 1/64

This build has been started some years ago. The reason, I post it again are twofold, one reason being to add another aspect of modelling to LSM Mark II and on the other hand to motivate myself to finish the build, which stalled with rigging.
The name giving Duchess was a very interesting person, to say the least. In her later years, she owned the ship of the same name as a yacht, cruising the Atlantic, the Mediterranean and the Baltikum in it.

Elizabeth Pierrepont, Duchess of Kingston-upon-Hull - Wikipedia

The kit is made by Vanguard Models, who´s owner Chris Watton designed it to historical correctness. It is a fantastic kit, addressing experienced builders, which I´m not, I have to confess. In fact, it was my first serious attempt in building a wooden ship. I found the experience extremely satisfying, and I propelled through the build in about five month and learning to know the completely different world of working with wood scale wise.
There were challenging parts, but nothing proved unsolvable and the precisely prepared kit helped a lot

I had a build log in the old LSM and will only show some of the important steps of the build. I do not have the old text, but feel free to ask, if you are interested in details about the build.

The box art of the beautifully decorated ship:

I started with the framing, which proved very sturdy and was a good base for planking, in this case double planking:

After adding the false deck, I applied the bulwarks, which needed to be pre formed with water and heat:

The first plank was installed:

First planking is done. If I remember right, the planking was done with limewood planks. The bulkheads were bevelled, to accept the planking.

Here, I added the stern gallery base parts and the rudder:

Second planking was done with the supplied pear wood strips. As most of the hull will be left unpainted, I pre selected matching planks beforehand. To speed up the planking job, I used CA glue for that, which may not be the classic approach, but worked for me.

So far for now.

Cheers Rob

By DocRob · 19 hours ago19 hr
What did you receive recently? Share it with us.

I don't think they do direct sales now, but this site carries them.
https://www.mn-modelar.com/hph-models

By James H · 21 hours ago21 hr
Some of my finished build.

These are some of the 1/16 radio controlled models built before I joined the site.
My MAN Danish tank transporter.
Challenger 2.

Tiger 1. As captured by the Sherwood Rangers.
Von Rossen’s Tiger 1
East German T72.

Abrams in the cool winter sun.

A not entirely accurate M35 Gun Truck, build with my grandson to drive.
Leopard 2A6, which will become a Danish 2A6DK.

Danish Leopard 1A5DK, as used in Operation Bøllebank.

By Meter rat · 21 hours ago21 hr
DAs Werk’s Leopard 2A7v

Small update on this. I was unhappy with the gun elevation, as it did not have the elevation, and depression I required. It was also very jerky, and not at all smooth. So I ripped it apart and replaced it.

One thing, kit manufacturers do not allow for, when making static kits, is how often the upper hull needs to be removed for maintenance, cleaning, and battery charging, if you decide to make one radio controlled. They are so inconsiderate. This was having a detrimental effect on the crew access steps, and four out of the five, had broken off.
A small jig was made, and four steps were made. These were soldered up, with liquid solder, and a small gas torch, and are now able to now swing like the original. These just need cleaning up, and then attaching with the large flats on the hinges.

By Meter rat · 22 hours ago22 hr

Duchess of Kingston - Wooden Sailing Yacht 1778 - Vanguard Models - 1/64

Thank you Gus and Jeroen, you are right about the skillset, but I like to challenge myself and learn doing new things. Unfortunately, the rigging turned me off, after breezing through the build. I hope, I can regain momentum soon.
By the way Jeroen, you are exploring new areas of model building / designing as well. I guess, you know the satisfying feeling to have mastered something entirely new for yourself.

Cheers Rob

By DocRob · 6 minutes ago6 min
Duchess of Kingston - Wooden Sailing Yacht 1778 - Vanguard Models - 1/64

Impressive work that requires a whole new skill set

By Jeroen Peters · 1 hour ago1 hr
Some of my finished build.

Cool🙂

By FullArmor · 9 hours ago9 hr
1/32 RedPill F-4 Phantom

Sprue Brothers says that their pre-order shipment is in customs in Chicago. They also have it available for the pre-order price on their website. Expected early June 2026.
Edit: After reading this, I realized that I should mention that Sprue stated that the current shipment was air freighted and there is a limited quantity. There is a much larger shipment coming via ship (container) and is expected later this summer.

By David Enders · 14 hours ago14 hr
1/48 P-39 air racer #95

I'll be using the Accurate Miniatures 1/48 kit for this build. It will be a largely unknown a/c which competed in one race and came in last LOL! I like the simple yellow scheme and markings plus the P-63 prop (which is in the AM kit). This will mostly be a "time filler" until I decide on my next 1/32 build. Should be a fun build. 😁

By JohnB593 · 16 hours ago16 hr

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