Large scale ship models. Drawings of plywood ships: materials, preparation for work, cutting and assembly of parts, final finishing. I bring to your attention an overview of the model of the ship Santa Maria. Typical packaging for Zvezda: thick ka

About modeling and the scales used in modeling.

Humanity has always seen in its ships, carts and buildings something more than just utilitarian structures. They were loved, protected, decorated with carvings and gilded. People made sculptures of their ships, painted in temples and gave them affectionate names. And, of course, people have always made models of their technique. Made of gold and silver, wood and clay, replicas and toys, for ritual needs and as ashtrays - there are as many options as there are peoples. One of the oldest known Egyptian ship models, for example, dates back to the 4th millennium BC. and made of silver. I must say that it is very well done, with oars and details.

When modeling vehicles and buildings, models are usually made reduced in a certain ratio, however, there are exceptions to this rule. For museums or amateurs, sometimes inoperative full-size models are created, sometimes working models are built using new technologies, there are even flying planes - copies of historical technology (they are called "replicas").

In industry, in the manufacture of drawings and industrial models, the following scales are adopted: 1: 2, 1: 4 (they try not to use it), 1: 5, 1:10, 1:20, 1:25, 1:50, 1: 100, 1: 200, 1: 300, 1: 400, 1: 500, 1: 1000. In Europe, the scale of 1: 2.5 (2/5) is quite often used. However, these are drawing scales, which have almost nothing to do with modeling.

In modeling, there are several traditions of scales, one of them comes from the decimal system, the other comes from the inch tradition. In addition, in railway modeling, their own, rather arbitrary dimensions are adopted as a standard, which do not coincide with other areas of modeling.

The origin of inch scales is interesting. At one time, from about the 17th century, in England, when building new ships, the following order was adopted: at first, a very experienced master, versed in all the nuances of the device and construction of ships, made a very accurate model of the ship's hull. Later, this model was used as a plaza and a general drawing for the construction of a real ship. All models were removed from it, even the displacement of the ship was approximately determined by it! This procedure made it possible, even at the design stage, to achieve high quality surfaces, to avoid "angularities" that inevitably arise when designing according to drawings, and also to work out all the issues of layout and assembly of the ship. At the same time, for the convenience of converting dimensions, the model was initially built according to the rule "foot per inch", "two feet per inch" or in other multiple scales. Many of these models have survived to this day. Since there are 12 inches in a foot (1 inch = 2.54 cm), the resulting scales are 1:12, 1:24, and multiples of them, respectively. This is where the “inch” tradition of scales came from: 1: 6, 1:12, 1:18, 1:24, 1:32, 1:48, 1:72, 1:96, 1: 144.

Scales for ship models.

To enter the official ship modeling competition, you will need to execute the model in one of the standard scales of the NAVIGA system: 1:10, 1:15, 1:20, 1:25, 1:50, 1:75, 1: 100, 1: 150, 1: 200, 1: 250, 1: 400, 1: 500, 1: 1000, 1: 12500. This standard has been adopted in Russia and a number of European countries. At the same time, both in plastic and in paper, a lot of models are produced, made in a scale of 1:96. Very accurate and beautiful paper sailboats on this scale are produced by Shipyard.
New ship models made of paper are perhaps better developed at a scale of 1:50 and 1: 100 for sailing ships (depending on size), 1: 200 for small military and civil ships, 1: 400 for largeships. A scale of 1: 500 is also used, but much less often, scales of 1: 400 and 1: 200 for bench models of large ships have become de facto the standard. In addition, there are quite a few plastic models in the scales of 1: 350 and 1: 300, but they, perhaps, should be considered non-standard.

Models of cars and military equipment.

The following scales are used for car and tank models: 1: 5, 1: 6, 1: 8, 1:10, 1:12 (very rare), 1:14 (very rare), 1:15, 1:16, 1 : 18, 1:20 (very rare), 1:24 (English tradition,), 1:25 (for official competitions in sports modeling, for example, track), 1:30 (very rare), 1:32, 1: 35, 1:43, 1: 100.

In 1:24 scale, there are many prefabricated car models made of plastic and metal. The 1:35 scale also produces quite a few plastic models of tanks and cars, the 1:43 scale is widely known for toys and collectible models. On this scale, models of buses and other large vehicles are sometimes made from paper.

Most car models are made of paper in 1:25 scale. It is better to develop new models of passenger cars at a scale of 1:18 or larger, scales 1:24, 1:25 are still too small for paper, the details are too small, and at these scales it is difficult to convey fillets, of which there are a lot on any car. As a last resort, then the development can be reduced.

Railroad models.

The funniest story of scale played out in railroad models. Before the creation of the international federation of railway lovers (and this happened in the 50s of the twentieth century), many different companies produced railways on a wide variety of scales, which were known problems for collectors. After the introduction of the standards, 1:45 was taken as the main scale, and it was named "0" (zero).

At the same time, the Englishmen, with the same track gauge, consider the models of scale "0" to be scale 1: 43.5. In the NEM 010 standard, this is written as follows: “track width 32mm, scale 1:45, model meter 22.2mm.” At the same time, a note is given: “*) In France and Great Britain, the scale of 1: 43.5 is still used. in this case it is 23.0 mm. ”(The track is the same - 32mm.) By the way, this is where the 1:43 scale, which is widely known for car models, came from.

There are also larger scales - 1:32 (I) track width 45mm, 1:27 (II) - track width 57mm, currently not used, 1: 22.6 (III) - track width 63.5mm. The most common scale is “half zero”, “H0”, “HALF Null” (English), “Halb Null” (German), the scale of H0 is 1:87. The following railway scales have nothing to do with the previous ones. Ultimately, the railroad scales look like this: 1:32, 1:45, 1:87, 1: 120, 1: 160, 1: 220. As outdated, but acceptable, a scale of 1:64 is sometimes used. At the same time, the track width is always recalculated based on the reduction not of the Russian standard (1520mm), but of the Western European standard (1435mm), even for models of Soviet technology. If you build a model of a Soviet armored train, keep this in mind. In general, the standards of railway modeling are distinguished by the greatest elaboration and accuracy. Almost everything is standardized in them: the section of the rail for each scale, the arrangement of the support devices for the bogies, the track width, etc. If you decide to make models of railway equipment, look for these standards.

Models of buildings.

When building models of buildings, you have to decide which tradition you want to follow more. Rail-scale building models are very common. The reason is obvious: they are well suited for building layouts of terrain next to the road. But the scales given above for the courts are also used (decimal tradition). Which one is more common is hard to say. If you plan to put car models side by side, then you should generally take the car scale. If you are thinking of making a dollhouse as a toy, then you better follow the standards for human figures (they are given below).

Fantasy character models, soldiers, dolls.

It is quite difficult for soldiers to indicate the exact scale, since for them, as a rule, not the scale is standardized, but the height of the figure. The following standard sizes for tin soldiers are known: 50-60mm (1: 30-1: 32), 30-32mm (1: 50-1: 60, the so-called "Nuremberg" tradition). In the Japanese tradition, there are quite a few models of characters made of paper at a scale of 1: 8, there are so-called figurines - gasapons 10-12 cm high, their scale is approximately 1: 20-1: 25. The famous Barbie is about 280mm tall, which roughly corresponds to a scale of 1: 6.3. There are also quite a few good game figures - dolls from "Kinder Surprise", they are made about 40mm in size, which roughly corresponds to a 1:45 scale. If you are thinking of creating a toy for your child, a house or a car, you can use this standard size - there are a lot of these figures and it is very convenient to play with them. A 1:72 scale is also used, and a large number of toy soldiers' kits are produced on this scale.

Airplane models.

For flying aircraft models, with which you can perform in sports modeling, the decimal scales indicated above are used, but we could not find any strict rules on this matter even on the website of the Federation of Aircraft Modeling Sports. For flying models - copies, as a rule, it is not the scale that is limited, but the weight and area of ​​the bearing surface.

For bench model aircraft replicas, the scales are 1:24, 1:32, 1:33, 1:48, 1:50, 1:72, 1: 100, 1: 144, 1: 150. A very large number of plastic assembly kits and finished models are produced in 1:72 scale, this is perhaps the most common and most famous scale. Quite a few plastic models are produced in 1:48 scale. 1:32 scale build kits sometimes appear on the market, but they are very expensive and very rare. There are many models of commercial aircraft made of plastic at the scales of 1: 100 and 1: 144, with the latter gradually becoming more common. At a scale of 1: 150, very few models of large civil aircraft made of paper and plastic are known, we can say that this is an outdated and invalid scale. The 1:50 scale was at one time used quite widely for models of both fighters and civilian aircraft, but today it can be considered completely supplanted by the 1:48 and 1:72 scales.

At the same time, for paper airplane models, the standard and generally accepted scale is 1:33 as about one third of a hundredth - that is, this scale has metric roots. It would be wise to carry out new developments of paper bench models on the scale of 1:24, 1:33, 1:48, 1:72, 1: 144. However, if you build models of civilian aircraft from plastic on a scale of 1: 100 (there are quite a few of them), this scale may also be useful to you.

As I was going to, I am reviewing the Cutty Sark clipper set on a scale of 1: 150.
I chose the set for a long time, considered different options, including the review on the site (respect to the Author). I decided to take a scale larger than 350, I think it's more interesting to tinker with details.

HUNTER Q-SHIP Trap Ship Model Review

The Q-ship (ship with hidden weapons, trap ship) appeared between the first and second world wars as an asymmetric response to the actions of German submarines. The British Admiralty came up with an idea that seemed crazy, but that proved to be effective. It consisted in arming merchant ships, which seemed easy prey for German submarines. Wolves in sheep's clothing, small ships with the fearlessness of lions, these were Q-ships, of various types and tonnages, disguised as ordinary battered merchant ships.

Review of the yacht model "ENDEAVOR"

I present to you an overview of the yacht "ENDEAVOR" by Amati in 1:80 scale.
In a medium-sized box made of good cardboard, there is a package with documentation (assembly instructions in Italian, comments on the instructions from "Shipyard On the Table" in Russian, three printouts of the arrangement of parts on blank sheets, two drawings at a 1: 1 scale and a printout of the sails on the fabric).

Review of the model of the American schooner "HANNAH" in a bottle

When General George Washington took command of the American army, they had no ships to fight against the powerful British fleet. In 1775, George Washington bought the schooner "Hannah", which became the first ship of the American Navy.

Model review "DANA FISHINGBOAT"

I would like to present to our esteemed colleagues a review of the Dana fishing boat model from Billing Boats at a scale of 1:60. The models of this company differ from most other manufacturers in that they actively use plastic parts, while many consider the use of plastic in wooden models to be bad form. For me personally, their models seem to be a kind of transitional link from plastic ship models to pure wooden ones, which influenced me when buying this set.

Model overview "WASA"

After 3 months of searching and waiting, I received this set. It was discontinued in 2013 and is no longer planned. Therefore, you can call it almost antiques.

Model overview Yacht D "Oro" Yacht D "Oro"

Dear colleagues. I present an overview of the model of the Dutch yacht D "Oro.
Scale: 1/72.

Drakkar model review

Good afternoon! Colleagues, I bring to your attention an overview of the plastic model of the drakkar from the English manufacturer EMHAR.
Scale: 1/72.

Overview of the "LE SOLEIL ROYAL" model

Hello friends and colleagues!
I present to you a model of the sailing ship "Le Soleil Royal", "King-Sun" of the famous French company Heller. The battleship built in 1692 was the flagship of Louis XIV. As Heller himself admits, this model is the best in the history of the company.
A little about the set. Scale 1: 100. The dimensions of the finished model are 77 cm long, 76.5 cm high.

Overview of the "SINAGOT" model

Colleagues, I bring to your attention an overview of the plastic model of the SINAGOT fishing boat from the famous French manufacturer Heller.
In a colorfully decorated cardboard box measuring 350 × 185 × 45, there are three sprues with 32 parts, two wagons with three sails, an instruction and a decal.

Model review "THONIER ARMOR"

Colleagues, I bring to your attention a review of a plastic model of a two-masted Iola for fishing white tuna.
This kit belongs to the line of kits reissued by the famous French manufacturer Heller, the production of which was previously discontinued. This series can be characterized by one phrase: "Excellent quality in a beautiful package."

Model overview "NAO DE MATARO"

The world famous Nao Mataro was named after the city (city of Mataró, in Catalonia). According to various sources, this ship is also called "Catalan ship".

CORSAIR YACHT model overview

Welcome all. Today I want to introduce you to a little-known and rather rare set from the French company Heller in 1/150 scale - the Corsair yacht.
In light of the fact that Heller has now re-released its line of old models, we can purchase these, I'm not afraid to say, beautiful whales that disappeared from store shelves 15-20 years ago.

Model overview "CONQISTADOR"

You all know the 1 / 90th scale Santa's set by Heller. Do you know which set served as a donor for Santa?
I present to your attention one of the rarest sets from Heller Conquistador in 1:90 scale.

Overview of the "LE SAINT LOUIS" model

Hello gentlemen!
I present to your attention a set for the assembly of the French galleon "Le Saint Louis" ("St. Louis"). The manufacturer is the famous French company Heller.

Model review "LA BELLE POULE"

"La Belle Poule": 1st rank 60-gun frigate, Surveillante class (9 ships were built in the series). This class of frigates was developed with an eye to the American USS "Constitution".
The model was developed by Heller in conjunction with IMAI in the late 1970s. Only the first, small, series went on sale. The set was released too hastily and is considered not very successful.

SHEBEK model overview

I bring to your attention a review of the next whale from IMAI "Chebec" ().
Such ships were popular in the Mediterranean Sea from about the middle of the 18th century. With a shallow draft, well armed, equipped with Latin sails that allowed sailing in any winds, they were loved not only by Algerian pirates, but also by the navies of the coastal countries. Many European countries, including France, Spain and England, included shebeks in their navies.

MAYFLOWER model overview

The kits for the construction of the English merchant ship Mayflower of this company are very rare and in fact rare.
The whale is packed in a classic IMAI cardboard box with a colored boxart.

Set for the construction of a model VKING SHIP in ...
coffee can

The other day I got into my hands a rather unusual kit for building a model of a Viking ship. The instructions and all the labels on the packaging are in Japanese, so I could not read anything. But, apparently, the set is intended for the smallest modelers.

Review of the model "GOLDEN HIND" in a bottle

Review of another set for building a model ship in a bottle from IMAI (Japan) - this time "Golden Hind".
The scale of the model declared by the manufacturer is 1: 450. Model dimensions: length - 76 mm, width - 30 mm, height - 67 mm.

Review of the model "CUTTY SARK" in a bottle

Review of another set for building a model ship in a bottle from IMAI (Japan) - this time the famous "Cutty Sark" clipper.
The scale of the model, declared by the manufacturer, is 1: 750. Model dimensions: length - 112 mm, width - 32 mm, height - 64 mm.

Review of the model "SANTA MARIA" in a bottle

Review of another set for building a model ship in a bottle from IMAI (Japan) - this time "Santa Maria".
The scale of the model declared by the manufacturer is 1: 450. Model dimensions: length - 75 mm, width - 38 mm, height - 69 mm.

Review of the model "SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL" in a bottle

Perhaps someone will be interested in a review of the kit for building a model ship in a bottle of the "Sir Winston Churchill" schooner from IMAI (Japan).
The scale of the model, declared by the manufacturer, is 1: 500. Model dimensions: length - 88 mm, width - 27 mm, height - 80 mm.

Overview of the "THERMOPYLAE" model in a bottle

Review of another set for building a model ship in a bottle from IMAI (Japan) - this time "Thermopylae" / "Thermopylae".
This set was released quite a long time ago and, as it seems to me, is no longer in production.

Hello gentlemen!
I present to you an overview of the model of the American frigate USS "Constitution" I purchased. Manufacturer - Japanese company IMAI. The declared scale is 1/120.

Model overview "SANTA MARIA"

A little about the set. The quality of the parts is excellent. The imitation of wood is well worked out, the fit of parts is at a height. Although the set is more than a dozen years old, the set is excellent.

Overview of the "CATALAN SHIP" model

The world famous Nao Mataro was named after the city (city of Mataró, in Catalonia). According to various sources, this ship is also called the Catalan ship.
These ships appeared around 1400 and were used for trade in the coastal waters of Spain. Such ships in abundance sailed across the Mediterranean in the 15th century, exporting Catalan textiles.

Review of the model "CUTTY SARK"

Hello gentlemen! I am exhibiting another model I have acquired for review.
This is the well-known "Cutty Sark" clipper. Manufacturer - Japanese company Imai.

Model overview "NAPOLEON"

Hello gentlemen! In one of the tales I came across a link from an online store. And I liked one model so much that I decided to urgently purchase it. And now I have it. I want to boast a little.
So: the sail-screw battleship "Napoleon" built in 1850.

Review of the model of the pleasure yacht "GRETEL" (XVIII century)

Just one kind of colorful solid cardboard box measuring 485 x 250 x 65 mm makes you drool in anticipation of the expected miracle. I would have fallen asleep, probably, under the tree, if my wife had not shown persistence, picking me out of there.
The box shows the assembled model, data on the scale and dimensions of the model, close-ups of the yacht on the ends. Under the lid, in a folder made of thick paper, there are 3 sheets of A2 format with assembly drawings, a brochure - catalog for 2006-07. from the manufacturer and instructions in Russian without frills on 2 pages. Drawings leave a pleasant impression not only with the quality of the paper, but also with their detail and clarity. Not only the stages of assembly are given, but the wiring of the rigging is given in detail and even methods of knitting are shown.

Schooner model review "MARSEILLE"

Built in 1764, the schooner Marseille served in the French navy as a training ship for the gunners. In addition to the 24 three-pound guns, she had two special six-pounder cannons on carriages that could rotate 180 degrees.
Nice, dense and colorful box, But, in my opinion, too big for such a set, the contents inside can shake.

Model overview "USS CONSTITUTION"

The USS Constitution, Old Ironsides, is the oldest sailing ship in the world afloat. Still in service with the US Navy.
Known as "Old Ironsides". This nickname was given to the ship after, during the Anglo-American War of 1812-1814. It was noted that the cores of the British HMS ship The Guerriere bounced off its sides, which were made of virgin oak.

Model overview "NINA"

There is no point in writing about the historical prototype of the vessel, it is too well known.
Mamoli offers a mini series of Columbus's three sailing ships, claiming 106th scale. Length - 235 mm, height - 268 mm.

Model overview "SANTA MARIA"

Welcome all.
Santa Maria is the flagship on which Christopher Columbus discovered America in 1492. It was a three-masted Nao-type karakka with a length of no more than 25 meters and a capacity of up to 40 people. The owner and captain of the karakka was the Basque Juan de la Cosa, a famous Spanish traveler and cartographer. The Santa Maria was a single-deck, three-masted ship with straight rigging. She moved slower than other ships of Columbus, but was reliable during storms.

Model review of the Baltimore clipper-schooner ALBATROS

Baltimore clipper schooners appeared in the city of Baltimore in the early 19th century and represented a transitional link between a full-fledged clipper and a classic schooner and brigantine. American shipbuilders have proposed a new vessel concept. Speed ​​was at the forefront. This was achieved due to the ratio of the length and breadth of the vessel. Europeans adhered to a ratio of 1: 3, 1: 4. American shipbuilders chose the 1: 5, 1: 6 scheme. But the speed also had to be paid: the vessel's carrying capacity decreased.

Overview of the Feluga model "SAN JUAN" ("EL GLORIOSO")

Short description:
The Felucca is a small wooden vessel with strongly inclined masts and a large Latin sail anchored to a two-piece long yarn. They were light and maneuverable, they could take on board up to 10 passengers, and the crew consisted of two or three people. Feluccas can still be found in the Red Sea, the eastern Mediterranean and the Nile. In America, a fleet of felucca, built by Italian immigrants, filled the docks of San Francisco until 1884.

HMS BAUNTY model overview

I would like to present for you an overview of one of the most beautiful (in my humble opinion) armed vessels of the merchant fleet of His Majesty H.M.S "Bounty", from Revell on a scale of 1: 110.
As it is written on the box art, the finished model has the following dimensions: length - 37.2 cm; height 29.1 cm.

Overview of the HANSEAN KOGG model

Why I love models old ships- so this is for the fact that the dispute about the "shape" of the body, color, etc. meaningless for the reason that no real drawings have survived. This gives the modeler a lot of creativity.
The model from Zvezda interested me for a long time, but somehow my hands did not reach its acquisition ... The case helped. While staying in the capital city of Kiev, from old memory, I went to the store ... It was there that I saw a cog from Revell. I couldn't resist ... I couldn't for the simple reason that I had never met Revellovsky at all.

Pilgrim Ship MAYFLOWER model overview

I present to your attention a 1:83 scale model of the Mayflower galleon by Revell.
Mayflower (English Mayflower, which literally translates as "May flower", as the hawthorn is called in England) is an English galleon, on which the British, who founded one of the first British settlements in North America, crossed the Atlantic Ocean in 1620.
The model is in a colorful enough durable box, there are two bags inside.

Model overview "PEDRO NUNES"

Good time everyone. I would like to present to your attention a small review of this specific whale for an amateur (fan) of clippers.
It seems that they are not on sale now, but if you wish, you can probably buy it from your hands. I can't say anything about the price today.

Model overview "USS CONSTITUTION"

Dear colleagues.
Welcome to the first joint review of the Revell USS Constitution ship model.

Model review "USS BON HOMME RICHARD"

The set, although it has a fairly large scale, does not spoil the amount of details. This gives you a lot of room to refine the kit. The quality of the parts is good, there is little flash, the traces of the pushers are weak. So you don't have to work very much with a file ...

Model overview "WASA"

Hello everybody!
Here I could not pass by. I went to buy paint, and I bought a supplement.
Model made in 1/150 scale

Review of the boat of Peter I "FORTUNA"

I bring to your attention an overview of the set for cardboard modeling "Boat of Peter I" Fortuna "1689", manufactured by Shipworks, manufactured by Green Eco LLC, author of the model and design of the set, Plaksin V.V.
This set is interesting, first of all, because the first domestic manufacturer appeared on the market of cardboard models, and it is focused on history. Russian fleet... The author absolutely accurately conveys the design of the bot.

Review of the "HAPPY" tender model

I present to your attention another review of a cardboard modeling kit from a domestic manufacturer.
The "Hasty" tender is a small 12-gun sailing ship that was a messenger and reconnaissance ship in the Black Sea Fleet. The first commander for the tender was Lieutenant Grigory Ivanovich Butakov, the future admiral, hero of the Sevastopol defense and the founder of the tactics of the steam armored fleet. The "Hasty" tender was founded in the Nikolaev Admiralty on March 18, 1844 by master A.S. Akimov. Upon completion of construction on September 9, 1845, it became part of the Black Sea Fleet. When the Russian troops left Sevastopol, the "Haste" was sunk in the Sevastopol bay on August 27, 1855.

Review of the model brig "OLYMPUS"

Greetings, colleagues. Today I present to you an overview of the model from the Russian company ShipWorks Brig Olympus in scale 1:96.
The kit contains laser cut cardboard parts, patterns, templates and instructions for building a model-copy of the Russian sailing ship of the late 19th century - the brig "Olympus" at a scale of 1:96.
We have all seen this set on the shelves of model stores many times, and more than once wondered: But what lies inside ???

Review of the wooden model "Higaki Kaisen" (XVII-XIX centuries)

Review of the "Hacchoro" model

The Hacchoro is a traditional Japanese sailing vessel that emerged during the Edo period (the ancient name for Tokyo) (1603-1868). Emergence of this type ships associated with Ieyasu Tokugawa (1543-1616) - Prince Minamoto, diplomat and military leader, founder of the Tokugawa shogun dynasty, who completed the creation of a centralized feudal state in Japan.
In a living boat, it is not at all big, only a little over 42 feet or 13 meters in length, but since the model is made on a scale of 1:24, it turns out to be of decent size: length - 592 mm, height - 500 mm, width (with oars) - 320 mm.

Model overview "SANTA MARIA"

I bring to your attention an overview of the model of the ship Santa Maria.
Typical packaging for Zvezda: thick cardboard with full-color printing. On the front side there is a picture with a ship at sea and company logos.

Review of the model "SHIP OF THE CRUSADERS OF THE XII-XIV centuries"

Review of the "ROMAN IMPERIAL TRIREMS" model

I don’t deal with the ship theme in modeling (with rare exceptions), however, since I got a kit at work, I offer my “cursory” version, until one appeared from experts in ship modeling.
The box is impressive in size, sturdy, beautifully designed. Although, if you look closely, you may find that the miniature depicts not quite the ship that can be assembled from the provided details (the rowers' seats in the picture are open, for example).

Review of the model of the Russian four-masted barge "Kruzenshtern"

Greetings colleagues.
The first thing that strikes me is the size of the box. I have never had anything like this in my hands. Box dimensions: length - 62 cm, height - 47 cm, width - 9 cm. The box is very durable, there is a convenient handle for carrying.

Overview of the "BLACK PEARL" model in a scale of 1: 350

Greetings colleagues.
I would like to show you the contents of the box with the model of the ship of Captain Jack Sparrow "Black Pearl", recently released at the Star.

Overview of the "MEDIEVAL BOAT" model

I present to your attention an overview of a small but promising model.
Such lifeboats were found on Crusader ships, coggs, and other medieval ships. They were mainly intended for the delivery of goods and people, both from the ship's side to the shore, and vice versa. In the event of a shipwreck in these boats, the crew left the ship and tried to swim to the nearest shore.

Overview of the "ENGLISH MEDIEVAL SHIP" THOMAS "

I present to you an overview of the English medieval ship "Thomas".
In a large colorful box made of hard cardboard there are 7 light brown sprues, 1 white plastic sprue, stand, decal, paper flag and two skeins of thread.

With the development of the scale model industry, some generally accepted scale standards have developed for each type of model. In this article we will try to tell you in detail about the scale used in bench modeling.

Let's start with a small excursion into the history of the origin of "inch" scales. In England, since about the 17th century, in preparation for the construction of new ships, a very accurate model of the ship's hull was initially made. Later, this model was used as a plaza and a general drawing for the construction of a real ship. All models were removed from it, even the displacement of the ship was approximately determined by it. At the same time, for the convenience of converting dimensions, the model was initially built according to the rule "foot per inch", "two feet per inch" or in other multiple scales. Many of these models have survived to this day. Since there are 12 inches in a foot (1 inch = 2.54 cm), the resulting scales are 1:12, 1:24, and multiples of them, respectively. This is the origin of the "inch" tradition of the ratio of scales: 1: 6, 1:12, 1:18, 1:24, 1:32, 1:48, 1:72, 1:96, 1: 144.

Now let's take a closer look at the scales that manufacturing companies use for different types of models.

Aviation
The most widely known and at the same time the most widespread scale in the world is 1:72.
On a scale of 1: 144, the West usually produces models of heavy multi-engine aircraft, for example, long-range bombers from the Second World War or modern passenger aircraft. The exception is REVELL, which manufactures fighters on this scale.

IN recent times the 1:48 scale is becoming more widespread. Such well-known companies as AIRFIX, HASEGAWA, ITALERI, MONOGRAM and others produce aircraft models on this scale. Scale 1:32 is much less common. Sometimes you can find completely "non-standard" scales, such as 1:20, 1:28, 1:40, 1:96, 1: 100. But there are only a few aircraft models in these scales.

Armored vehicles and artillery
As for the models of armored vehicles, the most massive scales are 1:35 and 1:76. The vast majority of models are produced in them. 1:48 and 1:25 are much less common. A number of Western firms have recently shown a tendency towards the production of models of armored vehicles on a scale of 1:72. Only a few firms operate in the smallest scale for armored vehicles, 1:87, although we note that among them are such well-known firms as ROSO and TRIDENT.

Cars
The range of "automobile" scales is much larger: 1:12, 1:18, 1:20, 1:24, 1:25, 1:32, 1:87. It should be noted that we are talking here about the scale of prefabricated car models (except 1:87). The scale we know is 1:43 - collectible; prefabricated replica models are practically not produced on this scale. The number of scales for motorcycle models is limited to two: 1: 8 and 1:12.

Navy
The most common "ship" scales are 1: 1200, 1: 700, 1: 600, 1: 400, 1: 350. However, as far as ships are concerned, it is most difficult to talk about any system here. Much depends on the size of the prototype ship and on the manufacturer itself. For example, REVELL produces the Columbus squadron on a scale of 1:90, the Cutty Sark clipper - 1:96, H.M.S. Bounty "- 1: 110, German submarine during the second world war - 1: 144, and Soviet aircraft carrier"Varyag" on a scale of 1: 720. The French company HELLER produces the same Cutty Sark in a scale of 1: 130. Therefore, it is extremely difficult to select or capture some of the most generally accepted scale here.

Railroad models
The most interesting story of scale has played out in the railroad models. Before the creation of the International Federation of Railroad Lovers (which happened in the 1950s), many different firms produced railways on a wide variety of scales, which were known problems for collectors. After the introduction of the standards, 1:45 was taken as the main scale, and it was named "0" (zero).

At the same time, the Englishmen, with the same track gauge, consider the models of scale "0" to be scale 1: 43.5. In the NEM 010 standard, this is written as follows: “track width 32 mm, scale 1:45, model meter 22.2 mm.” At the same time, a note is given: “In France and Great Britain, the scale of 1: 43.5 is still used. in this case it is 23.0 mm. ”(The track is the same - 32 mm.) By the way, this is where the 1:43 scale, which is widely known for car models, came from.

There are also larger scales - 1:22 (I) track width 45 mm, 1:27 (II) - track width 57 mm, currently not used, 1: 22.6 (III) - track width 63.5 mm ... The most common scale is “half zero”, “H0”, “HALF Null” (English), “Halb Null” (German), the scale of H0 is 1:87.

The following railway scales have nothing to do with the previous ones. Ultimately, the railroad scales look like this: 1:32, 1:45, 1:87, 1: 120, 1: 160, 1: 220. As outdated, but acceptable, a scale of 1:64 is sometimes used. In this case, the track width is always recalculated on the basis of a decrease in Russian standard(1520 mm), and Western European (1435 mm), even for models of Soviet technology. If you build a model of a Soviet armored train, keep this in mind. In general, the standards of railway modeling are distinguished by the greatest elaboration and accuracy. Almost everything is standardized in them: the section of the rail for each scale, the arrangement of the support devices for the bogies, the track width, etc.

When first engaging in bench modeling, the first impression of the model and the instrument is very important. It is this indicator that provides an incentive for further development in this type of hobby.

After you have purchased everything necessary tools and decided to choose their first scale model. To do this, you need to decide on the price, complexity, quality of parts, scale and painting scheme.

Well, the first thing you have to face is the genre (subject matter) of models. Think carefully about what topic you want to collect scale models... Maybe you want to furnish a shelf with cars or tanks, planes or ships. Don't take a model if you don't like it; take a model that you have an interest in and an incentive to build.

Set price with bench model

The prices of the models can be different: from the cheapest to the most expensive. You should not buy too cheap sets, as they are of poor quality, and there is no point in buying very expensive models because they may be too difficult for you. Even a well-trained novice modeler makes mistakes, which is a learning process. Therefore, you need to buy a set of the average price in order to experiment for the first time, so that it is not so offensive after the end of the result. There is a Zvezda firm. Models of this company are in the middle price range and are of quite reasonable quality.

Selecting the model scale

If you want to assemble armored vehicles, then buy a model at a scale of 1:35, remember that the smaller the scale, the larger the assembled model will be. At a scale of 1:35, the tank will be approximately 25 x 10 cm.

The optimal scale of the assembled model:

• Armored vehicles - 1:35
• Cars - 1:43
• Aviation - 1:48
• Fleet - 1: 350

Complexity of assembling models

There is no need to buy prefabricated models with photo-etched and resin parts. Look in the store for models with only plastic sprues (molded polystyrene).
The experience of modeling will develop over time.

There are also kits with a huge amount of parts from the Dragon company that makes amazing kits, but you should not buy it yet, as they are too expensive and complicated. The average number of parts for this set is 600-700 pcs. For the first assembly, the models of the Japanese company "Tamiya" are perfect for you, these are models of excellent quality and at a fairly reasonable price. contain a normal number of models and after assembly of such models it is not always necessary to process with putty.

Prefabricated model painting scheme

Novice modelers should think that many models have their own paint scheme. Therefore, you should not buy tanks with complex camouflage, as it will be required to paint the camouflage. Therefore, for the first time, buy a model with a monochromatic paint scheme, and next time buy a model that is a little more complicated.

Happy modeling!

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For lovers of modeling, sheets of pressed and glued wood veneer have always been one of the most demanded materials. They are easy to cut, perfectly processed, drawings of ships made of plywood are easy to find on the net, and therefore it is from plywood patterns that many craftsmen begin their acquaintance with the modeling of various ships.

Making models with your own hands is a very difficult task, requiring a significant baggage of knowledge and a certain skill. In the article we will tell only about the most basic techniques, and you will hone further skill yourself.

Materials for work

If you want to make a small ship model, then you will need the following materials:

• Wood - cedar, linden, walnut, or other wood, preferably soft and not fibrous... Wood blanks must be even, free of knots and damage. Wood can be used both as a material for the main elements of the model (hull, deck) and for fine detailing.
• Plywood is perhaps the most demanded material... For ship modeling, either balsa or birch is used, since it is these types of wood that provide the minimum amount of chips when sawing. Model ship plywood is typically 0.8 to 2 mm thick.

Note! Beech veneer sheets of small thickness are sometimes used as an alternative to birch veneers: although they are inferior in strength, they bend much more easily.

• Veneer - thin plates natural wood expensive breeds... As a rule, it is used for veneering, i.e. pasting surfaces from inexpensive material.
• Fasteners - fine chains, laces, threads, brass and copper studs.

In addition, we will definitely need wood glue, cardboard and tracing paper for transferring templates, etc. Fine detailing is made from metal casting. As an alternative to metal, you can use colored polymer clay.

Making a souvenir boat

Preparation for work

Any work begins with preparation, and modeling will by no means be an exception.

• First you need to decide what we are going to build. If you have not previously dealt with the art of ship modeling, then we recommend downloading the drawings of the ship from plywood on the network: as a rule, they contain all the necessary information and are understandable even for a beginner.

Note! Kits are available on sale that allow you to assemble a boat from ready-made parts. Beginners will be interested in such kits (although the price of most of them is very significant), but it is still better to master the technology from scratch.

• After analyzing the drawing, we check if everything you need is in stock. In principle, if something is missing, you can buy it a little later, because building a ship (albeit a miniature one) is not a quick business!

• Having printed the drawing, we make templates of the main parts.
• Transfer templates to.

Cutting and assembling parts

You can cut the workpieces both manually and with the help of an electric model jigsaw.

The latter is more expensive, but with it you will suffer less when cutting out small parts:

• We make a starting hole in the plywood sheet, into which we insert a file or jigsaw blade.
• We cut out the part, trying to move exactly along the marked contour.
• We process the sawn-off workpiece with a file, removing small chamfers at the edges and removing inevitable chips and burrs.

Advice! Working on one element (deck, sides, keel, etc.), we immediately cut out all the parts necessary for assembly. This way we will spend significantly less time, and the work will progress faster.

When everything is ready, we start assembling our ship.

• First, on the longitudinal beam - keel - we put on the transverse frames. A groove is usually provided at the bottom of each frame for attaching to a plywood keel.
• For connection, you can use standard glue, or you can use special glue mixtures intended for ship modeling.
• We attach the upper parts of the frames to the deck. Have simple models the deck is a single sheet of plywood, and in complex ones it can be multi-level.
• After the glue on the frames has dried, we begin to sheathe the sides with thin strips of plywood. The thickness of the material should be no more than 1.5 mm, since only in this case will we be able to bend the skin without risk of damaging it.
• Can be heated and humidified for bending. After that, the material will bend without difficulty, and over time it will acquire a stable shape.

Note! The body for painting can be pasted over with a solid sheet. But to imitate plank sheathing, it is better to use strips up to 10 mm wide (depending on the scale).

• We fix the glued plywood with clamps and clamps and leave to dry.

Final finishing

By and large, this is where the carpentry skill ends, and the art begins.

When the body is assembled and dried, we need:

• To be made of thin plywood and to secure the deck superstructures.

• Build up the sides so that they protrude above the deck plane.
• Paste the surface of the deck with a wooden veneer or draw it out with an awl, imitating the boarding.
• Make and install all the small parts like the steering wheel and steering blade.
• Fasten the masts with all additional devices (the so-called spars), set the sails and stretch this entire structure with the help of the rigging threads.

Finally, all plywood parts need to be stained and varnished. This will provide our souvenir with at least a couple of decades of preservation.

Conclusion

Almost everyone can make a simple boat out of plywood with their own hands - enough patience and minimal skills in working with a jigsaw (read also the article). But if you want to implement a complex drawing with many small details, then you will have to work hard. This is why we advise you to start with the simplest models, gradually building up your skill!

In the video presented in this article, you will find Additional information on this topic.

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