Tour Ship

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I am considering putting a ship model together just to see if I would enjoy it The model I am thinking about getting is a simple balsa wood kit of a sailboat it is 17" long 12" high and 5 " wide proto type unknown to me. It is suppose to be a beginers kit but looks interesting even if it is a crude looking model. I found it in a junk catalog called The lake side collections ?? It was about $9.00 they also sell a wood tank and an aircraft carrier model as well.

I had to go look at what you were seeing. Please forgive my "judgement call" here.
I would think that your modelbuilding skills, being in this hobby, are well above what's required for that "kit".
The hull is built up with pre-cut laminations, the masts are dowels, with no shape to them, and the rigging is- - - OK it really " isn't " :o
It is an "artistic piece", not a model of a sailing ship.
Check outhttp://www.midwestproducts.com/store/pro..._Kits.aspx
Just about any of their $25.00 kits are good starts, and they have an excellent instruction booklet with each kit. You would end up with a model worth displaying, and learn a bit in the process.
While I was working in a hobby store, I built one of the "Muscongus Bay Lobster Smacks", partly to show the process to customers, partly for the enjoyment of building. All the parts, and rigging material is provided, paint and glue are up to you.
You could also click on the GCLaser link in my signature, we have a 38' "commuter" boat kit in HO scale. If you run into any problems building it ( attaching the hull sides is the trickiest part ) I could help, I designed that kit.
It's behind the dock in this pic.
   
The small sailboat just to the left, is the "Bluejacket" Harbor & Oceans series "Friendship sloop" in HO, this boat was derived from the original Muscongus Bay sloop.
http://www.bluejacketinc.com/honscale.htm for some of their other HO, and N scale kits
Pete