discussion Constructo HMS Halifax 1768 1\35

[peterairfix]

This one has been on the cards for a while purchased complete at a boot sale for a fiver and will be my first plank on frame for quite a while and I have a lot of goodies to play with and a lot of wood and some rather thick planks for the outer hull but I do have the use of a plank bender.
Here's the pics and I have finished the hull ready for planking.View attachment 320356View attachment 320357View attachment 320358View attachment 320359

 

[Jon Heptonstall]

How nice to see a wooden ship build.There's plenty of info. on Halifax too.
If the scale is 1/35 how big is the finished model?
Jon.

 

[peterairfix]

How nice to see a wooden ship build.There's plenty of info. on Halifax too.
If the scale is 1/35 how big is the finished model?
Jon.

The box says
25.5 inches long
24 3\4 inches high
4.5 inches width

 

[Jim R]

Hi Peter
That sounds like a real bargain. Nice to see something different. I suppose the skills/techniques needed are very different from plastic kits. Looking forward to this.
Jim

 

[Jon Heptonstall]

I missed that.A fiver???
sale of the century.
Jon.

 

[Guest]

I'll be watching this build.

 

[Si Benson]

Very interesting Peter...you got another watcher now:nerd:

 

[Guest]

Peter.
Anything with wood and I'm in, I'll sit with Si as he has better vision than me and can tell me what's happening.
John.

 

[peterairfix]

Thanks all so I will have to do my best.