Quality Model Ships

Remote Control Boats!

2007-11-22T10:28:00.000-08:00

Whew! It's been a while since I have had a chance to publish on my Model Ships blog. Has it been since June? WOW! At any rate, there have been so many changes at QualityModelShips.com and all of them are good.

We have added lots of new products, our most recent of which are some extremely hot Remote Control Boats. We have at least 10-20 more remote control boats in the pipeline and they'll be up and for sale between today and tomorrow. In fact, why don't we say they'll definitely be up for Cyber Monday!

My favorite remote control boat is the Wicked Angel 2 Remote Control Boat. It sells for $379.99 and shipping is FREE! Here are it's features:

RC Boat - NITRO SPEEDBOAT W/ RADIO & TUNED EXHAUST

The race ready Wicked Angel is a pro-competition nitro ocean racer. This 30-inch long, 35MPH boat featres Megatech's 2.7cc Nitro Mariner engine with unique AquaRam water cooling feature. From stem to stern, every design feature found on this model was put there for one reason-to make it go faste!

Wicked Angel's modified V hull design featuring multiple planning strakes for breaking up wate surface tension, the biggest drag-causing factor on any race boat, and the Wicked Angel's planing strakes are placed at serveral points on the hull's bottom to defeat this speed-robbing phenomenon. As a result-this boat literallly flies over the water's surface.

Other full race features include heavy-duty drive shaft with bronze phosphorous bushings, triple shoe centrifugal clutch, quick-fill racing tank, shaft oiler reservoir and sealed radio box. The Wicked Angel comes fully assembled with engine and 2 channel radio installed and guaranteed to ecite any onlookers!

M16 1+ HP Nitro Water Cooled Motor
- Tuned Exhaust System
- Custom tuned High Speed Prop
- Water proof Sealed Radio Box
- 35+ mph Out Of The Box
- Adjustable trim tabs and skid fins
- 15-20 Minute run time
- 2 Channel FM Radio

Now includes a precision machined T6 aluminum Q-Series tuned pipe for 30% more power, superior cooling and enhanced throttle response!

Features:
*Machined Aluminum Q-Series Tuned Pipe
*Gas Completer Combo
*Fuel
*Glow ignitor
*Glow Plug,
*Glow Plug Wrench
*12 AA Batteries

This product can be searched for by using the following descriptions: rc boat, rc nitro, racing boat, nitro boat, rc nitro boat

So, don't forget to stop by QualityModelShips.com this Black Friday and throughout the rest of the holiday season. We have lots of great sales going and free shipping on many of our products. We look forward to having you shop around. Make us your last stop for your model boat, model ship, remote control boat or all kinds of nautical gifts needs.

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Quality Model Ships Has a New Design!

2007-06-03T15:49:00.000-07:00

"Quality Model Ships has a new design!" written by Nick Amaro, Owner of QualityModelShips.com.

After some research and analyzing the look of qualitymodelships.com, we decided it was time for a new look. The new design features gives the site a more simple and calm look to it, yet the strength, quality and charm of the site is still there.

One of the main reasons for the change is to make the site more search engine friendly and at the same time focus on the customer's ease to navigate through the site and take advantage of the many fascinating products qualitymodelships.com offers. The site also has included some new products such as chess sets, lanterns, and world globes to give it an even more nautical decor feel to it.

This new design will surely make your shopping experience at QualityModelShips.com a pleasing success. We welcome you to our store.

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The Wooden Boat Show

2007-05-19T12:06:00.000-07:00

I wish I could attend the 2007 Wooden Boat Show being held between June 29th - July 1st, 2007. It's the 16th Annual Wooden Boat Show being held in Mystic, Connecticut, and it promises to be extraordinary. I will be up in Connecticut, but later on in the year, so I will not be able to attend, but maybe you will.

According to the WoodenBoat Magazine here are some of the highlights:

Celebrate Wooden Boats
Explore 100+ land and in-water exhibits. Step aboard more than 50 extraordinary wooden boats. Attend informative workshops and seminars. Watch families build and launch boats. Discover the Mystic Seaport 19th century seafaring village.

Call Now for more information - 800-273-7447 - TheWoodenBoatShow.com.

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Wooden Boat Rescue Foundation

2007-05-19T11:36:00.000-07:00

In surfing the web, I come across many great finds and today I found a website that truly stands out for boat lovers. I am thus honored to present to you the Wooden Boat Rescue Foundation, a foundation truly dedicated to the love of wooden boats. Their link is found here - http://www.woodenboatrescue.org/.

Their mission is simple. "The Wooden Boat Rescue Foundation is dedicated to placement, saving, locating, researching, wishing, learning and dreaming of wooden boats. All boats are free."

They are in need of help, so if you can be of service, I encourage you. They "desperately need indoor storage for boats in transit...and boat builders and yards to volunteer time or reduce rates for moving or working on these boats."

Wooden Boats are a work of art as are their models. If you are looking for a wooden model boat, don't hesitate to stop by our model boats and ships store. We definitely have what you are looking for!

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Model Ship Types

2007-05-18T13:40:00.001-07:00

When one thinks of a model ship, almost immediately one thinks about a fully rigged model. However, there are all types of model ships from framed models to hull models and even waterline models. Wolfrand Zu Mondfeld, in his book Historic Ship Models assigns honor to all model ships regardless of how fully rigged or not they are.

It seems evident though that he favors fully rigged models as many of us do. One is simply drawn to the splendor of such a model in all its glory. One can immediately imagine a fully rigged ship at sea even hearing the ooos and ahhs of its first sail. Mondfeld says, "Without wishing to denigrate other types of model, I would strongly recommend the fully rigged model to any model maker who does not have an irreversible repulsion to the vast number of cords and threads involved in the rigging."

He then goes on to discuss rigged model types breaking down the fully rigged models without sails, with furled sails, with partially set sails and with sails fully set. It goes without saying, but I'll say it anyway, It is truly up to you which model you are interested in building since the time and energy that will go into building your model ship is all your own, but I'm sure you will be proud of any type of model ship you build as would I.

Here are a few model ship kits to choose from.

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The Sovereign of the Seas

2007-05-18T13:39:00.001-07:00

The history of the Sovereign of the Seas is as fascinating and romantic as the tall ship itself. To quote The History of the Ship by Richard Woodman,the Sovereign of the Seas was "a grandiloquent ship in every sense of the word." Her grandeur exceeded all of the other tall ships of her time at 127 feet in the keel, 48 feet in the beam, with a draught of 23.5 feet and with a tonnage of over 1500.

Her extravagant decorations and embellishments were so opulent that it is said that it was her opulence as well as the expense used to create this masterpiece which inflamed the souls of her enemies. It seemed that her glorious nature stood for everything that her enemies were against. The Sovereign of the Seas was created with an unimaginable sum of money for the political climate of the time.

The extravagant nature of this great ship served as a deterrent for use in war. Therefore, before being considered stable enough to operate as a warship, much of its initial opulence was removed from the costly decorations to many of the upperworks. After removing these decorations and upperworks, she was launched in 1637 being considered stable and operable. Thereafter she served successfully against the Dutch under the command of the English Commonwealth. The History of the Ship says she was known by the Dutch as "the golden devil." One other point that stands out is that the Sovereign of the Seas boasted 100 guns, a number that was unheard of at that time.

In 1660 she was restored to royal ownership being called the Royal Sovereign under King Charles II. Finally, she was destroyed by the fire caused by a simple overset candle. She, the Sovereign of the Seas, is truly a masterpiece of beauty and a perfect tall ship made for romance. Imagining all of the work that went into making her, it is sad to know the facts of her demise, but her historical worth is saved by authentic models created in her honor.

Reference: The History of the Ship - The comprehensive story of seafaring from the earliest times to the present day - Richard Woodman 1997, 2002

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Model Ships and Measurements

2007-05-18T13:36:00.000-07:00

Why are many model ships built to scale, but do not include scale measurements when being described? This is a question that was presented to me some time ago by a frustrated consumer of model ships. When describing model cars one doesn't have to look very far to find scale measurements small to large. However, when purchasing an already built model ship, it seems that it is difficult to find the proper scale measurements. One usually simply gets a description with height, width, length measurements and that's that.

I have noticed that many of the model ship kits being sold do have the built to scale dimensions, but not so for the already built models. Well, today I came across a possible reason for this after reading a bit from the book Historic Model Ships by Wolfram zu Monfeld. In his book, somewhere towards the beginning he says, "Do not trust any plan!" This statement is compelling to a novice model ship builder. He even continues, "Don't even trust a good plan!"

Well, right away it is clear that he is referring to plans for building model ships which doesn't really go to the heart of why I started writing this article. The fact is that scale models are hard to come by and there is a reason. When building a ship to scale, one has to do a great deal of research to make the scale model as accurate as possible for it to be considered "authentic." In fact, Monfeld says, "The study of source material is one of the obligatory tasks for any genuine model ship builder."

Now here is the key. If you have taken the time to research the model you are building or are planning to purchase already built, you will find that "old dockyard drawings and original shipbuilding instructions often do not include a scale, and are rather unclear; they often contain more sketches than technical drawings in the present-day sense," explains Monfeld.

When I read that, it all made sense to me.

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Quality Model Ships Blog in Full Force

2007-05-13T13:49:00.000-07:00

The purpose of this blog is not only be to inform consumers and curious onlookers about the goings on at the Quality Model Ship Store. Absolutely not.

In fact, the intent is to make this an informative model ships blog about model ship building, model ship kits, the history of the ship, current model ship events and more.

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QualityModelShips.com New Home Page

2007-05-07T08:09:00.000-07:00

QualityModelShips.com has updated it's home page to reflect an easier navigation. We are proud of this change and feel it will best serve consumers who would like to find a specific model ship, cruise ship or other nautical product, but are not sure where to look. We also have a search feature in place, but this new navigational change is sure to make it even easier to find the model ship of your choice.

In the near future we will be beefing up the product pages to provide further model ship articles and details along with adding a whole new group of nautical gift products, from nautical clocks to ship steering wheels and more, you will be able to find the exact gift you were looking for for that executive or special someone in your life.

We know you will be happy with the new changes and this will reflect in your increased purchases.

Truly yours,

QualityModelShips.com
A Boat Collectors Fantasy Island!

25 Tall Ships Visit Norfolk, Virginia

2007-04-09T19:45:00.000-07:00

Tall Ships are always in the news and the visit of 25 Tall Ships to Norfolk, Virginia is no exception. It is a newsworthy event that marks ten years of preparation. Here is a great tall ships article all about the Sail Virginia 2007 event of the season for Norfolk, Virginia:

25 tall ships coming to Norfolk for Sail Virginia 2007

ASTA Tall Ships Events

2007-04-09T19:30:00.000-07:00

In the event you happen by this blog in your search for Tall Ships events for this coming year, I have found some information for you. Here is the 2007 Tall Ships Challenge Atlantic Coast info:

2007 Tall Ships Challenge Atlantic Coast

One of the more recent events coming up is as follows:

May 17 - 20, 2007: Charleston, South Carolina
Tall Ships® Charleston
www.charlestonmaritimefestival.com

Coming soon, more information on upcoming tall ships events.

Spring Specials at Quality Model Ships . com

2007-03-31T19:17:00.000-07:00

Spring is here and that means spring specials at QualityModelShips.com. Most of our model ships will be shipped for free this spring, so take advantage of this great deal and come on over and shop for your model ship and model ship kit needs.

Come on in to QualityModelShips.com today!

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2007-02-18T20:23:00.000-08:00

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Model Ships - Awesome Resource!

2007-01-26T16:16:00.000-08:00

I came across an awesome resource for those of you who love model ships, including model ship builders and any who have nautical interests. The website is not affiliated with my model ship site in any way, but it bears mentioning. In fact, I find it to be like a library about model ships, tall ships, cruise ships, how to build a model ship, just everything. I know some of you will love this resource, so here it is:

Powells.com - Nautical Wooden Boats

Alluring, Enticing and Enchanting Tall Ships

2007-01-24T22:41:00.000-08:00

What are tall ships? Why are they referred to as tall? Can a yacht or a schooner be considered a tall ship? These questions and more are answered in the following article.

Tall Ships typically fall under the category of sailing ships, which are usually wind powered vessels with at least three masts. Tall ships may or may not have three masts and can even include yachts, brigs and barques.

According to Wikipedia.org, the term "sailing" in sailing ship was historically an adjective understood to be redundant since the word "ship" by itself was a sailing vessel that had at least a three masts rig. The immediate understanding is that a ship is meant to navigate in water with the use of sails. Therefore, again, the word "sailing" is superfluous.

On the other hand, the sails of ships themselves, especially of historic sailing ships became an endearing quality of sailing ships to boat lovers and land lovers alike and remains so to this day, so it is understandable that the term "sailing ship" in reference to the "sails" has stuck and, in fact, has become a part of boat enthusiasts vocabulary.

The dimensions of a tall ship include sailing vessels that have a 30 feet waterline length or more, again traditionally not describing sailing ships as a whole, but as more of an informal collective term for a few different kinds of sailing ships, such as schooners and even yachts.

One other aspect of tall ships that is important to note is that historical tall ship vessels are different from modern sailing ships in that the more modern ships have gaff rigs, topmasts and topsails. Wikipedia.org goes on to note that the more modern designs are not as cost effective since they generally have separate topmasts which require additional crew and rigging.

Gaff rigs are sailing rigs that help fore and aft sails to be hoisted in a four-cornered manner rather than triangular. This assists a sailing ship in sailing more effectively.

What is fore and aft? According to the Random House Websters Dictionary, fore and aft is an adjective referring to being located along or parallel to a line from the stem to the stern.

So now that you understand what a tall ship is, I'm sure you would agree that certainly, tall ships carry a long history and are intriguing, enchanting and somewhat haunting vessels that draw history lovers, boat lovers and adventurers at heart to them.

For a thorough view of tall ship models that you can take home with you, we recommend:
http://www.qualitymodelships.com.

Model Ships - Free Shipping Through 2-14-07!

2007-01-23T07:45:00.000-08:00

Feast your eyes on our tall ship models, cruise ship models and model boats. These historic masterpieces will take you on a journey to the historic past as you ride the waves in your minds eye on a model ship.

The details on all our model ships are masterfully done so that you will not just be satisfied, but amazed. Come and visit our model ship gallery and choose which one you will take home for yourself or someone you love.

Model Ship Kits Review.

2007-01-22T20:41:00.000-08:00

In researching the differences between different model ship kits, I've come across the fact that not all model ship kits are created equally. In some cases, the design of the ships are not as to scale as one would like. In other cases, the instructions in the kits are practically valueless.

I've read some interesting thoughts on a few products from a company called Caldercraft. The idea in some forums is that this company provides good quality model ship kits, but they are inconsistent in their offerings. In some cases, the supplies are not as quality driven as one would like. Also, the instructions are built for a more advanced builder.

I have also read about a company called Model Shipways. This company is well known for supplying quality in supplies and instruction. I have not read too many negative thoughts about this company and as a whole find that it has been given very good reviews.

Artesania Latina is an Italian based Model Ship Kit company and again, the reviews about this company are excellent. The designs are good and made to honor the original ships. The instructions for the kits are excellent and in many cases, even if you are a novice model ship builder, you can follow along nicely.

Overall, the model ship kit industry is vast with companies known for quality and substance in craftsmanship and instruction. It is important to review your level of expertise when purchasing a model ship kit. This may be an obvious statement, but it's best stated anyway, there are model ship kits for all the different levels of expertise in model ship building.

Remember to choose the level that is right for you.

For a variety of already built, handcrafted model ships visit our store at www.qualitymodelships.com.

Beautifully Enchanting Nautical Wood Model Ship Gifts

2007-01-16T15:25:00.000-08:00

If you are searching for the greatest nautical gift, Quality Model Ships has just what you need. We value your input and have found top quality model ships excellent for the home or the office.

In creating one of these fine masterpieces many hours are spent making each model perfectly constructed to meet the highest standards. What is most outstanding is that our ships are created one by one by hand in the same manner as the original ships were built, by using plank-on-frame construction.

Plank on frame construction is a method of construction where ship builders bend individual planks according to the curve of the hull. Once this is accomplished, the planks are then nailed to the frame. It is the most difficult building process known to ship building.

These handmade ships are worthy to decorate your fine home or office because they are elegantly made. They have withstood rigorous inspections to live up to model ship standards of the highest degree. Top quality wood is used in constructing all of our models for a long lasting finish that will stand the test of time. The ornamentation of each ship model is also done with the best quality materials. Brass and chrome fittings as well as ornaments bring about the difference in our models versus others. Excellence is a must!

Our models are also built only after extensive research has been achieved by reviewing the original plans and pictures of the original ships so as to make the most authentic model ships on the planet.

Don't miss out on the finest model ships this side of the world! We offer affordably priced wooden model ships, model boats and more. Shop for your favorite wooden model ship, tall ship model, model ship kit or other wooden model boat product in our store and ORDER TODAY!
Satisfaction is guaranteed!