Kit Review: Hayling Hoy 1760 - 1:48 - Modelship Dockyard

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1:48 Hayling Hoy 1760 - Modelship Dockyard

Company: Modelship Dockyard
Kit No:  -
Retail Price: $290.00 incl. shipping

Available here: https://drydockmodelsandparts.com/collec...ayling-hoy

   


Description

Hoy is a relatively small offshore sailing ship. Most of these ships are single-masted and weigh about 20-70 tons. Most of them were sloop rigged and the mainsail could be fitted with or without a boom. These ships were favored by merchants and the Royal Navy and were used for various jobs. Some were specially built to transport fresh water, gunpowder, or ballast. Others are used for tax services, or for laying buoys or measuring work. Of course, the most common job is to transport passengers and goods. These ships are like taxis. Passengers on the shore can shout "ahoy there!" to stop these ships, so the ship type "Hoy" is also named.

We used the high-resolution scanned drawings preserved by the National Maritime Museum as the base of design to ensure the accuracy of the kit. Combined with dozens of relevant ship type drawings, a large number of books, and relevant models, we were able to restore most of the details of the ship.

As a 66-foot flat hoy, Hayling is one of the larger ships of its kind. The ship was built in a small shipyard near the famous Portsmouth Harbour in Britain. The ship's name Hayling also comes from Hayling Island next to Portsmouth Harbour. It is mainly used to transport timber between ports so it has a hatch.


Technical data

• Scale: 1:48
  
• Length Overall: 675.5mm
  
• Height Overall: 653mm
  
• Width Overall: 341mm
  
• Width of Hull (only): 135mm
  
• Length of Hull (only): 488mm)
  
• Level: Intermediate to Advanced
  

Kit content

• 4 x Sheets of lasercut plywood for the building Jig
  
• 1 x Sheet of 6mm lasercut pearwood
  
• 1 x Sheet of 5mm lasercut pearwood
  
• 4 x Sheet of 4mm lasercut pearwood
  
• 3 x Sheet of 3mm lasercut pearwood
  
• 3 x Sheet of 2mm lasercut pearwood
  
• 4 x Sheet of 1mm lasercut pearwood
  
• Various dowels for masts made from cherry wood
  
• Various Rope 
  
• High-quality pearwood rigging blocks
  
• Pre-sewn sails
  

All parts of the kit are stored safely and tidily in the box. 









The wood package - Sheets A-P







Let's look deeper at this kit and start with the perfectly lasered plywood for the building Jig.









Starting with the thicker pearwood sheet A, B and more





The 4 mm pearwood sheets C-F











The 3 mm pearwood sheets G-I






The 2 mm pearwood sheets J-L








The 1 mm pearwood sheets M-P






For the masts very nice dowels made of cherry. The quality of the wood is excellent. Sharp edges, no splinter. 




The yards are lasered and made from pearwood





The small parts come in a separate box.

• USB-Stick with the manual in Chinese and English, some images and some plans in pdf
  
• Brass Wire
  
• Premium Quality Pear Blocks
  
• 3D printed parts: Stove, Windlass & anchors (would have been nicer to print them in black resin imo)
  
• Some glas for the cabin
  
• A Nameplate
  
• Some pearwood lasered planks
  
• And "rope" (The rope is to be honest not very good)
  

The Rope




The Blocks

Check here for a review: https://forum.dubz-modelling-world.com/thread-43.html






The Nameplate




The 3D printed Stove




The kit also includes some photo etch parts. These are perfectly etched and from high quality




You even get pre-sewn sails




And the printed frames and some cardboard jigs.






Conclusion

It is a highly interesting kit of an unusual smaller ship with mostly high quality materials for an incredibly reasonable price of $298.00. Basically a 100% buy recommendation but with a few drawbacks I need to mention.

Pro

• Pear Wood, lots of it!
  
• Building Jig
  
• Unusual Vessel
  
• Cherry Dowels
  
• Scale 1:48
  
• Premium Blocks
  
• Pre-sewn sails
  
• High Quality Photo Etch sheet
  
• Super Support Service by Modelship Dockyard
  

Contra

• No full-size printed (rigging/complete) plan of the kit
  
• No plan at all ... just the keel.
  
• Very brief instructions
  
• Pick list is missing
  
• No printed image of the ship in or on the kits box
  
• Too much simplifying in my opinion e.g. missing structural parts like floor and futtock riders
  
• The rope
  
• Sandwiched deck beams, I know it is easier to build for the beginner but it looks wrong especially when the wood has color differences
  

For anyone who wants to build this ship, the great book by David Antscherl is recommended. A wonderful basis for this type of ship which will certainly answer open questions of the rather scarce manual. Hayling Hoy of 1759 - A Fully Framed Building Project by David Antscherl - SeaWatchBooks, Review here: https://forum.dubz-modelling-world.com/thread-47.html

Check out the Instruction Manuals and files here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1...sp=sharing


My sincere thanks go to Modelship Dockyard for sending this kit for review here on Dubz Modelling World.

To get this kit go to Dry-Dock Models & Parts: https://drydockmodelsandparts.com/collec...ayling-hoy

[tkay11]

Looking forward to the build.

Tony