ORIGINAL: ryguy425245
It looks like no one is tired of noobs yet so here I go.
I am interested in this hobby but don't really know where to start. The closest club is a 5 hour drive away, I am planning on visiting them eventually. I am looking for something I can start to build on my own. I want to try a 1/144 scale cargo ship (preferably Canadian [8D] ) that is fairly simple, and could help me prepare for building a combat model. I am looking to build it from a kit, or from scratch if I could get a step by step guide. I would like to build it out of wood, I have all the tools to cut the parts myself. I don't have a big budget (part of the reason why I want to start with a cargo ship). Does any one have any recommendations? (boats to try, where to get kits and parts, anything!) Where is a good (by that I mean cheap) place to buy a radio system? What would be a good kit to try (I can't find many)?
Thanks!
Battlers Connection has a almost all the stuff you will need to build a ship. Get on the email group and introduce your self. they use the yahoo email groups. there is a lot of build talk going on there.
If battling mwc get a class 3 ww2 cruiser, if ircwcc get a class 4 Battle Cruiser. BC has fiberglass hulls of both.
Check out rc naval combat forums all so. there is a 4 sale forum there and good deals come up.