captgino Posted November 8, 2015 Share #811 Posted November 8, 2015 Congratulations!!! Dimitris71, GLakie, GuntherMT and 1 other 4 Quote Jean-Philippe (JP) Current build: Syren , HMS Victory Cross Section, Essex Please visit and subscribe to my YouTube Channel On Hold: Rattlesnake (Scratch built) Completed: Armed Virginia Sloop, Viking ship, The Flyer, Pilot Boat, Krabbenkutter, Marie-Jeanne, Sloup, The Smasher, Mayflower Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
src Posted November 8, 2015 Share #812 Posted November 8, 2015 Wow, brian, stand up and take bow! Well done. Sam zoly99sask, GuntherMT, Dimitris71 and 2 others 5 Quote Current Build Constructo Enterprise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgbot Posted November 9, 2015 Share #813 Posted November 9, 2015 Congratulation Brian. Your AVS really deserved it. I have been lucky to attend some IPMS shows in Chicago and the level of quality can be pretty high. I saw a model of the IJN Fuso done in card and was blown away. I met the builder and shamelessly tried to get him to come to a club meeting. Needless to say your AVS out shined the rest of the pack. Pat yourself on the back. Your model is beautiful and deserved it. To bad you do not live close so I can see it shine at the show in Manitowoc WI David B wi Canute, GuntherMT, Dimitris71 and 4 others 7 Quote Work in progress USS Maine in cardstock.http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/7446-uss-maine-by-dgbot-hmv-card/#entry220003 Completed Blockade runner Teazer http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/6063-blockade-runner-teazer-by-dgbot-card-stock/#entry175967 Completed The Monitor Lehigh http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/6920-the-monitor-lehigh-by-dgbot-card-model/#entry203680 Completed Kingston Class MCVD http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/forum/10-kit-build-logs-in-progress/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HIPEXEC Posted November 11, 2015 Share #814 Posted November 11, 2015 Brian is the champion of The Arizona Shipwrights!! We are very proud of him and his work. zoly99sask, Ryland Craze, JesseLee and 3 others 6 Quote Rich Rich USS Constitution by hipexec (Finished build) Virginia Pilot Boat 1805 (gallery - first build) USS Syren (USS Argus) by Hipexec Joshua Slocum's Spray by HIPEXEC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gerty Posted November 11, 2015 Share #815 Posted November 11, 2015 Congratulations Brian on your beautiful model and well-deserved award ! I enjoyed following along and seeing your amazing work and terrific pictures. Congrats again ! Canute, GuntherMT, zoly99sask and 1 other 4 Quote Current Build: Willie L. Bennett - Model Shipways Future Interests: Friendship Sloop - BlueJacket Ship Crafters Cape Cod Catboat - BlueJacket Ship Crafters Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seventynet Posted November 11, 2015 Share #816 Posted November 11, 2015 Beautiful model and well deserved honour Brian. Best, Ian Canute, GuntherMT and GLakie 3 Quote Builds in progress - Speedwell - by Syren Ship Model Company Builds completed - Hayling Hoy - by David Antscherl - Naval Cutter Cheerful - by Syren Ship Model Company - Cape Cod Catboat - by Bluejacket - Gokstad - by Dusek - Ship's Boat - by Dusek - Brazzera - by MarisStella Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikegerber Posted November 13, 2015 Share #817 Posted November 13, 2015 Hi Brian Congratulations! That is well deserved! All the best, Mike Canute, GuntherMT, GLakie and 1 other 4 Quote current scratch build 1:15 Colin Archer - RS14 "Stavanger" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drtrap Posted November 15, 2015 Share #818 Posted November 15, 2015 Less than a week after finishing the AVS, yesterday I got up far too early, and spent the day at the annual model show put on in Phoenix by the local IPMS chapter. The Modelzona show is one of the largest annual shows, this year it had 550 entries, with my ship as the only non-plastic entry. I entered the AVS into the Surface Ships class that included some pretty amazing entries, including a 1/700 scale Japanese WW2 carrier in the middle of launching a strike, that had 313 little tiny crew figures servicing the planes and manning the guns etc., as well as 4 different entries by a guy who is a professional model-maker as his day job. At the end of the day, the AVS did quite well. I took first place in Surface Ships, and also Best Ship (all ship/submarine classes). 852AVSModelzona.jpg Congratulations Brian!! Canute, dgbot, GuntherMT and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erik W Posted November 19, 2015 Share #819 Posted November 19, 2015 Brian, I'm late in seeing your build log, but good job. This is the type of modeling I aspire to! And congrats on the award. That's pretty awesome. Erik GuntherMT, GLakie, zoly99sask and 1 other 4 Quote Current build: HM Cutter Cheerful - Scratch Build - 1:48Finished build: 18th Century Longboat - Model Shipways - 1:48 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marktiedens Posted November 19, 2015 Share #820 Posted November 19, 2015 Outstanding work! Mark GuntherMT, GLakie and Canute 3 Quote current build - HMS Vanguard - Model Shipways Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuntherMT Posted November 19, 2015 Author Share #821 Posted November 19, 2015 Thank you for all the kind words everyone. I'm on a bit of a break after completing the AVS, as I've decided that I was on a fairly certain road to a heart attack (or at least heart disease of some form) so I made a pretty major change in my life and joined a gym and hired a personal trainer, I believe I briefly mentioned this before. The current task is to transform my body into something less 'round' shaped, and in the progress see what happens with things like my blood pressure and cholesterol, etc. Unfortunately for the ship building, this is eating up about 3 hours per day, 6 days per week, so my time in the shop has been pretty severely cut into or eliminated completely on most days (I also work full time). I'm very slowly working on a small plastic non-ship side project that I want to complete before I start on the next ship, and at the current rate, this 'two or three day' model might be done by Thanksgiving. I've decided that the next project is going to be a ship with minimal rigging, from the Civil War, so many of you may be able to guess what it might be! Expect a build log to start somewhere near the end of November if all goes well. Thanks again for your support, encouragement and help during the AVS build! UpstateNY, Ryland Craze, _SalD_ and 8 others 11 Quote Brian Mystery project coming soon! Current build - Medway Longboat Complete - Armed Virginia Sloop Complete - Carmen (First Build) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
src Posted November 19, 2015 Share #822 Posted November 19, 2015 Health comes first. Take care of yourself. Of course I am being selfish. We want to see more work from you..... Sam GuntherMT, dgbot, GLakie and 2 others 5 Quote Current Build Constructo Enterprise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seventynet Posted November 19, 2015 Share #823 Posted November 19, 2015 All the best Brian. It's funny how less shipyard work is good for some of our health problems and yet for others, present company included, more shipyard work is the solution. Ian Jack12477, zoly99sask, Canute and 2 others 5 Quote Builds in progress - Speedwell - by Syren Ship Model Company Builds completed - Hayling Hoy - by David Antscherl - Naval Cutter Cheerful - by Syren Ship Model Company - Cape Cod Catboat - by Bluejacket - Gokstad - by Dusek - Ship's Boat - by Dusek - Brazzera - by MarisStella Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GLakie Posted November 19, 2015 Share #824 Posted November 19, 2015 We'll all be here looking forward to your next build Brian. Just be sure and take care of #1 first. No one else can do that but you. Cheers GuntherMT, Jack12477, zoly99sask and 1 other 4 Quote GEORGE Don't be bound by the limits of what you already know, be unlimited by what you are willing to learn. Member of the Nautical Research Guild Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HIPEXEC Posted November 19, 2015 Share #825 Posted November 19, 2015 Good luck with your training. Canute, GLakie and GuntherMT 3 Quote Rich Rich USS Constitution by hipexec (Finished build) Virginia Pilot Boat 1805 (gallery - first build) USS Syren (USS Argus) by Hipexec Joshua Slocum's Spray by HIPEXEC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Landlocked123 Posted November 19, 2015 Share #826 Posted November 19, 2015 (edited) Hi Brian, I didn't start on the road your on until way too late. Nevertheless, I've made some changes and lost 35lbs in the last 4 months! I found the trick is to incorporate the changes you want to make into your life. If you have a bad day, or week, so what? If you try for a particular diet or workout regime, it's too easy just to let it go when you weary of it. But, in my experience, generally try to make the right choices, incorporate them into your daily practice, and everything will work out. Concentrate on the process. You will make it happen. Best, John PS. If you have the discipline and patience to build a model the quality of your AVS, the rest should be a piece of cake.....I mean carrot Edited November 19, 2015 by Landlocked123 Omega1234, Ryland Craze, zoly99sask and 4 others 7 Quote Member: Connecticut Marine Model Society Nautical Research Guild Model Ship World "So we beat on, boats against the current, bourne back ceaselessly into the past" F. Scott Fitzgerald - The Great Gatsby "If at first you don’t succeed.......skydiving is probably not for you” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aqueous1025 Posted November 21, 2015 Share #827 Posted November 21, 2015 Really really nice job Brian. Your AVS came out so amazing and beuatiful. Congradulations on the wins at the show. I look forward to seeing the next one from the beggining. Agam really beuatiful build GLakie, Canute, GuntherMT and 1 other 4 Quote Currently Building: San Francisco II cross section: http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/11177-san-francisco-ii-cross-section-by-aqueous1025-artesania-latina-scale-150/#entry340027 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burroak Posted November 21, 2015 Share #828 Posted November 21, 2015 Brian your ship is magnificent! Greg Canute, GuntherMT, GLakie and 1 other 4 Quote GREG H. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rschissler Posted November 21, 2015 Share #829 Posted November 21, 2015 (edited) That was an awesome job on your Virginia Sloop! I encourage you with your body rebuilding. From my experience, the best way to keep at it and motivated, is to make it routine. At least three times a week, and hopefully five to really get a benefit. Do it the same time of day, so that it becomes automatic and less chance of talking yourself out of it. For me, the best time was immediately after work, before I had a chance to sit down a relax, because once you've done that it's much harder to get going again. I look forward to your Civil War build. That should be interesting. Edited November 21, 2015 by rschissler zoly99sask, GLakie, Dimitris71 and 2 others 5 Quote _________________________________________ Current Build: Golden Hind - Mamoli - Galleon 1580 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGMAC Posted February 9, 2016 Share #830 Posted February 9, 2016 Less than a week after finishing the AVS, yesterday I got up far too early, and spent the day at the annual model show put on in Phoenix by the local IPMS chapter. The Modelzona show is one of the largest annual shows, this year it had 550 entries, with my ship as the only non-plastic entry. I entered the AVS into the Surface Ships class that included some pretty amazing entries, including a 1/700 scale Japanese WW2 carrier in the middle of launching a strike, that had 313 little tiny crew figures servicing the planes and manning the guns etc., as well as 4 different entries by a guy who is a professional model-maker as his day job. At the end of the day, the AVS did quite well. I took first place in Surface Ships, and also Best Ship (all ship/submarine classes). 852AVSModelzona.jpg very much deserved!!!!!!! GLakie, Canute, dgbot and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuntherMT Posted April 11, 2016 Author Share #831 Posted April 11, 2016 One last post on the old AVS log. Just announcing to everyone who had this log followed, that I've finally gotten around to beginning the next build - the Model Shipways USN Picket Boat #1. Build log - http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/13246-usn-picket-boat-1-by-gunthermt-model-shipways-scale-124/?p=404290 Canute, GLakie, zoly99sask and 5 others 8 Quote Brian Mystery project coming soon! Current build - Medway Longboat Complete - Armed Virginia Sloop Complete - Carmen (First Build) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobG Posted March 18, 2020 Share #832 Posted March 18, 2020 On 8/15/2015 at 6:55 PM, GuntherMT said: I have actually started on the rigging, finally! Not just messing around with serving and making a test shroud, but actually rigging! Brian, I'm doing my first ever bit of rigging on my Medway Longboat build and, even though it is very simple rigging, I have found it rather confusing so I've been going at a snail's pace trying to learn how to do it properly. I just wanted to say thanks very much for your detailed descriptions about rigging the deadeyes and shrouds. I'm about to do that on my build and reading about how you did it has been extremely helpful. I think I'll go back and read your whole build log to see what other gems of information I can glean from it. Your model ended up being fantastic! GuntherMT and Ryland Craze 2 Quote Bob Garcia "Measure once, cuss twice!" Current Builds: Hms Brig-Sloop Flirt 1782 - Vanguard Models Pen Duick - Artesania Latina 1:28 Completed: Medway Longboat 1742 - Syren Ship Model Co. Member of the Nautical Research Guild Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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