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I joined yesterday. New to this sort of thing. How do i say hello?
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Ahoy, sir! 'Noted the title change (your privilege, of course), yet perhaps the new scale of 1:150 might mislead some observers. Billings did not put a scale on the drawing of their original kit - at least I have not found one. The real Wasa is said to have a 226' "sparred" length (including bowsprit). Deducting about 60 feet for that ponderously jutting affair leaves about 166' for the hull. My model's hull length measures 19", or 1.58 feet. When multiplied by 105, the result is 169.5' ... those figures seem to jive, even though it isn't a common ratio modeled - just a 'calculated' one.
I'm glad to have found out about Model Ship World, as it represents a smorgasbord of information on all aspects of the ship modeling hobby.
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Hello. The scale in the title should be whatever the kit states, or, if you have worked out a different scale, what you believe the scale to correctly be. You might want to discuss this issue in your build log, which would eliminate any of the confusion you fear might creep in. If you ever find that you need to correct the scale in the title, you can do so by clicking the three dots in the upper right corner of the first post; this brings up a menu that includes the option to edit. You can actually edit any of your own posts, but titles can only be edited from the first post in the thread.
Cheers, and thank you for your kind comments!
CDC
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Chris - I updated my profile to show the current build as the Charles P. Notman but it does not seem to be reflected in is the info that follows my name when I submit a post.
Have I done something incorrect?
GLH
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Hi Chris!
Thanks so very much for the sage advice. As to being anywhere near a modeling club, I'm at least three hours south of anywhere like that -- Portland, Oregon. I live in Roseburg, Oregon, which is pretty much timber and ranching country. The young folks here have nothing to do with hobbies such a model building. If they're not glued to their smartphones, they are getting into trouble with drugs or whatever. We did have a hobby shop some eight or so years ago, but it folded due to lack of interest. Two years ago, our Walmart quit selling the few models and modeling accessories they had altogether due to lack of interest. From what I've gathered, at least in these here parts, building models is a lost art no one around here cares to resurrect.
Teddy
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Ah, life in the sticks -- I'm well acquainted with it! I grew up in Humboldt County, California, which as you may know is hours away from anywhere. I moved here to SC from Mariposa County (home to Yosemite NP), and the nearest big cities were Merced and Fresno, which aren't exactly bastions of maritime culture.
Cheers!
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Ccoyle,
Hello and thank you for your suggestions on identifying the HP Howland and your reference to a builder involved with a Mathew Turner creation. I lived in Benicia for a time and I was so amazed more importance is not given to Turner there - at least. I believe Mr. Mathew Turner made a profound contribution to sailing and sailing technology!
It was my mistake to link "real" northern California to Silicone Valley. I lived in the Bay Area for most of my life. All the companies I worked with were from places like Palo Alto, Mountain View, etc. Business people would ask me where I was from when I was traveling, which quite very often, and I got tired of explaining where Palo Also was so I simply said "silicone valley" and they were OK.
I moved to my present location well north of the "valley" just to get away from it.
I am deeply interested in "dogholers" just because they appear to be completely lost to time and the crew and their boats are seemingly gone forever. Many of their boats were the fastest of the time with drafts of 5 feet or less - amazing! It is a similar problem to Turner documentation except turner's work was so much more important.
Bleecker
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Being from Humboldt, I was more interested in the Bendixsen yard ships, but of course it is the pretty much the same story there -- yard is long gone and largely forgotten, no plans were ever drawn up, only builder's half-hulls that were lost when the yard shut down. Only CA Thayer is left. Considering their historical significance, I would really like to see more of these ships, both in the kit world and possibly as a sailing replica. Not holding my breath, though.
I was raised in Fortuna and most recently lived in Mariposa (we moved around a lot, so I also lived in Campbell, Santa Rosa, Eureka, Rio Dell, Los Angeles, Pasadena, Pomona, and Upland), so Palo Alto is like a huge metropolis in comparison. I usually have to tell people that Fortuna is where the big redwoods are (nods of comprehension from the audience) and Mariposa is near Yosemite -- that suffices to give them an idea of where I'm talking about.
Cheers,
Chris
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