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Silkjc,

It's probably the other way around, to haunt you down when you haven't paid your dues.

Besides it's only visible to yourself and staff of NRG's MSW.

 

But that magazine that comes in the mail, it's worth the money. 

Great articles, history, builds and tricks.

 

Please, visit our Facebook page!

 

Respectfully

 

Per aka Dr. Per@Therapy for Shipaholics 
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3 hours ago, Silkjc said:

Why bother having it displayed in the avatar? Does being a guild member automatically make people a better modeler thus we should trust their posts more? :pirate41:

What?

 

MSW is owned by the NRG. It is in the NRG's interests to increase its membership anyway it can, to promote this hobby, and as MSW is a part of their operations, then I can't see why it would be unusual to have this displayed under their avatar. Whilst you don't need, and never will need to be a member of NRG to access this site, please remember the fact that you can post here today is because of the commitment of the NRG in both financial terms and man-hours in administering. Unlike some hobby sites, MSW doesn't have in-your-face advertising and pop-ups to distract your visit. 

 

In the bigger scheme of things, advertising that a member is a part of the NRG is a simple way to let members know that you can indeed become an NRG member, as well as a member of this site. It does not imply that being a guild member makes you a better modeller. That is pretty absurd.

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On 3/4/2017 at 10:07 PM, gjdale said:

For those trying to find their NRG member number, and who like me had thrown out the packaging and secretary's letter already, I was able to go into the NRG Store and find it (I think). I selected the option to renew membership and (can't quite remember the exact sequence) it took me to a place where I could see when I last updated my membership (June last year). Their was a four digit reference number on this, so I'm assuming that is my membership number (at Ieast, I'm hoping it is!).

 

Grant, I am afraid that may be your order ID. I looked at mine and have 3 different numbers - assuming we are looking at the same thing. And I see I let my membership lapse for a YEAR!!! Shame in me!

Sam

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No time like the present to renew, Sam!

Toni


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Member Nautical Research and Model Society

Member Midwest Model Shipwrights

 

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I don't think you see your member number on the store - we don't ask for it and the store and member data base are not linked.  Send an email to the office and ask what your member number is - or call and ask and renew at the same time.:)

 

The email is  info@thenauticalresearchguild.org   Phone is in the Journal - page 1 and on the web site  www.thenrg.org

 

Kurt

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Thanks Kurt,

 

With no disrespect intended, and at the risk of sounding belligerent, it seems kinda weird that I can't find my membership number when logged in to the site...... that would seem to be a fairly basic piece of information.....

 

I've sent an email as suggested, but should I have to?

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Grant:

Sorry, but the limitations of the web site would make it visible to everybody as there is not a "members only" section.  There is an upgrade in our data base under consideration and members would have access to update personal info and see the member number but it's sometime down the road. 

 

If every member would look at their mailing label - the Spring 2017 issue is in the mail - and record their member number they will have it at hand when needed.

 

Take care,

Kurt

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Thanks Kurt,

 

In the meantime, I just heard back from Mary with my member number.

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I hope everyone accepts my apologies to ask that blunt question, but what is the benefit of being a NRG member? Is it more likely a benefit if you are more interested in older ships or also modern ships? Is it even a benefit for non Americans?

 

Sorry for all those questions, I just want to find out what are the benefits for me as European, most likely interested in modern (1980+) sail yachts and ships even if there is s slight interest in ancient greek / egyptian / viking ships.

 

Micha

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 Micha, being an NRG member means you're providing financial support for MSW. You've only been a member of MSW for a short period of time but by the number of your post thus far you obviously find benefit in being a MSW member. For myself being a member since 2016 MSW is a major part of my life. I consider 99.99% of the MSW membership my 'family'. MSW is way too important to me, I'm happy to support MSW by being an NRG member.  

 

 Having access to the MSW database is invaluable, I dare say that if you have a question about ship modeling the answer can be found in the MSW database. The better question is, why would one not want to support MSW by becoming an NRG member.    

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I really appreciate that we, as users of this web site are not monetized the way most for profit (and even some not for profit) website would do.   Since Model Ship World is sponsored by the NRG, keeping these organizations financially secure is important to me.  That is one of my primary reasons I for joined the NRG.  The magazine does have features on 20th century subjects, but I will let others chime in regarding yachts specifically.  The magazine is very well done and the print version is of a quality you don’t see very often these days in our digital world.   Sometimes it is still nice to read something that isn’t on a screen.  

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On 3/5/2017 at 12:15 AM, Silkjc said:

Why bother

Because you're supporting this site. True you can free load and never contribute through NRG or the Donations tag at the top, but if enough did that they MSW wouldn't have the funds to operate.  Shell out the very nominal membership fee, you can display or not the avatar once you do.

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On 3/5/2017 at 3:35 AM, James H said:

advertising that a member is a part of the NRG i

Plus it looks cool 😄

 

Regards,

Glenn

 

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On 3/9/2017 at 6:00 AM, gjdale said:

weird that I can't find my membership number

Just click on your profile, its right there.

Regards,

Glenn

 

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Check out the NRG website thenrg.org  You can join for as little as $40 (US funds) with the Digital Edition.  It can be read on-line or saved to your computer.  You can print out articles for your private use (copyrights).

There is a downloadable pdf copy of a Journal you can read to see a typical Journal.  There is a lot of useful information on the site.  Like all hobby related magazines we can only print what is submitted.  We do pay for modeling articles so you might want to consider sharing with your fellow modelers and write an article - and get paid.

As others have said NRG membership helps support MSW.

 

Take care,

Kurt

 

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Just renewed last week. If I remember correctly, it will be seven years now.

I'll be honest, I feel a little bit of pride being an NRG member.

I can't begin to express what this website and organization has given me. 

Chatted with people from all over the globe. Tips and techniques I would have never thought of. 

 

Not much of today's modern life can afford me that. Seems everywhere online is filled with dishonesty.

This is my happy place. 

Good honest people. 

 

 

Tom L. 

 

 

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Agreed with the above.

 

MSW is my happy place and my favorite place online.


MSW has really helped me develop my model making skills and is my number one source of inspiration and ideas.

 

Being an NRG member lets me support MSW and I enjoy reading the Journal.

 

One of these days, I’m going to buy the $99 USB drive to get the rest of the NRG Journal issues.

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On hold: 1:98 Mantua HMS Victory (kit bash), 1:96 Shipyard HMS Mercury

 

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1 hour ago, GrandpaPhil said:

MSW has really helped me develop my model making skills and is my number one source of inspiration and ideas.

 

I agree to that Phil, some of the answers here helped me a lot already. ALso gave me a lot of inspiration and ideas to solve some of my issues. And yes, it`s always nice to meet folks from around the world :) 

 

Micha

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1 hour ago, Keith Black said:

 Thank you for joining up, Micha. 

 

Hi Keith,

 

was a no brainer after checking out the NRG homepage and some of the great ideas, messages and thoughts I got here form the forum already. I think it´s a place to make some new friends and fellows to step further down the road of scale models. So it´s worth supporting it for sure...

 

Micha

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Something that we offer to members are the Virtual Workshops we offer throughout the year on Saturday mornings (10:30 AM Central).  We record the workshops and within a week or two they are available on the website for members to view as often as they want.

We have a new workshop on May 4 on Basics of the Air Brush.  We also have a two part one on June 15 on Creating Realistic Working Sails and Creating Furled Sails.  Check out the recordings in the Events section of the website.  Also, they are priced right - FREE!  All members will get an email with the Zoom link real soon.

Kurt Van Dahm

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SAY NO TO PIRACY. SUPPORT ORIGINAL IDEAS AND MANUFACTURERS

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On 4/12/2024 at 11:17 AM, kurtvd19 said:

We also have a two part one on June 15 on Creating Realistic Working Sails and Creating Furled Sails.

 I have participated in previous Saturday morning workshops.  They are awesome!  Definitely interested in the upcoming June 15 workshop on sails!  May have to hold off on my Bluenose rigging and sail construction until then!! 🤣🤣

Gregg

 

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Are you a NRG Member?    :pirate41:YOU bet I am, with out a doubt. 

I join MSW three years ago, with the entry level membership.  After one year the amount of knowledge  and help I received was amazing.  Year two I tried to make more of a contribution.  The third year I up it a couple of levels,  

 The reason being that  NRG/MSW  was and is available to me,  The amount of fun I am having is priceless,  they are still trying to teach me how to build ships. . Lol 😆

I for one am a proud member, and will continue to support them.

So we (I)  can learn  how to build ships. 

Thank you NRG/MSW  and all  45, 955 thousand or so  members who have help an elderly gentleman  with his hobby,  and making him feel like he's 18 again lol  ok maybe 14 lol 

Bob M.

 

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 Bob, you are the quintessential NRG member, your enthusiasm is infectious.  I'm proud to be your NRG colleague.

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3 hours ago, Knocklouder said:

The amount of fun I am having is priceless,  they are still trying to teach me how to build ships. . Lol 😆

 

I hope they are successful hehe :D but I agree with you, it was worth becoming a member. As you I started with the basic membership but I will increase that next year to get the physical edition of the magazine additional to the digital edition.

 

 

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Thank you NRG/MSW  and all  45, 955 thousand or so  members who have help an elderly gentleman  with his hobby,  and making him feel like he's 18 again lol  ok maybe 14 lol 

 

Are you sure about the number of MSW members? WHen I check the forum I always read the same names ^^ and that are less than 1,000 :D and about the age thing... I´m glad it makes you feel that way 👍

 

Micha

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16 hours ago, Scottish Guy said:

 

I hope they are successful hehe :D but I agree with you, it was worth becoming a member. As you I started with the basic membership but I will increase that next year to get the physical edition of the magazine additional to the digital edition.

 

 

 

Are you sure about the number of MSW members? WHen I check the forum I always read the same names ^^ and that are less than 1,000 :D and about the age thing... I´m glad it makes you feel that way 👍

 

Micha

 He's right Micha.  Goto the front page and scroll to the bottom past all the topics to just below the Stance on Piracy  area and you will see a box with statistic in it (the number of members in that box) and below that is a box with "Who's online".

Mark
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17 minutes ago, mtaylor said:

He's right Micha.  Goto the front page and scroll to the bottom past all the topics to just below the Stance on Piracy  area and you will see a box with statistic in it (the number of members in that box) and below that is a box with "Who's online".


I know that Mark, it’s just the feeling that you only see always the same members, same with answers, it’s most likely the same people answering to posts :) 

 

I know there are more, even more online but that’s how it seems sometimes …

 

that’s just me…

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2 hours ago, Scottish Guy said:

I know that Mark, it’s just the feeling that you only see always the same members, same with answers, it’s most likely the same people answering to posts

 There are members and then there's us junkies. :)

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