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Modelshipworld - Advancing Ship Modeling through Research
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Nautical Research Guild
237 South Lincoln Street
Westmont IL, 60559-1917
If you enjoy building ship models that are historically accurate as well as beautiful, then The Nautical Research Guild (NRG) is just right for you.
The Guild is a non-profit educational organization whose mission is to “Advance Ship Modeling Through Research”. We provide support to our members in their efforts to raise the quality of their model ships.
The Nautical Research Guild has published our world-renowned quarterly magazine, The Nautical Research Journal, since 1955. The pages of the Journal are full of articles by accomplished ship modelers who show you how they create those exquisite details on their models, and by maritime historians who show you the correct details to build. The Journal is available in both print and digital editions. Go to the NRG web site (www.thenrg.org) to download a complimentary digital copy of the Journal. The NRG also publishes plan sets, books and compilations of back issues of the Journal and the former Ships in Scale and Model Ship Builder magazines.
New from West Texas
in New member Introductions
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Greetings Everyone,
My name is Jesse. I am not completely new to model shipbuilding. As a matter of fact, one of my fondest memories is building a plastic model of some Spanish galleon with my dad when I was 5 years old. he did most of the work of course, but I loved it. From then on I built a lot of different models of varying size and difficulty including a building a large plastic model of the Cutty Sark with my mom Well, life happened and I joined the United States Navy and served aboard a nuclear ballistic missile submarine. After I got out and was attending school at the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, my wife bought me a POB kit of the Thermopylae. I had never built a wood ship model before. I had built a few wooden airplanes from scratch, but that's about it. Of course 25 years ago, the internet was in it's infancy, so I didn't have this kind of resource. Consequently I made a lot of mistakes, however I loved it. Once again, life happened and I got a job and kids and my free time was at a premium. The kids are grown now and I have a new job and recently visited Amsterdam for work. I had a little free time, so I went to the art museum to take in a little dutch culture. One room of the museum was dedicated to model ships. I spent the rest of the day in there marveling at the skill and artistry. Anyway I was hooked again. I came back home and started searching for information of model building and stumbled across this wonderful site and started lurking. I've read a lot of posts and build logs and I am preparing to jump into my own scratch build. Since I have never built from scratch, I am going to follow the Bodnar practicum on the Brig Eagle. I am looking forward to it and following the advice and experience that this site overflows with.