Photos.app.zipWell, I've been lurking long enough, time to come out into daylight! I got my first model, HMS Bounty Jolly as a present in Dec. '19. Found this place shortly after starting, when it became clear that I was just a tad shy of the knowledge required for model ship building. Complete newbie. I built plastic car/cycle/plane models as a kid in the 60s, but never advanced past that, what with college, family and a career as a retinal surgeon for the past 30 years. Retired now. Saw the wooden ship models in the Smithsonian in the 80s, thought that someday I might like to try my hand at that. As you can see from my career, I have always enjoyed the micro over the macro. Also have a bit of wood working experience (purely amateur) but have quickly found out that that is helpful. I have learned 20 of the 50,000 nautical terms that I need to know, but it's a start. I have fallen down the rabbit hole of wanting to build a server, even though my current build doesn't need one. And I have spent countless hours wandering around this site trying to scrap up the info needed to advance in this wonderful new endeavor. I realize that someday I would like to meet a guy named Chuck. There's at least 20 people I should thank for having gotten me this far, but I can't remember their names. I don't have a build log. Didn't know about that before I started. Here is where I am, just starting to work on the masting/rigging. Photos.app.zip