ss hooker

30 minutes ago, MichaelHunt said:

CCOYLE

Your post of the 22nd June 2016 had me laughing out loud as I could use it as a biography. As a Brit and former Royal Navy submariner, I have always been

interested in matters maritime and also had the good fortune to visit the Cutty Sark both before and after her final refit.

 

I did however buy a Billings Cutty Sark kit, many years ago and it did end up in the cellar with the hull about 70% complete. This was not because I

could not continue, but because the boss in the house found that she was being totally ignored while I was modelling. In my defense, I can claim to have made models in wood, before any plastic ones were on the market and I am quite good with basic woodworking tools.

 

Now in lockdown in France because of the coronavirus epidemic, the family suggested that I retrieve the kit, so up it came, after more than 30 years,

in remarkably good nick, having been kept in a cool dry environment all of that time. Having now had time to read the instructions, I intend to complete

the hull and upper deck, which is within my skills level. Luckily I have the fittings kit, as making those is way beyond my pay grade.

 

I am full of admiration for the examples I have found here from the other CS modellers.  They will give me both the motivation to continue and

examples to copy.

CCOYLE, OMG! same here! with this shut down I have been able to FINALY spend some time on my own ship project. while all we hear about on the TV is all the people who don't have a hobby going nuts and protesting in the streets, while "us" molders are quite content. Im kinda new to this site so I hope im doing things correctly. cheers, SS HOOKER. 

 wow! thanks for the quick response, still wondering around the site figuring things out.. 

First of all thank you for the membership here. not being very computer savvy I hope im doing this right. A little about me personally. Born in Ithaca NY, (5th generation) been here ever since. when I was a toddler my grand father (Samual A Supek) had a hobby room down in the basement where he built is RC airplanes and ships. I remember standing in the doorway watching him work. I was NOT allowed in that room for obvious reasons. Growing up I always had a desire to build models, I can recall a few I have built as a youngster just as you warned about, WAY above and beyond just a static model. I was never satisfied with the "hollowness". Always improving upon, putting as much "reality" into my builds as I could. I have a uncle who also has this "desire" or "need" to build models to a higher level. I heard stories of his child hood and I have a couple of memories myself of some of his builds. like making real firing cannons on model ships. functioning bombs on r/c aircraft, and so on. All this said leading back to myself, I do believe what I have is some sort of genetic skill passed down, if you want to call it that. In January 1996 I was featured in Radio Controlled Car Action for a project I started in 1990. There is an online article, this will give you a perspective on my modeling technique. (www.zurru.de/english/randys_t3e.htm). and even at that point it wasn't finished. And as you stated, life happened and I had to take a respite from my hobbies. Fast forward a few years I found myself settled down again. In 2013 I was able to get back into my hobbies and with fallowing my career I decided it was time to build a R/C ship, and yes it would be in the style of...….. me. WAY overkill and to the max of my ability. My new goal, build a scale ship where everything as possible will "function" as it would on a real thing. Seven years later my project is nearing completion and that brings me here. looking for like minded modelers. Not so much looking for information on ships, I'm more of a free style modeler, but more to share stories and maybe form some friendships.     I tried to attach some pix, but I could not figure out how....