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Good morning, folks. Two years have slipped by since my last posting. I had open heart surgery and have had a very slow recovery. I am a member of NRG and desire now to re-introduce myself to all you MSW veterans. My pace is so much slower, now. Perhaps I can provide myself more time to work a model. I have several in mind but am uncertain what NRG & MSW will allow. I keep in touch with one modern-day Designer, Paul Gartside. Earlier today I purchased plans from Paul for a 37-foot LOA Shoal Draft Motor Sailer. I wish to create a scratch build from his scaled down PDF's. I know this is serious work for you good people. I enjoy this as well. I have spent the last 10 years studying boat & yacht design as a formal hobby. You may wish to know I wish to be serious with a model. I have several of Paul's design plans. I wish to build models for my own collection I wish to create.
Can anyone please tell me will this be within guidelines for myself to construct within the guidelines of MSW?
Any info will be greatly appreciated.
Thank you all in advance.
John (PaavoOso)
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Hello everyone! I wish to introduce myself, my name is John and my nickname is Paavo Oso which means "Tiny Bear". I love anything nautical. Always have since about 13 years of age. I have built many boats, yachts, and ships as a teen until military duty called. I volunteered in the USMC.
I quit for some time due to a severe illness. 12 years ago I tried to get going again, but no go. Now, I am aspiring to do a scratch build (need lots of well wishes), of the Washington 1776. I just feel this is the way to go at 66. So, I am studying the plans and construction guide. I hope to meet some of you and learn from you all. So many are very gifted and my hat is off to you.
Best to everyone who reads this. Thank you for allowing me to become a member.
John (Paavo Oso)
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Hello All. I am aspiring to learn more from NRG and Model Ship World about CAD drafting & designing of hull lines drawing. I have completed one or two but remain confused with my Diagonals and where to place them, and butt lines and how to determine where to begin. I am familiar with drawing a grid, and obtaining WL's, Half Breadths, Profile, LWL, Perpendiculars, Stations, but, I become confused for some reason with the two line types mentioned.
One day I hope to draw and/or read a set of plans from scratch. I love this work as a very passionate hobby. I have studied drafting & design way back, and I have studied boat & yacht design for two years. I just have not had the experience I wish to have.
All the best to everyone on board.
John
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Working without major power tools, except for a drum sander on a dremel, Suizan Fine and Course Japanese Hand Saws, Chisels occasionally, a Coping Saw, Sand Paper 220, PLans NRG 0138 Continental Galley Washington 1776, Titebond, Mahogany, Brazilian Cherry, and Poplar. But, with all this wood and plans my imperative is to construct as much as I am able a framework using wood, I am not making the frames per instructions, rather bulkheads instead all the way through each frame recess. Reason being is I will be wiring through strategically coordinated bores through bulkheads a 14 AWG sculpting wire for a clay hull. I prefer clay hulls and a wood, brass, bronze, copper, and rigging fittings throughout. Of course this presents problems of its own. Once bulkheads and wiring are constructed I will fill the starboard and port sides with clay with as many coats I require. Always maintaining a smooth and fair hull shape according to shape of bulkheads from plans instead of frames. Hopefully, and with time, dedication, and diligence in work habits, I hope to make this my signature mark in the model ship world of naval architecture. I also create my own yacht designs as a somewhat Marine Designer with two years of formal training. Let us hope I can leverage my own experience, passion, and love for the nautical world. Just getting started and will post pictures at a later date as this is a very slow process.
"As Ingenuity is to Ideas, let Art, Design, & Engineering be to Marine Design her own Imperative."
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