Hello all, as you may guess from my user name I'm from Grimsby, Lincolnshire.
Always had a strong interest in boats and ships, coming from a fishing family (went myself for a while too) and started my interest by building Airfix kits etc when I was at school.
I progressed to wooden models via the Mary Ann from Billings as at that time there were many of that type of vessel operating here in my home town.
From there I went to La Toullonaise from Billings, that whetted my appetite for sailing models and then onto the Bounty from Billings and then the Halifax.
Sadly I then stopped for many years due to time constraints and a growing family but now I am finally getting more time back with retirement not a far away prospect, I am wanting to resume.
I have browsed many of the build projects and am seriously impressed at the skills shown by the members which has only served to make me more determined to get back into the swing.
I love the look of the Victory models and I think that may be my entry back into modelling, the detail on the ships and the rigging looks fantastic, no sails to hide all that work.
Hope to contribute more once I am up and running but for now will content myself with watching and questions.