Anja
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Anja reacted to jablackwell in Hello from New Hampshire!
Hello and welcome, Tom! I am also in New Hampshire.Maybe we'll run into one another some time.
Great work on the longboat!
~john
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Anja reacted to Jim Lad in Hello from New Hampshire!
Hello Tom, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'.
That looks like a very nicely constructed longboat you have there.
John
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Anja reacted to Heronguy in Hello from New Hampshire!
Welcome Tom. I'm think you've landed in the right spot. You'll find lots of helpful hands offering advice and encouragement. I will assure you though that some of us are complete novices at model ship building and in some cases at modelling in any form. Yet the masters here are willing to help us out when we ask. A great place to learn and to share.
Beautiful little boat! Did you do all the decoration by hand?
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Anja reacted to Tom E in Hello from New Hampshire!
Hello all!!!
What a wonderful site!
I have learned so many tips and techniques that I cant wait to try them all.
To think I'm rubbing shoulders with some of the true master builders and designers!
From what I've seen, all are master builders on this site!
I'm not new to modeling, been building since I was a kid, but have recently moved back to wooden ships.
Should be finishing the Model Shipways 18th Century Longboat within the next day or 2.
The pic, I hopefully attached successfully, Is a few days old. The shrouds and Forestay have been attached.
Then its on to the Niagara!
Once I learn how to use the site a little better, I hope to have a Niagara build log.
I look forward to working with all of you!!
Tom
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Anja reacted to Estoy_Listo in Another new one
Hi Daniel and welcome. I'm knew here myself, and like you I've taken up modeling after a very long time away. I started a build log for an entry-level kit. It's a little soft for a lot of modelers, but it works for me, and people here support you at any level.
Have fun!
Mark
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Anja reacted to clifforddward in Another new one
Hello Daniel:
Welcome to MSW!...you'll find a friendly and very helpful group of ship modelers here.
You mention returning to the hobby after a long interlude...depending on where you are with your modeling, you may benefit from reading through the thread: "For Beginners--A Cautionary Tale"....I found it very helpful for me:
Best Regards,
Cliff
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Anja reacted to Ulises Victoria in Another new one
Hello Daniel.
Welcome!!! You will find the friendliest and positive-thinking bunch of shipmodelers of all categories here.
I hope you enjoy your visit and wish you a long stay!
Ulises
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Anja got a reaction from geoff in Hello from Spain
Hola Angel end welcome aboard,
Enjoy your stay here. I wish you smooth sailing with our gallant crew.
Saludos / Regards,
Anja
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Anja reacted to S.Coleman in 18 year old model ship enthusiast
Welcome and all the best. Being at a young age has its perks, Eyesight, hearing etc. So make the most of it! Plenty of ships out there awaiting you.
Take the advice on here but please share yours too. Happy sailing.
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Anja got a reaction from dj.bobo in Newbe
Welcome aboard Olddodger,
Can you please tell us your real name?
I am confident you will get as much enjoyment from boat building as with your trains.
And you will have your grandson helping you. That is double the fun.
Have you decided yet what your build, wood or plastic, will be?
This is a great site for learning/sharing tips and techniques.
So, when you're ready, feel free to start a buildlog.
If needed, you'll find plenty of help, advise and encouragement from everyone.
I wish you smooth sailing with our gallant crew.
Regards,
Anja
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Anja reacted to EJ_L in Newbe
Welcome to MSW Syd and a welcome to your grandson as well! As a model railroader myself I am certain that you will find the same enjoyment here as you did with the trains. Having someone to share it with is better still! I look forward to seeing what you choose as your first project and wish you the best of luck as you start out.
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Anja reacted to EJ_L in Another new one
Welcome to MSW Daniel! We are glad that you have returned to the hobby and that you have joined us to share it with. Good luck to you on your new build, whatever you choose it to be!
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Anja reacted to EJ_L in 18 year old model ship enthusiast
Welcome to MSW! Good to have you with us as an active member! I wish you the best of luck on your current and future builds. Start up a build log and share the journey with us. I look forward to seeing your work!
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Anja got a reaction from EJ_L in Newbe
Welcome aboard Olddodger,
Can you please tell us your real name?
I am confident you will get as much enjoyment from boat building as with your trains.
And you will have your grandson helping you. That is double the fun.
Have you decided yet what your build, wood or plastic, will be?
This is a great site for learning/sharing tips and techniques.
So, when you're ready, feel free to start a buildlog.
If needed, you'll find plenty of help, advise and encouragement from everyone.
I wish you smooth sailing with our gallant crew.
Regards,
Anja
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Anja got a reaction from EJ_L in Another new one
Welcome aboard Daniel,
You have come to the right place. This is a great site for learning/sharing tips and techniques.
Have you decided yet what you want to build? There are so many choices, wood, plastic, card.
Whatever you decide, make sure it has your interest and that you really want to build it.
That way you'll be more likely to get through the trials and errors.
One of our members, Adam (SkerryAmp) has created 'The Model Ship World Ship Kit Database'. http://mswshipkits.ampitcher.com/
You can search the database on skill level, manufacturer, scale, kit type etc. It is certainly worth having a look.
I wish you smooth sailing with our gallant crew.
Regards,
Anja
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Anja reacted to geoff in 18 year old model ship enthusiast
Welcome to MSW "NMTCD1" . Please tell us who you are! All the best, Geoff
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Anja got a reaction from geoff in 18 year old model ship enthusiast
Welcome aboard ntmcd1, it is great to have you here.
Can you please tell us your real name?
This is a great site for learning/sharing tips and techniques and there are a lot people here who are willing to help and advise and answer any questions you might have. We are all here to help and encourage each other.
I wish you smooth sailing with our gallant crew and happy modeling.
Regards,
Anja
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Anja got a reaction from mtaylor in 18 year old model ship enthusiast
Welcome aboard ntmcd1, it is great to have you here.
Can you please tell us your real name?
This is a great site for learning/sharing tips and techniques and there are a lot people here who are willing to help and advise and answer any questions you might have. We are all here to help and encourage each other.
I wish you smooth sailing with our gallant crew and happy modeling.
Regards,
Anja
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Anja reacted to clifforddward in 18 year old model ship enthusiast
Welcome to Model Ship World!...you'll find a great group of open and helpful folks on this site...and as a younger fellow (most of us are north of the half century mark), you'll find a host of people who will bend over backwards to answer your questions.
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Anja reacted to popeye the sailor in 18 year old model ship enthusiast
I'm looking for wasa builders in the archives........I found these for you so far.
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Anja reacted to Dan Vadas in 18 year old model ship enthusiast
G'day (insert your name here ),
Welcome to MSW, good to see such a young and enthusiastic new member .
Here's a LINK to the 1st post in my HMS Vulture build log where I start making the Stern Light Frames (most of the work starts on the following page). Unfortunately, you will need a Byrnes Table Saw to cut the various munions. It's a real good investment if you want to get into any serious Scratchbuilding, in fact I'd call it a "must have" .
I feel your pain. It was an AL kit that sent me on the path of Scratchbuilding in the first place, something for which I'll forever be grateful to AL for (but not much else ).
Good luck with your build, and I look forward to seeing your build log.
Danny
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Anja reacted to Thistle17 in 18 year old model ship enthusiast
Welcome to this august, friendly and supportive group. You are in for a journey of enjoyment and accomplishment and you won't travel alone as the folk who support this forum are there to help and advise as you have already seen.
Joe
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Anja reacted to popeye the sailor in 18 year old model ship enthusiast
the best window frame maker I know is Dirk {dubz}
his window tutorial start around page 10.........but I think you'll enjoy the entire log
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Anja reacted to mtaylor in 18 year old model ship enthusiast
Welcome to MSW. As for your question about the windows... wander through the scratch area. There's several different ways of doing them.
The Constellation kit IS NOT the original frigate. It's actually based on the 1850 sloop of war. It doesn't have the hull lines nor much of anything else in common with the frigate. There's at least one build of the Constellation (RC, scratch) of the original. I took the AL kit and bashed it into the actual ship that AL based their kit on. I do wish you luck on bashing the kit the way you want.....
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Anja reacted to ntmcd1 in 18 year old model ship enthusiast
Hello guys,
I've always like to build models since I was a young kid. My first model ship was an AL Virginia Schooner, which I built when I was in third grade. It wasn't museum quality, but pretty good for such a young kid. I built a very small solid hull USS Constitution when I was in eighth grade, and an AL San Francisco Galleon the following year. The Constitution was pretty easy but the Galleon's plank bending proved to be quite difficult so i came to this board as a lurker to get advice. Last year, I built an AL King of the Mississippi that is 99.9% done, I just need to put on a few extras.
Now, I've started my biggest project, an AL USS Constellation. I was disappointed by the model, especially the fittings, stern, and instructions, so I'm making a custom ship of my own with a square stern as opposed to the rounded one supplied, and mostly custom fittings (although I haven't got there yet). I go off to college in a month so I'm in a bit of a hurry, but so far it's looking better than any of my other ships, thanks to consulting various build logs and planking guides on this site and others. I'll post a build log here sometime.
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