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JohnWW
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Hi John, Good evening. Are the books you have still available? I'm an absolute newbie building my first boat. The topics of these books would be extremely helpful to me if you still have them. Thank you. John
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Thanks everyone for advice and comments. I'm pleased you agree with my selection of first boat to build. JC, the step by step log of the boat build will be invaluable. When I get the boat and get organised I'll start a build log and drive everybody crazy with simple questions. I'm really looking forward to this adventure. Thank you. John
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Thank you everyone for your warm welcome and advice. I'm trying to follow advice I read when I first looked at this site and that was for a first model, choose one that already has the hull built to avoid difficult planking. Most of the kits I've seen here in Australia that fit that description are either out of stock, don't include paper plans, include tools etc, (which I already have) or I have to mortgage the house to buy one. The reason I mentioned the Artesania 19017 1/20 La Provencale Fishing Boat Wooden Ship is that it seems to fit the bill for a beginners model and I can purchase it here for a reasonable price. I've posted a photo of what this ship looks. If anyone thinks this model is too advanced for a beginner please let me know. Thanks again for the welcome. John https://www.hobbytools.com.au/assets/full/ART-19017.png?20210309031547
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I think I posted this in the wrong place so I might be in the correct forum now. I'm an old fart who used to fly rc planes. Too old to fly now but didn't make my own planes. Made a few repairs though, so know a bit about modelling. Saw some photos of model ships and thought this might be a way to fill in some time. After having a bit of a browse around the internet I thought I might seek some advice before I dived headfirst into this hobby and fortunately I came across your site. After looking at your site I came across some advice for beginners. "Can't be that hard can it?" That line brought me back to earth. There's a huge learning curve with all these types of building hobbies. The thing I like about this hobby, you don't take your model home in a plastic bag after 5 minutes. So, I'm taking the advice of the experts and starting with an "easy" model. Finding it a bit difficult here to find a model without difficult planking. I watched a video of an experienced modeller and even he seemed to struggle a bit with planking, so I'd end up in more strife than the early settlers tackling a job like that. So, would this model be suitable for a beginner? Artesania 19017 1/20 La Provencale Fishing Boat Wooden Ship Looking forward to your advice and many pleasant hours on this site. John
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