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I both appreciate and am envious of your work. I learn a lot from seeing pics of not so good efforts. My cousin is retired navy living in Texas and my granddaughter is finishing combat medic training at fort Sam. Will you be posting more photos of your trains?

Hi from almost as cold Minnesota. Feb is 4th snowiest month on record, so far. About ships and kits. Get a beginner's kit from any number of vendors. Lets you learn the skills you will need. If you haven't go to Mystic Seaport and experience Charles Morgan. 

As a Minnesotan I get the seasonal blahs. I switched to led daylight lamps which really help me. If you look for a kit try a manufacturer like Model Shipways which will replace parts free if properly documented. They also have instructions online for you to examine.

Welcome! I, too, have a variety of modeling interests. Each enhances the others. Currently, with my handicapped son who lives with me, we are doing Lego. Not the little stuff but the more sophisticated constructs. I do some paper stuff, both free and kits.

Old model makers never die, they just take a break! I did the same thing and I know we are not alone.

Rest in the fact you are not alone. My first attempts at plastic ships were truly awful. Now at 68 I can enjoy goofing up and laughing at myself-or blaming my three cats.

Hello there. You are not a;lone. Maybe you can try Lauck Street Shipyard for how-to information you can adapt to your build. May not be the same ship but the skills and tools are similar.

Hello! I grew up there in the 50's and 60's. Grew up in McKinley Park. You have indeed come to the best place to experience scale modeling in all its forms and fashions.

Hello from a 68 year-old. Modeling is a great hobby. There is a permiere model ship manufacturer in JoTiKa in England. 

Hello. Here's a suggestion. Model Shipways is an on line maker of kits which will replace parts you mess up. You need to keep the documentation to get the right parts. Go to Model Expo for more info. They have great sales.

I used the translator to read your message. In this case you can send inquiries and they can be translated. Spain has an ancient seafaring tradition.

Keep balance in your life. Modeling is a balance. Its quality time with yourself. Don't hurry. Enjoy the process. Wood can be very forgiving if you make a mistake.

Hello from Minnesota. Hope you enjoy the 'best hobby a person can have'!

Hello! Glad to have you here. I wonder how many people know of Poland's nautical heritage.

This is great news. Ship model building is always a work in progress. 

I'm retired too! My teenage granddaughter is training to be a combat medic at fort Sam Houston. But I do have a 'busy fingers' five year old grandson who watches what I do. I have learned over the years the best way to learn is to teach. Enjoy the best hobby on the planet.

Spuds in taters? right? taters float. Enjoy.

Welcome to the best place online to both learn and improve model making skills, mentored by the best of the best.

Welcome Anna. Always good to hear of a younger person taking up the challenge and reward of model ship building.

Welcome from a 68-year-old. Can't help with info. Your interest is an interesting one.

I'm 68 so we are close in age. France has a rich history of beautiful naval archetecture married to speed, maneuverability and durability.

Welcome. I, too, have a kit I want to build this year. Its Wasa. Hope you enjoy yourself.

Welcome to this site. My mother's mother met Kaiser Wilhelm II and she says he mentioned she was a 'pretty little girl'. So royalty has some of the most beautiful works of naval archetecture.

Welcome mortarman. Was that your MOS in the army/marines? I was 13B20 field artillery.

Welcome to a modeler's paradise of information and pictures.