Hi all,
This is my first post, despite (apparently) having been a member since 2013! I must have made an account with the intention of starting this hobby but then 'bottled it' - ha!
Anyway, I'd been lusting after the Caldercraft Nelson's Navy series for years (among others), just enjoying pics of completed models online (I read a lot of naval fiction). Well, I thought it was about time to jump-in. Fortunately, I didn't make the classic mistake of buying a large and complicated kit straight away - luckily, a quick Google search along the lines of "wooden ship model beginner kits" led me to this forum and the Model Shipways Shipwright Series and I'm very glad I started there! I've completed the Lowell Grand Banks Dory and the Norwegian Sailing Pram and I'm just finishing the last of the series (Muscongus Bay lobster smack) now. I've learned a huge amount by working on those kits, not least patience and planning when working with wooden kits.
I've decided my next step up the learning curve is HM Schooner Pickle - I see there a good number of build-logs here and I've been studying them already. My intention is the take a long time with this kit, to use each stage as learning point - hopefully I can also produce something worth displaying at the end of it.
I'd like to start a build-log of my Pickle - hope that's ok.
Anyway, this seems a very friendly and supportive forum and I'm very happy to be here.
All the best from West Sussex in the UK!
Alex