dooder85 Posted October 17, 2017 Share #1 Posted October 17, 2017 so i took the plunge and finally ordered a kit - the Venetian Polacca (sp?) by Amati - it hasn't landed here yet but i'm already panicking as it doesn't seem like anyone - anywhere - has built this kit. This is my first ship, but i have built dollhouses & furniture (kits and scratch) so I think i will be able to fuddle it out with some of ya'lls help. Thanks for having me! geoff, Elijah, JeffT and 8 others 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikkypaul Posted October 17, 2017 Share #2 Posted October 17, 2017 Welcome dooder 85. Go for it - you'll have fun and learn heaps! Paul EJ_L, Canute, mtaylor and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Overworked724 Posted October 17, 2017 Share #3 Posted October 17, 2017 Also read my log.....you'll see what a real beginner looks like when jumping in! LOL Enjoy the ride, frustration, success, and minor victories that come with building. If you are a model furniture maker, you probably already have a very good eye and skillset for the wood ship arena. Unlike myself....but it is fun to learn. Lot's of folks here with oodles of experience. John Allen, geoff, EJ_L and 3 others 6 Quote ---------------------------------------------------- “Work like a Captain....Play like a Pirate!” — Every Ship Modeler...everywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charter33 Posted October 17, 2017 Share #4 Posted October 17, 2017 Hi and a big welcome! I was not familiar with your choice for a first build so I've just looked it up on Google. I'm sure you will find that it will be a rewarding and satisfying project, especially with your previous modelling experience. I was in a similar position to you and convinced myself that I'd taken on a project far beyond my abilities. I then learned two essential lessons: firstly you never know what you can achieve unless you have a go, and secondly that this site is in a class of it's own when it comes to the support and guidance available. Best advice is to start your own build log - and if a challenge arises just ask. There are so many talented builders here keen to help others succeed. Good luck! Graham. EJ_L, geoff, John Allen and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek C Posted October 18, 2017 Share #5 Posted October 18, 2017 Welcome to MSW dooder85 I am relatively new to this hobby and I am so glad that I found this website the people here are very talented and helpful. The forums and build logs are packed with so much information Derek EJ_L, geoff, mtaylor and 1 other 4 Quote Derek C Quote A man without a goal is like a ship without a rudder --Thomas Carlyle Current Build 18th Century Whaling Vessel "Lagoda" Finished Builds Triton Cross Section by Derek C 1/48 18th century longboat by Slideways - FINISHED - Model Shipways 18th century longboat by sideways from MS plans Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Lad Posted October 18, 2017 Share #6 Posted October 18, 2017 Hello Dooder85, and a warm welcome to the forum! John geoff, mtaylor, Canute and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alde Posted October 18, 2017 Share #7 Posted October 18, 2017 Welcome aboard. Just have fun with your build. You will get all the help you need here, especially if you start a build log. That way we all learn from it. EJ_L, geoff, Canute and 1 other 4 Quote The heart is happiest when the head and the hands work together. Al Current Builds: HMS Halifax 1/48 POF Lumberyard Kit Model Shipways Glad Tidings Acoustic Guitar Build FINISHED Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Estoy_Listo Posted October 18, 2017 Share #8 Posted October 18, 2017 Welcome aboard, Doodler85. You came to the right place. Great bunch of folks here. Mark mtaylor, geoff, Canute and 1 other 4 Quote Experience is what you get when you don't get what you want Current build: Model Expo Glad Tidings, Pinky Schooner First builds: Midwest Muscongus Bay Lobster Smack Midwest Chesapeake Bay Flattie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nirvana Posted October 18, 2017 Share #9 Posted October 18, 2017 , Dooder85 Maybe we can get a real name some day as well. Choose a model that you feel you can be comfortable with, start a build log and post the progress. If stuck (which will happen) we are here to help. EJ_L, geoff and mtaylor 3 Quote Please, visit our Facebook page! Respectfully Per aka Dr. Per@Therapy for Shipaholics Finished: T37, BB Marie Jeanne - located on a shelf in Sweden, 18th Century Longboat, Winchelsea Capstan Current: America by Constructo, Solö Ruff, USS Syren by MS, Bluenose by MS Viking funeral: Harley almost a Harvey Nautical Research Guild Member - 'Taint a hobby if you gotta hurry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoff Posted October 18, 2017 Share #10 Posted October 18, 2017 Welcome to MSW "Dooder85". Don't worry we will look after you! All the best, Geoff Canute, mtaylor, EJ_L and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dooder85 Posted October 18, 2017 Author Share #11 Posted October 18, 2017 16 hours ago, Nirvana said: , Dooder85 Maybe we can get a real name some day as well. Choose a model that you feel you can be comfortable with, start a build log and post the progress. If stuck (which will happen) we are here to help. Ha, good point - Aaron here, still getting my profile and all that jazz set up. Thanks for the warm welcome guys mtaylor, AntonyUK, Nirvana and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dooder85 Posted October 19, 2017 Author Share #12 Posted October 19, 2017 so i read through a few of the forum chains and i'm taking the advice given about jumping in too deep - and picked up a Swift kit on the way home tonight, learning on something a bit smaller seems.. prudent lol. anyway i've got it's little skeleton glued and setting on my coffee table as we speak. Nirvana, EJ_L and mtaylor 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnB40 Posted October 19, 2017 Share #13 Posted October 19, 2017 Welcome to the forum dooder85. My first plank on bulkhead model was the Swift. It is a nice kit and makes a very nice finished model........I think it is a really good choice for an initial build. EJ_L, mtaylor, Canute and 1 other 4 Quote John Current Build: USF Confederacy 1778 by JohnB40 - Model Shipways - 1:64 scale HMS Unicorn Corel 1:75 HULKED Completed Builds: Golden Hind Scientific Models -- Swift 1:50 Artesania Latina -- Le Hussard 1:50 Artesania Latina -- Halifax 1:35 Robbe -- Armed Launch 1803 1:17 Panart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AntonyUK Posted October 19, 2017 Share #14 Posted October 19, 2017 Hi Doodler. Welcome to MSW. Smart move with the swift kit. It better to get to grips with and easer to build. Tlloa the best Antony. Nirvana, mtaylor, EJ_L and 1 other 4 Quote Best advice ever given to me."If you don't know ..Just ask. Completed Mayflower Completed Fun build Tail boat Tailboat Completed Build Chinese Junk Chinese Pirate Junk Completed scratch built Korean Turtle ship 1/32 Turtle ship Completed Santa Lucia Sicilian Cargo Boat 1/30 scale Santa Lucia On hold. Bounty Occre 1/45 Completed HMS Victory by DeAgostini modelspace. DeAgostini Victory Cross Section Completed H.M.S. Victory X section by Coral. HMS Victory cross section Completed The Black Pearl fun build Black Queen Completed A large scale Victory cross section 1/36 Victory Cross Section Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EJ_L Posted October 19, 2017 Share #15 Posted October 19, 2017 Welcome to MSW! I will agree with the sentiments of it being a smart move to start of with something simpler and smaller. Take your time on the build, be sure to read ahead in the instructions and plan sheets and don't be afraid of asking a "dumb" question. Most of all, have fun! Best of luck to you on your first build! mtaylor, Canute, Derek C and 2 others 5 Quote "A Smooth Sea NEVER made a Skilled Sailor" - John George Hermanson -E.J. Current Builds - Royal Louis - Mamoli Royal Caroline - Panart Completed - Wood - Le Soleil Royal - Sergal - Build Log & Gallery La Couronne - Corel - Build Log & Gallery Rattlesnake - Model Shipways, HMS Bounty - Constructo Plastic - USS Constitution - Revel (twice), Cutty Sark. Unfinished - Plastic - HMS Victory - Heller, Sea Witch. Member : Nautical Research Guild Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dooder85 Posted October 22, 2017 Author Share #16 Posted October 22, 2017 I may have managed to make my first f-up... i'm not sure if i used my hull material for planking.. is planking generally very very thin? The kit said to use sheets, of which there weren't any, now that i have the decks done and varnished i've found a bundle of .. veneer? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nirvana Posted October 22, 2017 Share #17 Posted October 22, 2017 Aaron, Did you start a build log for us to follow. If not, it's high-time to do so and upload pictures so we can help or at least guide you. mtaylor 1 Quote Please, visit our Facebook page! Respectfully Per aka Dr. Per@Therapy for Shipaholics Finished: T37, BB Marie Jeanne - located on a shelf in Sweden, 18th Century Longboat, Winchelsea Capstan Current: America by Constructo, Solö Ruff, USS Syren by MS, Bluenose by MS Viking funeral: Harley almost a Harvey Nautical Research Guild Member - 'Taint a hobby if you gotta hurry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dooder85 Posted October 22, 2017 Author Share #18 Posted October 22, 2017 I will do that right now mtaylor, Baker and Nirvana 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Altduck Posted October 22, 2017 Share #19 Posted October 22, 2017 Aaron, Which edition (the date on the front of the box) of the Swift are you building? mtaylor and Nirvana 2 Quote Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dooder85 Posted October 22, 2017 Author Share #20 Posted October 22, 2017 OK so i have my build log started, I think it's even named correctly, thanks again for all the help guys. Richard, it's a 2013 kit. the pictures included are from back when they did die-cuts tho - mine is laser-cut, so the reference material isn't quite matching up - that could be where half the paranoia is coming from Nirvana 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Altduck Posted October 22, 2017 Share #21 Posted October 22, 2017 Thanks for starting a build log; I plan to start a Swift soon, too, so I'll follow yours with interest. Nirvana and mtaylor 2 Quote Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Van Es Posted November 1, 2017 Share #22 Posted November 1, 2017 I've never had a problem with insecurity. When I was in grade school I was given a pocket watch that didn't work. I told everyone that I was going to repair it and they told me that I was crazy. I've always thought that if I worked hard enough and long enough I could do anything. Well I took everything apart, found out why it didn't work, fixed the problem, and put it back together. It ran but ran very fast and backwards. That's when I discovered that I had built a time machine and I stuck to that story. So relax. The point is to have fun and if you're doing that it must be right. vaddoc, John Allen, Baker and 4 others 7 Quote Current build: US Brig Syren (MS) Larry Van Es Former President Ship Modelers Association Fullerton California http://www.shipmodelersassociation.org Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
popeye the sailor Posted November 8, 2017 Share #23 Posted November 8, 2017 welcome to the forum! anyone who dons a Popeye shirt, can't be all bad I's got 2 er 3 of'em! AK-K-K-k-k-k! plenty 'o folks here to help if'en you git stuck! build away! mtaylor, Canute and CaptainSteve 3 Quote I yam wot I yam! finished builds: Billings Nordkap 476 / Billings Cux 87 / Billings Mary Ann / Billings AmericA - reissue Billings Regina - bashed into the Susan A / Andrea Gail 1:20 - semi scratch w/ Billing instructions M&M Fun Ship - semi scratch build / Gundalow - scratch build / Jeanne D'Arc - Heller Phylly C & Denny-Zen - the Lobsie twins - bashed & semi scratch dual build Billing T78 Norden in dry dock: Billing's Gothenborg 1:100 / Billing's Boulogne Etaples 1:20 Billing's Half Moon 1:40 - some scratch required Revell U.S.S. United States 1:96 - plastic/ wood modified / Academy Titanic 1:400 Trawler Syborn - semi scratch / Holiday Harbor dual build - semi scratch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtaylor Posted November 12, 2017 Share #24 Posted November 12, 2017 Canute and CaptainSteve 2 Quote Mark "The shipwright is slow, but the wood is patient." - me Current Build: Past Builds: La Belle Poule 1765 - French Frigate from ANCRE plans - ON HOLD Triton Cross-Section NRG Hallf Hull Planking Kit HMS Sphinx 1775 - Vanguard Models - 1:64 Non-Ship Model: On hold, maybe forever: CH-53 Sikorsky - 1:48 - Revell - Completed Licorne - 1755 from Hahn Plans (Scratch) Version 2.0 (Abandoned) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dooder85 Posted November 26, 2017 Author Share #25 Posted November 26, 2017 I think i finally got the hang of planking, sadly it was after most of the hull was done... poorly.. Canute and mtaylor 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtaylor Posted November 26, 2017 Share #26 Posted November 26, 2017 Don't get discouraged. It's a learning curve and sometimes, especially when starting out, it seems to be very steep. Keep the log updated as you'll get questions answered, help, and meet some good people. Canute, lmagna, John Allen and 2 others 5 Quote Mark "The shipwright is slow, but the wood is patient." - me Current Build: Past Builds: La Belle Poule 1765 - French Frigate from ANCRE plans - ON HOLD Triton Cross-Section NRG Hallf Hull Planking Kit HMS Sphinx 1775 - Vanguard Models - 1:64 Non-Ship Model: On hold, maybe forever: CH-53 Sikorsky - 1:48 - Revell - Completed Licorne - 1755 from Hahn Plans (Scratch) Version 2.0 (Abandoned) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pshrynk Posted December 7, 2017 Share #27 Posted December 7, 2017 Welcome, Dooder! As my Grandma used to say, "If you don't fall head first into the cess pit, you'll never learn how to swim!". Strange woman, my grandma. The folks here are all great at helping you through the scratchy bits, so don't hesitate to ask for help! mtaylor 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pob374 Posted December 22, 2017 Share #28 Posted December 22, 2017 On 10/17/2017 at 2:55 PM, dooder85 said: so i took the plunge and finally ordered a kit - the Venetian Polacca (sp?) by Amati - it hasn't landed here yet but i'm already panicking as it doesn't seem like anyone - anywhere - has built this kit. This is my first ship, but i have built dollhouses & furniture (kits and scratch) so I think i will be able to fuddle it out with some of ya'lls help. Thanks for having me! Hi Dooder! I am in that boat right along side of you. My first build is the Hanna also by Amati. I look forward to learning with you. Norman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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