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austristan

austristan

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Hi everyone,

 

I'm very much new to the model building world (it has been many, many years since I made some plastic models as a child) and looking forward to trying my hand at wooden ships. I'm planning on starting out with the Blue Jacket revenue cutter and just got it in the mail over the weekend.

 

Although I'm not drawn to the intense historical research that many here have a big passion for and clearly a lot of knowledge about, I do enjoy learning about history in a more bite sized format (like this forum) so I very much welcome any feedback as I (hopefully) build a number of models over time.

 

This group looks like a great resource and I'll be sure to get a build log started once I get underway as I'm sure I'll have plenty of questions along the way around best practices, interpreting instructions, etc.

 

Regards,

Tristan

Ed Meyer

Ed Meyer

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Triston:

 

All of us start new at some time in our lives. I consider myself as a beginner plus.  Working on my second model and have already messed up a little, but will correct it with some help from one of the scratch building books.   Good club and welcome.

 

Ed Meyer

Oregon coast

Estoy_Listo

Estoy_Listo

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Welcome Tristan!  This is a great place to play. I'm new to modeling too. I'm looking forward to seeing Blue Jacket build.  

 

Best,

 

Mark

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Experience is what you get when you don't get what you want

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First builds:

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Nirvana

Nirvana

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Tristan,

Warm :sign:.

The choice of the cutter seems to be a great one.

Just watch the video from BlueJacket.

Enjoy!

Some day I hope to build a BlueJacket kit.

 

Please, visit our Facebook page!

 

Respectfully

 

Per aka Dr. Per@Therapy for Shipaholics 
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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

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mtaylor

mtaylor

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:sign:

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)         

         

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                

spars

spars

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Welcome to the hobby that can result in family heirlooms. I started in plastic also and enjoyed the build process most. With the advent of stuff like youtube I can look up stuff if I want to. Still it is the love of the build which draws me.

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