TheMad Posted December 19, 2017 Share #1 Posted December 19, 2017 (edited) Hello, my name is Steve Perron from Montreal, Canada. I am a jeweller, goldsmith and silversmith, and a CAD designer on the Rhino 5 software. I have to say I am really happy to be here! I just arrived and I can't stop reading all the wonderful posts that this forum has to offer. What wonderful work all of you do here! I have made things with my hands most of my life, and even my vacations are spent building stuff. I built a few ship models in my youth, and it always was a dream of mine to build a ship in metal. I already use brass and silver in many shapes and forms, to make jewelry, silverware and other goods. So I am planning to build a ship, in sterling silver. The construction will need some adapting since building a ship in metal requires specific fabrication methods, different from woodwork because you can't simply glue metal together. Soldering, assembling at this scale, is more complex than making jewellery. Does anyone in this wonderful group have experience in this regard? I am looking forward to know you all and learn, best as I can whatever you have to teach me. Anyway, I hope to contribute as well as I progress in this. My first step was to research and decide what ship could be appropriate for the project. For now I am leaning towards a viking longboat, maybe not a reproduction of one, but a model adapted from two ships that I have studied. I would not want to build a gigantic longboat, and a very small one either, I am trying to design a "medium" size one, a bit like the Helga Holm, the 22.5m replica of the boat #5 from Helgeandsholmen. I am currently designing it in Rhino 5 (scale undecided yet), and have made some progress. Excuse my marine knowledge, I will get better. Thanks for reading me, Steve Edited December 19, 2017 by TheMad Tom E, mtaylor, Haliburton and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoff Posted December 19, 2017 Share #2 Posted December 19, 2017 Welcome to MSW Steve. Would love to see pics. of some of your work when available! All the best, Geoff mtaylor 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Griffith Posted December 19, 2017 Share #3 Posted December 19, 2017 Welcome aboard Steve TheMad~! I see you are also an early riser or a late lurker............ Models of metal ships are relatively rare and the skill set is different as you know. Nevertheless, you will find excellent histories, techniques and advice on this forum, and many very helpful modelers. No questions go unanswered. I would also like to see a couple of pix of your recent work, and a progress report of your Viking long boat. Duff mtaylor 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spars Posted December 19, 2017 Share #4 Posted December 19, 2017 LOVE the beard. I have one too! A Bing search will uncover many, many sites covering ship building. I like the ones from England and Russia where shipwrights are building the real thing. Mystic Seaport is a destination for ship restoration. In any event, you are creating an heirloom for your family. mtaylor 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccoyle Posted December 19, 2017 Share #5 Posted December 19, 2017 Welcome, Steve! We have a number of members here who are well-versed in metalworking techniques for models, but I can't think of any off the top of my head who have done a whole model that way. I have seen pictures of such models, though. I look forward to seeing your work. Regards, mtaylor 1 Quote Chris Coyle Greer, South Carolina When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk. - Tuco Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix, Bf 109E-7/trop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurtvd19 Posted December 19, 2017 Share #6 Posted December 19, 2017 Welcome to MSW Steve. Gerald Wingrove, a true master in metal is building a metal hull and I am sure his build will be of interest to you. His work is exceptional and highly detailed. A bit different than I think you are considering, but your time will not be wasted in checking his work out. Again, welcome to MSW. Kurt MEDDO and mtaylor 2 Quote Kurt Van Dahm Director NAUTICAL RESEARCH GUILD www.thenrg.org SAY NO TO PIRACY. SUPPORT ORIGINAL IDEAS AND MANUFACTURERS CLUBS Nautical Research & Model Ship Society of Chicago Midwest Model Shipwrights North Shore Deadeyes The Society of Model Shipwrights Butch O'Hare - IPMS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Lad Posted December 19, 2017 Share #7 Posted December 19, 2017 Hello Steve, and a warm welcome to MSW from 'Down Under'. John mtaylor 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Estoy_Listo Posted December 20, 2017 Share #8 Posted December 20, 2017 Welcome Steve. Looking forward to seeing what you get up to. Mark mtaylor 1 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...
MEDDO Posted December 20, 2017 Share #9 Posted December 20, 2017 Welcome. Always interested in seeing different techniques. mtaylor 1 Quote Michael Shipwrights of Ohio Current Build: ... Completed Builds: Queen Anne Barge - Syren, Pinnace - MS, Halifax 1768 - LSS, Murrelet - Pygmy, Swift 1805 - AL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Matson Posted December 20, 2017 Share #10 Posted December 20, 2017 Welcome Steve, Looking forward to your build log. mtaylor 1 Quote Geoff NRG member #2666Current build : USS Constitution Finished builds: Armed Virginia Sloop (in gallery) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dvm27 Posted December 20, 2017 Share #11 Posted December 20, 2017 Welcome aboard Steve. You may be interested in the work of Olof Erikson. Olof has built a Cutty Sark as well as Victory and Constitution...all in steel. Of course he has the advantage of being a master machinist and owns a large industrial manufacturing company where he also built his models in his spare time (or on the clock since it's his company). Here's a link to some photos of one of his models http://uniquesystems.com/u-s-s-constitution/. Do consider that a fully rigged (steel rigging of course) steel model of Constitution weighs 1300 pounds and requires a case 15' x 8' x 10'. This could upset some spouses. His Victory Model is featured in a two part Scale Ship Modeler Magazine (1990) article and this stainless steel model is an exact duplicate of Longridge's model in London, right down to the anchor stock planking of the hull. mtaylor 1 Quote GregwebsiteAdmiralty Modelsmoderator Echo Cross-section buildAdmiralty Models Cross-section BuildFinished buildPegasus, 1776, cross-sectionCurrent buildSpeedwell, 1752 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pirozzi Posted December 20, 2017 Share #12 Posted December 20, 2017 Welcome aboard mate! Vince P. mtaylor 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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