G'day and thanks from Canberra

[FishnRod]

Hi folks thanks for the site, I'm very impressed.

I'm not new to modelling, I first started as a young fella about 45 years ago, making plastic WW2 aircraft and armour.

I gave for many years while I had my career in the Royal Australian Airforce.

I've left the service and decided to take my hobby back up. I started again on WW2 armour and aircraft with the goal to get my skills up to take on a wooden tall ship. Primarily the ships that have historic importance for Australia.

I mainly work on 1:35 armour and dioramas. My skills with plastic and paint are not first rate but quite good. Friends and family are all impressed, so that's all that matters.

I've recently bought Artesinas Endeavour Long Boat and the Endeavour itself.

I'm using the long boat as a familiarisation to the concepts of wooden ship building. I hope it works out for me.

I've begun the Long boat model and completed the frame and initial decks.

I've now got to shape and round the bow and begin the planking phase. Any advice on this stage, before I stuff it up, would be great.

Anyway, wonderful to be on the site and hope to be part of great hobby group for years to come.

I hope to hear from some of you soon.

FishnRod

[FishnRod]

As and addition to this post, if anyone has a log of this build, can you please give me the link.

Thanks in advance.

FishnRod

[vossy]

Hey Rod, great you finally made it here! First things first though. Go to the build log page. On there, near the top, you will see a topic called quick find indexes. Click on small craft and scroll down to you find the logs of the kit you are building. Some will be better than others, but everyone who starts a log on a kit is in there. This is a link from my latest build

 

https://modelshipworld.com/index.php?/topic/17564-mississippi-1870-riverboat-by-vossy-sergal-150/&

 

You will definitely learn heaps here. My first piece of advice however would be, a full blown Endeavour is vastly different and way more difficult than the kit you have chosen to begin with. Anyway, enjoy mate.

 

Cheers

 

Chris

 

[pontiachedmark]

Gidday Rod.

Welcome and all the best with your builds. Don't become overwhelmed as there is heaps of support here. Above all enjoy yourself.

Regards,

mrk.

[geoff]

Welcome to MSW "Fishnrod". All the best, Geoff

[Jim Lad]

Hello Rod, and a warm welcome to the forum.

 

John

[RGL]

Fellow Canberran, welcome 

[Baker]

 

And greetings from Belgium

[Richmond]

Hello from Darwin

[Louie da fly]

Hi, Rod. I'd echo Vossy's remarks. The longboat is a nice and relatively easy intro to wooden modelling, but it's a huge leap from there to the Endeavour herself.

 

It might be good after finishing the longboat to take on something intermediate in difficulty, perhaps a naval cutter (such as the Cheerful), before moving up to the Endeavour.

 

In the meantime best of luck and success with the longboat kit. There are certainly build logs for it on the forum to refer to, and the people here are very willing to help with advice and guidance.

 

Steven

[mtaylor]

Welcome to MSW, FishRod.   Vossy offered some excellent advice but I'll add one more bit... open a build log.  It'll be the fastest and best way to get and encouragement. 

[spars]

Welcome from another graduate from plastic models(I still build them)! I have on my list MV Krait as a coming 75th anniversary WWII set. As an older guy whose father and uncles fought(one died) in the Pacific this aquatic combat interests me.