Barryc Posted December 18, 2018 Share #1 Posted December 18, 2018 Greetings folks, I've been watching and learning here for a month or so and I am amazed at the skills and abilities of many of the builders and their builds I've viewed!! Just WOW!! I am a passionate modeler and have been building models for 55 +years. I build primarily aircraft, ships and armor but have built just about one of every genre. I have always been fascinated by wooden sailing ship models but never ventured there. I built the Revell USS Constitution in the late 60s and have built a few other plastic ship kits over the years but never a wooden kit. My mother gifted me the Scientific Models kit of the Robert E. Lee in 1973 I actually started building it but dropped the solid hull onto a concrete floor and smashed the bow in and that was the end of the effort. I have been dragging it with me all these years and my just dig it out and have another go at it. I recently found an incomplete kit listed on ebay but the hull is there and I may just pick it up. I have a number or plastic ship models in my "stash" including the Revell Kearsarge and Alabama. I am going to have a go at the Alabama and to that end have made some purchases of AM parts. I have ordered the Cottage Industries armament set the HiS Models sails, rigging blocks and pendant set as well as the Scale Decks wooden deck. I don't have a time line when I will start the build but it will not be anytime soon. So in the mean time I'll continue to watch and learn. I've done a search here on the site for CSS Alabama builds but am coming up empty handed so, if anyone has one or can link me to one I will be most grateful. Cheers for now, Barry thibaultron, EJ_L, druxey and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thibaultron Posted December 18, 2018 Share #2 Posted December 18, 2018 Welcome aboard! Quote Ron Thibault Shipjack Carrie Price from Pyro kit, with upgraded detailing and history. Going From A 2D Drawing To A 3D Printed Part Tutorial Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pontiachedmark Posted December 18, 2018 Share #3 Posted December 18, 2018 Gidday Barry and a warm welcome from the Land Downunder. What a stroke of luck to find another Robert E Lee. It must be fate. Any questions and you will find plenty of support and encouragement on this site. All the best with your build. Mark. mtaylor 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtaylor Posted December 18, 2018 Share #4 Posted December 18, 2018 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...
Baker Posted December 19, 2018 Share #5 Posted December 19, 2018 Welcome to MSW and greeting from Belgium. mtaylor 1 Quote Regards, Patrick Finished : Soleil Royal Heller 1/100 Wasa Billing Boats Bounty Revell 1/110 plastic (semi scratch) Pelican / Golden Hind 1/45 scratch Current build : Mary Rose 1/50 scratch große-jacht / Yacht D'Oro 1/50 Corel Gallery : Revell Bounty Pelican/Golden hind 1/45 scratch Shore leave, non ship models build logs : ADGZ M35 funkwagen 1/72 Einhets Pkw. Kfz.2 and 4 1/72 Autoblinda AB40 1/72 122mm A-19 & 152mm ML-20 & 12.8cm Pak.44 {K8 1/2} 1/72 10.5cm Howitzer 16 on Mark. VI(e) Centurion Mk.1 conversion M29 Weasel 1/72 SAM6 1/72 T26 Finland T26 TN 1/72 Autoprotetto S37 1/72 Opel Blitz buses 1/72 Boxer and MAN trucks 1/72 Hetzer38(t) Starr 1/72 Cleaning the 1/72 military collection Si vis pacem, para bellum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EJ_L Posted December 21, 2018 Share #6 Posted December 21, 2018 Welcome to MSW! There is plenty to learn here so I'm sure you be kept busy till you are ready to get started. 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...
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