Ronko Posted March 14, 2019 #1 Posted March 14, 2019 Back building models after a 30 year hiatus. Kits have come a loooong way since the die cut balsa wood airplane models I used to build with my dad on Saturday mornings many moons ago. Bought my first ship kit (CSS Alabama - Mamoli) recently and promptly botched it so badly I scraped it and bought another (Syren Brig by Model Shipways). I have done much research and reading which led me to this site. I greatly enjoy following the ship building logs. This time around, I'm taking my time with the build. Ronko mtaylor, ccoyle, Peter Bloemendaal and 1 other 4
Keith Black Posted March 14, 2019 #2 Posted March 14, 2019 Welcome fellow Michigander. Keith Ronko and mtaylor 2 Current Builds: 1870's Sternwheeler, Lula Wood Hull Screw Frigate USS Tennessee Decorative Carrack Warship Restoration, the Amelia Completed: 1880s Floating Steam Donkey Pile Driver Early Swift 1805 Model Restoration
Baker Posted March 14, 2019 #3 Posted March 14, 2019 Keith Black, Ronko and mtaylor 3 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
spars Posted March 14, 2019 #4 Posted March 14, 2019 Welcome. Every mistake is a lesson learned. My dad's dad and his brother lived up there in Petosky. I remember seeing the bridge in the mid 1950's. Keith Black, Ronko and mtaylor 3
pontiachedmark Posted March 15, 2019 #5 Posted March 15, 2019 (edited) Gidday Ronko and a warm welcome from the Land Dowunder. I agree re the quality of kits. Long gone are the days of timber with a printed pattern to cut out with a fretsaw. You have certainly found the right site for modelling expertise and support. Wishing you all the best with your build. Mark. Edited March 15, 2019 by pontiachedmark spelling correction mtaylor, Keith Black and Ronko 3
mtaylor Posted March 21, 2019 #6 Posted March 21, 2019 Keith Black and Ronko 2 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)
Jim Lad Posted March 21, 2019 #7 Posted March 21, 2019 Hello Ronko, and another warm welcome to MSW from 'Down Under'. John Ronko and Keith Black 2
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