Shantyboy Posted July 22, 2019 Share #1 Posted July 22, 2019 (edited) Hello Everyone, I've been lurking here for a few weeks, and have learned quite a bit. My name is Steve and I live in the Lansing Michigan area, that is Farm Country!, But for most of my life I have been around ship and the sea. My father was a career Navy man, so we lived near both the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, as well as Lake Michigan when he was stationed at Great Lakes, when he retired, we moved to the small town of Christmas in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, on the shores of Lake Superior. It was along those same shores on November 10th, 1975 that I was hitch hiking home from wrestling practice in a blinding snowstorm, later that evening we would here on the radio that the Edmund Fitzgerald had sunk about 120 miles away from where we were. Later on in life I would work in building and painting anchor windlass's, mooring winches, davit arms and cranes for the U.S. Navy, and then in a shipyard. So I guess that's where my interest in this hobby comes from. I have several kits that I would like to build, with the Pacific Northwest Lumber trade in mind. I will be starting with some smaller work boats and working up to a bigger build. I have some experience with Narrow Gauge Model Railroading, and I've built some structures, but those of course don't have rigging... Edited July 22, 2019 by Shantyboy clarity JeffT, ccoyle and mtaylor 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffT Posted July 22, 2019 Share #2 Posted July 22, 2019 Hello and welcome to MSW mtaylor 1 Quote Jeff In progress: Medway Longboat 1742 - Syren Ship Model Company -1/2" scale USS Constitution - Model Shipways - Scale 1:76 HMS Granado - CAF Model - 1:48 HMS Sphinx - Vanguard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtaylor Posted July 22, 2019 Share #3 Posted July 22, 2019 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...
Jim Lad Posted July 22, 2019 Share #4 Posted July 22, 2019 Hello Steve, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John mtaylor 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Papa Posted July 22, 2019 Share #5 Posted July 22, 2019 As you are interested in the Pacific Northwest lumber world, check out the old yellow box Model Shipways Forester. She’s a 4 masted lumber schooner. I’ve always wanted to build her myself but I have too many kits stacked up now. There is one on eBay today with a $29 current bid. mtaylor 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt H Posted August 8, 2019 Share #6 Posted August 8, 2019 Hello and welcome. Quote Matt Completed Builds: Viking Drakkar - Amati - Scale 1:50 18th Century Longboat - Model Shipways - Scale 1:48 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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