Penfold Posted December 11, 2019 #1 Posted December 11, 2019 Hi All, I’m new to MSW and hoping to reactivate a love of modelling that I’ve had since childhood. As a child I made literally hundreds of plastic kit models; planes, tanks, ships etc. Mostly WW2 stuff, but some more modern things too. A few years ago now I saw an advert for a weekly magazine which would guide me through building a model of the Bismarck. I thought this was a great idea and bought the first few editions. However, I began to google what was involved in completing such a venture and soon realised that I would very quickly be out of my depth. There were a whole range of skill sets involved which I knew nothing about. This would be a shed-load of money to spend on something which I knew I would not be able to do justice to. I decided to shelve the idea and stopped buying the magazine. Instead I bought a Billings Boats, HMS Renown steam pinnace to try and cut my teeth on. It went OK. Planking was satisfactory, albeit only because I knew the hull would painted and all the filler would be covered over. However, I got cold feet when it came to spray painting the boat. This was another new skill I didn’t have and was concerned about ruining all the hard work I had put in that far. I shelved the build... for ten years!!! I recently plucked up the courage to complete it though and I’m quite chuffed with the end result. Confidence boosted, I’ve now bought the Bluenose 2 from Artesania Latina (having decided against the Billings one because of their rubbishy brief instructions). I hope the build logs on here will be very useful, but don’t think I’m brave enough to start a log to expose myself to peer review just yet! Regards Colin reklein, Haliburton, mtaylor and 7 others 10 Quote
ccoyle Posted December 11, 2019 #2 Posted December 11, 2019 Welcome aboard! With the finished pinnace under your belt, you should be well-positioned to finish your new project. Cheers! druxey, mtaylor and BETAQDAVE 3 Quote Chris Coyle Greer, South Carolina When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk. - Tuco Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix, TBD
Kikatinalong Posted December 11, 2019 #3 Posted December 11, 2019 Welcome to MSW Having completed one wooden model places you ahead of a lot of people on this site. Its easy to be inn awe of some of the work done by people in here but most of us are just trying to do the best we can because of the love for the hobby. You should definitely start a build log, because at any turn you need advice the great people on this site are more than willing to advise and help. Thirty thousand heads are better than one. Good luck with your build. Cheers Peter BETAQDAVE, druxey, mtaylor and 2 others 5 Quote
Jim Lad Posted December 12, 2019 #4 Posted December 12, 2019 Hello Colin, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John mtaylor 1 Quote
Duanelaker Posted December 12, 2019 #5 Posted December 12, 2019 Welcome to the site! I too think you should start a build log, it is a nice record of your build. Best of luck! mtaylor 1 Quote David Builds in Progress: Phantom Pilot Boat - MS Completed Builds: Bounty Jolly Boat - AL Chesapeake Bay Crabbing Skiff - MW Grand Banks Dory - Bluejacket The Dinghy - MW Grand Banks Dory - MW 32 Pound Carronade - MS Skiff - MW Peterboro Canoe - MW On Hold: 18th-Century Merchantman Half-Hull - NRG Ponte Berlin - Corel Taurus Steam Towboat - MS
GrandpaPhil Posted December 12, 2019 #6 Posted December 12, 2019 Welcome! mtaylor 1 Quote Building: 1:200 Russian Battleship Oryol (Orel card kit) 1:64 HMS Revenge (Victory Models plans) 1:64 Cat Esther (17th Century Dutch Merchant Ships)
mtaylor Posted December 12, 2019 #7 Posted December 12, 2019 Welcome to MSW, Penfold. You wouldn't know someone called "Danger Mouse" by perchance? 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)
Baker Posted December 12, 2019 #8 Posted December 12, 2019 Greetings, And Welcome to MSW. 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
allanyed Posted December 12, 2019 #9 Posted December 12, 2019 Hi Colin, As Peter said above 30,000 heads are better than one. You may actually wind up with too much information on occasion when asking questions here but that is a good thing. I have learned more from questions asked by others at MSW than those I have asked on my own. It is win-win for all 30K of us when you or any of us run into a roadblock and need a bit of help. Welcome!!! EricWilliamMarshall and mtaylor 2 Quote PLEASE take 30 SECONDS and sign up for the epic Nelson/Trafalgar project if you would like to see it made into a TV series. Click on http://trafalgar.tv There is no cost other than the 30 seconds of your time. THANK YOU
Ian B Posted December 12, 2019 #10 Posted December 12, 2019 Welcome, Why not post a picture of your Renown. I have just finished that one too only changed it to reflect another boat? mtaylor 1 Quote HMAV Bounty 'Billings' completed ⛵ HMS Cheerful - Syren-Chuck' completed Steam Pinnace 199 'Billings bashed' - completed ⚓ HMS Ledbury F30 --White Ensign -completed 😎 HMS Vanguard 'Victory models'-- completed Bismarck Amati 1/200 --underway 👍
Penfold Posted December 12, 2019 Author #11 Posted December 12, 2019 Thank you all for the kind welcome. Here’s my Renown... GrandpaPhil, Edwardkenway, VTHokiEE and 3 others 6 Quote
ccoyle Posted December 12, 2019 #12 Posted December 12, 2019 I'd say that turned out rather well. mtaylor 1 Quote Chris Coyle Greer, South Carolina When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk. - Tuco Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix, TBD
Penfold Posted December 12, 2019 Author #13 Posted December 12, 2019 Thanks. Certainly lots of lessons learned in making it. Just got to remember them and apply them 😂 mtaylor 1 Quote
mtaylor Posted December 13, 2019 #14 Posted December 13, 2019 It did come out very well, Colin. The lessons will return as you build and new ones will be learnt. 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)
Penfold Posted December 14, 2019 Author #15 Posted December 14, 2019 On 12/12/2019 at 10:29 AM, Ian B said: Welcome, Why not post a picture of your Renown. I have just finished that one too only changed it to reflect another boat? Just had a look at your build log for your steam pinnace... very nice work. I still have a way to go, clearly. 🤔 mtaylor 1 Quote
Ian B Posted December 16, 2019 #16 Posted December 16, 2019 On 12/14/2019 at 10:04 PM, Penfold said: Just had a look at your build log for your steam pinnace... very nice work. I still have a way to go, clearly. 🤔 Thank you , I am still new to all of this and learning all the time. I used this build to practice some techniques for later projects mtaylor 1 Quote HMAV Bounty 'Billings' completed ⛵ HMS Cheerful - Syren-Chuck' completed Steam Pinnace 199 'Billings bashed' - completed ⚓ HMS Ledbury F30 --White Ensign -completed 😎 HMS Vanguard 'Victory models'-- completed Bismarck Amati 1/200 --underway 👍
Ian B Posted December 16, 2019 #17 Posted December 16, 2019 On 12/12/2019 at 5:40 PM, Penfold said: Thank you all for the kind welcome. Here’s my Renown... You must be very pleased with how yours turned out mtaylor 1 Quote HMAV Bounty 'Billings' completed ⛵ HMS Cheerful - Syren-Chuck' completed Steam Pinnace 199 'Billings bashed' - completed ⚓ HMS Ledbury F30 --White Ensign -completed 😎 HMS Vanguard 'Victory models'-- completed Bismarck Amati 1/200 --underway 👍
Penfold Posted December 19, 2019 Author #18 Posted December 19, 2019 Oh well... encouraged by the support offered above, I’ve begun a build log for my Bluenose. Please feel free to drop by. mtaylor 1 Quote
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