Bick65 Posted December 27, 2019 Share #1 Posted December 27, 2019 Hi everyone! My name is Marshall and I've been modeling since I was about six when my got my first plastic kit of a B17. I have wanted to build wooden ships ever since my father brought a kit home for himself when I was in my early teens. I spent hours looking over all the parts just imagining what it would look like finished. Back then there was no such thing as a home computer let alone the internet so my father bit off more than he could chew with no one to help and that kit ended up in the trash, such a pity. Now that I'm an empty nester I have taken the plunge. Unlike my father I have the internet so I look forward to sharing my projects and the opportunity to learn from the years of experience this forum has to offer. I'm presently working on the Midwest Skip jack and the AL Virginia. I hope to post photos of both but it's the Virginia that has got me stumped. druxey, EricWilliamMarshall, mtaylor and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtaylor Posted December 27, 2019 Share #2 Posted December 27, 2019 Welcome to MSW, Bick. Start a build log as it's the best way to get help. You can go to the Kit area where you'll find an index to all the kit builds. Looking at others build is very helpful. Bick65 1 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...
Edwardkenway Posted December 27, 2019 Share #3 Posted December 27, 2019 welcome aboard Bick65 1 Quote Current builds; Henry Ramey Upcher 1:25 Providence whaleboat- 1:25 HMS Winchelsea 1764 1:48 Completed: HM Cutter Sherbourne- 1:64- finished Triton cross section scratch- 1:60 - finished Non ship: SBD-3 Dauntless 1:48 Hasegawa -FINISHED Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Lad Posted December 27, 2019 Share #4 Posted December 27, 2019 Hello Marshall, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John Bick65 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duanelaker Posted December 27, 2019 Share #5 Posted December 27, 2019 Welcome to the site! I’d love to see a build log of your willie, such an awesome subject. Best of luck with your virginia, those AL instructions/plans are tough if you ask me. mtaylor and Bick65 2 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabek Posted December 27, 2019 Share #6 Posted December 27, 2019 Welcome aboard, Marshall! You have picked a great website to learn this hobby. It helped me finish my first model and, coincidentally, I’m Canadian, too!🇨🇦 (Winnipeg) Clear skies! Gabe Bick65 and mtaylor 2 Quote Current builds: Harvey, Baltimore Clipper - Artesania Latina HMS Triton Cross Section, 18th Century Frigate - online scratch build HMCS Agassiz, WW2 Flower-Class Corvette - HMV - card model Completed: Swift, Pilot Schooner - Artesania Latina --- Build log --- Gallery Skeeter, Ship-in-Bottle - Ships a Sailin' kit --- Build log Santa Maria, Caravel - Artesania Latina --- Build log Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
druxey Posted December 27, 2019 Share #7 Posted December 27, 2019 Welcome, Marshall, to yet another Canuck! Bick65 and mtaylor 2 Quote Be sure to sign up for an epic Nelson/Trafalgar project if you would like to see it made into a TV series http://trafalgar.tv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baker Posted December 28, 2019 Share #8 Posted December 28, 2019 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 Gallery : Revell Bounty Pelican/Golden hind 1/45 scratch To do : Prins Willem Corel, Le Tonnant Corel, Yacht d'Oro Corel, Thermopylae Sergal 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 Si vis pacem, para bellum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PohjolanMatti Posted January 3, 2020 Share #9 Posted January 3, 2020 Hi Marshall and my greetings to you, too! I’m also new here and have just started out building the AL Virginia. There seems to be many excellent build logs for this model to learn from the other MSW modellers. That was also one of the reasons why I picked this model. Good luck! I’d be happy to share some experiences building Virginia. Best regards, Veli-Matti mtaylor 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrandpaPhil Posted January 3, 2020 Share #10 Posted January 3, 2020 Welcome! mtaylor 1 Quote Building: 1:64 HMS Revenge (Victory Models plans) 1:64 Cat Esther (17th Century Dutch Merchant Ships) On the building slip: 1:72 French Ironclad Magenta (original shipyard plans) On hold: 1:98 Mantua HMS Victory (kit bash), 1:96 Shipyard HMS Mercury Favorite finished builds: 1:60 Sampang Good Fortune (Amati plans), 1:200 Orel Ironclad Solferino, 1:72 Schooner Hannah (Hahn plans), 1:72 Privateer Prince de Neufchatel (Chapelle plans), Model Shipways Sultana, Heller La Reale, Encore USS Olympia Goal: Become better than I was yesterday "The hardest part is deciding to try." - me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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