Voyageur Posted February 20, 2020 Share #1 Posted February 20, 2020 Hi to everyone on board the forum. I’m new to model ship building, so new that I have yet to start my first ship. I have enjoyed model rocketry for many years and have many great builds that not only look good but fly just as well. Most of the time, anyway. I’m a Navy veteran (submarine service) and have always had an interest in naval exploration and adventure. Especially 18th and 19th century arctic exploration. Having grown up in SE Connecticut, I have been to Mystic Seaport many times and loved seeing that great museum. I was recently in Boston and toured the USS Constitution. I thought that it would be nice to have a model of that beautiful ship. I then thought it would be a better idea to make that model myself. no, I am not planning on jumping in with the Constitution. I am a realist about my abilities and know that I need to develop new skills I never needed building rockets. I’ve included a picture of my workshop that I took before and after cleanup (the cylinder is a cat scratcher for my daughter’s cats. The careful observer will notice the Lindbergh Americas Cup racer in that “before” picture. A plastic model that I plan to build as my starter. I plan to next build the Model Shipways Katy C Virginia Pilot boat. I eventually want to work my way up to the Charles W Morgan. Then, maybe, I can feel like I can do justice to the Constitution. I've also included a picture of me and my Nephew on the deck of that great ship. I’ve been reading here and other places about rope making, planking, rigging, etc... trying to learn the terminology and tricks of the trade. I may not have a build log for a little while but I hope to be ready to start soon. I’ll be around learning from you on the forum until I feel ready to start. Duanelaker, Haliburton, Dean77 and 6 others 9 Quote We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore is a habit, not an act. ~ Aristotle I could carry, paddle, walk and sing with any man I ever saw. I have been twenty-four years a canoe man, and forty-one years in service; no portage was ever too long for me, fifty songs could I sing. I have saved the lives of ten voyageurs, have had twelve wives and six running dogs. I spent all of my money in pleasure. Were I young again, I would spend my life the same way over. There is no life so happy as a voyageur's life! ~ The Voyageur, Grace Lee Nute Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duanelaker Posted February 20, 2020 Share #2 Posted February 20, 2020 Welcome to the site! I hope to bring my son there someday 😊. Those guns are a lot bigger then I thought! mtaylor and JeffT 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...
mtaylor Posted February 20, 2020 Share #3 Posted February 20, 2020 Welcome to MSW. JeffT 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...
JeffT Posted February 20, 2020 Share #4 Posted February 20, 2020 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...
ccoyle Posted February 20, 2020 Share #5 Posted February 20, 2020 Welcome aboard! I built model rockets back in my youth. After each successful launch, I would paint a ring around the rocket's nose. The most rings any rocket ever received was five -- usually they met some sad (but often memorable) end before then. Cheers! Duanelaker, Cuda1949, mtaylor and 1 other 4 Quote Chris Coyle Greer, South Carolina When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk. - Tuco Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrandpaPhil Posted February 22, 2020 Share #6 Posted February 22, 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...
markjay Posted February 22, 2020 Share #7 Posted February 22, 2020 mtaylor 1 Quote Mark Phoenix, AZ Current builds; Previous builds, in rough order of execution; Shipjack, Peterbrough Canoe, Flying Fish, Half Moon, Britannia racing sloop, Whale boat, Bluenose, Picket boat, Viking longboat, Atlantic, Fair American, Mary Taylor, half hull Enterprise, Hacchoro, HMS Fly, Khufu Solar Boat. On the shelf; Royal Barge, Jefferson Davis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baker Posted February 22, 2020 Share #8 Posted February 22, 2020 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...
bruce d Posted February 22, 2020 Share #9 Posted February 22, 2020 Welcome to MSW mtaylor 1 Quote 🌻 STAY SAFE A model shipwright and an amateur historian are heads & tails of the same coin current builds: HMS Berwick 1775, 1/192 scratchbuild; a Slade 74 in the Navy Board style Mediator sloop, 1/48 - an 18th century transport scratchbuild French longboat - CAF - 1/48, on hold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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