ss hooker Posted March 30, 2020 Share #1 Posted March 30, 2020 First of all thank you for the membership here. not being very computer savvy I hope im doing this right. A little about me personally. Born in Ithaca NY, (5th generation) been here ever since. when I was a toddler my grand father (Samual A Supek) had a hobby room down in the basement where he built is RC airplanes and ships. I remember standing in the doorway watching him work. I was NOT allowed in that room for obvious reasons. Growing up I always had a desire to build models, I can recall a few I have built as a youngster just as you warned about, WAY above and beyond just a static model. I was never satisfied with the "hollowness". Always improving upon, putting as much "reality" into my builds as I could. I have a uncle who also has this "desire" or "need" to build models to a higher level. I heard stories of his child hood and I have a couple of memories myself of some of his builds. like making real firing cannons on model ships. functioning bombs on r/c aircraft, and so on. All this said leading back to myself, I do believe what I have is some sort of genetic skill passed down, if you want to call it that. In January 1996 I was featured in Radio Controlled Car Action for a project I started in 1990. There is an online article, this will give you a perspective on my modeling technique. (www.zurru.de/english/randys_t3e.htm). and even at that point it wasn't finished. And as you stated, life happened and I had to take a respite from my hobbies. Fast forward a few years I found myself settled down again. In 2013 I was able to get back into my hobbies and with fallowing my career I decided it was time to build a R/C ship, and yes it would be in the style of...….. me. WAY overkill and to the max of my ability. My new goal, build a scale ship where everything as possible will "function" as it would on a real thing. Seven years later my project is nearing completion and that brings me here. looking for like minded modelers. Not so much looking for information on ships, I'm more of a free style modeler, but more to share stories and maybe form some friendships. I tried to attach some pix, but I could not figure out how.... GrandpaPhil, JeffT and mtaylor 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccoyle Posted March 30, 2020 Share #2 Posted March 30, 2020 Welcome! I look forward to seeing your model. For instructions on how to add photos, click here. Cheers! JeffT and mtaylor 2 Quote Chris Coyle Greer, South Carolina When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk. - Tuco Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix, Hawker Hurricane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ss hooker Posted March 30, 2020 Author Share #3 Posted March 30, 2020 wow! thanks for the quick response, still wondering around the site figuring things out.. JeffT and mtaylor 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barkeater Posted March 30, 2020 Share #4 Posted March 30, 2020 Welcome aboard. I grew up in Gloversville making model airplanes. mtaylor, ss hooker and JeffT 3 Quote Completed scratch build: The armed brig "Badger" 1777 Current scratch build: The 36 gun frigate "Unite" 1796 Completed kits: Mamoli "Alert", Caldercraft "Sherbourne" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrandpaPhil Posted March 30, 2020 Share #5 Posted March 30, 2020 Welcome! ss hooker, JeffT and mtaylor 3 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...
Edwardkenway Posted March 30, 2020 Share #6 Posted March 30, 2020 Welcome to MSW ss hooker, JeffT and mtaylor 3 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 March 30, 2020 Share #7 Posted March 30, 2020 Hello, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John JeffT, ss hooker and mtaylor 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtaylor Posted March 30, 2020 Share #8 Posted March 30, 2020 Welcome to MSW. When you're ready, feel free to start a build log. Instructions are pinned in both the Kits and Scratch build areas. JeffT and ss hooker 2 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 March 31, 2020 Share #9 Posted March 31, 2020 mtaylor and ss hooker 2 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...
Baker Posted March 31, 2020 Share #10 Posted March 31, 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...
Duanelaker Posted March 31, 2020 Share #11 Posted March 31, 2020 Hello, and Welcome from a fellow New Yorker. ss hooker and mtaylor 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...
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