Allamagoosa Posted May 6, 2020 Share #1 Posted May 6, 2020 Greetings everyone. I hope everyone and your family's are healthy and safe during these crazy times. I used to do model ship kits about 2 decades ago. I have only ever done up to intermediate work of marginal skill and quality. Mostly smaller kits like Viking Ships but I did complete the Blue Nose II with full rigging. With spending more time at home (although still fully explored thankfully) I am starting to spend time doing some model work again. Model Slipways opened up for business and I decided to take rather severe advantage of their back in business sale and so now have enough kits to keep me occupied for the next 2 years easy. So for my first project I am working on the 18th Century Long Boat MS1457 at 1/24 scale. I am doing some good things but making many poor choices as well where wish I had read and taken more time to read the directions more thoroughly before making some choices. That being said it is so much fun and rewarding to see the long boat start to take shape. The point of starting with a beginner kit is to work out some of the kinks and remind myself of the lost skills, etc. It is looking like this hobby has come a long way in the last couple of decades and I am really excited to improve my skills and see what others are working on. Enclosed is a picture (to be honest I am somewhat embarrassed with the quality) but I am having so much fun I just have to post it. The painting and such is to my liking at this time rather then a true re-creation. I will post more pictures in the proper forum section as things progress but I think this constitutes a fair greeting. You will note that I am using some customer Oak wood for planing and choose to go with brass as I didn't want to paint the items and I don't have the chemicals (yet!) to properly blacken the items. Cheers and take care. -Devin GrandpaPhil, Nirvana, ccoyle and 1 other 4 Quote Current Build: San Francisco (original) - Artesania Latina Completed: Longboat 18th Century (MS1457) - Model Shipways Bluenose II - Billings Member of the Nautical Research Guild Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccoyle Posted May 6, 2020 Share #2 Posted May 6, 2020 Welcome aboard, Devin! I'm a NorCal ex-pat living in South Carolina, but I did some time in SoCal as well: Echo Park, Pasadena, Montrose, Pomona, and Upland. Your longboat looks very nice. Cheers! Allamagoosa, Nirvana and mtaylor 3 Quote Chris Coyle Greer, South Carolina When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk. - Tuco Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix, Bf 109E-7/trop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtaylor Posted May 6, 2020 Share #3 Posted May 6, 2020 Welcome to MSW, Devin. You model looks pretty good. A lot better than my first wooden one. Nirvana and Allamagoosa 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...
GrandpaPhil Posted May 7, 2020 Share #4 Posted May 7, 2020 Welcome! Your model is coming along nicely! It is much better than my first wood one was! mtaylor and Nirvana 2 Quote Building: 1:64 HMS Revenge (Victory Models plans) 1:64 Cat Esther (17th Century Dutch Merchant Ships) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Lad Posted May 7, 2020 Share #5 Posted May 7, 2020 Hello Devin, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John mtaylor, Nirvana and Allamagoosa 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allamagoosa Posted May 8, 2020 Author Share #6 Posted May 8, 2020 I so want to visit down under. Hope you are all safe and sound. But visiting your continent is a life dream I want to make a higher priority. mtaylor and Nirvana 2 Quote Current Build: San Francisco (original) - Artesania Latina Completed: Longboat 18th Century (MS1457) - Model Shipways Bluenose II - Billings Member of the Nautical Research Guild Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Seiler Posted May 8, 2020 Share #7 Posted May 8, 2020 What flavor of SOCAL are you? LA area or San Diego area (or option C)? Nirvana 1 Quote Chuck Seiler San Diego Ship Modelers Guild Nautical Research Guild Current Build:: Colonial Schooner SULTANA (scratch from Model Expo Plans), Hanseatic Cog Wutender Hund, Pinas Cross Section Completed: Missouri Riverboat FAR WEST (1876) Scratch, 1776 Gunboat PHILADELPHIA (Scratch), John Smith Shallop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccoyle Posted May 8, 2020 Share #8 Posted May 8, 2020 13 minutes ago, Chuck Seiler said: What flavor of SOCAL are you? LA area or San Diego area (or option C)? Don't forget San Francisco and Sacramento! Nirvana and mtaylor 2 Quote Chris Coyle Greer, South Carolina When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk. - Tuco Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix, Bf 109E-7/trop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nirvana Posted May 8, 2020 Share #9 Posted May 8, 2020 From PNW a Warm Welcome in these uncertain times. Having a hobby will keep one from insanity. Glad you got back to it. mtaylor 1 Quote Please, visit our Facebook page! Respectfully Per aka Dr. Per@Therapy for Shipaholics Finished: T37, BB Marie Jeanne - located on a shelf in Sweden, 18th Century Longboat, Winchelsea Capstan Current: America by Constructo, Solö Ruff, USS Syren by MS, Bluenose by MS Viking funeral: Harley almost a Harvey Nautical Research Guild Member - 'Taint a hobby if you gotta hurry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Seiler Posted May 9, 2020 Share #10 Posted May 9, 2020 8 hours ago, ccoyle said: Don't forget San Francisco and Sacramento! San Francisco is Northern California-maybe. Central. Certainly not southern. Sacramento is, well....Sacramento. It is like the New Jersey of California, with fewer beaches. mtaylor, Nirvana and Bob Cleek 3 Quote Chuck Seiler San Diego Ship Modelers Guild Nautical Research Guild Current Build:: Colonial Schooner SULTANA (scratch from Model Expo Plans), Hanseatic Cog Wutender Hund, Pinas Cross Section Completed: Missouri Riverboat FAR WEST (1876) Scratch, 1776 Gunboat PHILADELPHIA (Scratch), John Smith Shallop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allamagoosa Posted May 10, 2020 Author Share #11 Posted May 10, 2020 I certainly don't think of San Francisco as Southern California but maybe that is because I was raised in the Bay Area and now live in the Greater Los Angeles area. I think most (or at least me) consider San Francisco as really the southern part of Northern California. mtaylor and Nirvana 2 Quote Current Build: San Francisco (original) - Artesania Latina Completed: Longboat 18th Century (MS1457) - Model Shipways Bluenose II - Billings Member of the Nautical Research Guild Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccoyle Posted May 10, 2020 Share #12 Posted May 10, 2020 2 hours ago, Allamagoosa said: I think most (or at least me) consider San Francisco as really the southern part of Northern California. Just a little pet joke of mine -- I grew up in Humboldt County, so San Francisco was pretty far south! 😉 Nirvana, Allamagoosa and mtaylor 3 Quote Chris Coyle Greer, South Carolina When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk. - Tuco Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix, Bf 109E-7/trop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duanelaker Posted May 11, 2020 Share #13 Posted May 11, 2020 Welcome! Very nice looking longboat 😊. It’s my understanding that the longboat kit isn’t exactly considered beginner. So it’s much harder then it looks, so you’ve done even better then you thought! And of course we are our own worst critics. Nirvana, Allamagoosa and mtaylor 3 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...
Allamagoosa Posted May 12, 2020 Author Share #14 Posted May 12, 2020 The Long Boat is getting better. I did some re-work. I am still compromising some standards but it is still nice. One thing that I think caught me off guard is the scale is 1:24 and that is pretty small and perhaps in some ways hence harder to work with. Things that I regret and will do better on the next ship Have more patience Use less Cyano Acrylic and more wood glue. The Cyano Acrylic stains the wood and it looks awful. Take deep long breaths and relax more Read the directions cover to cover before starting. Relax more. Have patience Alignment of the Hull is essential to good planking and subsequent work. Take the time to make sure things are properly aligned. You patience will be rewarded. It isn't a sprint. It is a marathon. Have patience. Read more about the definitions. Learn what a rabbit line is, things like this all of which will come in time. I will say this. I am having so much fun. -D mtaylor, Nirvana and Duanelaker 3 Quote Current Build: San Francisco (original) - Artesania Latina Completed: Longboat 18th Century (MS1457) - Model Shipways Bluenose II - Billings Member of the Nautical Research Guild Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allamagoosa Posted May 12, 2020 Author Share #15 Posted May 12, 2020 On 5/10/2020 at 12:21 PM, ccoyle said: Just a little pet joke of mine -- I grew up in Humboldt County, so San Francisco was pretty far south! 😉 I love Humboldt country. I regularly drive up to the Avenue of the Giants and on to Prairie Creek State park. I love it up there. Nirvana, mtaylor and ccoyle 3 Quote Current Build: San Francisco (original) - Artesania Latina Completed: Longboat 18th Century (MS1457) - Model Shipways Bluenose II - Billings Member of the Nautical Research Guild Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duanelaker Posted May 12, 2020 Share #16 Posted May 12, 2020 (edited) Patience is everything, I’m still learning. Edited May 12, 2020 by Duanelaker Nirvana 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry Van Es Posted July 20, 2020 Share #17 Posted July 20, 2020 Welcome to the site. Southern California has some great clubs - The Ship Model Guild that meets at the Channel Islands Maritime Museum in the north. The Ship Modelers Association that meets in Fullerton and the San Diego Ship Modelers Guild that meets at the Maritime Museum of San Diego. We all have web sites. This site is an invaluable source of information, but you just can't beat hands on help that a real life club can offer. Nirvana 1 Quote Current build: US Brig Syren (MS) Larry Van Es Former President Ship Modelers Association Fullerton California http://www.shipmodelersassociation.org Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccoyle Posted July 20, 2020 Share #18 Posted July 20, 2020 30 minutes ago, Larry Van Es said: you just can't beat hands on help that a real life club can offer Now, wait just a minute ... actually, I agree with that, but since I haven't had a local club since 2003, MSW will have to do! 😁 Nirvana and mtaylor 2 Quote Chris Coyle Greer, South Carolina When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk. - Tuco Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix, Bf 109E-7/trop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtaylor Posted July 21, 2020 Share #19 Posted July 21, 2020 2 hours ago, ccoyle said: Now, wait just a minute ... actually, I agree with that, but since I haven't had a local club since 2003, MSW will have to do! 😁 What's a local club? I've heard of them. MSW has been my club since way back when, even before the Great Crash. Nirvana 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...
Louie da fly Posted July 21, 2020 Share #20 Posted July 21, 2020 Another welcome from Down Under. On 5/9/2020 at 1:55 AM, Allamagoosa said: I so want to visit down under. Hope you are all safe and sound. But visiting your continent is a life dream I want to make a higher priority. We had been doing very well, but currently in my State (Victoria - the one at bottom right of the map) we're getting an average of 300 new cases a day in and around the capital city, Melbourne. We've now got increased restrictions, but they're relatively recent and it remains to be seen what the results will be. At least we're not having exponential growth and we're hoping that after the current 6 week lockdown things will become a bit more normal. Once this is all over, you'd be very welcome.You can catch a kangaroo from the airport to your hotel - just watch out for the drop bears! mtaylor and Nirvana 2 Quote It's not really a ship model unless you've bled on it. CURRENT BUILDS Golden City - Ballarat paddlewheeler La Lomellina - Theoretical Reconstruction of a Genoese carrack sunk in 1516 FINISHED Venetian merchant Ship from Basilica of San Marco Australian couta boat RMS Titanic HMVS Cerberus 11th century Byzantine dromon Winchelsea Nef - Late 13th century Mediaeval ship Henry Grace a Dieu - Rebuild of 1:200 model I started in 1967 Mistydeefer - restoration of decor model yacht Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allamagoosa Posted August 2, 2020 Author Share #21 Posted August 2, 2020 On 7/20/2020 at 9:15 PM, Louie da fly said: Another welcome from Down Under. We had been doing very well, but currently in my State (Victoria - the one at bottom right of the map) we're getting an average of 300 new cases a day in and around the capital city, Melbourne. We've now got increased restrictions, but they're relatively recent and it remains to be seen what the results will be. At least we're not having exponential growth and we're hoping that after the current 6 week lockdown things will become a bit more normal. Once this is all over, you'd be very welcome.You can catch a kangaroo from the airport to your hotel - just watch out for the drop bears! Well, LA isn't doing very well at this time so I have a while I expect before I am allowed to travel to any foreign country. I have never traveled by Roo. I would love to try. I tried travel by Koala once but that didn't end well for the Kuoala. Nirvana and mtaylor 2 Quote Current Build: San Francisco (original) - Artesania Latina Completed: Longboat 18th Century (MS1457) - Model Shipways Bluenose II - Billings Member of the Nautical Research Guild Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louie da fly Posted August 2, 2020 Share #22 Posted August 2, 2020 5 hours ago, Allamagoosa said: I tried travel by Koala once but that didn't end well for the Kuoala. Nirvana and mtaylor 2 Quote It's not really a ship model unless you've bled on it. CURRENT BUILDS Golden City - Ballarat paddlewheeler La Lomellina - Theoretical Reconstruction of a Genoese carrack sunk in 1516 FINISHED Venetian merchant Ship from Basilica of San Marco Australian couta boat RMS Titanic HMVS Cerberus 11th century Byzantine dromon Winchelsea Nef - Late 13th century Mediaeval ship Henry Grace a Dieu - Rebuild of 1:200 model I started in 1967 Mistydeefer - restoration of decor model yacht Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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