Turks1964 Posted June 8, 2020 #1 Posted June 8, 2020 Gday all Mark here from South Australia .Ive been painting 28 mm figures for about 10 years and recently have decided to start building Ships.Currently building the Bismarck 1/350 Tamiya and Trumpeter 1/350 Admiral Graf Spee. Cheers Mark JeffT, ccoyle, mtaylor and 1 other 4 Quote
Louie da fly Posted June 8, 2020 #2 Posted June 8, 2020 Hi Mark, First, welcome to MSW. A lot of Aussies here, and it's a really friendly bunch. If you've got ships a-building, favour us with photos in a build log in the "Kit Models" section. We're always suckers for pictures and you may pick up some helpful tips from the members regarding your model builds. And Bismarck and Graf Spee are classics. Steven Turks1964, mtaylor and JeffT 3 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
GrandpaPhil Posted June 8, 2020 #3 Posted June 8, 2020 Welcome! JeffT and Turks1964 2 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)
Jim Lad Posted June 8, 2020 #4 Posted June 8, 2020 G'day Mark, and a warm welcome to the forum from over in Sydney! John Turks1964, JeffT and mtaylor 3 Quote
Turks1964 Posted June 9, 2020 Author #5 Posted June 9, 2020 Thanks for the welcome everyone I will put some pics up soon on my current builds .Im just an amateur compared to the skill level of you guys so be kind 😁 mtaylor and JeffT 2 Quote
mtaylor Posted June 9, 2020 #6 Posted June 9, 2020 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)
JeffT Posted June 9, 2020 #7 Posted June 9, 2020 Hello Mark. Welcome to MSW Everyone here had to start somewhere. If you have a build in progress, start a build log. 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
Louie da fly Posted June 9, 2020 #8 Posted June 9, 2020 1 hour ago, Turks1964 said: Im just an amateur compared to the skill level of you guys Actually there are plenty of newbies on this forum - it covers a very wide range of skill levels. I have to admit looking at the best of them is a bit intimidating at first, but noblesse oblige - I find the best of them tend to be the most helpful (and tolerant of the dumb mistakes of us lesser beings!) Steven mtaylor 1 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
Turks1964 Posted June 9, 2020 Author #9 Posted June 9, 2020 Thanks mate makes me feel a bit better and yes we learn by our mistakes and are inspired by great builders mtaylor 1 Quote
mtaylor Posted June 10, 2020 #10 Posted June 10, 2020 2 hours ago, Turks1964 said: Thanks mate makes me feel a bit better and yes we learn by our mistakes and are inspired by great builders Do read those builders. If in doubt, ask a question. Many if not most will answer. To paraphrase Steven... "we learn from the masters". 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 June 10, 2020 #11 Posted June 10, 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 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
Louie da fly Posted June 17, 2020 #12 Posted June 17, 2020 Oh, and you might like to put up some of your painted figures in the "Shore Leave" section of "The Crew's Lounge" (bottom of the Home Page), under "Non-ship/categorised builds." I for one am very interested in methods for painting human figures, particularly on getting the faces right. I have 48 oarsmen I have to paint for my dromon, and they're pretty close in size to your figures. Steven mtaylor 1 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
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