Edwardkenway Posted June 17, 2020 Share #1 Posted June 17, 2020 A question concerning being a newbie, how long is one a newcomer, I ask as I have been here just over a year and would consider myself still a newbie when I see how long some people have been members? There's no particular reason why I'm asking just curiosity mtaylor, popeye the sailor and AlleyCat 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...
Matt H Posted June 17, 2020 Share #2 Posted June 17, 2020 In this subject area and the people on these forums, I'd say the term newbie is something more people apply to themselves rather than another member applying it to another. This forum has proven to be a quite respectable, helpful, and kind group of people. I can't honestly say I've ever seen a scenario where someone was being insulted in any way. So I think we apply that term to ourselves when we don't feel confident in putting our work out there with what we would consider the intermediate, expert, master, or any category above newbie. I feel like I am still a newbie in the terminology and history of ships and ship building. But I think I have a natural ability to make things rather well. So I don't feel like I'm necessarily a newbie when it comes to the act of building and modeling. popeye the sailor, AlleyCat, Edwardkenway and 2 others 5 Quote Matt Completed Builds: Viking Drakkar - Amati - Scale 1:50 18th Century Longboat - Model Shipways - Scale 1:48 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccoyle Posted June 17, 2020 Share #3 Posted June 17, 2020 18 minutes ago, Edwardkenway said: A question concerning being a newbie, how long is one a newcomer It's all relative. As far as I'm concerned, once you're in, you're in. RichardG, Knocklouder, Edwardkenway and 3 others 6 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 June 17, 2020 Share #4 Posted June 17, 2020 What Chris said. And I'll add if a newbie is someone who's learning... we're all newbies because we never stop learning. popeye the sailor, Edwardkenway and AlleyCat 3 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...
popeye the sailor Posted June 17, 2020 Share #5 Posted June 17, 2020 yepper.....the fun never stops after the top starts spin'in. but there are some that still tend to put a label on things: when you solve your first problem on your own when you finish your first model when you draw first blood when you plank your first hull when you buy your first power tool..........you mean business!!!! when you realize that filler is your friend as is said, it's all relative.......I tend to think that if you find that you like the hobby and decide to stick with it, then you've hit your first milestone welcome to the force! may you have many years of relaxing frustration. AlleyCat, Knocklouder, mtaylor and 1 other 3 1 Quote I yam wot I yam! finished builds: Billings Nordkap 476 / Billings Cux 87 / Billings Mary Ann / Billings AmericA - reissue Billings Regina - bashed into the Susan A / Andrea Gail 1:20 - semi scratch w/ Billing instructions M&M Fun Ship - semi scratch build / Gundalow - scratch build / Jeanne D'Arc - Heller Phylly C & Denny-Zen - the Lobsie twins - bashed & semi scratch dual build Billing T78 Norden in dry dock: Billing's Gothenborg 1:100 / Billing's Boulogne Etaples 1:20 Billing's Half Moon 1:40 - some scratch required Revell U.S.S. United States 1:96 - plastic/ wood modified / Academy Titanic 1:400 Trawler Syborn - semi scratch / Holiday Harbor dual build - semi scratch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaddoc Posted June 17, 2020 Share #6 Posted June 17, 2020 4 minutes ago, popeye the sailor said: relaxing frustration What a wonderful way to describe modelling! These last few weeks I seem to spend more time on my knees looking for pieces on the floor than on my stool. AlleyCat, Edwardkenway, mtaylor and 1 other 2 2 Quote Current projects: 21' Fisherman's Launch - plans by Howard Chapelle Hercules Steam Tugboat - scratch build from half model lines Completed projects: 21' Yawl Longboat - plans from the National Maritime Museum Deben 5 tonner - a Whisstock yard design 24' exploration gaff rigged ketch - a Tad Roberts design 15' knockabout sailing boat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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