B-Ram Posted June 21, 2020 #1 Posted June 21, 2020 Hello everyone, I am happy and excited to be part of this great group. I have been in the modeling hobby for most of my life. I started back in the early 60's building airplane models and have only stopped modeling for a few years. I build a little bit of everything. I build mostly airplane and cars, but when I was younger I built quite a few ships. I remember building the PT-109 several times because I liked it so much. Over the last 20 years I have concentrated on building large scale scratch R/C airplanes. I'm looking forward to jumping into the deep end, but I will take my time. Once I hone my skills, I would love to build one of the very nice wooden ships. My wife always asks what I want for my birthday or Christmas, now I have ideas. I just got a small ship, Revell U.S.S. Missouri 1:535, to start with. I think I should have read the reviews before I got the kit. I'll just use this to get started and see how much detail I can build into it. Bill VTHokiEE, JeffT, mtaylor and 2 others 5 Quote
ccoyle Posted June 21, 2020 #2 Posted June 21, 2020 Welcome aboard, Bill! mtaylor 1 Quote Chris Coyle Greer, South Carolina When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk. - Tuco Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix, TBD
JeffT Posted June 21, 2020 #3 Posted June 21, 2020 Hello Bill and welcome to MSW 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
pythagoras Posted June 21, 2020 #4 Posted June 21, 2020 Hello Bill, Welcome to the forum from a fellow Floridian. Lots of great folks, wonderful models , and available help. Enjoy. Pythagoras (Tom) mtaylor 1 Quote
Bob Fraser Posted June 21, 2020 #5 Posted June 21, 2020 From over the Pond, a scouse welcome. Bob mtaylor 1 Quote Bob Current build Cutty Sark, Mini Mamoli Finished King of the Mississippi No trees were harmed by this message, but an awful lot of electrons were put out.
Jim Lad Posted June 21, 2020 #6 Posted June 21, 2020 Hello Bill, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John mtaylor 1 Quote
mtaylor Posted June 22, 2020 #7 Posted June 22, 2020 Welcome to MSW, Bill. We do have a few log in the Kit area of that ship. Feel free to start one of your own. 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)
Louie da fly Posted June 22, 2020 #8 Posted June 22, 2020 That's quite a ship, with a long and glorious history. Though you're obviously going to find it more complex than PT 109, it will by no means be impossible. Just follow the steps, all the parts are already made (at least I hope they are!) and it's a matter of putting it together and you'll have a very impressive model. Read the build logs of others who've made this model - they will most likely give you ideas on how to progress with your build, and many of the problems you're likely to encounter may well have already been solved by others. But also, start your own build log, with LOTS of pictures! Depending on how seriously you want to get into it all, there are people on MSW who can give you advice on such things as the right colour scheme for the ship at the time you're portraying her, what equipment she might or might not have been carrying at the time . . . you name it. Or you can simply make her just as she's laid out in the kit. Your choice. Above all, have fun with it! 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
B-Ram Posted June 23, 2020 Author #9 Posted June 23, 2020 Hello everyone. Thanks for the great welcome. I have been moving along with the Missouri build. This is my first ship build in over forty years, but I am having fun with the process. I would be happy to start a build thread if you guys think there would be any interest. Bill mtaylor 1 Quote
Louie da fly Posted June 23, 2020 #10 Posted June 23, 2020 2 hours ago, B-Ram said: I would be happy to start a build thread if you guys think there would be any interest. There certainly would. Looking forward to seeing your log. As it's a kit of a ship from the 20th century, go to Build logs for Ship Model Kits - by era - launch date and from there to 1901 - Present Day and then to Before you post your build log please read this - Starting and naming your build log. Follow the instructions, add appropriate tags so your log can be found easily (How to use and create TAGS ) and as it's your first build on MSW, include a tag to say so (members are extra helpful to new people). And you're on your way! Have fun with it. 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
Baker Posted June 23, 2020 #11 Posted June 23, 2020 Welcome to MSW, and good luck with the Missouri 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 July 3, 2020 #12 Posted July 3, 2020 By the way, you might be interested in this: - https://modelshipworld.com/topic/24868-topdrawings-uss-missouri/ 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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