Jamie Coleman Posted June 21, 2020 #1 Posted June 21, 2020 Hello all, new member here. I’m a very new modeler, but I’ve been doing amateur woodworking for awhile. Working through my first wooden ship model, the Thermopylae from scientific models. I’ve always had an interest in sailing ships, so it’s been a lot of fun getting a better understanding of what all the rigging actually does. I’m planning on doing a POB build next, and putting a lot more detail into the rigging. Anyway, great information here, soaking it up like a sponge. So many artists here creating beautiful work, it’s definitely something to aspire to. Jamie Keith Black, mtaylor, ccoyle and 2 others 5 Quote “The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever.” ― Jacques Yves Cousteau Work in Progress: US Brig Syren Completed Works: Thermopylae
Jim Lad Posted June 22, 2020 #2 Posted June 22, 2020 Hello Jamie, and a warm welcome to MSW from 'Down Under'. John JeffT, mtaylor and Keith Black 3 Quote
Keith Black Posted June 22, 2020 #3 Posted June 22, 2020 Welcome from Grass Lake, enjoy your stay! JeffT and mtaylor 2 Quote Current Builds: 1870's Sternwheeler, Lula Wood Hull Screw Frigate USS Tennessee Decorative Carrack Warship Restoration, the Amelia Completed: 1880s Floating Steam Donkey Pile Driver Early Swift 1805 Model Restoration
JeffT Posted June 22, 2020 #4 Posted June 22, 2020 Hello and welcome to MSW mtaylor and Keith Black 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
Voyageur Posted June 22, 2020 #5 Posted June 22, 2020 Welcome from Indy! Will you be posting a log on your Thermopylae? Keith Black and mtaylor 2 Quote We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore is a habit, not an act. ~ Aristotle I could carry, paddle, walk and sing with any man I ever saw. I have been twenty-four years a canoe man, and forty-one years in service; no portage was ever too long for me, fifty songs could I sing. I have saved the lives of ten voyageurs, have had twelve wives and six running dogs. I spent all of my money in pleasure. Were I young again, I would spend my life the same way over. There is no life so happy as a voyageur's life! ~ The Voyageur, Grace Lee Nute
mtaylor Posted June 22, 2020 #6 Posted June 22, 2020 Keith Black 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)
Louie da fly Posted June 22, 2020 #7 Posted June 22, 2020 Hullo from the Far Side of the World! The Thermopylae is a classic clipper, well worth building. By the time you've finished her you will be VERY familiar with what all the rigging does! You're bound to make mistakes - that's part of the journey - but most of them are repairable. (And at some point you'll probably realise what a boon wood filler is to the ship modeller). And yes, do start a build log. With lots of pictures! Keith Black 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
Baker Posted June 22, 2020 #8 Posted June 22, 2020 Keith Black and mtaylor 2 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
Jamie Coleman Posted June 22, 2020 Author #9 Posted June 22, 2020 Thanks for the welcome everyone. I did start a log for my model, I’m not sure if this is the best way to link to it, but here it is: mtaylor 1 Quote “The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever.” ― Jacques Yves Cousteau Work in Progress: US Brig Syren Completed Works: Thermopylae
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