liteflight Posted July 31, 2020 Share #1 Posted July 31, 2020 Time to modestly make my number with you all. I have been lurking , awestruck, for several years; but feel a build log coming on A little about myself: retired Mech. Engineer living in the (locked-down) edges of Melbourne lifetime aeromodeller and boat modeller main boat interests are scale sailing, so even when building a scale model ship my mind (for want of a better term) will be wondering about ballast and sail control veritably I have a lot to learn, not least about the practical details of posting of this forum I have read large numbers of build Logs on the forum, and notice the helpfulness, patience and darn good advice offered, so I want to get my toe in the water I need to learn How to size and post pictures, how to caption them, if this is possible. Andrew bruce d, Fernando E, mtaylor and 4 others 7 Quote Andrew "Pas d’elle yeux Rhone que nous” Kits under the bench: Le Hussard (Started in the 1980s) Scratch builds: Volante, Brig (R/C): Footy Drakkar "Rodolm" (R/C). Longship Osberg (R/C) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nirvana Posted July 31, 2020 Share #2 Posted July 31, 2020 A very best to Welcome to you, Liteflight. Your entrance is splendid! And with a start of a build log. Please set yourself up with such, to much of our pleasure. Questions? I know you will have plenty of them, feel free to ask, answers will follow. Please follow others build logs too...... even not related to yours, you might find answers that can help you. Again, Warm Welcome to MSW Ryland Craze and mtaylor 2 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...
MEDDO Posted July 31, 2020 Share #3 Posted July 31, 2020 Welcome Andrew! Would love to see your progress in a build log Ryland Craze and mtaylor 2 Quote Michael Shipwrights of Ohio Current Build: ... Completed Builds: Queen Anne Barge - Syren, Pinnace - MS, Halifax 1768 - LSS, Murrelet - Pygmy, Swift 1805 - AL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baker Posted July 31, 2020 Share #4 Posted July 31, 2020 mtaylor and Ryland Craze 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 Gallery : Revell Bounty Pelican/Golden hind 1/45 scratch To do : Prins Willem Corel, Le Tonnant Corel, Yacht d'Oro Corel, Thermopylae Sergal 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 Si vis pacem, para bellum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffT Posted July 31, 2020 Share #5 Posted July 31, 2020 Welcome to MSW Ryland Craze and mtaylor 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Lad Posted July 31, 2020 Share #6 Posted July 31, 2020 G'day Andrew, and a warm welcome from up in Sydney. John mtaylor and Ryland Craze 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike from Aus Posted July 31, 2020 Share #7 Posted July 31, 2020 G’day Andrew, welcome from Canberra. Likewise, I am reasonably new to this hobby and this forum. My current build is a scratch build cross section of Essex. mtaylor and Ryland Craze 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liteflight Posted August 1, 2020 Author Share #8 Posted August 1, 2020 Thank you all for the welcome. The “trial” picture appears to have posted ok, and I believe that it tends to demonstrate one of my qualifications to participate in a shipbuilding forum: vast quantities of assorted clamps ;-} Build log will exist as soon as I can get to my laptop andrew Ryland Craze, Jonny 007 and mtaylor 3 Quote Andrew "Pas d’elle yeux Rhone que nous” Kits under the bench: Le Hussard (Started in the 1980s) Scratch builds: Volante, Brig (R/C): Footy Drakkar "Rodolm" (R/C). Longship Osberg (R/C) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtaylor Posted August 1, 2020 Share #9 Posted August 1, 2020 Welcome to MSW, Andrew. Ryland Craze 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...
Rick01 Posted August 1, 2020 Share #10 Posted August 1, 2020 Welcome Andrew - beginning to look like we have enough Aussies to set up a sub-forum by now! Rick (Another Locked Down Victorian) 🙂 mtaylor and Ryland Craze 2 Quote Completed builds:- HM Cutter Mermaid. HMS Endeavour's Longboat Topsail Schooner Enterprize Arab Dhow Sultan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liteflight Posted August 1, 2020 Author Share #11 Posted August 1, 2020 Possibly Antipodean Antique Navarchs? or Parsupial ShipRights? Ryland Craze, Rick01 and mtaylor 3 Quote Andrew "Pas d’elle yeux Rhone que nous” Kits under the bench: Le Hussard (Started in the 1980s) Scratch builds: Volante, Brig (R/C): Footy Drakkar "Rodolm" (R/C). Longship Osberg (R/C) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louie da fly Posted August 2, 2020 Share #12 Posted August 2, 2020 Welcome, Liteflight. A good time to be ship modelling. To start a build log (I take it yours is a scratch build, rather than a kit?), go to and follow the instructions. (Kit logs are similar, but include the name of the manufacturer in the title). You've already succeeded in posting a photo, so you're well on your way. mtaylor and Ryland Craze 2 Quote It's not really a ship model unless you've bled on it. CURRENT BUILDS Venetian merchant Ship from Basilica of San Marco Golden City - Ballarat paddlewheeler FINISHED 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 https://modelshipworld.com/topic/36379-mistydeefer-by-louie-da-fly-finished-restoration-decor-yacht/#comment-1040663 Mistydeefer - restoration of decor model yacht Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moab Posted August 2, 2020 Share #13 Posted August 2, 2020 Welcome Andrew. Great to have you aboard. I look forward to your build...Moab Ryland Craze and mtaylor 2 Quote Completed Builds: Virginia Armed Sloop...Model Shipways Ranger...Corel Louise Steam Launch...Constructo Hansa Kogge...Dusek Yankee Hero...BlueJacket Spray...BlueJacket 26’ Long Boat...Model Shipways Under Construction: Emma C. Berry...Model Shipways Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liteflight Posted August 2, 2020 Author Share #14 Posted August 2, 2020 Thanks, Steven for the welcome and practical advice. i confess I have been an avid lurker on your Dromon and reconstruction logs I aim to comply with the naming requirements by cutting and pasting ( with appropriate alterations) but as I do that the formatting of the title is not visible on the screen. I would go right ahead if I knew that I could edit the title page Strength to your carving arm! andrew Louie da fly and mtaylor 2 Quote Andrew "Pas d’elle yeux Rhone que nous” Kits under the bench: Le Hussard (Started in the 1980s) Scratch builds: Volante, Brig (R/C): Footy Drakkar "Rodolm" (R/C). Longship Osberg (R/C) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryland Craze Posted August 2, 2020 Share #15 Posted August 2, 2020 Welcome to Model Ship World Andrew. You can edit your title in the first post on your build log or you can reach out to any Moderator who would be glad to edit it for you. mtaylor 1 Quote Ryland Member - Hampton Roads Ship Model Society - Ship Model Society of New Jersey - Nautical Research Guild Current Build - Armed Virginia Sloop, 18th Century Longboat Completed Build - Medway Longboat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liteflight Posted August 2, 2020 Author Share #16 Posted August 2, 2020 Many thanks, Ryland Craze That's a good thing to know, Now I will not fear falling at the first hurdle andrew mtaylor and bruce d 2 Quote Andrew "Pas d’elle yeux Rhone que nous” Kits under the bench: Le Hussard (Started in the 1980s) Scratch builds: Volante, Brig (R/C): Footy Drakkar "Rodolm" (R/C). Longship Osberg (R/C) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwardkenway Posted August 2, 2020 Share #17 Posted August 2, 2020 and a slightly late welcome to MSW Your keel in the photo looks like a good start on a viking drakkar, hope to see the full log soon 😃 mtaylor 1 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...
Louie da fly Posted August 3, 2020 Share #18 Posted August 3, 2020 On 8/2/2020 at 10:43 AM, liteflight said: i confess I have been an avid lurker on your Dromon and reconstruction logs (Blush) You say the nicest things . . . On 8/2/2020 at 10:43 AM, liteflight said: Strength to your carving arm! It's more like pain-killers to my left hand (which holds the fiddly bits while I carve with the right). Only 9 more oarsmen to carve arms for. I hope I haven't done myself irreversible damage . . . mtaylor 1 Quote It's not really a ship model unless you've bled on it. CURRENT BUILDS Venetian merchant Ship from Basilica of San Marco Golden City - Ballarat paddlewheeler FINISHED 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 https://modelshipworld.com/topic/36379-mistydeefer-by-louie-da-fly-finished-restoration-decor-yacht/#comment-1040663 Mistydeefer - restoration of decor model yacht Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liteflight Posted August 3, 2020 Author Share #19 Posted August 3, 2020 We have here a bad case of Byzantine rowercarvers arm, Janet! We must administer the antidote! a pair of boxing gloves and a Lego speedboat Daftness apart I have appreciated your approach to the unknowable, discussion and sensible resolution of each issue as it appears andrew mtaylor and Moab 2 Quote Andrew "Pas d’elle yeux Rhone que nous” Kits under the bench: Le Hussard (Started in the 1980s) Scratch builds: Volante, Brig (R/C): Footy Drakkar "Rodolm" (R/C). Longship Osberg (R/C) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louie da fly Posted August 4, 2020 Share #20 Posted August 4, 2020 Thanks, Andrew. I've set myself up to follow your build for the Oseberg ship. Looking forward to seeing your progress! mtaylor 1 Quote It's not really a ship model unless you've bled on it. CURRENT BUILDS Venetian merchant Ship from Basilica of San Marco Golden City - Ballarat paddlewheeler FINISHED 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 https://modelshipworld.com/topic/36379-mistydeefer-by-louie-da-fly-finished-restoration-decor-yacht/#comment-1040663 Mistydeefer - restoration of decor model yacht Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liteflight Posted August 7, 2020 Author Share #21 Posted August 7, 2020 Having had a helpful and clear how-to from Cathead on how to insert links into posts: I thought that this would be a safe and useful place to give it a go Link to my Oseberg build Being digital, this will either work, or conversely, fail to do so mtaylor 1 Quote Andrew "Pas d’elle yeux Rhone que nous” Kits under the bench: Le Hussard (Started in the 1980s) Scratch builds: Volante, Brig (R/C): Footy Drakkar "Rodolm" (R/C). Longship Osberg (R/C) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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