Chuck L Posted August 3, 2020 Share #1 Posted August 3, 2020 New Member So I started building Amati Ranger 20 years ago when I bought the model in Italy. With the pandemic keeping me quarantined at home, I committed myself to finish Ranger. Once complete I had a Tippecanoe model which was a quick build as it only requires finishing the hull. So keeping with a nautical theme but wanted to build a balsa and tissue paper model, I built the Spruce Goose. Then a neighbor advertised two Midwest Products kits which my wife grabbed for me. The Dinghy was barely started so I just finished building The Dinghy and painted her to match my old Dumas RC Hudson 36. So I do plan to add photos of the RC boat pulling her new dinghy in the future. (I'm waiting for rain to refill the lake and the temperature to drop below 90) I've bought additional Midwest kits and am getting enjoyment of working down in my cool basement on these hot days. I am a sailor but again I'm waiting for rain to re-fill the lake and the temperate to drop before I enjoy my 16' scow again. I will create a true build log when I start my next model. GrandpaPhil, MEDDO, ccoyle and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryland Craze Posted August 3, 2020 Share #2 Posted August 3, 2020 Welcome to Model Ship World Chuck. I have moved your post to "New Member Introductions" and edited your topic. You have some nice models and I look forward to seeing your progress on your next model. mtaylor and JeffT 2 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...
MEDDO Posted August 3, 2020 Share #3 Posted August 3, 2020 Nice job on those models JeffT 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...
Jim Lad Posted August 3, 2020 Share #4 Posted August 3, 2020 Hello Chuck, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John Ryland Craze, JeffT and mtaylor 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck L Posted August 3, 2020 Author Share #5 Posted August 3, 2020 Thank you for the welcome. Please keep coaching me to make sure I use site correctly. JeffT, mtaylor and Ryland Craze 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck L Posted August 3, 2020 Author Share #6 Posted August 3, 2020 Jim Thank you, does the site have any models of Australian skiffs? They look like a wild boat to ride and would make a neat model. JeffT and mtaylor 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nirvana Posted August 3, 2020 Share #7 Posted August 3, 2020 Chuck L, Warm . Glad to see another person who built a Tippecanoe yacht. I have the T37, which has been sailed a lot. Have visit Will Lesh and seen his workshop. It's huge! His daughter has become a professional competition sailor. mtaylor, JeffT and Ryland Craze 3 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...
Moab Posted August 4, 2020 Share #8 Posted August 4, 2020 Welcome aboard Chuck...Moab Ryland Craze, JeffT and mtaylor 3 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...
mtaylor Posted August 4, 2020 Share #9 Posted August 4, 2020 Welcome to MSW, Chuck. Ryland Craze and JeffT 2 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...
JeffT Posted August 4, 2020 Share #10 Posted August 4, 2020 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...
Baker Posted August 4, 2020 Share #11 Posted August 4, 2020 Ryland Craze 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louie da fly Posted August 5, 2020 Share #12 Posted August 5, 2020 On 8/4/2020 at 7:33 AM, Chuck L said: does the site have any models of Australian skiffs? They look like a wild boat to ride and would make a neat model. I really don't know if there are models available, but your question prompted me to look here - What a ride! RichardG 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nirvana Posted August 5, 2020 Share #13 Posted August 5, 2020 I like to get a skiff like that, not as a model but real one. mtaylor 1 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...
Louie da fly Posted August 5, 2020 Share #14 Posted August 5, 2020 Me too. My wife saw the footage and immediately said TOO exciting! 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck L Posted August 6, 2020 Author Share #15 Posted August 6, 2020 23 hours ago, Louie da fly said: I really don't know if there are models available, but your question prompted me to look here - What a ride! Barely controlled chaos, thanks for the link. That is a tremendous amount of sail area on a 16 ft boat. mtaylor 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louie da fly Posted August 6, 2020 Share #16 Posted August 6, 2020 2 hours ago, Chuck L said: That is a tremendous amount of sail area on a 16 ft boat. Yes, but once upon a time it used to be even more extreme . . . mtaylor and allanyed 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck L Posted August 6, 2020 Author Share #17 Posted August 6, 2020 Great picture, but there is a lead keel on this boat. Sailing has certainly changed over the years, now we have foiling catamarans. mtaylor 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louie da fly Posted August 7, 2020 Share #18 Posted August 7, 2020 Agreed. But back to models, I tried to find model skiffs - no kits, but I came up with this - http://www.ahssa.org.au/model-skiff-resurgance/ Unfortunately the most recent mention is 2013, so it looks like they might be languishing again. But there are some other good links on this site giving some history of the "two-footers". Perhaps you could get in touch with them - they might have plans etc (if you're prepared to undertake a scratch rather than kit-build). And just like the full-sized boats, sometimes it apparently got a bit over-exciting - see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_foot_skiff mtaylor and Ryland Craze 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck L Posted August 7, 2020 Author Share #19 Posted August 7, 2020 Steven Thanks so much for the link to ahssa.org, they had some great photos and links to YouTube videos. One video showed them launching a newly built wooden skiff which was beautiful. I also learned that instead of a tiller extension or hiking stick, they just use a rope on the end of the tiller. With a sailboats natural tendency to turn into the wind, you really don't need to push on the tiller to had up into the wind so a rope to pull allows you to hold course or head down and just let it go to head up into the wind (simple elegance). Well when I feel skilled enough to try a scratch built, I think I will try to build a model of my Melges m-16 scow which I sail. Thanks again! Cheers Ryland Craze, Louie da fly and mtaylor 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck L Posted August 24, 2020 Author Share #20 Posted August 24, 2020 I just finished Covid-5, my fifth model since the Pandemic started. This time the Chesapeake Flattie by Midwest Products. The blue color I had available and I think it is the Caribbean meeting the Chesapeake Bay. Anyway one day I challenged my son to make a boat in 30 minutes, when I was a kid we just cut a point into a piece of wood and raced them down a local stream. So here is our fast and dirty plank boats, mine is the Tortoise (sail boat) while my sons is the rabbit (rubber band powered paddle). He gets the jump on me at the start but I win in the long haul. So I have a few questions: 1) I can't seem to find my signature area of my profile to list completed projects and build logs. Do I need to be a member of NRG to get a signature section in my profile? 2) to create a finished project section, is this just a new topic with Finished in the title and various pictures attached? I've been searching for new member instructions to post correctly. Thanks Chuck GrandpaPhil 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtaylor Posted August 24, 2020 Share #21 Posted August 24, 2020 I remember doing those "float boats" as a kid. Had a lot of fun. The only time you'd use "Finished" in a title is for a build log. As for the signature... top of the page where your name is, there's a little upside down triangle. Click it and pick "Account Settings". The Signature topic is located on the left hand side. Click and you'll find it. Hope this helps. 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...
Ryland Craze Posted August 24, 2020 Share #22 Posted August 24, 2020 Nice work on your finished models. You can post pictures of these in the Gallery section of the forum. Here is a link to the Gallery forum: https://modelshipworld.com/gallery/ Each model should be shared in an album. 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...
Chuck L Posted August 24, 2020 Author Share #23 Posted August 24, 2020 Thank you both, I found the signature page and also how to create a new album for finished projects. I need to take a few more pictures and will then create some albums of my finished projects. Ryland Craze and mtaylor 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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