TheRedGnome Posted October 9, 2020 Share #1 Posted October 9, 2020 Good Morning/Afternoon/Evening! My name is Dan and I'm happy to have found such a wonderful community. These forums are a treasure trove of knowledge and ideas, from both amateur and veteran builders. As a youth I would build cars & airplanes (both plastic) due to my asthma preventing me from doing a lot of physical activities, so the basic concepts of modelling aren't foreign to me. My dad was also super handy with tools and wood working... I'm even lucky enough to have a hobby vice that's been in my family for generations (it was my great great grandfather's), just needs some cleaning and a fresh coat of paint. At the time, I lived in Maryland near Solomon's Island not far from the Pax River Naval base. I always wanted to start building wooden ships, but startup costs were considerably higher compared to the plastic kits that I could get over at the local general hobby store like Micheal's. In 2002 when I turned 13, I moved to the middle of nowhere northeast Arkansas with the rest of my family leaving the nautical world behind. I try to surround myself with anything that deals with the ocean... my work office is decorated with a couple paintings of ships and has various things I've picked up through the years of living by the Atlantic (including part of a whale vertebrae that I found on the beach one day), my home has a fresh water aquarium and I'm working on constructing a salt water aquarium. My home office is rather small, especially since my wife and I share it for the time being, so it hampers the space I have for decor here... and I also have a toddler, so shelf space to store things out of reach of little fingers are a high value commodity. As such, my current working space is also small (just the L portion of my computer desk). I can finally start getting into building the models I always dreamed of building now that I'm well into my career (software programmer for 12 years), life is pretty stable (at least, as stable as it can be in these turbulent times), and have the financial means for it (you can't deny that it does cost a fair amount to start up... but what hobby doesn't really?). I started out with the Model Shipway's Skipjack, since that ship originated from the area I grew up in. I'll get a couple pictures of it up to this thread later, they're currently sitting on my phone. There's a build log up for my current work in progress, Artesania Latina's Mayflower, that I'll keep updated weekly mtaylor, Ryland Craze, GrandpaPhil and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRedGnome Posted October 9, 2020 Author Share #2 Posted October 9, 2020 The vice i was talking about above (pics were taken by my father before I was able to pick it up), as well as the skipjack I've already completed. The skipjack was also my first real attempt at airbrush painting. Ryland Craze, JeffT, GrandpaPhil and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MEDDO Posted October 9, 2020 Share #3 Posted October 9, 2020 very nice first build there. The mayflower is a good choice and I am sure there are many who will help with any issues you come across. mtaylor, Old Collingwood, TheRedGnome and 1 other 4 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...
TheRedGnome Posted October 9, 2020 Author Share #4 Posted October 9, 2020 Thanks for the welcome Meddo. I've already learned a lot about what others have done for their own Mayflowers, as well as others that were built around the same time period. It's nice having so many people to talk about the little things. Old Collingwood, mtaylor and JeffT 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryland Craze Posted October 9, 2020 Share #5 Posted October 9, 2020 Welcome to Model Ship World Dan. You did a good job on building your skipjack. I am glad you started a build log on your Mayflower as it will be nice to follow your progress. JeffT, Old Collingwood and mtaylor 3 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...
JeffT Posted October 9, 2020 Share #6 Posted October 9, 2020 mtaylor and Old Collingwood 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...
mtaylor Posted October 9, 2020 Share #7 Posted October 9, 2020 Welcome to MSW, Dan. Ryland Craze and Old Collingwood 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...
allanyed Posted October 10, 2020 Share #8 Posted October 10, 2020 Hi Dan, Welcome to MSW and thank you very much for your introduction. Feels like we now know you a bit and that is a good thing. Don't fret about being too near the sea, you are less than 500 miles up river from Pilottown at the delta. :>) Be very happy to have your heirloom vise. I have the very good fortune to have my grandfather's work bench which is just over 100 years old now. Again, welcome aboard. Allan Old Collingwood and mtaylor 2 Quote PLEASE take 30 SECONDS and sign up for the epic Nelson/Trafalgar project if you would like to see it made into a TV series. Click on http://trafalgar.tv There is no cost other than the 30 seconds of your time. THANK YOU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRedGnome Posted October 10, 2020 Author Share #9 Posted October 10, 2020 Thanks again for the warm welcome everyone. Also thanks for the remarks about my skipjack Ryland and Meddo, I learned a lot while making it... especially when it came to applying CA glue. Allen, I'll eventually be moving back out towards the ocean within the decade, it's something my wife and I are saving up for. I planned on getting the vice cleaned up this weekend. I know there's a number very faintly stamped into the metal, hoping to find out the manufacturer during its restoration. allanyed, mtaylor and Old Collingwood 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Collingwood Posted October 12, 2020 Share #10 Posted October 12, 2020 Welcome aboard, you will find planty of help (if you need it) and all round wonderful chatter. OC. mtaylor and TheRedGnome 2 Quote Current builds 28mm Battle of Waterloo attack on La Haye Saint Diorama. 1/700 HMS Hood Flyhawk with PE, Resin and Wood Decking. Completed works. Dragon 1/700 HMS Edinburgh type 42 batch 3 Destroyer plastic. HMS Warspite Academy 1/350 plastic kit and wem parts. HMS Trafalgar Airfix 1/350 submarine plastic. Black Pearl 1/72 Revell with pirate crew. Revell 1/48 Mosquito B IV Eduard 1/48 Spitfire IX ICM 1/48 Seafire Mk.III Special Conversion 1/48 Kinetic Sea Harrier FRS1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRedGnome Posted October 13, 2020 Author Share #11 Posted October 13, 2020 Thanks for the welcome Old Collingwood. One thing I've been seeing is that a lot of people build their ships in relatively the same amount of space that I have available to me, and the other half have power tools and a full blown shop. The wife has started seeing me looking at workspace setups and asking if I'm about to head to the hardware store and buy a bunch of lumber to do the same. mtaylor 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Collingwood Posted October 13, 2020 Share #12 Posted October 13, 2020 43 minutes ago, TheRedGnome said: Thanks for the welcome Old Collingwood. One thing I've been seeing is that a lot of people build their ships in relatively the same amount of space that I have available to me, and the other half have power tools and a full blown shop. The wife has started seeing me looking at workspace setups and asking if I'm about to head to the hardware store and buy a bunch of lumber to do the same. I think it depends on the size of your project and the available space you have, also with the project - it also depends on the scale of difficulty of the kit and range of your skills, this would affect how many tools and other things you need to work on your project. As a kind of example - my work space is our dining room table that I have commondered and use just for my model building now, it gives me an area of about 4 x 3 feet but it does the job. OC. mtaylor, Ryland Craze and TheRedGnome 3 Quote Current builds 28mm Battle of Waterloo attack on La Haye Saint Diorama. 1/700 HMS Hood Flyhawk with PE, Resin and Wood Decking. Completed works. Dragon 1/700 HMS Edinburgh type 42 batch 3 Destroyer plastic. HMS Warspite Academy 1/350 plastic kit and wem parts. HMS Trafalgar Airfix 1/350 submarine plastic. Black Pearl 1/72 Revell with pirate crew. Revell 1/48 Mosquito B IV Eduard 1/48 Spitfire IX ICM 1/48 Seafire Mk.III Special Conversion 1/48 Kinetic Sea Harrier FRS1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRedGnome Posted October 13, 2020 Author Share #13 Posted October 13, 2020 Of course, of course. I guess I should have put a /s in there somewhere, but thinking back on it I'm sure y'all see a lot of newer modelers going out to buy a bunch of tools and such that they don't actually need (or know how to use), and then fall out of the hobby. At most, I'll be purchasing some wood to make myself a basic tool holder, one of those shelves with a bunch of holes in it that the tools sit in, so they're not all over my desk. I might also get some stuff to fabricate a better building board, since right now mine is just a flat/smooth 2' by 1' ceramic tile that I got at Home Depot on clearance. The only major purchase I'll be making in the near future in regards to this hobby is something to hold my plans better. I've been looking at magnetic white boards on rollers and will purchase one later this fall/winter. mtaylor and Ryland Craze 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Collingwood Posted October 13, 2020 Share #14 Posted October 13, 2020 8 hours ago, TheRedGnome said: Of course, of course. I guess I should have put a /s in there somewhere, but thinking back on it I'm sure y'all see a lot of newer modelers going out to buy a bunch of tools and such that they don't actually need (or know how to use), and then fall out of the hobby. At most, I'll be purchasing some wood to make myself a basic tool holder, one of those shelves with a bunch of holes in it that the tools sit in, so they're not all over my desk. I might also get some stuff to fabricate a better building board, since right now mine is just a flat/smooth 2' by 1' ceramic tile that I got at Home Depot on clearance. The only major purchase I'll be making in the near future in regards to this hobby is something to hold my plans better. I've been looking at magnetic white boards on rollers and will purchase one later this fall/winter. Sounds like a plan, dont foreget to start a build log when you deside what you want to build. OC. mtaylor and TheRedGnome 2 Quote Current builds 28mm Battle of Waterloo attack on La Haye Saint Diorama. 1/700 HMS Hood Flyhawk with PE, Resin and Wood Decking. Completed works. Dragon 1/700 HMS Edinburgh type 42 batch 3 Destroyer plastic. HMS Warspite Academy 1/350 plastic kit and wem parts. HMS Trafalgar Airfix 1/350 submarine plastic. Black Pearl 1/72 Revell with pirate crew. Revell 1/48 Mosquito B IV Eduard 1/48 Spitfire IX ICM 1/48 Seafire Mk.III Special Conversion 1/48 Kinetic Sea Harrier FRS1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRedGnome Posted October 14, 2020 Author Share #15 Posted October 14, 2020 Already have one going. Decided on the Mayflower from Artesania Latina. I had picked it up from a hobby shop in Memphis back in July. If you have the time, feel free to take a gander at it. mtaylor 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrandpaPhil Posted October 20, 2020 Share #16 Posted October 20, 2020 Welcome! Quote Building: 1:64 HMS Revenge (Victory Models plans) 1:64 Cat Esther (17th Century Dutch Merchant Ships) On the building slip: 1:72 French Ironclad Magenta (original shipyard plans) On hold: 1:98 Mantua HMS Victory (kit bash), 1:96 Shipyard HMS Mercury Favorite finished builds: 1:60 Sampang Good Fortune (Amati plans), 1:200 Orel Ironclad Solferino, 1:72 Schooner Hannah (Hahn plans), 1:72 Privateer Prince de Neufchatel (Chapelle plans), Model Shipways Sultana, Heller La Reale, Encore USS Olympia Goal: Become better than I was yesterday "The hardest part is deciding to try." - me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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