Pete Collins Posted January 7, 2021 Share #1 Posted January 7, 2021 Happy New year to all I am happily retired in Somerset UK. Career background in engineering. Have been wood carving for nearly 15 years but have always held a keen interest and fascination in "Nelson era" sailing ships. Having watched many YouTube videos on ship modelling l decided it was time to have a go. Looking through some of your Build Logs brigantine Leon lept out as a suitable subject having got the plans and Harold Underhills books. But not wishing to run before walking l bought H. M. Schooner Pickle kit as perhaps a more modest starting point. Hope to create build log as it progresses. Hope this is acceptable as an introduction. Many apologies if long winded. Regards Pete Collins GuntherMT, Dean77, Landlubber Mike and 5 others 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce d Posted January 7, 2021 Share #2 Posted January 7, 2021 Hello Pete and welcome to MSW from frosty Sussex. I believe your background will sound familiar to many here. Hope to see a build log and find out which Pickle you got. Regards, Bruce JeffT and mtaylor 2 Quote 🌻 STAY SAFE A model shipwright and an amateur historian are heads & tails of the same coin current builds: HMS Berwick 1775, 1/192 scratchbuild; a Slade 74 in the Navy Board style Mediator sloop, 1/48 - an 18th century transport scratchbuild French longboat - CAF - 1/48, on hold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Lad Posted January 7, 2021 Share #3 Posted January 7, 2021 Hello Pete, and a warm welcome to MSW from 'Down Under'. John mtaylor and JeffT 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James H Posted January 7, 2021 Share #4 Posted January 7, 2021 Always nice to see a fellow countryman here 🏴 Whatever you decide to build, I look forward to following it on a build log here. mtaylor and JeffT 2 Quote SAY NO TO PIRACY. SUPPORT ORIGINAL IDEAS AND MANUFACTURERS. KEEP IT REAL! On the bench: HMS Indefatigable - 1794 (production prototype), Vanguard Models - 1:64. On Hold: HMS Winchelsea Double Capstan - Syren Ship Models - 1:48 Finished US Baltimore Armed Privateer Schooner Grecian 1812 (prototype) - Vanguard Models - 1:64 'Zulu' fishing boat, Vanguard Models - 1:64 Fifie' fishing boat, Vanguard Models - 1:64 HMS Flirt 1782, Vanguard Models - 1:64. Duchess of Kingston c.1780 - Vanguard Models - 1:64 HMS Sphinx 1775, Vanguard Models - 1:64 ERYCINA - Plymouth Ketch-Rigged Trawler 1882, Vanguard Models - 1:64. 'Nisha' - The Brixham 'Mumble-Bee' - Vanguard Models 1:64 'Saucy Jack' fishing boat - Vanguard Models - 1:64 Ranger 'Barking Fish Carrier' - 1864 - Vanguard Models - 1:64 Indeterminate: Tender Avos - Master Korabel - 1:72. H.M.S. Victory (production prototype) - Amati - 1:64. HMS Granado 1742 (cross section) - CAFModel - 1:48 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffT Posted January 7, 2021 Share #5 Posted January 7, 2021 Welcome to MSW mtaylor 1 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 January 7, 2021 Share #6 Posted January 7, 2021 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...
noel_colledge Posted January 10, 2021 Share #7 Posted January 10, 2021 Welcome Pete, from across the channel. Quote Finished builds are 1/35 Endeavour's Longboat by Artesania Latina 1/36 scratch built Philadelphia Gunboat from the Smithsonian Plans Current build is Scratch build Boudroit's Monograph for La Jacinthe at 1/36 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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