José Moro Posted February 5, 2021 #1 Posted February 5, 2021 I am a new member in this forum... but first of all let me introduce myself. I live in Madrid, Spain, and I am an airline pilot. When I was young I started to build ships but I soon joined the Air Force and han to stop building. I spent the next 40 years flying all over the world as a comercial airline Pilot and now, approaching my retirement age, I plan to start building again. Things are quite diferent nowardays... when I started building I felt I was alone. Today, thanks to the Internet, is easy to keep in contact with other builders and to learn new skills from their experience. That is what I intend to do, and this is my retirement project. My previos experience in building includes a Clipper (Andromede), a spanish galleon (Victory), a river boat (Spirit of Mississippi) and a Grand Banks boat... none of the survived! As you may have noticed, English is not my native language so I must apologize for my errors. Baltic_submariner, Edwardkenway, VTHokiEE and 2 others 5 Quote
bruce d Posted February 5, 2021 #2 Posted February 5, 2021 Jose, welcome to MSW, glad to have you aboard. You are cleared for take off. Edwardkenway 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
JeffT Posted February 5, 2021 #3 Posted February 5, 2021 Welcome to MSW Edwardkenway 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
mtaylor Posted February 5, 2021 #4 Posted February 5, 2021 Welcome to MSW, Jose. Your English is fine, no apologies needed. JeffT and Edwardkenway 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)
Edwardkenway Posted February 6, 2021 #5 Posted February 6, 2021 mtaylor 1 Quote Current builds; Henry Ramey Upcher 1:25 - on hold HMS Winchelsea 1764 1:48 Completed: HM Cutter Sherbourne- 1:64 - FINISHED Triton cross section scratch- 1:60 - FINISHED Providence whaleboat- 1:25 - FINISHED Non ship: SBD-3 Dauntless 1:48 Hasegawa -FINISHED
Ryland Craze Posted February 6, 2021 #6 Posted February 6, 2021 Welcome to Model Ship World Jose. Your English is just fine. You will find that ship model kits have improved greatly over the last forty years. We have a lot of build logs that you can review before you decide on your next project. Hope you enjoy your retirement and this site. 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
Jim Lad Posted February 6, 2021 #7 Posted February 6, 2021 Hello Jose, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John Ryland Craze and mtaylor 2 Quote
Baker Posted February 8, 2021 #8 Posted February 8, 2021 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
Geowolf Posted February 10, 2021 #9 Posted February 10, 2021 Hi José, good evening from Barcelona 😄 don't worry about language, with specific nautical words you'll be shocked with it! but no problem, here the people are awesome and even they'll try to understand us! 😅👍 no doubt to ask anything and please upload pictures of your models, regards and wellcome, Fernando mtaylor 1 Quote
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