Senza Timone Posted April 5, 2021 Share #1 Posted April 5, 2021 Hi my name is Mauro, I live in Austin TX I am a retired electronic engineer. For the last 15 years or so I have been building model engines and in my teens I was building and flying model airplanes. I have a well equipped metal machine shop and the usual wood working tools. I decided, for a change of pace, to build a couple of model boats. I am set on a tug and a ocean fishing ship. I want the hull to be wood planks on frame. Although I never built a ship I feel I am no novice at model construction. This is a picture of my latest engine a 5 Cylinder Radial Glow Plug Ryland Craze, mtaylor, ccoyle and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtaylor Posted April 5, 2021 Share #2 Posted April 5, 2021 Welcome to MSW, Mauro. That is one beautiful engine. You'll find plenty of help here as we're a friendly and talkative bunch. There's topics that will help you get started... such as Ryland Craze, JeffT and Keith Black 3 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 April 5, 2021 Share #3 Posted April 5, 2021 Beautiful engine. I envy those that build miniature working engines. And welcome to Model Ship World. I will be looking forward to seeing your build and I hope it has a scale working engine in it. Keith Black and mtaylor 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...
Keith Black Posted April 5, 2021 Share #4 Posted April 5, 2021 Mauro, welcome to MSW. Your model engine is a beautiful, I look forward to following your model ship build when started. JeffT, mtaylor and Ryland Craze 3 Quote Current Builds: Wood Hull Screw Frigate USS Tennessee Decorative Carrack Warship Restoration, the Amelia Completed: Early Swift 1805 Model Restoration Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gsdpic Posted April 6, 2021 Share #5 Posted April 6, 2021 Welcome to MSW from a fellow Austinite. That radial engine looks pretty incredible...something tells me you'll do just fine with ship building. Ryland Craze, JeffT, mtaylor and 1 other 4 Quote - Gary Current Build: Artesania Latina Sopwith Camel Completed Builds: Blue Jacket America 1/48th Annapolis Wherry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senza Timone Posted April 6, 2021 Author Share #6 Posted April 6, 2021 GSDPIC nice to now you are in Austin. When COVID subdue some we may meet and compare notes or show off our shop. By the way, I belong to a local amateur metalworking group in Austin. Before COVID we used to meet once a month at one of Rudy's BBQ places If there is sufficient interest we may try to start something similar about model ships. mtaylor, gsdpic, JeffT and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffT Posted April 6, 2021 Share #7 Posted April 6, 2021 Looking forward to seeing your work. Keith Black 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 April 6, 2021 Share #8 Posted April 6, 2021 Hello Mauro, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John Keith Black and mtaylor 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike from Aus Posted April 6, 2021 Share #9 Posted April 6, 2021 Hi Mauro, another welcome from down under. Mike Keith Black and mtaylor 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce d Posted April 6, 2021 Share #10 Posted April 6, 2021 Hello Mauro and welcome to MSW from chilly southern England. Very nice engine, looking forward to seeing more of your work. Keith Black 1 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...
Senza Timone Posted June 18, 2021 Author Share #11 Posted June 18, 2021 Perhaps would be of interest some personal notes. My wife is sharing my modeling experience in her own way and sent me this poem: The Building of the Ship by Henry Wadsworth… | Poetry Foundation My Blog Name "Senza Timone" means "Without Rudder" in Italian. You can imagine all sorts of allegoric meaning but in a way describes my character, or like a rudderless ship someone that has no idea where is going. Back in the '50-'60 my father owned a Toy/Model shop (Lucky Child) my father and older brothers built several ship and sailboats for sale but I was into flying U-control Airplanes for fun. ccoyle and mtaylor 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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