lraymo Posted April 10, 2021 Share #1 Posted April 10, 2021 Greetings! Love this website. Amazing info. I read several members blogs for the Lowell Grand Banks Dory (Model Shipways) and the kit looked like the one for me, so I've purchased it and made it as far as opening the box! I'm going to start a build log (although I'm not quite sure how to do that!) Any advice? Meanwhile, I'm going to go read some more logs... I'm kinda scared to get started (so I went out and bought some more tools recommended in the instructions, but now I've got to bite the bullet and start the project!) druxey, ccoyle, bruce d and 6 others 9 Quote Current: Model Shipways Phantom Pilot Boat Completed: Norwegian Sailing Pram Lowell Grand Banks Dory Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cathead Posted April 10, 2021 Share #2 Posted April 10, 2021 Welcomed! Have fun with your first build and don't sweat the details, there's so much to learn just by doing. To start a build log, just go to the main MSW page, scroll down until you see Members' Build Logs >> Build Logs for Ship Model Kits and click on the era your chosen kit fits into (such as 1851-1900). Then, just above where all the build log links start, you'll see big black button labeled "Start New Topic". Click that and it'll prompt you to fill in a title, after which you just start entering your first post. Be sure to read the rules for naming your build log as the site has standardized conventions. Sounds scary but it isn't. One other bit of advice, try to be as detailed as you can in your build log and use photos, especially when you have questions. We can only see what you share with us! druxey, JeffT, lraymo and 4 others 7 Quote Eric Current builds: scratchbuilt Missouri River steamboat Peerless (1893); 1:1 scale timber-framed outdoor kitchen Nautical builds (kits): USS Cairo; NRG capstan project; NRG half-hull; Viking longship; US revenue cutter; 18th century longboat; Bounty launch Missouri River craft (scratchbuilt): 1853 Missouri River steamboat Arabia; 1865 steamboat Bertrand; Lewis & Clark barge; keelboat; 1876 steamboat Far West Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike_H Posted April 10, 2021 Share #3 Posted April 10, 2021 Welcome! Nothing to be scared of here - just do what you are doing: look at logs and start building. Sometimes I learn enough from others to avoid mistakes, sometimes I don’t. Sometimes I do what the kit instructions say, sometimes I don’t (and not always by accident). Oh, and I love buying tools. I find the Sunday-night ritual of posting to my log really enjoyable. I photograph as I’m going during the week and then instead of clearing my inbox, get my log up to date. And I agree with Eric - take lots of photographs. cheers, Mike mtaylor, Keith Black, druxey and 2 others 5 Quote Current Build: HMS Alert - Vanguard Models Completed: Endeavour's Longboat - Artesania Latina HMS Snake - Caldercraft Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bruce d Posted April 10, 2021 Share #4 Posted April 10, 2021 Welcome to MSW. It is no surprise that there are a few (!!!!!) other retired folks here so just get comfortable and settle in. Looking forward to a build log, have fun 👍. Bruce Keith Black, Ryland Craze, mtaylor and 3 others 6 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...
druxey Posted April 10, 2021 Share #5 Posted April 10, 2021 Welcome! And I'll add; read and understand the instructions first! lraymo, bruce d, mtaylor and 5 others 8 Quote Be sure to sign up for an epic Nelson/Trafalgar project if you would like to see it made into a TV series http://trafalgar.tv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Seiler Posted April 10, 2021 Share #6 Posted April 10, 2021 8 minutes ago, druxey said: read and understand the instructions first! ...as with all things. 😗 Sometimes I venture off the beaten path and do step 5 before step 3, later to find out why 3 is before 5. With that in mind using wood glue rather than CA (super glue) and have some rubbing alcohol at the ready. This can be used to unglue a mistake (or as I like to call it, a learning experience) so you can give it another go. Ryland Craze, mtaylor, druxey and 4 others 7 Quote Chuck Seiler San Diego Ship Modelers Guild Nautical Research Guild Current Build:: Colonial Schooner SULTANA (scratch from Model Expo Plans), Hanseatic Cog Wutender Hund, Pinas Cross Section Completed: Missouri Riverboat FAR WEST (1876) Scratch, 1776 Gunboat PHILADELPHIA (Scratch), John Smith Shallop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Lad Posted April 11, 2021 Share #7 Posted April 11, 2021 Hello, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John lraymo, Ryland Craze, Keith Black and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffT Posted April 11, 2021 Share #8 Posted April 11, 2021 Welcome to MSW. Don't worry and enjoy the build. mtaylor, lraymo, Ryland Craze and 1 other 4 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...
Paul Jarman Posted April 11, 2021 Share #9 Posted April 11, 2021 Welcome to MSW, As you can tell you have found the best model ship forum around and have aready been give some good advice. Not a lot I can add. Except to say enjoy your retirement and take your time, no reason to rush. I retired 15 months ago and am loving the time I have to work on the model. just afew hours a day and you soon have a decent amount of work done. Paul lraymo, Ryland Craze, Keith Black and 3 others 6 Quote In work: -queen-mary-2 Finished: rms-titanic-1912 Finished: king-of-the-Mississippi Finished: Sanson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Black Posted April 11, 2021 Share #10 Posted April 11, 2021 Iraymo, welcome to MSW. Enjoy yourself, wishing you the best with your first build. mtaylor, lraymo, Ryland Craze and 1 other 4 Quote Current Builds: 1870's Sternwheeler, Lula Wood Hull Screw Frigate USS Tennessee Decorative Carrack Warship Restoration, the Amelia Completed: 1880s Floating Steam Donkey Pile Driver Early Swift 1805 Model Restoration Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baker Posted April 11, 2021 Share #11 Posted April 11, 2021 Keith Black, lraymo, mtaylor and 1 other 4 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...
mtaylor Posted April 11, 2021 Share #12 Posted April 11, 2021 Nothing more I can add, except welcome to MSW and enjoy the ride. Keith Black, Ryland Craze and lraymo 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...
lraymo Posted April 13, 2021 Author Share #13 Posted April 13, 2021 Thanks for the warm welcome and words of encouragement! I've started (and already made mistakes), but more on that in my blog, which I'm going to go set up now, and really looking forward to this new adventure! Ryland Craze, mtaylor and Keith Black 3 Quote Current: Model Shipways Phantom Pilot Boat Completed: Norwegian Sailing Pram Lowell Grand Banks Dory Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lraymo Posted April 13, 2021 Author Share #14 Posted April 13, 2021 Uh oh. I just posted my build log, but i put it in the wrong place! (I put it in the "Scratch" forum, but I should've put it in the "Kit" forum!) Since I'm just starting, I'm going to delete it and start it again in the right place! Robp1025 and mtaylor 1 1 Quote Current: Model Shipways Phantom Pilot Boat Completed: Norwegian Sailing Pram Lowell Grand Banks Dory Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robp1025 Posted April 13, 2021 Share #15 Posted April 13, 2021 5 minutes ago, lraymo said: Uh oh. I just posted my build log, but i put it in the wrong place! (I put it in the "Scratch" forum, but I should've put it in the "Kit" forum!) Since I'm just starting, I'm going to delete it and start it again in the right place! It happens my friend and welcome to the fun!! Ryland Craze, mtaylor, lraymo and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lraymo Posted April 13, 2021 Author Share #16 Posted April 13, 2021 5 minutes ago, Maliba1025 said: It happens my friend and welcome to the fun!! Thanks, I can't believe I screwed it up, but its in the right place now. All part of the learning process! And I'm really surprised at how much fun I'm having with this! mtaylor, Ryland Craze, Robp1025 and 2 others 5 Quote Current: Model Shipways Phantom Pilot Boat Completed: Norwegian Sailing Pram Lowell Grand Banks Dory Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robp1025 Posted April 13, 2021 Share #17 Posted April 13, 2021 Glad to have you on the site Keith Black and lraymo 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaddoc Posted April 13, 2021 Share #18 Posted April 13, 2021 Welcome and do not worry. Everything eventually falls into place! lraymo and Keith Black 2 Quote Current projects: 21' Fisherman's Launch - plans by Howard Chapelle Hercules Steam Tugboat - scratch build from half model lines Completed projects: 21' Yawl Longboat - plans from the National Maritime Museum Deben 5 tonner - a Whisstock yard design 24' exploration gaff rigged ketch - a Tad Roberts design 15' knockabout sailing boat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veszett Roka Posted April 13, 2021 Share #19 Posted April 13, 2021 Welcome here. You're a lucky man, sometimes i wish to reach retirement age, and have time for anything. Enjoy the ride! mtaylor, Pete D, Cathead and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Seiler Posted April 14, 2021 Share #20 Posted April 14, 2021 Be careful what you wish for. Veszett Roka, mtaylor, bruce d and 2 others 1 4 Quote Chuck Seiler San Diego Ship Modelers Guild Nautical Research Guild Current Build:: Colonial Schooner SULTANA (scratch from Model Expo Plans), Hanseatic Cog Wutender Hund, Pinas Cross Section Completed: Missouri Riverboat FAR WEST (1876) Scratch, 1776 Gunboat PHILADELPHIA (Scratch), John Smith Shallop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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