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Hello Jeff and welcome to MSW from the UK. For what it is worth, I am retired and the modelling time is still 'catch as catch can'. 

 Pride of Baltimore ll is a lovely ship and a great subject, hope we get to see a build log.

 

Bruce

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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

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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

Gallery Revell Bounty  Pelican/Golden hind 1/45 scratch

To do Prins Willem Corel, Le Tonnant Corel, Yacht d'Oro Corel, Thermopylae Sergal 

 

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    

 

Si vis pacem, para bellum

 
 
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Welcome aboard Jeff!...Moab

Completed Builds:

Virginia Armed Sloop...Model Shipways

Ranger...Corel

Louise Steam Launch...Constructo

Hansa Kogge...Dusek

Yankee Hero...BlueJacket

Spray...BlueJacket

26’ Long Boat...Model Shipways

Under Construction:

Emma C. Berry...Model Shipways

 

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 Jeff, first off, thank you of your service. Second, welcome to MSW. I hope you'll start a build and let us follow along. 

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Welcome to MSW, Jim and thank you for your service.    Do give some thought to a build log for your Pride of Baltimore.  It's a great way to meet other modelers and also get help.

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)         

         

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                

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Hello Jeff and welcome to Model Ship World.  Thank you for your service and enjoy your retirement.  You have the oldest ship model club in the US that meets in your area, the Washington Ship Model Society.  The members turn out some nice models and they are always participating in shows and events in the DC area.  Also, check out the US Naval Academy museum in Annapolis that houses the Rogers Collection of ship models.  It is one of my favorite areas to visit.

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

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13 hours ago, Ryland Craze said:

You have the oldest ship model club in the US that meets in your area, the Washington Ship Model Society.  The members turn out some nice models and they are always participating in shows and events in the DC area.  Also, check out the US Naval Academy museum in Annapolis that houses the Rogers Collection of ship models.  It is one of my favorite areas to visit.

Ryland,

 

Thanks so much for the welcome.  I was actually a member of that esteemed club in the early 2000s when I was still actively modeling (I still daily use its 75-year commemorative mug for my morning coffee).  It is, indeed, a wonderful and very active organization.  As for the Rogers collection, I am very familiar with its incredible contents.  I am an Academy grad (class of 76) and back in my day, before the collection was consolidated in the museum, models were scattered throughout the Yard--many in Mahan Hall, where the old library was.  I spent may hours just gazing at the intricacies and details of those amazing pieces--particularly the admiralty models.  Little did I know that modern arthroscopic pictures would show that detail continued between decks, in areas of the models that would never be seen.  That still just astounds me!

 

Jeff

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