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Hi everyone. I figured I should do a new member post as I have been hanging around the forums silently watching for a while.

 

I hail from the fishing grounds of the North Atlantic near where the HMS Pegasus went down.

 

Though I am new to building wooden ships, I have a lot of experience in plastic models particularly on the painting side. I have ordered the vanguard models alert kit and am planning to start a build log once it arrives.

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Hello Thukydides, welcome to MSW from the UK. Looking forward to seeing your version of ALERT ✔️

 

Regards,

Bruce

🌻

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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Thukydides,

Welcome to MSW!!!   Is there a story behind your screen name in that you have taken the name of a famous general and historian rather than an admiral of old such Themisocles 😄

Hope to see some of your build in the near future!!

Allan

 

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1 hour ago, allanyed said:

Thukydides,

Welcome to MSW!!!   Is there a story behind your screen name in that you have taken the name of a famous general and historian rather than an admiral of old such Themisocles 😄

Hope to see some of your build in the near future!!

Allan

 

 

Not really, I have always had a keen interest in history and many years ago when I played computer games I needed to pick a character name for an MMORPG I was playing. I had been reading about the  peloponnesian war at the time and so the combination of Thukydides being a bit obscure (so was not already taken) and me being fascinated with the melian dialogue tipped the scales. Since then I have consistently used it as an alias.

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A warm welcome aboard. Love to see some of your plastic models...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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:sign:

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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2 hours ago, Moab said:

A warm welcome aboard. Love to see some of your plastic models...Moab

 

This is my latest project that I am trying to finish up. Almost done, just a few minor bits then I need to assemble them and add a dash of snow. Then on to the alert.

 

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Great looking warriors. The painting looks excellent. Thanx for sharing...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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Thukydides, welcome to MSW. I look for to seeing your build log.

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

 

 

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4 hours ago, Thukydides said:

 

This is my latest project that I am trying to finish up. Almost done, just a few minor bits then I need to assemble them and add a dash of snow. Then on to the alert.

 

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Very nice! So you're a Warhammer fan. Those miniatures have lots of detail indeed, considering how tiny most are. If you have the attention and patience to paint those, you'll feel right at home here.

 

I am a fan of WH myself, but only play on PC; mainly Total War, Blood Bowl and Mechanicus. 🎮

 

Edited by Eurus

 

Eurus

 

 

My logs:

Providence Whaleboat

ARM Cuauhtémoc

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9 hours ago, Jim Lad said:

Hello, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'.  if you're from the North Atlantic fishing grounds, I hope you're not getting too damp! :D

 

John

 

We do get a lot of rain drizzle and fog 😃.

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