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Hi everyone,

       I am a long time resin and plastic ship modeler. I haven't built  a wood ship since I was much younger.  Being active duty  it has been just easier to move plastic and resin models. Now that I am nearing retirement I am getting back into wooden ship models. I have been browsing the various forums for quite a while, there is a wealth of knowledge and experience here and I am looking forward to any and all feed back.  

I just finished Model expo's  carronade.  Next on the slip way is  Bluejackets Grand Banks Dory which I am planning to do as a lobster boat (being originally from New England seems fitting). 

 

Chris 

     

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Welcome to MSW, Chris.  Do feel free to start log for your lobster boat.  It's great way to get help and also meet other builders.

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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Greetings from Santee.:36:

 

Have you visited the San Diego Ship Modelers Guild yet?:cheers:

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

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Welcome to MSW Chris.  Thank you very much for your service!!  San Diego....... Navy, Coast Guard or Marines?  I know the other branches are there but these were always predominant in that area when we lived in out there.   Loved going out of H&M landing for albacore or fresh water fishing at Miramar and San Vincente reservoirs.  

 

Hope to see some of your upcoming work on a build log!

 

Allan

  

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 Chris, welcome to MSW. 

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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Hello Chris, welcome to MSW!

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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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