Hello from Poland :)

[AiDi]

Hi everyone! My name is Adam and I'm from Warsaw, Poland.

Ship modelling was my big fascination when I was a teenager but I didn't do much with that because there were no hobby shops in my town and I had no internet at that time. Besides, wood modelling is kind of expensive and we didn't have that much money. The biggest thing I did, well at least started to do, was a model of Titanic from Hachette collection. Unfortunately I didn't finish it - when my mom saw that it will have 100 issues she said "honey, nope". Nevertheless I liked the idea of model making. Some time later I saw in one of our press shops an issue of polish modelling magazine which discussed a type of ships that I fell in love with instantly – galleons. Oh Lorde. The thing that brought my attention the most was rigging. I also liked over the top ornamentations, and castle-like structre – a lot of decks that were placed high in the aft. But rigging – how in the hell that worked? What it consisted of? So many questions, no way to answer.

In the meantime we got internet, so I started reading as much as possible. I liked drawing projects of galleon models (and also shipyard cranes, what a weird passion 🙃), but that is that, I never got the chance to do a proper model. Time flied by, and I put the whole idea to rest.

 

Until 2019, when I saw an advert of new DeAgostini collection - Soleil Royal. The passion came alive again, but with new possibilities! Internet, books, money 😁 Of course, silly me, I wanted to bash the kit and do a lot of enhancements. But the problem was, and still kind of is, that this model has a lot of design flaws, which caused my enthusiasm to die for a while. It got back to life as soon as I had an idea what to do with this model, which was not that long ago, but more on this in a separate topic.

 

In the meantime I bought and started assembling Montanes by OcCre. Yeah, I know. Big and difficult set for the beginner, a straight route to a disaster. But I guess I did pretty well with what I did. I stopped at hull planking since I felt I needed to gain some experience on something simpler. Montanes has only one layer of planking so there's no room for learning - you have to know what you're doing. I'll get back to it some day, when Soleil is finished.

 

Rigging is still my biggest fascination. I'm reading about it as much as possible. Anderson, Lees, Pettersson. Also I love book by Wolfram zu Mondfeld. During the time I was reading books, forums and other sources I realized that 16th and 17th century galleons are my main interest and probably I will focus only on them (maybe HMS Victory will be an exception). Some day I want to start scratch building, but until that, I'll gain my experience working with kits. Also, and that may be a little bit controversial - I am not that much focused on, and devoted to, historical accuracy. I mean, I was reading topic on Royal Katherine by Doris, and she didn't do some things in the cabins because English ships didn't have that at that time, but Dutch did. If it was me I would go for the Dutch looks, more than for English historical accuracy. Maybe it's more accurate to say that at the moment I'm building a model that resembles Soleil Royal, more than recreates it in the most accurate way. E.g. I plan on implementing La Couronne rigging to it, even though I know it's an anachronism. But hey, that's my way of doing it, you don't have to like it 🙂

 

Besides modelling - I am 30 years old, I have masters in theoretical physics and my interests focus around the geometrical foundations of quantum and classical field theories. I work as a private teacher.

Edited October 22, 2021 by AiDi

[mtaylor]

Welcome to MSW, Adam.   There's a lot of information here on MSW.  If you haven't done it, read as many of the pinned topics as you can.  Also at the top of the page where it says "More", there's a link to a database which also has a lot of articles.    

 

As for building a model you have, search the logs for that particular model (use the search feature at the top right).  And also, open a build log for your project as it's a great way to get help and also meet other builders.

[Keith Black]

 Adam, welcome to MSW. Good to have you aboard and it's neat that you're discovered your passion for galleons. 

[AiDi]

Thanks guys 🙂Yes, I will open my thread next week. I also read (and saved) a lot of topics here and the articles  you recommend - I am the type of guy that likes to read a lot about the things I'm getting into. That's not always good, sometimes I read too much, and do to little...

Edited October 22, 2021 by AiDi

[JeffT]

Hello Adam. Welcome to MSW 

[Jim Lad]

Hello Adam, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'.

 

John

[mtaylor]

2 hours ago, AiDi said:

I am the type of guy that likes to read a lot about the things I'm getting into. That's not always good, sometimes I read too much, and do to little...

 

Don't feel bad about that.  I think there's more of us like that here than not.

[ccoyle]

Witam, Adam! Hope you will enjoy your time here.

[Wahka_est]

Welcome!

[Papa]

16 hours ago, AiDi said:

have masters in theoretical physics and my interests focus around the geometrical foundations of quantum and classical field theories

This comment makes we wonder how many of our fellow ship modelers are in the sciences or engineering.  I have a PhD degree in mathematics.  

[ccoyle]

12 minutes ago, Papa said:

This comment makes we wonder how many of our fellow ship modelers are in the sciences or engineering.

 

If you're genuinely curious, I can set up a topic in the Shore Leave area.

[Malazan]

 Nice people here, you’ll like it

[Papa]

I am genuinely curious 🧐 

[druxey]

Welcome aboard, Adam!

[hollowneck]

A Warm Welcome Adam.

You've found the "sweet spot." You's  soon discover there are a good number of modelers here who are into string theory (i.e. rigging).

Ron

 

[Scott Mitchell]

Hello Adam from North Carolina, USA

[Baker]

[AiDi]

Hello hello 😁 Thank you guys for welcoming!

[HardeeHarHar]

Greetings Adam, and welcome to the community.

[Jasseji]

Witaj Adam, i am from Krakow but i moved to Germany a few years ago

[GrandpaPhil]

Welcome!