Hello from Belgium

[Sonny Skipper]

Hello, my name is Jason (aka Sonny Skipper) and I live in the lovely village of Slijpe (West-Flanders - Belgium) not that far away from the Belgian coast and the North Sea.  I’m 43 years old and the father of 3 lovely daughters.  So always a busy house over here.

 

I think I started with modelling ships at the age of 9 when my father bought me the Revell 1/570 RMS Titanic.

Ever since the Titanic was discovered I couldn’t get enough of this ship.  A model was a good way of admiring the ship from all angles.  There was no internet back in those days.

 

After building quite a few plastic model ships I decided in 2018 to tryout a wooden ship.  I had no previous experience with this so I decided to keep things simple and opted for Amati’s Nina.  I was quite pleased how this model turned out to be.  Though not perfectly build, this ship has won me over to continue building wooden ships.  Even my wife thinks these ships have something special.  It does give you a sense of pride knowing you’ve crafted this ship from wooden strips.

 

Currently I’m in the process of building another Spanish ship, namely Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes from Occre.  Again, she’s not perfect, but then again I am still learning and enjoying every hour of the build so far.

 

Kind regards,

Jason

[ccoyle]

1 hour ago, Sonny Skipper said:

Even my wife thinks these ships have something special.

 

Welcome aboard!

 

The true test of a great wife is if she still thinks your models are special when you have run out of display space in your home. Hopefully that day is still a long ways off for you!

 

Cheers!

[Barbossa]

Welkom aan boord (Welcome aboard)

 

 

 

[Sonny Skipper]

Thank you Ccoyle, en bedankt Barbossa.

[Mercator]

Welcome aboard from a fellow Belgian living in the Far West of the US. Visited the "old country" with my wife and stepdaughter 3 years ago. They loved the sites, the beers, the frites, and of course the mussels! Everyone we met was very nice and helpful. 

[Keith Black]

 Jason, welcome to MSW. Please share your Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes build in a build log. 

[Sonny Skipper]

Thank you, Mercator and Keith Black.  I have already started a build log, although it is almost the finished product.  I have been building the NS Mercedes since August 2020.  The project has been halted a while when we moved to Slijpe, but since then building has picked up again.  You should be able to find the build log under my name.  Any comments are greatly appreciated.

[Ryland Craze]

Hi Jason and welcome to Model Ship World.  I have posted a link to your build log HERE.  You have done a good job on your model.

[JeffT]

Welcome to MSW!

[mtaylor]

Welcome to MSW, Jason.   Chris was right about wives and support.  And yes, open a log.  Even being far into the build won't hurt and is a great way to meet other builders.

[Baker]

Welcome to MSW.

Groeten uit oost Vlaanderen 

[Sonny Skipper]

Bedankt Backer. Groeten uit West-Vlaanderen. 😉

 

Current build: Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes - Occre