PilotNL Posted December 10, 2021 Share #1 Posted December 10, 2021 Hi all! New since a few days so I might as well introduce myself, I've been a sailor all my life, as a kid with small wooden traditional boats (Brandsma Schouw) on the Dutch lakes, later as sailing instructor, then for a living as submariner. After leaving the service I have thrown myself into aviation; my other passion, which has consumed over a decade to achieve my goals. Now that I've the luxury again to have a hobby next to work and family life, I have decided to pick-up my old affection for sailing ships. In the summer I work as mate, and aspiring skipper on traditional sailing ships, sailing with passengers on the only sailing scheduled service in the Netherlands, and with groups of adults or children on charter trips. All this is seasonal so for the long dark winter months I thought to start building model ships. My building experience is limited, I have once carved a submarine out of wood and I've managed to scratch build a remote controlled schooner. Currently I am learning the whole process of lofting a 3d hull from lines plans and we'll see where it goes from there. Thank you all for sharing your building progress in so much detail, it's a goldmine for the novice builder for sure. All the best! Rico JeffT, mtaylor, Ryland Craze and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonbug Posted December 10, 2021 Share #2 Posted December 10, 2021 Welcome Rico - looking forward to seeing what you build. I have no doubt that your personal sailing experience will be a great contribution when it comes to noodling through certain aspects of a build. PilotNL, mtaylor, JeffT and 2 others 5 Quote - Bug Current Build: HMS Pegasus - Vanguard Models Completed Builds - Augie's USF Confederacy AL Santa Maria - Heavily Bashed AL San Juan Nepomuceno AL Swift Pilot Boat Cris Craft AL Stagecoach Ship Blog - The Lehman Shipyard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Lad Posted December 10, 2021 Share #3 Posted December 10, 2021 Hello Rico, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John mtaylor, PilotNL, Keith Black and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtaylor Posted December 10, 2021 Share #4 Posted December 10, 2021 Welcome to MSW, Rico. Those are two nice models. JeffT, PilotNL, Ryland Craze and 1 other 4 Quote 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) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allanyed Posted December 10, 2021 Share #5 Posted December 10, 2021 Warm welcome to you!! Glad to hear the sea takes precedence over air!! Allan PilotNL, JeffT, Ryland Craze and 2 others 5 Quote PLEASE take 30 SECONDS and sign up for the epic Nelson/Trafalgar project if you would like to see it made into a TV series. Click on http://trafalgar.tv There is no cost other than the 30 seconds of your time. THANK YOU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Black Posted December 10, 2021 Share #6 Posted December 10, 2021 Rico, welcome to MSW. Nice models, you should do well. Ryland Craze, mtaylor and JeffT 3 Quote 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffT Posted December 11, 2021 Share #7 Posted December 11, 2021 Hi Rico. Welcome to MSW mtaylor, Keith Black and Ryland Craze 3 Quote Jeff In progress: Medway Longboat 1742 - Syren Ship Model Company -1/2" scale USS Constitution - Model Shipways - Scale 1:76 HMS Granado - CAF Model - 1:48 HMS Sphinx - Vanguard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baker Posted December 12, 2021 Share #8 Posted December 12, 2021 Nice models Rico Ryland Craze and Keith Black 2 Quote 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 große-jacht / Yacht D'Oro 1/50 Corel Gallery : Revell Bounty Pelican/Golden hind 1/45 scratch 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 Cleaning the 1/72 military collection Si vis pacem, para bellum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryland Craze Posted December 12, 2021 Share #9 Posted December 12, 2021 Hi Rico and welcome to Model Ship World. You have built some nice models and your experience with ships and boats will help you with your future models. Keith Black 1 Quote 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CDR_Ret Posted December 12, 2021 Share #10 Posted December 12, 2021 Welcome to MSW by a former career US nuclear submariner, Rico! If you are into using computer graphics to validate a set of plans before building, I suggest you try the free DELFTship software. A number of modelers have tried the program. Terry PilotNL and Keith Black 2 Quote Current project: Reconstructing plans for Matthew Turner's brigantine Galilee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PilotNL Posted December 15, 2021 Author Share #11 Posted December 15, 2021 Thanks Terry!! That program is fantastic! it's a bit tedious to connect all the dots, but this is a great way to create accurate frames in metric format from hand-drawn sketches and imperial measurements. Here's my first attempt at it. Cheers! Rico Keith Black, mtaylor and ccoyle 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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