Hi Rico here

[PilotNL]

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

 

 

 

[Moonbug]

   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.  

[Jim Lad]

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

 

John

[mtaylor]

Welcome to MSW, Rico.  Those are two nice models.

[allanyed]

Warm welcome to you!!  Glad to hear the sea takes precedence over air!!

 

Allan

[Keith Black]

Rico, welcome to MSW. Nice models, you should do well. 

[JeffT]

Hi Rico. Welcome to MSW 

[Baker]

Nice models Rico

[Ryland Craze]

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.

[CDR_Ret]

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]

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