BrianK Posted December 24, 2021 Share #1 Posted December 24, 2021 Hi everyone, glad to be here. My name is Brian and I am in the US, in Florida. I am just getting back into model building after about a 20 year hiatus. I built a plastic kit, C W Morgan at age 12 after visiting Mystic and then seeing the 1976 tall ships flotilla in Newport. My first love in modelling is actually model railroading but I am working to incorporate model ship building. I don't count rivets but I do like to be "historically plausible." So no diesel engines or radio antennas on a late 19th century auxiliary sailing ship.... 😃 ccoyle, Dave_E, Harvey Golden and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Lad Posted December 24, 2021 Share #2 Posted December 24, 2021 Hello Brian. Merry Christmas and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John BrianK, mtaylor, JeffT and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffT Posted December 24, 2021 Share #3 Posted December 24, 2021 Welcome to the forum Brian mtaylor and Keith Black 2 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...
mtaylor Posted December 24, 2021 Share #4 Posted December 24, 2021 Keith Black 1 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...
Dave_E Posted December 24, 2021 Share #5 Posted December 24, 2021 Hi Brian, Welcome to the forum. I lived in Orange Park North next to NAS Jax back in the 80s. Good times! BrianK, mtaylor and Keith Black 3 Quote Dave Current builds: Rattlesnake Completed builds: Lady Nelson On the shelf: NRG Half Hull Project, Various metal, plastic and paper models Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baker Posted December 25, 2021 Share #6 Posted December 25, 2021 mtaylor 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 Gallery : Revell Bounty Pelican/Golden hind 1/45 scratch To do : Prins Willem Corel, Le Tonnant Corel, Yacht d'Oro Corel, Thermopylae Sergal 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 Si vis pacem, para bellum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccoyle Posted December 25, 2021 Share #7 Posted December 25, 2021 On 12/24/2021 at 12:10 AM, BrianK said: "historically plausible." Some of the finest modelers I have known built their models in this style. Welcome aboard! mtaylor and Keith Black 2 Quote Chris Coyle Greer, South Carolina When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk. - Tuco Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Black Posted December 25, 2021 Share #8 Posted December 25, 2021 Brian, Merry Christmas and welcome to MSW. mtaylor 1 Quote Current Builds: Wood Hull Screw Frigate USS Tennessee Decorative Carrack Warship Restoration, the Amelia Completed: Early Swift 1805 Model Restoration Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianK Posted December 25, 2021 Author Share #9 Posted December 25, 2021 Thanks everybody and Happy Holidays! Looking forward to getting to know some of your builds, and the builders!!! I am a novice builder and feel like there is a firehose of great info here to sample. I am reminded of my childhood dog who would take bites from the water spray at the nozzle of the garden hose in an attempt to get a drink. 😃 Dave_E, Keith Black and mtaylor 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianK Posted January 1, 2022 Author Share #10 Posted January 1, 2022 Dave_E, just noticed your Orange Park/NAS Jax reference. Definitely a navy town with three navy bases and Cecil Field and contractors galore all around. In fact, I teach some of the NROTC engineering students at Jacksonville University..... Getting back into model shipping building, ("back into" is a stretch since I built the CW Morgan at 12, some 45 years ago and then went into model trains), here in this place, should find me rubbing elbows with some local support. The NRG listing identifies at least two clubs in town...... Getting excited..... 😃 Dave_E, mtaylor and Keith Black 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Louie da fly Posted January 14, 2022 Share #11 Posted January 14, 2022 Hi Brian, and welcome to MSW from the far antipodes. You'll find a wooden model involves a lot more - at least making the hull - than plastic. But persevere and you'll get there in the end. What time/place is your railroad? And what model ship are you planning to go with it? Make sure you start a build log when you begin your model - definitely the best way to get help and advice, and meet the (slightly crazy) members of this amazing forum. Steven Keith Black and mtaylor 2 Quote It's not really a ship model unless you've bled on it. CURRENT BUILDS Venetian merchant Ship from Basilica of San Marco Golden City - Ballarat paddlewheeler FINISHED Australian couta boat RMS Titanic HMVS Cerberus 11th century Byzantine dromon Winchelsea Nef - Late 13th century Mediaeval ship Henry Grace a Dieu - Rebuild of 1:200 model I started in 1967 https://modelshipworld.com/topic/36379-mistydeefer-by-louie-da-fly-finished-restoration-decor-yacht/#comment-1040663 Mistydeefer - restoration of decor model yacht Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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