Peter6172 Posted January 30, 2022 Share #1 Posted January 30, 2022 (edited) Hi team, Great to be able to join such an illustrious group of modellers. I am new to Model Ship building having only ever built one 1/350 scale plastic model FFG (HMAS ADELAIDE) and a submarine (HMAS RANKIN) for my daughter who served in both. My background is Model Railway predominantly HO but I did dabble in other scales over the years. I have built over 200 locomotives for clients around the world but very few for myself. I have finished building PORT JACKSON (Modellers Shipyard) in 1/50 scale as my first and pushed myself by scratch building the sails and associated rigging not included in the kit. I hope to learn a lot about wooden sailing ships and with a special focus on the rigging and getting it as historically correct as I can. IN this pursuit I expect to learn a great deal from the significantly more expert modellers in this forum. Edited February 3, 2022 by Peter6172 Ryland Craze, Keith Black, GrandpaPhil and 7 others 10 Quote Completed: PORT JACKSON - 1803 Topsail Schooner 1/50 by Modellers Shipyard HMB ENDEAVOUR - 1768 Bark 1/64 by Artesania Latina Under Construction: HMAV BOUNTY - 1/60 by Amati NORFOLK Colonial Sloop- 1/64 Scratchbuild HMS EURYALUS - 1:48 Scratchbuild POF Next Project: HMS THUNDRER - 1/48 CAF Models/Scratchbuild Planned: HMS SUPPLY - 1/64 Scratchbuild HMS SIRIUS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allanyed Posted January 30, 2022 Share #2 Posted January 30, 2022 Welcome aboard Peter!! You have thousands of potential teachers here which can be a curse as well as a blessing as experience (and opinions) vary. 😀 Allan Edwardkenway, druxey, mtaylor 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...
bruce d Posted January 30, 2022 Share #3 Posted January 30, 2022 Peter, welcome to MSW from the UK. Edwardkenway, Keith Black, Ryland Craze and 1 other 4 Quote 🌻 STAY SAFE A model shipwright and an amateur historian are heads & tails of the same coin current builds: HMS Berwick 1775, 1/192 scratchbuild; a Slade 74 in the Navy Board style Mediator sloop, 1/48 - an 18th century transport scratchbuild French longboat - CAF - 1/48, on hold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Black Posted January 30, 2022 Share #4 Posted January 30, 2022 (edited) Peter, welcome to MSW. Your Port Jackson looks great, I look forward to seeing your next build. Edited January 30, 2022 by Keith Black mtaylor and Edwardkenway 2 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...
Edwardkenway Posted January 30, 2022 Share #5 Posted January 30, 2022 and welcome aboard Peter. Your Port Jackson look marvellous! Keith Black and mtaylor 2 Quote Current builds; Henry Ramey Upcher 1:25 Providence whaleboat- 1:25 HMS Winchelsea 1764 1:48 Completed: HM Cutter Sherbourne- 1:64- finished Triton cross section scratch- 1:60 - finished Non ship: SBD-3 Dauntless 1:48 Hasegawa -FINISHED Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave_E Posted January 30, 2022 Share #6 Posted January 30, 2022 Hi Peter. This is the place where learning happens. 👍😀 Edwardkenway, mtaylor, Ryland Craze and 1 other 4 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...
TBlack Posted January 30, 2022 Share #7 Posted January 30, 2022 Welcome, Peter! Your daughter being in HMAS ships, you and she must be Australian? Also I find it interesting that she served in the Adelaide, one of whose missions is anti-submarine. And then she served in a submarine one of whose missions is anti-frigate. So, she managed both sides of that equation. You must be very proud! Tom Dave_E, Keith Black, mtaylor and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtaylor Posted January 30, 2022 Share #8 Posted January 30, 2022 Ryland Craze and Keith Black 2 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...
Jim Lad Posted January 30, 2022 Share #9 Posted January 30, 2022 G'day Peter, and welcome to another member from Oz. I suppose that you're aware that Mary Reiby's ship 'Mercury' was (as far as we know) the only ship ever actually built from 'Schooner for Port Jackson' drafts. John Keith Black, Ryland Craze and mtaylor 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnchorClanker Posted February 9, 2022 Share #10 Posted February 9, 2022 Welcome aboard, shipmate! Glad to have another model railroader in the MSW crew! N-Scale is my scale of choice at this time. I started in HO and may go back to it in a few years. The eyes and fingers are as good as they were in the past. Scale 1:96 and 1:160 are my modeling choices. 1:96 for most ship models. mtaylor, Keith Black and Ryland Craze 3 Quote Results, not Excuses, AnchorClanker “Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brothers and sisters dwell in unity!" Ps 133:1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryland Craze Posted February 9, 2022 Share #11 Posted February 9, 2022 Hi Peter and welcome to Model Ship World. Thanks for showing your model railway. You are a talented modeler and will do well building wooden ship models. Glad to have you aboard. Keith Black, Peter6172 and mtaylor 3 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...
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