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I'm 69 and have been building models since childhood. All the plastic stuff and rockets. Always fun. I have finished one wood ship model. The NY Pilot Boat. It was quite a learning experience. By the time I was done I wished I could start over because I had progressed so much. I am terribly proud of my model simply because I got it done. I considered buying another ship with a pre-shaped hull but went with the English Pinnace. I was at the point where I needed to plank the hull. There are so many methods and information I was boggled. Then I took my own advice...don't rush, study and practice on scrap if possible. I had so many questions and finding answers was a struggle. Then I found English Pinnace by EricWilliamMarshall. Great Just great! He answered several of the questions in his build log that popped into my mind. Great Just Great. I backed up and am doing some cleaning up of what I have already done to make my further work easier and better. I doubt I will do more ships beyond the Pinnace. 

 

I look forward to looking at pictures and reading the articles

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Welcome to MSW, rudybob.   When you have the model in hand, open a log as it's the best way to get help and meet other builders.  As for questions.. ask away as there's such thing as a dumb question.   We do have a lot of info here and if you need help finding out something, try the search feature (upper left of every page).  

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)         

         

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                

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Mark
Phoenix, AZ


Current builds;


Previous builds, in rough order of execution;
Shipjack, Peterbrough Canoe, Flying Fish, Half Moon, Britannia racing sloop, Whale boat, Bluenose, Picket boat, Viking longboat, Atlantic, Fair American, Mary Taylor, half hull Enterprise, Hacchoro, HMS Fly, Khufu Solar Boat.

On the shelf; Royal Barge, Jefferson Davis.

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 RB, welcome to MSW. 

Current Builds: 1880s Floating Steam Donkey Pile Driver 

                             Wood Hull Screw Frigate USS Tennessee

                             Decorative Carrack Warship Restoration, the Amelia

 

Completed: Early Swift 1805 Model Restoration

 

 

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:piratebo5:welcome to MSW 

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

 

 

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21 hours ago, mtaylor said:

Welcome to MSW, rudybob.   When you have the model in hand, open a log as it's the best way to get help and meet other builders.  As for questions.. ask away as there's such thing as a dumb question.   We do have a lot of info here and if you need help finding out something, try the search feature (upper left of every page).  

I like the log idea. I am looking into it

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Hello rudybob and welcome to MSW from the UK.

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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

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Hi rudybob and welcome to Model Ship World.  The English Pinnace builds into a very nice model.  Good luck on your build.

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

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