Deacon Posted March 1, 2022 Share #1 Posted March 1, 2022 (edited) Thank you to the admins for accepting my membership application. I am currently building the HMS Victory in 1:98, based on the original 1970s era Mantua kit 776 (not laser cut). I say based on the original because I am replacing some components of the model with scratch-built parts, currently the keel assembly. I purchased the kit new in the late 1970s and figured it was about time I built it! Not my first ship model, but the first in over 50 years! Retired from law enforcement administration, I have quite a varied background. I worked as a professional modelmaker in the 1990s, primarily with 1:48 scale narrow gauge railway models. At the time my work was published in the Narrow Gauge and Short Line Gazette, Model Railroader, and the Narrow Gauge and Industrial Railway Modelling Review for whom I wrote a series of columns titled "At The Workbench." I'm a trained furniture maker/woodworker. I also had my own graphic design/3D CGI product viz/animation studio (still dabble on occasion) and in the early 2000's I was owner/fabricator of a motorcycle customizing shop in California. We currently have a YouTube channel called Whisky Workbench on which I'm documenting the Victory build while focusing on traditional craftsmanship tools and skills, and how they are appropriate and essential for model building. I'm looking forward to meeting many of you here online and continuing my ship-modelling education, and hopefully will be able contribute something of value in return. Deacon Geal 'us dearg a suas Edited March 2, 2022 by Deacon Correction Keith Black, starlight, JeffT and 5 others 8 Quote Spoiler Deacon Build Log: HMS Victory 1:98 Mantua 776/Scratchbuild Geal 'us dearg a suas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtaylor Posted March 1, 2022 Share #2 Posted March 1, 2022 Welcome to MSW, Deacon. Your photo shows some lovely work. I hope you'll consider opening a build log on your model so we can follow along. JeffT, Keith Black, Tomasz B 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...
ccoyle Posted March 1, 2022 Share #3 Posted March 1, 2022 Clan Menzies, eh? Keith Black, Deacon and mtaylor 3 Quote Chris Coyle Greer, South Carolina When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk. - Tuco Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix, Bf 109E-7/trop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffT Posted March 2, 2022 Share #4 Posted March 2, 2022 Welcome to MSW Keith Black, mtaylor and Deacon 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...
Keith Black Posted March 2, 2022 Share #5 Posted March 2, 2022 Deacon, welcome to MSW. I look forward to seeing your Victory in a build log. mtaylor and Deacon 2 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...
Deacon Posted March 2, 2022 Author Share #6 Posted March 2, 2022 5 hours ago, ccoyle said: Clan Menzies, eh? That's right Chris... very perceptive. mtaylor and Keith Black 2 Quote Spoiler Deacon Build Log: HMS Victory 1:98 Mantua 776/Scratchbuild Geal 'us dearg a suas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deacon Posted March 2, 2022 Author Share #7 Posted March 2, 2022 Thank you very much gentlemen for the welcoming messages. Keith Black and mtaylor 2 Quote Spoiler Deacon Build Log: HMS Victory 1:98 Mantua 776/Scratchbuild Geal 'us dearg a suas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccoyle Posted March 2, 2022 Share #8 Posted March 2, 2022 7 minutes ago, Deacon said: That's right Chris... very perceptive. I'm not an expert on the Highland Clans, but I recognize Gaelic when I see it, so I checked it out with Google translate. 😉 I do, though, have a lot of Ulstermen in the family tree. mtaylor, Deacon and Keith Black 3 Quote Chris Coyle Greer, South Carolina When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk. - Tuco Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix, Bf 109E-7/trop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
druxey Posted March 2, 2022 Share #9 Posted March 2, 2022 Welcome to another Ontarian. Check out the Marine Modelers of Niagara club site for monthly Zoom meetings. mtaylor, Keith Black and Deacon 3 Quote Be sure to sign up for an epic Nelson/Trafalgar project if you would like to see it made into a TV series http://trafalgar.tv Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave_E Posted March 2, 2022 Share #10 Posted March 2, 2022 Welcome to the forum! 😀 Deacon, 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 March 2, 2022 Share #11 Posted March 2, 2022 Keith Black, Deacon and mtaylor 3 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...
Deacon Posted March 2, 2022 Author Share #12 Posted March 2, 2022 11 hours ago, ccoyle said: I'm not an expert on the Highland Clans, but I recognize Gaelic when I see it, so I checked it out with Google translate. 😉 I do, though, have a lot of Ulstermen in the family tree. Well, I thought you were either a fellow clansman or you turned to Google out of curiosity. Not a lot of people recognize Gaelic. We have Menzies and North Yorkshire ancestry, rather a rowdy bunch as I understand. 😉 mtaylor and Keith Black 2 Quote Spoiler Deacon Build Log: HMS Victory 1:98 Mantua 776/Scratchbuild Geal 'us dearg a suas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deacon Posted March 2, 2022 Author Share #13 Posted March 2, 2022 18 hours ago, mtaylor said: Welcome to MSW, Deacon. Your photo shows some lovely work. I hope you'll consider opening a build log on your model so we can follow along. Thank you Mark, much appreciated. I will do a build log from the beginning of the project, once I pull some stills from the early video log over the next few days. mtaylor and Keith Black 2 Quote Spoiler Deacon Build Log: HMS Victory 1:98 Mantua 776/Scratchbuild Geal 'us dearg a suas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deacon Posted March 2, 2022 Author Share #14 Posted March 2, 2022 11 hours ago, druxey said: Welcome to another Ontarian. Check out the Marine Modelers of Niagara club site for monthly Zoom meetings. Thank you Druxey, I'll check out the site. mtaylor and Keith Black 2 Quote Spoiler Deacon Build Log: HMS Victory 1:98 Mantua 776/Scratchbuild Geal 'us dearg a suas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deacon Posted March 2, 2022 Author Share #15 Posted March 2, 2022 6 hours ago, Baker said: Thank you Patrick. Keith Black, Baker and mtaylor 3 Quote Spoiler Deacon Build Log: HMS Victory 1:98 Mantua 776/Scratchbuild Geal 'us dearg a suas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deacon Posted March 2, 2022 Author Share #16 Posted March 2, 2022 11 hours ago, Dave_E said: Welcome to the forum! 😀 Thank you Dave. mtaylor and Keith Black 2 Quote Spoiler Deacon Build Log: HMS Victory 1:98 Mantua 776/Scratchbuild Geal 'us dearg a suas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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