Dion Dunn Posted March 12, 2022 Share #1 Posted March 12, 2022 Hey folks, Dion Dunn here. I’m a mid-50’s builder of. Pretty much anything and everything, and have recently turned my attention back to model ships. Over the past 40 years, I’ve built or restored everything from a 1952 Ford Custom (first car) to a Formula Vee race car, to a vintage Italian bicycle….Lots of RC airplanes and sailboats, RC cars, an HO scale model railroad (in progress), and now back to boats. I’m also the ex-Commodore of our local Sailing club and actively race a Sunfish and a Capris 14.2 fullsize sailboats. In the past I’ve built the Model Expo Phantom pilot boat, the Amati 1934 J class Rainbow, and the Model Expo Taurus tugboat (for my Father’s train layout). A few years ago I purchased one of the older Artesania Latina 1:50 Swift kits at a garage sale, and have just started it. It’s not the best kit in the world, but it’s scratching the itch for now. Looking forward to a larger build and learning lots from the folks on this site! Dion markjay, Dave_E, mtaylor and 5 others 8 Quote Dion current dry dock USS Arizona Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allanyed Posted March 12, 2022 Share #2 Posted March 12, 2022 (edited) Dion, A warm welcome to MSW. If you are relegated to kits rather than scratch building, study the many build logs before investing your money. Once you have homed in on a specific vessel it is very good idea to do some research on the actual ship to see if the details of the kit look like the actual vessel. Not all kits are faithful to the vessel they purport to represent when it comes to the details. Allan Edited March 13, 2022 by allanyed Tomasz B, mtaylor, Roger Pellett and 3 others 6 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...
mtaylor Posted March 12, 2022 Share #3 Posted March 12, 2022 Welcome to MSW, Dion. Allan offered some good suggestions. If you want to refine your search for input, be a bit more specific as to era and "type". Feel free to ask questions in the appropriate area in order to get maximum input. Dave_E, Tomasz B, JeffT and 2 others 5 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...
Tomasz B Posted March 12, 2022 Share #4 Posted March 12, 2022 Very welcome aboard sir. It's a great community very kind and helpful ppl.. Can't wait to see your models. Dave_E, Keith Black, mtaylor and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave_E Posted March 12, 2022 Share #5 Posted March 12, 2022 Hey Dion, Welcome aboard mate, glad to have you. JeffT, Tomasz B, mtaylor and 2 others 5 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...
Keith Black Posted March 12, 2022 Share #6 Posted March 12, 2022 Dion, welcome to MSW, glad to have you aboard. Dion Dunn, Tomasz B, mtaylor and 2 others 5 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...
JeffT Posted March 13, 2022 Share #7 Posted March 13, 2022 mtaylor, Dion Dunn, Dave_E and 2 others 5 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...
Jim Lad Posted March 13, 2022 Share #8 Posted March 13, 2022 Hello Dion, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John Dave_E, Dion Dunn, Tomasz B and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baker Posted March 13, 2022 Share #9 Posted March 13, 2022 Dion Dunn, Dave_E, Keith Black and 2 others 5 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...
Dion Dunn Posted March 13, 2022 Author Share #10 Posted March 13, 2022 Thanks everyone! mtaylor, Dave_E, Tomasz B and 1 other 4 Quote Dion current dry dock USS Arizona Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AON Posted March 13, 2022 Share #11 Posted March 13, 2022 Can't wait to see what you're building! Keith Black, Dave_E, Tomasz B and 1 other 4 Quote Alan O'Neill "only dead fish go with the flow" Ongoing Build (31 Dec 2013) - HMS BELLEROPHON (1786), POF scratch build, scale 1:64, 74 gun 3rd rate Man of War, Arrogant Class Member of the Model Shipwrights of Niagara, Niagara Region, Ontario, Canada (2016), and the Nautical Research Guild (since 2014) Associate member of the Nautical Research and Model Ship Society (2021) Offshore member of The Society of Model Shipwrights (2021) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markjay Posted March 13, 2022 Share #12 Posted March 13, 2022 Dave_E, mtaylor, Dion Dunn and 2 others 5 Quote 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Pellett Posted March 13, 2022 Share #13 Posted March 13, 2022 Welcome to MSW! Sunfish sailors are especially welcome here. My first 1:1 scale sailboat was a wooden Sunfish, built with my father in our basement in 1957 from an Alcort Kit. The kit cost $300. Great boats! A couple of years ago, I read Nathaniel Philbrick’s book about rediscovering his passion for sailing by resurrecting an old Sunfish and eventually competing in the Nationals. Roger Dave_E, Keith Black, Dion Dunn and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deacon Posted March 13, 2022 Share #14 Posted March 13, 2022 Welcome to the forum Dion, it's a great place. Many years ago in my first youth, I was Bow man on a racing C&C 32 out of the Rochester, NY Yacht Club. Loved it, but that adventure ended with a nasty broach on a gusty downwind spinnaker run, which tossed me overboard taking the spinnaker boom and a lifeline stanchion with me. Since then, I haven't been on the water and switched to motorcycles instead... less chance of drowning. 😉 Keith Black, Dion Dunn, mtaylor and 1 other 4 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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