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mc_chopski

mc_chopski

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Hi all,


 

This is my first post, despite (apparently) having been a member since 2013! I must have made an account with the intention of starting this hobby but then 'bottled it' - ha!


 

Anyway, I'd been lusting after the Caldercraft Nelson's Navy series for years (among others), just enjoying pics of completed models online (I read a lot of naval fiction). Well, I thought it was about time to jump-in. Fortunately, I didn't make the classic mistake of buying a large and complicated kit straight away - luckily, a quick Google search along the lines of "wooden ship model beginner kits" led me to this forum and the Model Shipways Shipwright Series and I'm very glad I started there! I've completed the Lowell Grand Banks Dory and the Norwegian Sailing Pram and I'm just finishing the last of the series (Muscongus Bay lobster smack) now. I've learned a huge amount by working on those kits, not least patience and planning when working with wooden kits.


 

I've decided my next step up the learning curve is HM Schooner Pickle - I see there a good number of build-logs here and I've been studying them already. My intention is the take a long time with this kit, to use each stage as learning point - hopefully I can also produce something worth displaying at the end of it.


 

I'd like to start a build-log of my Pickle - hope that's ok.


 

Anyway, this seems a very friendly and supportive forum and I'm very happy to be here.


 

All the best from  West Sussex in the UK!

Alex

 

mtaylor

mtaylor

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Welcome to MSW, Alex.   Seems like you have a good basis for continuing your journey.   And yes, the log will help you as well as being a great way to meet others.

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)         

         

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                

Keith Black

Keith Black

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 Alex, welcome to MSW. I look forward to seeing your build log. 

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

 

 

markjay

markjay

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:722972270:

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.

allanyed

allanyed

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Welcome Alex,

It is so nice to see a new member that has done some homework and chosen the first kits wisely.   The skills you have acquired, including doing adequate research, will carry through to the selection of more complex models from the other top kit makers such as Vanguard and Syren.  No matter your thoughts for the next project, continue to do a good amount of research as not all kit brands are created equal.

Allan

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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

 

Baker

Baker

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:piratebo5:

:sign:

 

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

 
 
AJohnson

AJohnson

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Welcome to MSW Alex, looking forward to seeing your “Pickle” log when you get up and running. 👋

Andrew
Current builds:- HM Gun-brig Sparkler - Vanguard (1/64) , HMAV Bounty - Caldercraft (1/64)

Completed (Kits):-

Vanguard Models (1/64) :- HM Cutter Trial , Nisha - Brixham trawler

Caldercraft (1/64) :- HMS Orestes(Mars), HM Cutter Sherbourne

Paper Shipwright (1/250) :- TSS Earnslaw, Puffer Starlight

 

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