Ahoy from Australia

[KJackson]

Hi everyone 👋

 

First time poster, long time lurker. I've been perusing more and more frequently MSW and have found it such an amazing resource... I bit the bullet and have joined.

 

New to model ship building, but have been modelling since I was a kid. I was lucky enough to grow up with my grandparents owning a hobby store, so every weekend my brother and I would spend our days there.

 

I've picked up the hobby again in adulthood, recently completed my first model ship - the AL Bluenose II. While certainly not perfect, I had an immense amount of fun and caught the bug. I have since been gifted the OcCre Endeavour for my birthday, and back ordered the Caldercraft Agamemnon... for when I feel brave enough.

 

Below are some pictures of my AL Bluenose II during and after construction. I didn't take comprehensive photos of the build... but I will endeavour (ba-dum-tss) to do so with the Endeavour!

 

During the second layer of planking

 

My first attempt at putting lipstick on the supplied barrels

 

Close ups of the deck while under construction

 

And shots of the near-complete and complete model

 

 

 

 

Looking forward to my time in this community!

KJ

 

 

 

Edited April 14, 2022 by KJackson

[Keith Black]

 KJ, welcome to MSW. Your Bluenose II turned out great for a first time build but most importantly, you finished it, congratulations. I look forward to seeing your Endeavour in a build log.

[Louie da fly]

Welcome to MSW, KJ! Where in Oz are you?

 

Steven

[Baker]

Nice model 

and

[KJackson]

2 hours ago, Louie da fly said:

Welcome to MSW, KJ! Where in Oz are you?

 

Steven

I'm Canberran born and bred. A hidden beautiful city of roundabouts and parks.

 

And thanks for the welcome, guys! I'm currently in Melbourne over Easter but once I'm home I'll start the Endeavour log!

Edited April 14, 2022 by KJackson

[Jim Lad]

Hello KJ, and a warm welcome to the forum from up in Sydney.

 

John

[JeffT]

[mtaylor]

[Louie da fly]

Beautiful place, Canberra. I've been there quite a few times.

 

Hey, if you're in Melbourne over Easter, maybe you should come up to see Ballarat (only about an hour's drive away). Beautiful, historic city. Well worth the visit.

 

Steven

[Snug Harbor Johnny]

I've shore at Burrabogie and I've shore at Toganmain
I've shore at Big Willandra and out on the Coleraine
But before the shearing was over I longed to get back again
Shearing for old Tom Patterson on the One Tree Plain

Chorus
All among the wool boys all among the wool
Keep your wide blades full boys keep your wide blades full
I can do a respectable tally myself whenever I like to try
And they know me round the backblocks as Flash Jack from Gundagai

I've shore at Big Willandra and I've shore at Tilberoo
And once I drew my blades boys upon the famed Barcoo
At Cowan Downs and Trida as far as Moulamein
But I was always glad to get back again to the One Tree Plain

I've pinked them with the Wolseleys and I've rushed with B-bows too
And shaved them in the grease boys with the grass seeds showing through
But I never slummed a pen my lads whatever it might contain
When shearing for Old Tom Patterson on the One Tree Plain

I've been whaling up the Lachlan and I've dossed on Cooper's Creek
And once I rung Cudjingie shed and blued it in a week
But when Gabriel blows his trumpet lads I'll catch the morning train
And push for Old Tom Patterson's on the One Tree Plain

[Louie da fly]

3 hours ago, Snug Harbor Johnny said:

Shearing for old Tom Patterson on the One Tree Plain

 

Don't get us started, mate. You don't realise your danger - Waltzing Matilda, The Man From Snowy River, Clancy of the Overflow, Click Go the Shears . . . . 

 

Steven

[Dave_E]

Welcome to the forum KJ. THE place to hang out for anything model wooden ship. 👍😀

[KJackson]

9 hours ago, Louie da fly said:

Hey, if you're in Melbourne over Easter, maybe you should come up to see Ballarat

 

As it so happened, we were of want for things to do with most places closed for Good Friday... So my partner and I made a day trip to Ballarat.

 

This is somewhere I've always wanted to visit since learning about the gold rush in primary school!

 

It made for a lovely day trip! Thanks for the suggestion @Louie da fly ✌️

 

Some pics from Sovereign Hill, the mini gold rush reenactment museum.

 

Edited April 15, 2022 by KJackson

[Louie da fly]

1 hour ago, KJackson said:

Sovereign Hill, the mini goldfish reenactment museum.

 

I think that should be gold rush. Don't you just love the way spellcheck "corrects" what you've written! Took me awhile to work out what you'd meant.

 

Glad you enjoyed yourselves. Sovereign Hill is very good value, particularly as your ticket entitles you to two days exploring the site (just as well, it really takes two days to fully do it justice), though I suppose you only got the one day there. We live close enough to hear the muskets going off each day.

 

Dd you get to see Ballarat's main road, Sturt Street? Wonderful Victorian era (and later) architecture. And the lake?

 

Steven

 

[KJackson]

24 minutes ago, Louie da fly said:

I think that should be gold rush.

Good pick up, Steven - and corrected. That would make for some awfully well armed / costumed "goldfish". 😂

 

Yes, we swung around to the lake and marveled at the beautiful architecture - it reminded me of Launceston with the Victorian flavour! It's one thing Canberra lacks; most of our city is 70s/80s suburban sprawl!

[Louie da fly]

42 minutes ago, KJackson said:

It's one thing Canberra lacks; most of our city is 70s/80s suburban sprawl!

 

But you do have  wonderful buildings such as the High Court and (new)  Parliament House.

 

Steven

[druxey]

Could be worse; autocorrect might have made it 'gold rash', 'good rush' or even (shudder) 'geld crush'. In any case, welcome aboard, KJ.

[Edwardkenway]

welcome to MSW 

[shipaholic]

Welcome KJ, good to see another Aussie on here, I will watch your progress on the Endeavour with interest 

[KJackson]

Thanks, @shipaholic - your own build of the Endeavour (amazing work!) will serve as an important reference for me.

 

Thanks for so thoroughly documenting your process and research on your build. Down the line, I'd appreciate it if I could reach out to you with some Endeavour-specific questions if they arise?

[shipaholic]

Thanks, and feel free to ask anything