Heliart Posted April 19, 2022 Share #1 Posted April 19, 2022 Let me introduce myself briefly: My name is Thomas and I have been modeling for more then fifty years. I started with plastic modeling, e.g. the Saturn V 1:96 from Revell 1969. Later I changed to RC ship and airplane modeling and continued with remote controlled helicopters in the eighties. My nickname is a combination of helicopter and art. I did a lot of custom painting for the canopies of RC helicopters, but also for motorcycles. At the beginning of the millenium the flight virus took me over and I got into man-carrying flying (UL and paragliding). In the meantime I have calmed down a bit (with the paraglider I flew acrobatics) and I dedicate myself again more to model building. Three years ago I taught myself CAD (Fusion360) and since then I have been working intensively with 3D printers. This was so successful that I made it to the cover of the magazine "Maschinen im Modellbau" by rebuilding a Graupner Wankel. My current projects are the HMS Victory and the HMS Sovereign of the Seas from De Agostini. Dave_E, Baker, MateuszPL and 5 others 8 Quote Current Builds: HMS Victory Cross Section - DeAgostini 1:72 HMS Victory by Heliart - DeAgostini - 1:84 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baker Posted April 19, 2022 Share #2 Posted April 19, 2022 Dave_E, Keith Black, mtaylor and 1 other 4 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...
ccoyle Posted April 19, 2022 Share #3 Posted April 19, 2022 Wilkommen! An important question for a Munich resident: Bayern or 1860? 😉 Keith Black, mtaylor, Dave_E and 1 other 4 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...
Heliart Posted April 19, 2022 Author Share #4 Posted April 19, 2022 Thx for the warm welcome 😄 @ccoyle Both 😂 The FCB (Bayern) is winning most times, this is boring 1860 loses most of the time, that also sucks. But they are the underdogs, so they all support they can get @all: Chris and me talking about two soccer teams from Munich Munich, the city with heart and the Oktoberfest 😄👍 Dave_E, ccoyle, Keith Black and 1 other 4 Quote Current Builds: HMS Victory Cross Section - DeAgostini 1:72 HMS Victory by Heliart - DeAgostini - 1:84 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave_E Posted April 19, 2022 Share #5 Posted April 19, 2022 Hi Thomas, welcome to the MSW forum, your one stop shopping for all matters concerning wooden ship building (plastic too) and ship knowledge. Glad to have you aboard! 😀 mtaylor, Keith Black and Heliart 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...
Keith Black Posted April 19, 2022 Share #6 Posted April 19, 2022 Thomas, welcome to MSW. Would love to see photos of your work. mtaylor, Heliart and Dave_E 3 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...
ccoyle Posted April 19, 2022 Share #7 Posted April 19, 2022 30 minutes ago, Heliart said: Chris and me talking about two soccer teams from Munich I was an exchange student in Aurich back when 1860 were still in the Bundesliga and Bayern's roster included guys named Sepp, Karl-Heinz, Paul, and Uli. Keith Black, Oliver1973, mtaylor and 1 other 4 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 April 19, 2022 Share #8 Posted April 19, 2022 Wilkommen,Thomas! Welcome aboard. Heliart, mtaylor and Keith Black 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...
mtaylor Posted April 19, 2022 Share #9 Posted April 19, 2022 Welcome to MSW, Thomas. Heliart and Keith Black 2 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...
markjay Posted April 19, 2022 Share #10 Posted April 19, 2022 Keith Black, Heliart, Ian_Grant and 1 other 3 1 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...
Ian_Grant Posted April 19, 2022 Share #11 Posted April 19, 2022 HAHA!! I love the little animation; he even pauses to give the can a shake LOL. Heliart, Keith Black and mtaylor 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heliart Posted April 20, 2022 Author Share #12 Posted April 20, 2022 Many thanks to all, Dave, Keith, druxey, Mark and Ian @druxey I have family in St. Catharines nearby your home location 😉 and my sister went from Rochester to Philly Keith Black and mtaylor 2 Quote Current Builds: HMS Victory Cross Section - DeAgostini 1:72 HMS Victory by Heliart - DeAgostini - 1:84 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cathead Posted April 20, 2022 Share #13 Posted April 20, 2022 Willkommen an Model Ship World. Meine Frau hat noch Familie in Baden-Württemberg, und wir haben beide in der Schüle Deutch gelernt. English is the default here, but I can't help greeting German members, I so rarely get a chance to use the language here in the American Midwest. mtaylor, Heliart, Keith Black and 1 other 4 Quote Eric Current builds: scratchbuilt Missouri River steamboat Peerless (1893); 1:1 scale timber-framed outdoor kitchen Nautical builds (kits): USS Cairo; NRG capstan project; NRG half-hull; Viking longship; US revenue cutter; 18th century longboat; Bounty launch Missouri River craft (scratchbuilt): 1853 Missouri River steamboat Arabia; 1865 steamboat Bertrand; Lewis & Clark barge; keelboat; 1876 steamboat Far West Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heliart Posted April 20, 2022 Author Share #14 Posted April 20, 2022 (edited) I'm so sorry, I forgot one Mark 😱 thx Mark and also to cathead 😁 Edited April 20, 2022 by Heliart Keith Black 1 Quote Current Builds: HMS Victory Cross Section - DeAgostini 1:72 HMS Victory by Heliart - DeAgostini - 1:84 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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