flutlo6180 Posted June 25, 2022 Share #1 Posted June 25, 2022 Hi everyone! Ken here from Maryland - new to the forum and to modeling. I'm winding down my third career (career Navy, retired civil service, and running a consulting business) and am finally finding the time and patience for building ship models which I have wanted to do for quite a while. I'm in the midst of my first build, the Felucca San Juan, and boy do I wish I had found MSW before I broke open the box. I have done a good bit of woodworking in the past and thought that experience would broadly transfer to modeling, but none of those skills really helped when I started planking the hull. I've decided to display the port side when I finish this build as I started on the starboard and learned a good deal but only some of that side I really care to show. I cracked one of the bulwarks when trying to form it to the hull which kept compounding the challenge of completing the hull and which actually led me to this site. If the first build is meant to be a learning experience then I am definitely achieving that objective. chris watton, BenD, Egilman and 8 others 11 Quote Ken Current Build HM Alert - 1777 - Vanguard Next Build Fair American - Model Shipways Completed Builds 18TH Century Merchantman Half Hull Planking Kit - NRG San Juan Felucca - OcCre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
druxey Posted June 25, 2022 Share #2 Posted June 25, 2022 Well you've found us now! Welcome to MSW. Actually, you did a decent job for your first attempt at planking. You'll find plenty of tutorials and help on this site. mtaylor, allanyed, Edwardkenway and 4 others 7 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...
Baker Posted June 25, 2022 Share #3 Posted June 25, 2022 Nice work and Welcome to MSW Keith Black, Edwardkenway and Egilman 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 Gallery : Revell Bounty Pelican/Golden hind 1/45 scratch To do : Prins Willem Corel, Le Tonnant Corel, Yacht d'Oro Corel, Thermopylae Sergal 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 Si vis pacem, para bellum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwardkenway Posted June 25, 2022 Share #4 Posted June 25, 2022 welcome to MSW Egilman and mtaylor 2 Quote Current builds; Henry Ramey Upcher 1:25 Providence whaleboat- 1:25 HMS Winchelsea 1764 1:48 Completed: HM Cutter Sherbourne- 1:64- finished Triton cross section scratch- 1:60 - finished Non ship: SBD-3 Dauntless 1:48 Hasegawa -FINISHED Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allanyed Posted June 25, 2022 Share #5 Posted June 25, 2022 (edited) Welcome aboard Ken. Great to have another new member. Per Druxey's post, do study the planking tutorials and as many build logs as possible as you go forward. If you are going to stay with kits for your next project you might want to consider going with a high quality kit including the three vessel learning series from Model Shipways designed by David Antscherl, Syren kits, and Vanguard kits. These will save you a lot of grief. Allan Edited June 25, 2022 by allanyed mtaylor, Edwardkenway, Keith Black and 1 other 4 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...
Keith Black Posted June 25, 2022 Share #6 Posted June 25, 2022 Ken, welcome to MSW. Glad to have you aboard. mtaylor, Edwardkenway and Egilman 3 Quote Current Builds: Wood Hull Screw Frigate USS Tennessee Decorative Carrack Warship Restoration, the Amelia Completed: Early Swift 1805 Model Restoration Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccoyle Posted June 25, 2022 Share #7 Posted June 25, 2022 I have to agree that your first effort is not at all shabby -- you have made a very good start! Keith Black, mtaylor and Edwardkenway 3 Quote Chris Coyle Greer, South Carolina When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk. - Tuco Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix, Hawker Hurricane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark m Posted June 25, 2022 Share #8 Posted June 25, 2022 Welcome! And I second the previously mentioned Model Shipways series - but only if you get frustrated with this one. If this one works out for you, then that series may be too simple. Edwardkenway, mtaylor and Keith Black 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cathead Posted June 25, 2022 Share #9 Posted June 25, 2022 14 hours ago, flutlo6180 said: I've decided to display the port side when I finish this build as I started on the starboard and learned a good deal I often do this intentionally, deciding early on which is the test side and which is the display side, and working on the former first so I can iron out any issues before doing the side that will be seen. Welcome to MSW and I hope you have a great time learning and improving! Edwardkenway, mtaylor and Keith Black 3 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...
HardeeHarHar Posted June 25, 2022 Share #10 Posted June 25, 2022 Welcome to the MSW and NRG. Glad to have you with us, and if all goes well, soon others will be learning from your builds and build logs! Keith Black and Edwardkenway 2 Quote Brian Current Builds: HMBV Granado 1/64 Caldercraft; HMS Sphinx 1775 by HardeeHarHar - Vanguard Models 1:64-V2 Completed Build: HMS Bounty's Jolly Boat 1/25 Artesania Latina; Master Korabel - 1:36 Yefin Nikonov's Secret Vessel On the Shelf: HMBV Granado 1/48 CAF Model Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtaylor Posted June 25, 2022 Share #11 Posted June 25, 2022 Edwardkenway 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...
Nirvana Posted June 26, 2022 Share #12 Posted June 26, 2022 Ken, a warm Keith Black, Edwardkenway and mtaylor 3 Quote Please, visit our Facebook page! Respectfully Per aka Dr. Per@Therapy for Shipaholics Finished: T37, BB Marie Jeanne - located on a shelf in Sweden, 18th Century Longboat, Winchelsea Capstan Current: America by Constructo, Solö Ruff, USS Syren by MS, Bluenose by MS Viking funeral: Harley almost a Harvey Nautical Research Guild Member - 'Taint a hobby if you gotta hurry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flutlo6180 Posted June 28, 2022 Author Share #13 Posted June 28, 2022 My thanks to all of you for your welcome, encouragement and suggestions - they are very much appreciated! Ken mtaylor and Keith Black 2 Quote Ken Current Build HM Alert - 1777 - Vanguard Next Build Fair American - Model Shipways Completed Builds 18TH Century Merchantman Half Hull Planking Kit - NRG San Juan Felucca - OcCre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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