New to Model Ship World

[Steve Anderson]

Hello to all. My name is Steve Anderson. I am an artist and modelmaker. I have always loved and been inspired by ship models. My first exposure was the collection at the San Francisco Maritime Museum when I was in High School. Since then I've had the good fortune to visit National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, Preble Hall at the US Naval Academy in Annapolis, the Smithsonian, and many others. C.S Forester's Hornblower series, Patrick O'Brian's Jack Aubrey, and Alexander Kent's Bolitho books are "very well thumbed", as Sherlock Homes would say, for continued inspiration.

In 1991 I laid the keel for HMS Victory in 1:64 scale. I chose this scale, rather than 1:48, because it seemed to more fitting in scale to a home and was big enough to get your hands inside for great details. The project has been in progress on and off for 31 years. All is plank on frame. The patterns and molds for the guns were made by me. The cast parts are urethane. The decorative painting is all freehand brush work.

 

I started a back-in-time build log and will post some of the work in progress and will continue to do so as I go forward toward completion.

 

Very excited about being in such illustrious company of Model Ship World.

 

Cheers,

 

Steve

[allanyed]

Super warm welcome to MSW Steve!  Great to see another scratch builder in the fray.   Love the model and the moustache is pretty cool as well!!!!

 

Allan

[Edwardkenway]

Steve, welcome to MSW 

[bruce d]

Steve, welcome to MSW from southern England. That is a very nice model, looking forward to seeing more.

 

Regards,

Bruce

[Glen McGuire]

Welcome aboard, Steve!  Looks like you've got a flair for western art as well based on other things in your work area!

[Dave_E]

Welcome aboard Steve! 👍😀

[druxey]

Welcome aboard indeed! 31 years so far on your model? Good things take time.

[flutlo6180]

Hi Steve. Welcome aboard! Very nice looking model. Thirty-one years - Wow! I am impressed with your patience.

 

 

[Ouija2006]

Welcome Steve. Congratulations on your beautiful model. It is incredible.

[scrubbyj427]

Welcome to MSW! Awesome work. Don’t see that version of victory often.

[mtaylor]

Welcome to MSW, Steve.    Beautiful model you have been working on.

[Keith Black]

 Steve, welcome to MSW. Beautiful model, glad to have you aboard. 

Edited September 4, 2022 by Keith Black

[Baker]

Wow,beautiful model.

And

[ccoyle]

Welcome, Steve! That's a wonderful model! Are you still in the Bay Area? If so, are you acquainted with the modeling clubs in that area? We have several members of the South Bay Model Shipwrights active in our forum.

 

Cheers!

[Steve Anderson]

 

Thanks to all for your kind welcomes.

 

Chris, I never never lived in the Bay area, only visited. I'm on the Central Coast in the Pismo Beach area.

 

Cheers to all,

 

Steve

[ccoyle]

56 minutes ago, Steve Anderson said:

I'm on the Central Coast in the Pismo Beach area.

 

Nice! I lived in Mariposa before moving to South Carolina. Two of my kids moved away to Morro Bay to attend college. It's a beautiful area.

[hollowneck]

Welcome Steve. Model makers and artists welcome here. Looking forward to seeing your progress on that impressive model!

 

[JDillon]

Welcome Steve

[Knocklouder]

[HardeeHarHar]

Greetings from the East Coast, and welcome to the forum.  That is a super nice model you are working on Steve.  Share more pictures as your time permits, as it is inspirational to see what 31 years of attention to detail can produce.

[Steve Anderson]

Thank you all for your very kind welcomes.