One more hello from Ottawa

[glykan]

Hi everyone,

Glad to meet you guys and happy to find here a lot of very useful info and an inspiration for my next projects. I am rather new to this hobby and started just over a year ago. Put together two simple Artesania Latina models (Swift - finished and Red Dragon - 70% done) rather for training purpose. Stumbled upon a video on YouTube  about making the ship models using ice cream sticks and bamboo skewers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFCxvphRl5U and decided to give it a try. I pushed the technique a bit further and got myself three nice models using nothing more than chopsticks, skewers and cheep craft wood from Dollarama:

If anyone is interested, I can try to put together some kind of a building log though it will be a bit sketchy -I didn't documented the progress in details.

My current project is 1:50 POB model of Roman quadrireme from scratch (I've started the building log here) though I still didn't decide if I want to build it from bamboo sticks  (it was an original idea) or I should opt for model-grade planks and veneers. Or should I go somewhere in between? I'll see how it goes...

Regards,

Eugene

[rookie]

Hi Eugene

Welcome to a fellow Canadian

 

Those three models look excellent, especially with the materials you used

Looking forward to see your future projects

 

Colin   

 

[Jim Lad]

Hello Eugene, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'.

 

John

[JeffT]

[Keith Black]

Eugene, welcome to MSW. Glad to have you aboard. 

[mtaylor]

[Ian_Grant]

Eugene, wonderful models you have there.

 

Seriously, you live in Ottawa too?  I'm in Nepean near Greenbank and Baseline.

[Baker]

Nice models 

And

[glykan]

8 hours ago, Ian_Grant said:

Eugene, wonderful models you have there.

 

Seriously, you live in Ottawa too?  I'm in Nepean near Greenbank and Baseline.

Thanks Ian,

I am in Kanata - not that far from you.

[druxey]

Sounds like an Ottawa Ship Model Society is about to form! Welcome aboard, Eugene.

[Ian_Grant]

Actually there are two clubs in Ottawa, one for static builds and one for RC. Sad to say I had never been to a single meeting of either (I spent 37 years NOT doing models until 2014) until just last week, when I received an invite from someone who I guess saw my location in MSW.

[druxey]

There's strength in numbers, Ian! Try them out, say I.

[woodrat]

Nice to see a new member interested in the older ships. I will get back to you about the question of minoan rigging.

Cheers

Dick

[glykan]

15 hours ago, woodrat said:

Nice to see a new member interested in the older ships. I will get back to you about the question of minoan rigging.

Cheers

Dick

Hi Dick,

Thanks for your reply. Here is how it looks now - really nothing but a couple of ropes:

[woodrat]

I have given a description of minoan rigging in my mycenaean ship blog

Cheers

Dick

[cdnjrussell]

There is indeed a Modeller's Club in Ottawa

I shall forward an invite to our next meeting, as I did with Ian,

 

I troll the new members joining to see if there are interested parties, and can happily say you (Eugene) will be the third invite this season.

 

Jim Russell

president (pro-tempore)

Capital Marine Modeller's Guild

[flutlo6180]

Hi Eugene. Welcome aboard! Your models look great.

[Knocklouder]