Hi Everyone from Savannah GA

[bgilbertsound]

I occasionally build 1:1200 merchant vessels using John Bowen's books. I have three, and please tell me if I'm wrong, I think that's pretty much all that exists on the subject. Right now I'm trying to finish Aorangi, 1924, Union Steamship Company of New Zealand.

 

One of my areas of interest is using a diode laser to help get some of the parts... I had access to a CO2 laser for the Aorangi, and while I haven't yet bought a laser for myself, my Brother has one. Unfortunately he's 3 hrs away, but I'm hoping to buy one for myself this coming year. I'm already working on the cut files for the Beavercove, 1946, Canadian Pacific Railway Company, but I haven't physically started that one yet.

 

I still have one of my very first models, a 5-masted schooner Rose, built in 1975 when I was fifteen.

 

I also have a stash of plastic model kits that I enjoy building, mostly WW1 biplanes and between-the-wars oddball subjects.

 

Best

BG

[Ian B]

Hi

 

Sweet ship  looking forward to seeing what you do. We are all basically nosey on here LOl 

 

good luck Ian

[ccoyle]

Hi, BG.

 

Check out the work of Bob Wilson (click here for website). He offers quite a few downloadable how-to files.

 

Cheers!

[thibaultron]

Welcome!

[CPDDET]

Nice workmanship there! Welcome to the forum.

Dave

[Dave_E]

Hey BG, welcome to the forum! 👍😀

[Barryc]

Hi BG

 

That is some nice work!👍

 

Barry

 

RIncon  just up the road.

[Dlowder]

Welcome to the forum. I'm just up the road from you in Statesboro.

 

David

Edited December 12, 2022 by Dlowder

[Jaager]

For a while, an important resource for ship modeling supplies was based in your city:

Coker Craft,  by P.C. Coker

 

There seemed to be a major focus in your area of interest in the content of an expired quarterly journal - Model Shipwright.    Back issues are available in several second hand dealer inventories.

Edited December 12, 2022 by Jaager

[bgilbertsound]

Thanks everyone for your notes & encouragement. In real life, my models are somewhat crude- there are LOTS of areas that I see that could be MUCH better- though each has some small improvement over the last. They're all a collection of experiments... some work, some don't.

[Alex-Ks1]

welcome, If you think it looks good, than it is, even the first pyramid was lopped sided 

[mtaylor]

Welcome to MSW, BG.  Nice looking model in the photo.   Do feel free to start a build log on both ships and non-ship models as we have areas for both of those.

[Keith Black]

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

[Jim Lad]

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

 

That's looks like a very nice model you're building.

 

John

[Ryland Craze]

Hi BG and welcome to Model Ship World.  Building miniature ship models require special skills.  It looks like you have attained them.

[Baker]

Nice model 

[bgilbertsound]

Here's a more recent look, with the funnels, some of the cowl vents, and bulwarks added. Bulwarks are a touch too wide and not as straight as I'd like. Next time I'll try adding them before I assemble the superstructure, one deck at a time. Maybe a thinner, "harder" paper would work better too, like drafting vellum. The tiny cowl vents turned out pretty good though... they're just soft 20ga copper wire, bent to a tight 90 degrees and cut with a flush cutter.

[Glen McGuire]

Welcome to MSW, BG!  Lots of amazing folks out here.  I learn something from them almost daily!

[botra288]

welcome aboard, you are doing wonderful work 🙂

[flutlo6180]

Hi BG. Welcome aboard! Nice craftmanship. 

[Knocklouder]