PostCaptainAubrey Posted December 15, 2022 Share #1 Posted December 15, 2022 Hello everyone, I am beginning my venture into model ship building and am very excited about it. Have never done any extensive modeling except for some crude plastic airplane models when I was much younger, so no experience here and am diving in without hesitation! Waiting on the OCCRE San Juan kit as my first attempt. Will be converting my at-home office into a space to build in, hoping it will do. Grew up going to the beach frequently and can remember attending a day camp at the Maritime Museum in Beaufort NC where we built wooden tugboats. Glad to be here and looking forward to logging the San Juan build. VTHokiEE, Keith Black, mtaylor and 3 others 6 Quote -Will Current Build: Felucca San Juan by OcCre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VTHokiEE Posted December 15, 2022 Share #2 Posted December 15, 2022 Welcome aboard! Dave_E, Keith Black and mtaylor 3 Quote Current Build: HM Sloop Echo 1781 (First Scratch Build) Previous Builds: HM Cutter Alert, Sharpie Schooner, Chesapeake Bay Flattie, Half-Hull (NRG) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccoyle Posted December 15, 2022 Share #3 Posted December 15, 2022 Welcome aboard from your neighbor to the south! Dave_E, mtaylor and Keith Black 3 Quote Chris Coyle Greer, South Carolina When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk. - Tuco Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Black Posted December 15, 2022 Share #4 Posted December 15, 2022 (edited) Will, welcome to MSW. Glad to have you aboard. Edited December 15, 2022 by Keith Black mtaylor 1 Quote Current Builds: 1880s Floating Steam Donkey Pile Driver 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...
Dave_E Posted December 15, 2022 Share #5 Posted December 15, 2022 Welcome to the forum! Do you have a name we may call you to go along with that neat handle? 😀 Keith Black and mtaylor 2 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...
PostCaptainAubrey Posted December 15, 2022 Author Share #6 Posted December 15, 2022 43 minutes ago, Dave_E said: Welcome to the forum! Do you have a name we may call you to go along with that neat handle? 😀 Had to pay homage to what really piqued my interest in the Age of Sail, but you can call me Will. mtaylor, Keith Black and ccoyle 2 1 Quote -Will Current Build: Felucca San Juan by OcCre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave_E Posted December 15, 2022 Share #7 Posted December 15, 2022 Hi Will, nice to meet you. 👍😀 mtaylor, PostCaptainAubrey and Keith Black 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...
Jim Lad Posted December 15, 2022 Share #8 Posted December 15, 2022 Hello, and a warm welcome to MSW from 'Down Under'. John Dave_E, mtaylor and Keith Black 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allanyed Posted December 15, 2022 Share #9 Posted December 15, 2022 Welcome aboard and good luck on your project. Allan Keith Black, Dave_E and mtaylor 3 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...
Jaager Posted December 15, 2022 Share #10 Posted December 15, 2022 Hello Tarheel, I grew up in the city that is the third "R" of your three r's.😉 Where you be? The I 40 corridor? I remember the Beaufort museum from when it was one floor of an old house, few if any ship models, and a flat sandbox under a table containing a very large stuffed Eastern Diamondback placed so as to scare to 'ell out you when walked around its corner. Reading your intention, you reaaaaly ought to read this post at the top of this forum: https://modelshipworld.com/topic/13703-for-beginners-a-cautionary-tale/ If plastic kits are your prior experience, be prepared to have your expectations disappointed by the instructions that come with most wooden kits. With plastic, the molds have already formed the WHAT your are assembling. The plans show HOW they go together. With wood, the plans show WHAT to fabricate. Except for purpose designed beginners kits, you are already supposed to know HOW to fabricate what is shown. mtaylor, Keith Black, PostCaptainAubrey and 1 other 4 Quote NRG member 50 years Current: NMS HMS Ajax 1767 - 74-gun 3rd rate - 1:192 POF exploration - works but too intense -no margin for error HMS Centurion 1732 - 60-gun 4th rate - POF Navall Timber framing HMS Beagle 1831 refiit 10-gun brig with a small mizzen - POF Navall (ish) Timber framing The U.S. Ex. Ex. 1838-1842 Flying Fish 1838 pilot schooner - POF framed - ready for stern timbers Porpose II 1836 brigantine/brig - POF framed - ready for hawse and stern timbers Vincennes 1825 Sloop-of-War - POF timbers assembled, need shaping Peacock 1828 Sloop-of -War - POF timbers ready for assembly Sea Gull 1838 pilot schooner - POF timbers ready for assembly Relief 1835 packet hull USN ship - POF timbers ready for assembly Other Portsmouth 1843 Sloop-of-War - POF timbers ready for assembly Le Commerce de Marseilles 1788 118 cannons - POF framed La Renommee 1744 Frigate - POF framed - ready for hawse and stern timbers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PostCaptainAubrey Posted December 15, 2022 Author Share #11 Posted December 15, 2022 1 hour ago, Jaager said: Hello Tarheel, I grew up in the city that is the third "R" of your three r's.😉 Where you be? The I 40 corridor? I remember the Beaufort museum from when it was one floor of an old house, few if any ship models, and a flat sandbox under a table containing a very large stuffed Eastern Diamondback placed so as to scare to 'ell out you when walked around its corner. Reading your intention, you reaaaaly ought to read this post at the top of this forum: https://modelshipworld.com/topic/13703-for-beginners-a-cautionary-tale/ If plastic kits are your prior experience, be prepared to have your expectations disappointed by the instructions that come with most wooden kits. With plastic, the molds have already formed the WHAT your are assembling. The plans show HOW they go together. With wood, the plans show WHAT to fabricate. Except for purpose designed beginners kits, you are already supposed to know HOW to fabricate what is shown. Howdy. The I-40 corridor indeed, Raleigh, though I grew up in eastern NC, hence the Beaufort trips. Thanks for the advice, and I did dig into that thread before registering. As mentioned, my first project is OCCRE's San Juan kit, which I chose not only because of it's listing as a beginner kit, but primarily because of OCCRE's video logs that they provide. I'm hoping that the videos in conjunction with the printed instructions will be enough for a lubber like me to get down some basic skills/principles. Of course, I have browsed some build logs of the San Juan as well, though I feel I need to unpackage the kit to start making sense of them. mtaylor and Keith Black 2 Quote -Will Current Build: Felucca San Juan by OcCre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markjay Posted December 15, 2022 Share #12 Posted December 15, 2022 Dave_E, Keith Black and mtaylor 3 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...
gsdpic Posted December 15, 2022 Share #13 Posted December 15, 2022 Welcome to MSW! Former Raleigh resident and NC State grad here. I lived in Raleigh in the early and mid '90s. PostCaptainAubrey, Keith Black, Dave_E and 1 other 4 Quote - Gary Current Build: Artesania Latina Sopwith Camel Completed Builds: Blue Jacket America 1/48th Annapolis Wherry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtaylor Posted December 16, 2022 Share #14 Posted December 16, 2022 Keith Black and Dave_E 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...
Baker Posted December 16, 2022 Share #15 Posted December 16, 2022 mtaylor and Keith Black 2 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 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...
flutlo6180 Posted December 17, 2022 Share #16 Posted December 17, 2022 Hi Will. Welcome aboard. The San Juan was my first build and I look forward to watching your progress on you build log. Keith Black 1 Quote Ken Current Build Fair American - Model Shipways Completed Builds 18TH Century Merchantman Half Hull Planking Kit - NRG San Juan Felucca - OcCre HM Cutter Alert - 1777 - Vanguard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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