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Hello everyone, my name is Tom and I'm from landlocked Calgary Alberta, Canada. I started building and refurbishing model ships many years ago, I'm not the best but better than average. I've even worked on life size sail boats a 30 and 50 footer and I also build cedar strip canoes.

I'm currently working on 2 kit builds at the moment. 1 - the HMS Bounty and 2 - the Cutty Sark. I hope there are some people on here that I could talk to about them.

Well that's me in a nut shell, I'm looking forward to learning and sharing.

 

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

Current Builds:  1870's Sternwheeler, Lula

                             Wood Hull Screw Frigate USS Tennessee

                             Decorative Carrack Warship Restoration, the Amelia

 

Completed: 1880s Floating Steam Donkey Pile Driver                       

                       Early Swift 1805 Model Restoration

 

 

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"Start so you can Finish!" 

In progress:

Astrolabe 1812 - Mantua 1:50; 

In queue:

Pegasus - Amati 1:64 

Completed:

The Dutchess of Kingston - 1:64 Vanguard Models 🙂 
Santa Maria - 1:64, La Pinta - 1:64, La Nina - 1:64, Hannah Ship in a Bottle - 1:300, The Mayflower - 1:64, Viking Ship Drakkar -1:50 all by Amati. King of the Mississippi - Artesania Latina - 1:80  Queen Anne's Revenge - Piece Cool - 1:300  The Sea of Galilee Boat - Scott Miller - 1:20

Posted

Welcome aboard Tom. Take a look through the building logs for your ships and you'll find the answer to some of your questions concerning your Bounty and Cutty Sark. While you are at it you might want to start your own build log on them. People will chime in with plenty of advice and encouragement. 

 

Jim

 

Current Build: Fair American - Model Shipways

Awaiting Parts - Rattlesnake

On the Shelf - English Pinnace

                        18Th Century Longboat

 

I stand firmly against piracy!

Posted
14 hours ago, Andy P2 said:

Welcome Tom!

 

Just curious, which kits are you using for your two builds?

 

Andy from (also landlocked) Kennesaw, GA

Hi Andy, I have Billings kits. Not my first choice but both were gifts so off I go. I find that they are okay - I'm having to rebuild most of the parts as they are very brittle. The HMS Bounty is a 1:50 scale and the Cutty Sark is a 1:75 scale which I am cutting the planking for this weekend. I like challenges - lol.

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Interesting...

 

I've not done a Billings kit (yet).  Amati, AL,  Mamoli and now Blue Jacket.  Although I consider it to be the lesser quality, I am most proud of my Mamoli build of the Flying Cloud.  It was a challenge. 

 

I hope that you set up a build log for your current projects.  Your progress so far looks good!

 

Andy

Posted
2 hours ago, Andy P2 said:

Interesting...

 

I've not done a Billings kit (yet).  Amati, AL,  Mamoli and now Blue Jacket.  Although I consider it to be the lesser quality, I am most proud of my Mamoli build of the Flying Cloud.  It was a challenge. 

 

I hope that you set up a build log for your current projects.  Your progress so far looks good!

 

Andy

Is there a how two for setting up a build log?

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 Tom, see the below.

 

 

Current Builds:  1870's Sternwheeler, Lula

                             Wood Hull Screw Frigate USS Tennessee

                             Decorative Carrack Warship Restoration, the Amelia

 

Completed: 1880s Floating Steam Donkey Pile Driver                       

                       Early Swift 1805 Model Restoration

 

 

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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)         

         

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                

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