MisterMeester Posted January 30 #1 Posted January 30 (edited) Hello everyone, Thank you very much for allowing me to join this group. Good to be here. I joined MSW a week ago at the suggestion of another member here, but haven’t gotten around to an intro until now. I’m a 62 year old retired Deckhand/Deck Officer formerly with the Canadian Coast Guard of the Federal Government of Canada. I was at that career for 35 years and 4 months. Born and raised on the coast of British Columbia, I currently live in Warman, Saskatchewan (just North of Saskatoon). I moved here in 2016 for family reasons. I am essentially a beginner scale modeler. Here is my modeling story, hopefully in brief……. I just recently finished my first completed scale model build in 50+ years. I had finally gotten around to checking out THE hobby store here in Saskatoon 5 years after moving here. It was an unplanned opportunistic visit. Walked out with an Academy 1/400 Titanic and another much simpler non ship model. That was in June 2022. Both models sat untouched all of last winter. The non ship model was purchased mainly for a nostalgic reason and is yet to be built. I’ll be starting that one soon and I intend to post a build log for that in the Non-Ship forum. There is more than just the nostalgic reason for that build now. It will be a great model to develop skills. Detail painting and airbrushing in particular. As for the recently “completed” kit….that would be the 1/400 Titanic. I started it in early November and “completed” it mid January. I will post some pictures and text about it in the Completed Gallery soon. In the meantime, I just want to say that I started that model without any prior research or a plan. Just dove in, having no idea what to expect after a 50+ year hiatus from plastic scale modeling. It is also the most complex plastic scale model I have ever attempted, by far. I was somewhat disappointed with it, in the end. I attribute this to two aspects. My skill level (essentially a green as grass beginner) and the model itself as manufactured (historical inaccuracies; fit issues; and fine detail painting required where I would have preferred parts to attach). Having said that, I thoroughly enjoyed the process and want another crack at it. Therefore, I’m going bigger. I’ve purchased the Trumpeter 1/200 Titanic. It arrived yesterday 😊. I have read the pinned article “For Beginners – A Cautionary Tale”. I intend to not give up. Many lessons already learned from the 1/400 build, and many many more lessons to come, and learn, and skills to develop. I’ve been researching the 1/200 quite a bit, the last two weeks. I am already aware that it too has inaccuracies. Some of which I will deal with, whereas others I will accept as is. But I digress. This build will not start for quite some time. I will begin a build log on that project when the time comes, but in the meantime I intend to focus on much smaller and simpler builds to develop my lacking skills. One final note….a brother of mine gave me a Corel 1/25 “Sloup”, Modello SM 43, wooden kit as a Christmas gift some 25+ years ago. It is a model of a small French F/V. I still have it. I actually started it, way back, but then after three rows of the planking done, I got to the difficult task of needing to bend the next rows for the hull’s buttock lines where they meet the transom. I tried, but eventually gave up. I learned years later that there’s more to it than simply holding and bending said planks in the steam of a boiling kettle of water, as the instructions indicated. I also learned on this site that difficulty with planking is the single most deterrent to a wooden ship modeler from continuing. That is actually comforting to now know. But I digress. Point being I intend to continue and complete this kit as well, but that’s a few years down the road. Again, thank you very much for the privilege. I look forward to learning many aspects and techniques of scale modeling from the wealth of expertise here. Cheers, Mark Meester Edited January 30 by MisterMeester Edited one sentence. Word added. AJohnson, Haliburton, Rik Thistle and 10 others 13 Quote Current Builds: Trumpeter - 1/200 - RMS Titanic ; Non-Ship - Phantom of the Opera - Atlantis - 1/8 In The Gallery: Academy - 1/400 - RMS Titanic
allanyed Posted January 30 #2 Posted January 30 A very warm welcome to you Mark, very nice intro. Allan AJohnson, Keith Black, mtaylor and 2 others 5 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
Knocklouder Posted January 30 #3 Posted January 30 mtaylor, MisterMeester, AJohnson and 2 others 5 Quote Start so you can Finish !! Finished: The Sea of Galilee Boat-Scott Miller-1:20 , Amati } Hannah Ship in a Bottle:Santa Maria : LA Pinta : La Nana : The Mayflower : Viking Ship Drakkar The King Of the Mississippi Artesania Latina 1:80 Current Build: Royal Yacht, Duchess of Kingston-Vanguard Models
JeffT Posted January 30 #4 Posted January 30 Welcome to MSW MisterMeester, mtaylor, Keith Black and 1 other 4 Quote Jeff In progress: Medway Longboat 1742 - Syren Ship Model Company -1/2" scale USS Constitution - Model Shipways - Scale 1:76 HMS Granado - CAF Model - 1:48 HMS Sphinx - Vanguard
ccoyle Posted January 30 #5 Posted January 30 Welcome aboard! AJohnson, Keith Black, mtaylor and 1 other 4 Quote Chris Coyle Greer, South Carolina When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk. - Tuco Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix, DS Børøysund
mtaylor Posted January 30 #6 Posted January 30 MisterMeester and AJohnson 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)
Diver Posted January 30 #7 Posted January 30 Welcome aboard from a fellow Canuck. mtaylor, AJohnson, Keith Black and 1 other 4 Quote
AON Posted January 30 #8 Posted January 30 Welcome to the forum! Your comment about bending planks was interesting. Some steam, some soak, some "iron"... but it shouldn't be that difficult to do. I hope you have an opportunity to try again with the help of this group! mtaylor, Keith Black, AJohnson and 1 other 4 Quote Alan O'Neill "only dead fish go with the flow" Ongoing Build (31 Dec 2013) - HMS BELLEROPHON (1786), POF scratch build, scale 1:64, 74 gun 3rd rate Man of War, Arrogant Class Member of the Model Shipwrights of Niagara, Niagara Region, Ontario, Canada (2016), and the Nautical Research Guild (since 2014) Associate member of the Nautical Research and Model Ship Society (2021) Offshore member of The Society of Model Shipwrights (2021)
Keith Black Posted January 31 #9 Posted January 31 Mark, welcome to MSW. Glad to have you aboard. mtaylor, MisterMeester and AJohnson 3 Quote 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
Thukydides Posted January 31 #10 Posted January 31 Welcome to MSW Keith Black, MisterMeester and mtaylor 3 Quote Current Builds: HMS Perseus (Scratch) Completed Builds: Type VII C U Boat (HobbyBoss); HM Cutter Alert (Vanguard Models)
Jim Lad Posted January 31 #11 Posted January 31 Helo Mark, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John Keith Black, mtaylor, AJohnson and 1 other 4 Quote
Nirvana Posted January 31 #12 Posted January 31 Mark, a warm Wow, going 1:400 scale to 1:200 scale is a huge step. Will it be a Trumpeter kit? Cheers MisterMeester, mtaylor, AJohnson and 1 other 4 Quote Please, visit our Facebook page! Respectfully Per aka Dr. Per@Therapy for Shipaholics Finished: T37, BB Marie Jeanne - located on a shelf in Sweden, 18th Century Longboat, Winchelsea Capstan Current: America by Constructo, Solö Ruff, USS Syren by MS, Bluenose by MS Viking funeral: Harley almost a Harvey Nautical Research Guild Member - 'Taint a hobby if you gotta hurry
Baker Posted January 31 #13 Posted January 31 " Mark Meester " A typical Flemish or Dutch name. Are you sure you live in Canada? 😉 mtaylor, AJohnson, Keith Black and 2 others 2 3 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 große-jacht / Yacht D'Oro 1/50 Corel 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
AJohnson Posted January 31 #14 Posted January 31 Welcome to MSW! mtaylor, Keith Black and MisterMeester 3 Quote Andrew Current builds:- HM Gun-brig Sparkler - Vanguard (1/64) , HMAV Bounty - Caldercraft (1/64) Completed (Kits):- Vanguard Models (1/64) :- HM Cutter Trial , Nisha - Brixham trawler Caldercraft (1/64) :- HMS Orestes(Mars), HM Cutter Sherbourne Paper Shipwright (1/250) :- TSS Earnslaw, Puffer Starlight
druxey Posted January 31 #15 Posted January 31 Welcome aboard and thanks for introducing yourself, Mark. mtaylor, MisterMeester and Keith Black 3 Quote Be sure to sign up for an epic Nelson/Trafalgar project if you would like to see it made into a TV series http://trafalgar.tv
petervisser Posted January 31 #16 Posted January 31 Welcome aboard Mark! Glad you made it over and look forward to seeing your modelling endeavours! Cheers, Peter mtaylor, Keith Black and MisterMeester 3 Quote Build Log: Billing - Cutty Sark In The Gallery: HMS Unicorn, HMAV Bounty, L'Etoile, Marie Jeanne, Lilla Dan, Zeeschouw "Irene" A Toast: To a wind that blows, A ship that goes, And the lass that loved a sailor!
SiriusVoyager Posted January 31 #17 Posted January 31 (edited) Welcome to MSW! Edited January 31 by SiriusVoyager mtaylor, MisterMeester and Keith Black 3 Quote - Eric Current build: Sultan Arab Dhow Finished: Norwegian Sailing Pram, Lowell Grand Banks Dory, Muscongus bay lobster smack, OcCre Palamos, San Francisco Cross Section
MisterMeester Posted January 31 Author #18 Posted January 31 On 1/30/2024 at 5:30 PM, Diver said: Welcome aboard from a fellow Canuck. And how 'bout those Canucks, eh?! Keith Black and mtaylor 2 Quote Current Builds: Trumpeter - 1/200 - RMS Titanic ; Non-Ship - Phantom of the Opera - Atlantis - 1/8 In The Gallery: Academy - 1/400 - RMS Titanic
MisterMeester Posted January 31 Author #19 Posted January 31 18 hours ago, Nirvana said: Mark, a warm Wow, going 1:400 scale to 1:200 scale is a huge step. Will it be a Trumpeter kit? Cheers Yes, Trumpeter. Keith Black and mtaylor 2 Quote Current Builds: Trumpeter - 1/200 - RMS Titanic ; Non-Ship - Phantom of the Opera - Atlantis - 1/8 In The Gallery: Academy - 1/400 - RMS Titanic
MisterMeester Posted January 31 Author #20 Posted January 31 17 hours ago, Baker said: " Mark Meester " A typical Flemish or Dutch name. Are you sure you live in Canada? 😉 Dutch. My Grandfather was from The Hague. Not many of us here on this side of the pond. Cheers, Mark Keith Black, mtaylor, Nirvana and 1 other 3 1 Quote Current Builds: Trumpeter - 1/200 - RMS Titanic ; Non-Ship - Phantom of the Opera - Atlantis - 1/8 In The Gallery: Academy - 1/400 - RMS Titanic
MisterMeester Posted January 31 Author #21 Posted January 31 4 hours ago, petervisser said: Welcome aboard Mark! Glad you made it over and look forward to seeing your modelling endeavours! Cheers, Peter Thanks Peter. Cheers, Mark mtaylor, Nirvana and Keith Black 3 Quote Current Builds: Trumpeter - 1/200 - RMS Titanic ; Non-Ship - Phantom of the Opera - Atlantis - 1/8 In The Gallery: Academy - 1/400 - RMS Titanic
GrandpaPhil Posted February 1 #22 Posted February 1 Welcome! Keith Black, mtaylor and MisterMeester 3 Quote Building: 1:200 Russian Battleship Oryol (Orel card kit) 1:64 HMS Revenge (Victory Models plans) 1:64 Cat Esther (17th Century Dutch Merchant Ships)
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