Rushdie Posted March 1 Share #1 Posted March 1 I'm Paul, I'm a Belgian and worked in the shipping industry all of my active life, retired since 2014. I started building Victory's "Lady Nelson" back in 2010, my first ever attempt at building a wooden ship model, but didn't get beyond the second planking of the hull mostly because I moved to a new job in the Netherlands. Last week I picked up the project again (after admiring the bare hull for ten years or more...) and just about completed planking the weather deck. In February last year I was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, I thought I'd kick the bucket within a week but ... still there, I hope to finish the model, hence my name Rush-die. My hobbies used to be wine (tastes change with chemotherapy), I roast coffee and still like espresso, I cook Thai for Irène and myself a few times each week, and I love good music, from classical to country & western, jazz and rock and I'm happy with my vintage hi-fi. This site is my only guideline in building a wooden ship model. I work dead-slow and sometimes get tangled up in seemingly unsurmountable details, but I believe it's better to try to plan a sequence. So, here we are.... Baker, chris watton, wvdhee and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Black Posted March 2 Share #2 Posted March 2 Paul, welcome to MSW. Glad to have you aboard. mtaylor 1 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knocklouder Posted March 2 Share #3 Posted March 2 Sad news Paul. You should post some pictures of your Lady Nelson to see where you are at. There are some excellent logs for the LN on MSN, follow a few of those and you be on your way to getting her done. Good luck on your journey, mtaylor and Keith Black 2 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baker Posted March 2 Share #4 Posted March 2 Sad news about your health. But Keith Black, mtaylor and Rushdie 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wawona59 Posted March 2 Share #5 Posted March 2 Hi Paul, Welcome to Model Ship World. This is a wonderful and supportive site. MSW members are very willing to help an answer any questions. I'm sorry to hear about your health issues. I find ship modeling to be a welcome respite from my daily problems and issues. I'm looking forward to seeing photos of your progress with your Lady Helson project. Welcome Aboard to MSW! Rushdie, AJohnson, Keith Black and 1 other 4 Quote Wawona 59 John Next Project: Gifts for friends: 18th Century Pinnace, Kayak 17, Kayak 21 Indefinite Hold for the future: 1/96 Flying Fish, Model Shipways Wish list for "Seattle Connection" builds: 1/96 Lumber Schooner Wawona, 1/32 Hydroplane Slo-Mo-Shun IV, 1/96 Arthur Foss tug, 1/64 Duwamish cedar dugout canoe, 1/96 Downeaster "St. Paul" Selected Previous Completed Builds: Revell - 1/96 Thermopylae; Revell - 1/96 Cutty Sark, Revell - 1/96 Constitution, Aurora - Whaling Bark Wanderer, Model Shipways - 1/96 Phantom, AL - 1805 Pilot Boat Swift, Midwest - Chesapeake Bay Flattie, Monitor and Merrimac, Model Trailways - Doctor's Buggy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rushdie Posted March 2 Author Share #6 Posted March 2 Thanks for the welcome and, I would add, don't worry about my health...as Spirit sang "It's Nature's Way" and that's just fine! So, that weatherdeck...I took a photocopy of the deck plan, and glued the planks onto that with a weak glue stick. Then I sand the paperbacking, rendering it real thin. I intend to cement the entire ceiling onto the vessel's false deck in one go. I don't yet know which glue, wood glue or superglue, I will use, and I'll probably ensure the whole ceiling be wet .. It's an adventure... I'm now waiting for the glue, the "Clou Schnellschleifgrundierung G1" sanding sealer, the various Vallejo model colors...before proceeding. Baker, AJohnson, mtaylor and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPDDET Posted March 2 Share #7 Posted March 2 Welcome aboard! Keith Black, AJohnson, mtaylor and 1 other 4 Quote Current build: NRG Half Hull Previous build: MS Bluenose Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccoyle Posted March 2 Share #8 Posted March 2 Welcome aboard! Rushdie, 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, Bf 109E-7/trop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Lad Posted March 2 Share #9 Posted March 2 Hello Paul, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John Keith Black, AJohnson, mtaylor and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtaylor Posted March 2 Share #10 Posted March 2 Keith Black 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) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJohnson Posted March 2 Share #11 Posted March 2 Welcome to MSW Paul! mtaylor and Keith Black 2 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vlax Posted March 3 Share #12 Posted March 3 Welcome Paul! I hope Enjoy your time here at MSW. There are some very friendly helpful people around. Good luck with everything going on and your models looking good! mtaylor, Keith Black and Rushdie 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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