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Hello! My name is Monique. It’s lovely to meet you all. 😃
 

For the last few months, I’ve been on the hunt for a hands-on, off-screen hobby. Inspiration struck while listening to an Aubrey-Maturin audiobook. Why buy a gym membership (destined to go unused), when I could pick up a craft instead?
 

I found myself on this forum, wondering what it would take to build a model of the book’s HMS Surprise.
 

The answer? A lot! It would take a lot. A lot of skill, a lot of time, and a lot of money. Setting my new white whale aside—but still determined to start—I purchased a dory kit instead. I figure this will be a good chance to test the waters without jumping straight into the deep!
 

I’m new to model-making, but it feels right up my alley. I have a degree in illustration and have done some bookbinding, meaning a surprising number of the tools are already on hand. I also write for a living, so spending too much time on tiny little details is my bread and butter. Fingers crossed these skills transfer over.
 

Although I’ve only made a few posts, this forum has already helped me a ton. Build logs have been an incredible resource. I can only hope something in mine helps the next person too.
 

If you’d like to follow my build, I’ve started my first log here.
 

Thank you for reading! I hope you have a great rest of your day.
 

Monique
 

Keith Black

Keith Black

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 Monique, welcome to MSW.  Hoping your Dory build goes well. 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

 

 

Knocklouder

Knocklouder

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Good luck on your journey. 

Bob M.

"Start so you can Finish!" 

In progress:
The Dutchess of Kingston - 1:64 Vanguard Models 🙂 

In queue:
Astrolabe 1812 - Mantua 1:50;  Pegasus - Amati 1:64 

Completed:
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

mtaylor

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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)         

         

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                

allanyed

allanyed

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Welcome aboard!   Is your dory kit the Antscherl designed kit from Model Shipways.  If so, you picked the best starter available.  With the three kit series, you will learn great skills and habits that will carry over to other very accurate and more complex models such as those from Syren Ship Models.

Allan

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

 

Baker

Baker

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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

AJohnson

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Welcome to MSW! :cheers:

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

 

sixtythousandbees

sixtythousandbees

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Thank you all for such a warm welcome, I really appreciate it. 😃

 

Chris, a kindred spirit! I’m a copywriter. I like to say that I get paid to make puns.

 

And Allan, it is. I’m glad to hear it was a good place to start! I stumbled across a post here recommending it for beginners. I suppose I owe that mystery user a thank you—here I was, naively reaching for an Enterprise-class frigate. 😂

 

Dory first! 28-gun frigate much, much later.

allanyed

allanyed

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Monique

 

There is a full set of high resolution drawings of the Enterprise (28) 1774 and her class on the Wiki Commons site that you might useful whether you are looking to build a kit, modify a kit, or scratch build.   https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Ship_plans_of_the_Royal_Museums_Greenwich   They are on page 8 and include drawings of the following. 

Enterprize (1774), Siren (1773), Fox (1773), Surprize (1774), Acteon (1775), Medea (1778), Serpine (1777), Andromeda (1777), Aurora (1777), Sibyl (1779), Brilliant (1779), Pomona (1778), Crescent (1779), Nemesis (1780), RMG

 

There is a set for Enterprise 1848 as well, but obviously a totally different ship.

 

Allan

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

 

Wawona59

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Hello Monique, Welcome to Model Ship World.  This is a GREAT forum for ship modelers.   The Lowell Grand Banks Dory from Model Shipways is a great first project.  Don't rush and don't get discouraged by any mistakes you may make.  Fix any mistakes to the best of your ability and tell yourself "Well, now I know one way not to do that step."  Feel free to ask questions as you go.  There will always be someone on the forum willing to help. 

 

When I first came across your post I noticed a reference to HMS Surprise.  When I then looked at your photo avatar, I thought to myself "Wow!  That modeler looks just like Stephen Maturin!"  LOL

 

Welcome Aboard.

 

 

Wawona59

John

 

Next Project: Cleaning off my messy workspace a putting my tools away.

 

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

 

sixtythousandbees

sixtythousandbees

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@allanyed, thank you so much for those resources! I’ve bookmarked them now. They'll give me something inspiring to look forward to as I work through my beginner projects. 😃
 

And @Wawona59, your kind comment was very well-timed. I’ve emerged from my first attempt at planking, and mistakes are definitely being made. 😂 It feels good to start from square one on a new skill though, especially with such a great resource/community like this site behind me.
 

Right now, I’m more of a Stephen than a Jack when it comes to my boat-related knowledge—but we’ll get there!! One step at a time.

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