sixtythousandbees Posted March 11 Share #1 Posted March 11 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 Thukydides, Retired guy, ccoyle and 9 others 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Black Posted March 11 Share #2 Posted March 11 Monique, welcome to MSW. Hoping your Dory build goes well. Glad to have you aboard. mtaylor, sixtythousandbees and AJohnson 3 Quote Current Builds: 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...
Knocklouder Posted March 11 Share #3 Posted March 11 Good luck on your journey. Bob M. AJohnson, sixtythousandbees, mtaylor and 1 other 4 Quote Start so you can Finish !! Finished: The Santa Maria -Amati 1:65, La Pinta- Amati 1:65, La Nina -Amati 1:65 , Hannah Ship in Bottle-Amati 1:300 : The Sea of Galilee Boat-Scott Miller-1:20 Current Build: The Mayflower: Amati On Hold: HMS Pegasus: Amati Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccoyle Posted March 11 Share #4 Posted March 11 Welcome aboard! I, too, write for a living, but I write textbooks, so it's not terribly exciting work. Keith Black, AJohnson, sixtythousandbees and 1 other 4 Quote Chris Coyle Greer, South Carolina When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk. - Tuco Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix, Hawker Hurricane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtaylor Posted March 11 Share #5 Posted March 11 sixtythousandbees, AJohnson and Keith Black 3 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...
Jim Lad Posted March 11 Share #6 Posted March 11 Hello Monique, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John sixtythousandbees, AJohnson, mtaylor and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allanyed Posted March 11 Share #7 Posted March 11 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 sixtythousandbees, Keith Black 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...
Gaz Posted March 11 Share #8 Posted March 11 Welcome from a fellow fresh face to the hobby mtaylor, sixtythousandbees and Keith Black 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baker Posted March 11 Share #9 Posted March 11 sixtythousandbees, mtaylor and Keith Black 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 Gallery : Revell Bounty Pelican/Golden hind 1/45 scratch To do : Prins Willem Corel, Le Tonnant Corel, Yacht d'Oro Corel, Thermopylae Sergal 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 Si vis pacem, para bellum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJohnson Posted March 11 Share #10 Posted March 11 Welcome to MSW! mtaylor, Keith Black and sixtythousandbees 3 Quote Andrew Current builds:- HM Cutter Trial - Vanguard models (1/64), HMAV Bounty - Caldercraft (1/64), Hawker-Typhoon-1b-"Car-Door" - Airfix (1/24) Completed (Ship):- "Nisha" - Vanguard Models (1/64), HMS Orestes (Mars) - Caldercraft (1/64), HM Cutter Sherbourne - Caldercraft (1/64), TSS Earnslaw - Paper Shipwright (1/250), Puffer "Starlight" - Paper Shipwright (1/250) Completed (Non-Ship):-Blackburn Buccaneer S.2C - Airfix (1/48), Bristol Beaufort - Airfix (1/72), Mosquito B.XVI - Airfix (1/72), , Sea-Harrier-FRS1 - Airfix (1/72), Grumman F6F-5 Hellcat - Airfix (1/24), De Havilland Chipmunk T.10 - Airfix (1/48), Flamborough Head Lighthouse - Paper Shipwright (1/250) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanielD Posted March 11 Share #11 Posted March 11 Welcome to MSW! Keith Black, mtaylor and sixtythousandbees 3 Quote Daniel Current Build: 1931 Amerigo Vespucci - OcCre 1:100 Finished Build(s): Golden Hind - First Ship HMS Terror as Fitted in 1845, 10/2020 to 1/2023 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixtythousandbees Posted March 11 Author Share #12 Posted March 11 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. mtaylor and Keith Black 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrandpaPhil Posted March 12 Share #13 Posted March 12 Welcome! sixtythousandbees and Keith Black 2 Quote Building: 1:64 HMS Revenge (Victory Models plans) 1:64 Cat Esther (17th Century Dutch Merchant Ships) On the building slip: 1:72 French Ironclad Magenta (original shipyard plans) On hold: 1:98 Mantua HMS Victory (kit bash), 1:96 Shipyard HMS Mercury Favorite finished builds: 1:60 Sampang Good Fortune (Amati plans), 1:200 Orel Ironclad Solferino, 1:72 Schooner Hannah (Hahn plans), 1:72 Privateer Prince de Neufchatel (Chapelle plans), Model Shipways Sultana, Heller La Reale, Encore USS Olympia Goal: Become better than I was yesterday "The hardest part is deciding to try." - me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allanyed Posted March 12 Share #14 Posted March 12 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 sixtythousandbees, Keith Black 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...
Wawona59 Posted March 12 Share #15 Posted March 12 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. mtaylor, Keith Black and sixtythousandbees 3 Quote Wawona 59 John Next Project:: New Bedford Whaleboat - Model Shipways Wish list for "Seattle Connection" builds: 1/96 Lumber Schooner Wawona, 1/96 Down Easter St. Paul, 1/32 Hydroplane Slo-Mo-Shun IV Completed Builds: Midwest - Chesapeake Bay Flattie (highly modified); Revell - 1/96 Constitution, 1/96 Thermopylae, 1/96 Cutty Sark, 1/570 Titanic; Dragon - 1/700 USS Arizona; Model Shipways - NY Pilot Boat Phantom, Aurora - Whaling Ship Wanderer, Maquette - Boeing 307 Stratoliner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixtythousandbees Posted March 16 Author Share #16 Posted March 16 @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. allanyed, mtaylor, MAGIC's Craig and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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