Wood to Plastic to Wood

[Scott Crouse]

A reintroduction of myself, joined your group 4 years ago when I suddenly had the desire to build wooden ship models.   Watched the builds on here and youtube scared the <poop> out of me and went to the plastic world.   Armour, planes and eventually to what I wanted to do all along, ships.   Built the Snowberry, Huron and about to start the Fiume.   But that wood itch remained.   Building with PE helped build the confidence that I can do those small details.   A few months back a friend handed me a kit he was given as a gift and said "I will never build this" and I tossed it on the shelf.   Took a look the other day day and found it is the Lady Nelson, a beautiful and expensive kit.   Checked out a video on building her and quickly came to the realization that "no, I am not ready to jump straight in on that".   Lurking here and elsewhere, I have decided to start with the basics and the Shipways Dory arrives tomorrow.  Plan to do their 3 ships in the combo to see how I like building with wood and to build the basic skills that will be different than the plastic world.

 

If folks are interested in watching, when I am in the model room I stream building on Twitch.   I will be starting the Dory after 1 April (part of a group build - others are doing plastic) but in the meantime I am building other projects.   So if any new folks want to see me build my first wood ship or if experienced folks want to watch and bring their experience or if you like to just watch plastic builds or hang out while building yourselves, drop by whenever I am online - https://www.twitch.tv/bartbandy

 

Although a lurker these past 4 years, your builds and discussions have been in inspiration.   I hope to at one point get to the level to be a more active participant.   Cheers!

 

[CPDDET]

Welcome back!

[mtaylor]

Welcome to MSW, Scott.  I'd like to suggest that you open log here on MSW for the new kits.   It's a great way to meet other builders from around the world and also it's great for getting help when you need it.

[Jim Lad]

Welcome back, Scott!

 

John

[GrandpaPhil]

Welcome!

[Knocklouder]

welcome back . This is the place to be .Good luck on your journey.  

Bob M.

[Keith Black]

 Welcome back, Scott. Best to you on your Dory build. 

[Baker]

[SiriusVoyager]

Welcome to MSW. I haven’t built plastic models since I was a kid, so I basically started with zero experience. I’m still not that great at it after [almost] four models, but I am still enjoying the experience. You will do fine. 

[Scottish Guy]

Welcome back Scott. I hope you will find all the answers you need and look for

 

Micha