rkre88 Posted April 21 Share #1 Posted April 21 Hi all, I did a few models as a kid and enjoyed it, but never really took the dive. A few years ago, my neighbor gave us a model airplane (I don't even remember what it was) she found at a local thrift store. I finally took it off the shelf and my son and I took a crack at it. It was a disaster. Many of the parts were broken off the sprues and many were missing. I thought, "well, this is dumb." So into the trash it went, and off to the local hobby store we went. We got ourselves a B-52 and shambled it together. By then I was hooked. So over Christmas, after receiving some gift cards, I invested in some proper tools and an airbrush set. I purchased a few random kits on Facebook Marketplace and started tinkering, trying to build some skills before I took a crack at a ship. I have done a couple of ships, quite terribly, but I learned a lot in the process: Academy 1/600 Enterprise, Airfix Victory, Revell Constitution (1:196), currently the Academy Cutty Sark (1:150). I have been doing a lot of reading here and on other sites, looking at technique and advice. So here I am, joining this forum with the goal of advancing in this craft. Looking forward to it. Ryan Baker, mtaylor, Thukydides and 7 others 10 Quote "Use the right word, not its second cousin." - Mark Twain Current builds: Revell Cutty Sark 1:96 Completed builds: Academy Cutty Sark 1:150 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottish Guy Posted April 21 Share #2 Posted April 21 Hi Ryan and welcome aboard at MSW. Hope you will archive what you planned to archive and have fun... Micha Keith Black and mtaylor 2 Quote "The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever." Jacques - Yves Cousteau. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Current Build: "Roar Ege" by Billing Boats - 1:25 On Hold: n/a Finished: n/a Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPDDET Posted April 21 Share #3 Posted April 21 Welcome aboard! rkre88, Keith Black, 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...
Knocklouder Posted April 21 Share #4 Posted April 21 rkre88, mtaylor, Keith Black and 1 other 4 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...
Keith Black Posted April 21 Share #5 Posted April 21 Ryan, welcome to MSW. Fellow Michigander from Grass Lake. Glad to have you aboard. mtaylor and Scottish Guy 2 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...
Vlax Posted April 21 Share #6 Posted April 21 Welcome to MSW Ryan! Scottish Guy, mtaylor, Keith Black and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccoyle Posted April 21 Share #7 Posted April 21 Glad to have you aboard, Ryan! Keith Black, mtaylor, Scottish Guy 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...
rkre88 Posted April 21 Author Share #8 Posted April 21 4 hours ago, Keith Black said: Ryan, welcome to MSW. Fellow Michigander from Grass Lake. Glad to have you aboard. Thanks. I'm from the Grand Rapids area. Keith Black, Scottish Guy and mtaylor 3 Quote "Use the right word, not its second cousin." - Mark Twain Current builds: Revell Cutty Sark 1:96 Completed builds: Academy Cutty Sark 1:150 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Black Posted April 21 Share #9 Posted April 21 8 minutes ago, rkre88 said: I'm from the Grand Rapids area. Pretty part of the state but comes with the price of more snow. Scottish Guy and mtaylor 2 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...
GrandpaPhil Posted April 21 Share #10 Posted April 21 Welcome! Scottish Guy, Keith Black, mtaylor and 1 other 4 Quote Building: 1:64 HMS Revenge (Victory Models plans) 1:64 Cat Esther (17th Century Dutch Merchant Ships) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkre88 Posted April 21 Author Share #11 Posted April 21 2 hours ago, Keith Black said: Pretty part of the state but comes with the price of more snow. Was actually a pretty tame winter. Hardly had to shovel the driveway this year. Scottish Guy, mtaylor and Keith Black 3 Quote "Use the right word, not its second cousin." - Mark Twain Current builds: Revell Cutty Sark 1:96 Completed builds: Academy Cutty Sark 1:150 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Black Posted April 21 Share #12 Posted April 21 Tame winter for all of us. Scottish Guy and mtaylor 2 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...
rkre88 Posted April 21 Author Share #13 Posted April 21 7 minutes ago, Keith Black said: Tame winter for all of us. Still cold enough to hunker down inside and work on models though! Scottish Guy, mtaylor and Keith Black 3 Quote "Use the right word, not its second cousin." - Mark Twain Current builds: Revell Cutty Sark 1:96 Completed builds: Academy Cutty Sark 1:150 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Lad Posted April 21 Share #14 Posted April 21 Hello Ryan, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John Keith Black and Scottish Guy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtaylor Posted April 21 Share #15 Posted April 21 Keith Black and Scottish Guy 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...
Keith Black Posted April 21 Share #16 Posted April 21 1 hour ago, rkre88 said: Still cold enough to hunker down inside and work on models though! Absolutely. Scottish Guy and mtaylor 2 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...
Baker Posted April 22 Share #17 Posted April 22 Keith Black, mtaylor and Scottish Guy 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...
fitz301 Posted April 25 Share #18 Posted April 25 Hi Ryan, Welcome aboard, I'm still fairly new here as well and unbelieveably from the outskirts of Grand Rapids myself...small world as they say. Look forward to seeing some of your work! mtaylor, Keith Black and Scottish Guy 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rkre88 Posted April 25 Author Share #19 Posted April 25 6 hours ago, fitz301 said: Hi Ryan, Welcome aboard, I'm still fairly new here as well and unbelieveably from the outskirts of Grand Rapids myself...small world as they say. Look forward to seeing some of your work! Ha! Good stuff! I'm in Grandville. mtaylor, Scottish Guy and Keith Black 3 Quote "Use the right word, not its second cousin." - Mark Twain Current builds: Revell Cutty Sark 1:96 Completed builds: Academy Cutty Sark 1:150 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fitz301 Posted April 27 Share #20 Posted April 27 It's a bit like traveling overseas, and the first person you run into turns out to be from your hometown. Scottish Guy and Keith Black 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wawona59 Posted April 27 Share #21 Posted April 27 (edited) Hi Ryan, Welcome Aboard to Model Ship World! This is a great site with a lot of knowledgeable modelers. As a kid in the late 60's I built the Revell 1/96 Cutty Sark. It was challenging to say the least. I hope you get a chance to start a build log and post some pictures of your model so far. There are a few Cutty Sark build logs on MSW. Welcome Aboard! Edited April 27 by Wawona59 mtaylor, Keith Black and Scottish Guy 3 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...
Swiftie Posted April 29 Share #22 Posted April 29 Hi all, I just joined Sunday. I go by the name “Swiftie” and I am excited to see ships by other people. My first ship was “picket boat #1”, civil war and the second ship was the Essex (the larger model). I have built 15 ships in total but the Rattlesnake is giving me a run for my money Scottish Guy, Keith Black and mtaylor 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Black Posted April 29 Share #23 Posted April 29 Swiftie, welcome to MSW. You should make your own post in the 'New member introductions' that way everyone has the a chance to meet and great. Glad to have you aboard. Scottish Guy and mtaylor 2 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...
mtaylor Posted April 29 Share #24 Posted April 29 What Keith said about your own intro. Also, feel free to open a log on your Rattlesnake. It's the best way to get help when you need it and also meet other model builders. Keith Black 1 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...
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