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Well then, let me introduce myself here.

My name is Ralf and I come from the beautiful Palatinate, 56 years old.
Like many others, I started building plastic models as a teenager. Ships, planes, cars, everything you could get back then. I think it all started with the Enterprise aircraft carrier that I got for Christmas. I should mention a Porsche 935 from Tamiya which I often dismantled and repainted over the years.
The thing with the wood came about when my teacher at the time gave me the Gorch Fock from Graupner and said go for it.
His brother-in-law was first officer on the ship.
Graupner in the mid-eighties meant opening the lid and looking at the bare wood. You still had to do a lot of carving and sanding, there was no CNC or even lasering.

Now you know, if the sky doesn't fall on my head, I'll see you here and there over the next few years

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Funktionierender Build:

San Martin - 
Occre

Victory - Corel

 

Endender-Build:

Cala Esmeralda - Occre

Lady Nelson-Victory-Modelle 

Gorch Fock-Graupner 1985

Posted

 Ralf, welcome to MSW. 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

 

 

Posted

Hello Keith,

I have seen that you can put completed and current buildings in a footnote.
Where can I find this option?

Funktionierender Build:

San Martin - 
Occre

Victory - Corel

 

Endender-Build:

Cala Esmeralda - Occre

Lady Nelson-Victory-Modelle 

Gorch Fock-Graupner 1985

Posted

Ralf, it's been so long ago I can't remember how one does that, sorry. One of the moderators will respond or one of the members that know how to do that will respond. Once again, sorry I couldn't help. 

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

 

 

Posted (edited)

Hi Ralf,

I see no one has written to tell you how to add a signature to your posts. It is really quite easy.

Go to the top of your page and click on the 'down arrow' next to your name (Pfalzer).

Go to 'Account Settings', then 'Signature'

There you go. Just add what you want. The aim is to keep it to no more than four lines (Not many do this).

Have fun.

Cheers, Peter

Edited by PvG Aussie

PvG Aussie (Peter) Started modelling Jan 2022.  Joined MSW March 2024. Quote: Rome wasn't built in a day!

Current Build:  Piececool The Queen Anne's Revenge 1:250 Metal

Past Builds:       Artesania Latina (AL) Belem (1:75), AL Vasa (1:65), Scratch build Australia II BOTTLE (1:225), AL Bluenose II (1:75); AL Bounty (1:48), 

                             AL HMB Endeavour (1:65), Trumpeter Bismarck (1:200), Border Models Avro Lancaster Bomber (1:32), AL Fokker Dr1 (1:16),

                             Das Werk WWI German U-Boat SM U-9 (1:72); Scratch build HMS Victory BOTTLE (1:530), Wolfpack PBY-3 Catalina (1;72), 

                             Scratch build MS Sibajak 1928 BOTTLE (1:1150), Imai Kagaku Spanish Galleon 1607 (1:100), Brandenburg State Yacht 1679 (1/200), 

                             HMS Endeavour (1/450) BOTTLE, ILK USS Enterprise (CV-6) (1/350), PLUS approx. 13 more ships in bottles

Posted

Hello Ralf,

 

welcome to MSW and I wish you a pleassant stay with our comunity

Greetings from Glinde (Schleswig-Holstein)

 

Nils

Current builds

-Lightship Elbe 1

Completed

- Steamship Ergenstrasse ex Laker Corsicana 1918- scale 1:87 scratchbuild

"Zeesboot"  heritage wooden fishing small craft around 1870, POB  clinker scratch build scale 1:24

Pilot Schooner # 5 ELBE  ex Wanderbird, scale 1:50 scratchbuild

Mississippi Sterwheelsteamer built as christmapresent for grandson modified kit build

Chebec "Eagle of Algier" 1753--scale 1:48-POB-(scratchbuild) 

"SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse" four stacker passenger liner of 1897, blue ribbond awarded, 1:144 (scratchbuild)
"HMS Pegasus" , 16 gun sloop, Swan-Class 1776-1777 scale 1:64 from Amati plan 

-"Pamir" 4-mast barque, P-liner, 1:96  (scratchbuild)

-"Gorch Fock 2" German Navy cadet training 3-mast barque, 1:95 (scratchbuild) 

"Heinrich Kayser" heritage Merchant Steamship, 1:96 (scratchbuild)  original was my grandfathers ship

-"Bohuslän" , heritage ,live Swedish museum passenger steamer (Billings kit), 1:50 

"Lorbas", river tug, steam driven for RC, fictive design (scratchbuild), scale appr. 1:32

under restoration / restoration finished 

"Hjejlen" steam paddlewheeler, 1861, Billings Boats rare old kit, scale 1:50

Posted

:sign:

"Start so you can Finish!" 

In progress:

Astrolabe 1812 - Mantua 1:50; 

In queue:

Pegasus - Amati 1:64 

Completed:

The Dutchess of Kingston - 1:64 Vanguard Models 🙂 
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

Posted

:sign:

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)         

         

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                

Posted

Hello Ralf, welcome aboard here on MSW. All the best from Scotland.

 

Hallo Ralf, willkommen hier auf MSW. DIe besten Grüsse aus Schottland.

 

Micha

"The sea, once it casts its spell, holds one in its net of wonder forever." Jacques - Yves Cousteau.

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Current Build:

"Roar Ege" by Billing Boats - 1:25

On Hold:

n/a

Finished:

n/a

Posted

Hello Ralf,

welcome to the crew of MSW.

 

I live in the northern Part of Rhineland-Palatinate (Trans-Rhenum) and love to be in the area from Neustadt to Herxheim.

Best Greetings and "Alla Gut"

 

Joachim

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