Pfälzer Posted May 11 Share #1 Posted May 11 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 Translated with DeepL.com (free version) Baker, GrandpaPhil, Thukydides and 4 others 7 Quote Working Build: Cala Esmeralda-Occre Ending Build: Lady Nelson-Victory Models Gorch Fock-Graupner 1985 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Black Posted May 11 Share #2 Posted May 11 Ralf, welcome to MSW. Glad to have you aboard. mtaylor and Scottish Guy 2 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...
Pfälzer Posted May 11 Author Share #3 Posted May 11 Hello Keith, I have seen that you can put completed and current buildings in a footnote. Where can I find this option? Keith Black, Scottish Guy and mtaylor 3 Quote Working Build: Cala Esmeralda-Occre Ending Build: Lady Nelson-Victory Models Gorch Fock-Graupner 1985 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Black Posted May 11 Share #4 Posted May 11 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. mtaylor and Scottish Guy 2 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...
Jim Lad Posted May 11 Share #5 Posted May 11 Hello Ralf, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John Keith Black, Scottish Guy and mtaylor 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baker Posted May 11 Share #6 Posted May 11 Keith Black, Scottish Guy and mtaylor 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...
PvG Aussie Posted May 11 Share #7 Posted May 11 (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 May 11 by PvG Aussie Keith Black, mtaylor, Knocklouder and 1 other 3 1 Quote PvG Aussie (Peter) Started modelling Jan 2022. Joined MSW March 2024. Quote: Rome wasn't built in a day! Current Build: Das Werk WWI German U-Boat SM U-9 (1:72) Past Builds: Artesania Latina (AL) Belem (1:75), AL Vasa (1:65) , Scratch build Australia II SIB (1:225), AL Bluenose II (1:75) AL Bounty (1:48), AL Endeavour (1:65) Trumpeter Bismarck (1:200), Border Models Avro Lancaster Bomber (1:32), AL Fokker Dr1 (1:16) PLUS approx 13 ships in bottles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirabell61 Posted May 11 Share #8 Posted May 11 Hello Ralf, welcome to MSW and I wish you a pleassant stay with our comunity Greetings from Glinde (Schleswig-Holstein) Nils Scottish Guy, Keith Black and mtaylor 3 Quote 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knocklouder Posted May 11 Share #9 Posted May 11 Scottish Guy, mtaylor and Keith Black 3 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 a Bottle -1:300 The Sea of Galilee Boat-Scott Miller-1:20 ,The Mayflower Amati 1:60 non Ship Build: 1972 Ford Sport Custom Truck Current Build: Viking Ship Drakkar -Amati-1:50 On Hold: HMS Pegasus: Amati Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allanyed Posted May 11 Share #10 Posted May 11 Welcome to MSW Ralf, we hope you have a wonderful time here. Allan Scottish Guy, mtaylor and Keith Black 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...
GrandpaPhil Posted May 11 Share #11 Posted May 11 Welcome! Keith Black, mtaylor and Scottish Guy 3 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...
mtaylor Posted May 12 Share #12 Posted May 12 Scottish Guy and Keith Black 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...
Scottish Guy Posted May 13 Share #13 Posted May 13 Hello Ralf, welcome aboard here on MSW. All the best from Scotland. Hallo Ralf, willkommen hier auf MSW. DIe besten Grüsse aus Schottland. Micha mtaylor and Keith Black 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...
cotrecerf Posted May 13 Share #14 Posted May 13 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 mtaylor and Keith Black 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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