Marcel1981 Posted May 25 #1 Posted May 25 Hello fellow shipbuilders, I would like to briefly introduce myself. My name is Marcel and I come from the Netherlands. The land of famous shipbuilders. I have been a model maker since my youth (35+ years) and mainly in plastic and building armour. But recently I started making paper model ships, and I think I'm hooked! I am now working on my third ship. I must say that I am quite inspired by the paper projects on this forum. I'm not very good at keeping construction records, but maybe that will come naturally. Greetings from the Netherlands. Ryland Craze, druxey, Thukydides and 10 others 13 Quote Current project: Armed Virginia sloop 1776! Paper ship model.
CPDDET Posted May 25 #2 Posted May 25 Welcome aboard! I beleive there are many other paper modelers here who you can share ideas with. Ryland Craze, Marcel1981, mtaylor and 2 others 5 Quote Current build: NRG Half Hull Previous build: MS Bluenose
GrandpaPhil Posted May 25 #3 Posted May 25 (edited) Welcome! I started building paper ships a few years back after I found Ab Hoving’s tutorial on this forum. I found it while on a business trip and read it several times and realized that it was doable. When I got home I started the Prince de Neufchatel. I’ve completed several since then. Edited May 25 by GrandpaPhil Marcel1981, Scottish Guy, catopower and 3 others 6 Quote Building: 1:200 Russian Battleship Oryol (Orel card kit) 1:64 HMS Revenge (Victory Models plans) 1:64 Cat Esther (17th Century Dutch Merchant Ships)
Marcel1981 Posted May 25 Author #4 Posted May 25 Thanks for the link to the article of Ab Hoving GrandpaPhil! I need all the information I can get 😀 Scottish Guy, druxey, mtaylor and 4 others 7 Quote Current project: Armed Virginia sloop 1776! Paper ship model.
Marcel1981 Posted May 25 Author #5 Posted May 25 But for now I stick to paper model kits, scratchbuilding I save for later😉 mtaylor, Keith Black, druxey and 4 others 7 Quote Current project: Armed Virginia sloop 1776! Paper ship model.
Keith Black Posted May 25 #6 Posted May 25 Marcel, welcome to MSW. Glad to have you aboard. Scottish Guy, Ryland Craze, Marcel1981 and 2 others 5 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
BenD Posted May 25 #7 Posted May 25 Hey Marcel, What ships have you been building? Welcome to MSW. I just got into card modeling. I just butchered the seahorse Armed Virginia Sloop -1776. I was rushing and messed up some of the alignment... mistakes were made, and lessons were learned. Anyway, I've just got my hands on the Shipyard HMS Alert -1777 and have put all the frames together. Look's promising. GrandpaPhil, catopower, Marcel1981 and 4 others 7 Quote Ropes of Scale.com - Rope and cable for the scale modeler. Finished builds: HM Cutter Sherbourne - Caldercraft - 1:64 - 9th century longship - Falkonet - 1:72 Current builds: HMS Snake - Caldercraft - 1:64 - Tender Avos by BenD - Master Korabel - 1:72 - 19th Century Four-Oared Yawl by BenD - Falkonet - 1:24 scale
Marcel1981 Posted May 25 Author #8 Posted May 25 1 hour ago, BenD said: Hey Marcel, What ships have you been building? Welcome to MSW. I just got into card modeling. I just butchered the seahorse Armed Virginia Sloop -1776. I was rushing and messed up some of the alignment... mistakes were made, and lessons were learned. Anyway, I've just got my hands on the Shipyard HMS Alert -1777 and have put all the frames together. Look's promising. I build 2 HMV kits, a small fishing boat included in the ''Seefalke'' set and the small HMV ferry Adler IV. And now I'm building the Seefalke itself. I started small, my goal is a battle ship and eventually the Seahorse ''Zeven provinciën'' Keith Black, GrandpaPhil, Ryland Craze and 4 others 7 Quote Current project: Armed Virginia sloop 1776! Paper ship model.
druxey Posted May 25 #9 Posted May 25 Welcome aboard, Marcel! Keith Black, Ryland Craze, Marcel1981 and 2 others 5 Quote Be sure to sign up for an epic Nelson/Trafalgar project if you would like to see it made into a TV series http://trafalgar.tv
Jsk Posted May 25 #10 Posted May 25 Welcome, Marcel! Seems like there are quite a few card modelers here. Not too many card build logs active at any one time but the builders are here, watching and willing to help. I'm not sure I'll go back to developing my wood working modeling skills. That's how much I'm enjoying building in card. There's not a lot of investment in tools needed (not to mention the space for a decent wood shop). I think there's a greater variety of kits available in card than in wood. Certainly card modeling has a lower cost of entry. If I spend 30 dollars on a card kit and never build it, no great loss. If I spend 300 on a wooden kit and never build it (or attempt and fail), well, the expense would just make me feel the failure even more. And you can't ever regret trying a Seahorse kit! BenD, Marcel1981, GrandpaPhil and 6 others 9 Quote --jeff In Process: Skipjack Kathryn 1/72 Card (scratch build) Completed Builds: Slavic (Viking) Longship 1/72 (Falconet), US Revenue Cutter 1/72 Card (Seahorse),
GrandpaPhil Posted May 25 #11 Posted May 25 I want to take the Seahorse Zeven Provincien and enlarge it to 1/64 scale to match my other models. That one is on my bucket list. catopower, Ryland Craze, Marcel1981 and 4 others 7 Quote Building: 1:200 Russian Battleship Oryol (Orel card kit) 1:64 HMS Revenge (Victory Models plans) 1:64 Cat Esther (17th Century Dutch Merchant Ships)
Knocklouder Posted May 25 #12 Posted May 25 Marcel1981, Ryland Craze, Keith Black and 2 others 5 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
mtaylor Posted May 25 #13 Posted May 25 Marcel1981, Keith Black, Ryland Craze and 1 other 4 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)
ccoyle Posted May 26 #14 Posted May 26 Welcome aboard, Marcel! Card models are kinda like Lay's Potato Chips -- no one can build just one! GrandpaPhil, Marcel1981, Ryland Craze and 4 others 7 Quote Chris Coyle Greer, South Carolina When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk. - Tuco Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix, DS Børøysund
Keith Black Posted May 26 #15 Posted May 26 2 hours ago, ccoyle said: Card models are kinda like Lay's Potato Chips -- no one can build just one I can't/couldn't build just one if I tried. I'm constantly amazed at you guys that can take two dimensional paper and create a three dimensional realistic object. I bet ya'll are great at putting up wallpaper! GrandpaPhil, mtaylor, Ryland Craze and 1 other 4 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
Baker Posted May 26 #16 Posted May 26 En welkom to MSW Scottish Guy, Keith Black 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 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
Marcel1981 Posted May 26 Author #17 Posted May 26 Thanks for the warm welcome everybody! GrandpaPhil, Scottish Guy, Ryland Craze and 3 others 6 Quote Current project: Armed Virginia sloop 1776! Paper ship model.
Wawona59 Posted May 27 #18 Posted May 27 Welcome to MSW Marcel. Ship models are easy to get hooked on. I've loved the nautical since I was a kid in the 60's. I remember building the Revell 1/96 Constitution and Cutty Sark on a picnic table in the back yard during my summer vacations. That is until I tried to install the sails when they caught the wind. I also build aircraft which my modeling group displays at the Seattle Museum of Flight. Glad to have you aboard! Marcel1981, Keith Black, mtaylor and 1 other 4 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
Scottish Guy Posted May 27 #19 Posted May 27 Welcome aboard here at MSW Marcel, enjoy the "scene" Micha Marcel1981, Keith Black and mtaylor 3 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
Jim Lad Posted May 27 #20 Posted May 27 Hello Marcel, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John Keith Black, mtaylor and Scottish Guy 3 Quote
SiriusVoyager Posted June 1 #21 Posted June 1 Welcome to MSW! Keith Black, Scottish Guy and mtaylor 3 Quote - Eric Drafting: Sultan Arab Dhow Finished: Norwegian Sailing Pram, Lowell Grand Banks Dory, Muscongus bay lobster smack, OcCre Palamos, San Francisco Cross Section
catopower Posted June 1 #22 Posted June 1 (edited) Marcel, Welcome! I've built a few Shipyard paper models, mostly the laser-cut kits. Temporarily on pause are Shipyards HMS Wolf laser-cut kit, and the Seahorse Armed Virginia Sloop kit. Hoping to get back to those very soon! On 5/25/2024 at 6:15 PM, ccoyle said: Card models are kinda like Lay's Potato Chips -- no one can build just one! LOL! Hey Chris, I don't think that may be a universally understood reference! 😁 Edited June 1 by catopower Scottish Guy, Keith Black and mtaylor 3 Quote Clare Hess He's a -> "HE" Current Builds HMS Wolf, 1754 - Shipyard Laser Cut Kit Kitamaebune - Japanese Coastal Trade Ship, 18th/19th Centuries - Woody Joe Kit Atakebune - Japanese Sengoku Period Warship - Woody Joe Kit
Ronald-V Posted June 1 #23 Posted June 1 Welkom! Keith Black, Scottish Guy and mtaylor 3 Quote Currently working on the HMS Sphinx from Vanguard Models
Marcel1981 Posted June 1 Author #24 Posted June 1 3 hours ago, mugje said: Welkom! Thanks! Another Dutchy mtaylor, Scottish Guy, Keith Black and 1 other 4 Quote Current project: Armed Virginia sloop 1776! Paper ship model.
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