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Yann Kermeur

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Yann Kermeur

Yann Kermeur

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Hello everyone  So I am a little 62 year old cabin boy.

My first model was about fifty years ago, the Santa Maria from Heller I think, all plastic.

I had finished it without painting it because there were no paint pots with it...

My father told me: we will paint it later but after  it is still harder. In short it remained all black with its beautiful white plastic sails and my goodness from the height of my ten years I was rather proud .

It was the only model created by my little fingers.

In my twenties, I played the diatonic accordion and with friends we were in sea shanties.

I was a fan of the group "Cabestan" among others also without making a model the heart was always a little carried away .....

 

Retirement is coming in a month so I said to myself that (re)making models would be a nice way to occupy one's time by listening why not some sea shanties ...

I am rather handyman at home and I like working with wood and I make lots of stuff. I am a fan of DIY.

Well my wife said to me: it's true that you are a good handyman but ... are you meticulous enough for models?

There you go the gauntlet is thrown and the challenge is accepted.

 I ordered from AL a model for beginners: HMS Bounty's (Jolly Boat) 1:25.

I saw that some members did this kit.

It's been a while now that I visit your forum and I have gleaned a lot of useful information and admired your work which motivates a lot to progress.

I register here to share with you my naval adventures and especially to learn with those who will want to help a little cabin boy who has just embarked.....  Thank you for taking the time to read.

See you soon on the shipyards ....

 

 

 

 

Keith Black

Keith Black

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 Yann, 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

 

 

AJohnson

AJohnson

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Welcome to MSW!  :cheers:

Andrew
Current builds:- HM Gun-brig Sparkler - Vanguard (1/64) , HMAV Bounty - Caldercraft (1/64)

Completed (Kits):-

Vanguard Models (1/64) :- HM Cutter Trial , Nisha - Brixham trawler

Caldercraft (1/64) :- HMS Orestes(Mars), HM Cutter Sherbourne

Paper Shipwright (1/250) :- TSS Earnslaw, Puffer Starlight

 

Knocklouder

Knocklouder

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:piratebo5::sign:

Bob M.

"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

Baker

Baker

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:sign:

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

 
 
jpalmer1970

jpalmer1970

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Hello and welcome!

 

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Current Build Hayling Hoy 1760 - First POF scratch build

 

Completed HMB Endeavour's Longboat by Artesania Latina

Completed HM Armed Cutter Alert by Vanguard Models

Completed 18ft cutter and 34ft launch by Vanguard Models

Completed Pen Duick by Artesania Latina

Louie da fly

Louie da fly

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Welcome to MSW! You're sure to have a lot of fun. I like the name of the music group "cabestan" - en Anglais capstan!

 

Steven

 

It's not really a ship model unless you've bled on it.

 

CURRENT BUILDS

Golden City - Ballarat paddlewheeler

La Lomellina - Theoretical Reconstruction of a Genoese carrack sunk in 1516

 

FINISHED

Venetian merchant Ship from Basilica of San Marco 

Australian couta boat 

RMS Titanic

HMVS Cerberus 

11th century Byzantine dromon

Winchelsea Nef - Late 13th century Mediaeval ship 

Henry Grace a Dieu - Rebuild of 1:200 model I started in 1967

Mistydeefer - restoration of decor model yacht

mtaylor

mtaylor

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Welcome to MSW, Yann.   Do open a build log.  It's the best way to meet others and also get help.

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)         

         

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                

Coyote_6

Coyote_6

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Welcome aboard!   Good group of people here to help as needed.  

 

Steve

Steve

 

San Diego Ship Modelers Guild

Nautical Research Guild


Launched:    USS Theodore Roosevelt, CVN 71 (1/720, Plastic)

                       USS Missouri, BB 63 (1/535 Plastic) 

                       USS Yorktown, CV 5 (1/700, Plastic)

 

In Dry Dock:  Prince de Neufchatel, New York 1812 (1/58, Wood)

                        USS Enterprise, CVAN 65 (1/720, Plastic)

Wawona59

Wawona59

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Welcome aboard Yann!  I'm recently retired as of August 2022.  This a great pastime for retirement (I should have retired years ago).  I hope you will consider setting up a build log in the model builds from kits section of the MSW site.  If you are able to add progress photos to your log you get a wealth of information and help from experienced ship modelers.  The AL beginner Bounty kit could be a good one to start on.  I would also highly recommend the Model Shipways Shipwright Series 3-kit combo of 3 progressively more challenging models.  The materials and instructions in my opinion are excellent.  I'm using the 3-kit combo to make some small Christmas gifts for friends.

 

Model Shipways Shipwright Series (modelexpo-online.com)

Free Dory Promo (modelexpo-online.com)

 

This is a great worldwide group of modelers.

 

 

Wawona59

John

 

Next Project: Cleaning off my messy workspace a putting my tools away.

 

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

 

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