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Going back to 1976, with the Bicentennial Celebration,  inspired by the Tall Ships that sailed into Newport Rhode Islands, Harbor and having been raised with the local Heritage of Herreshoff just up the road, wooden boat building had made it's impression on me.

Out of admiration for the craft and the art form that wooden boat building is, it wasn't long before I had subscribed to Wooden Boat Magazine.

I was drawn to the flawless , high gloss finishes of the intricate woodworking marvels, whether 12 1/2' or larger. It was all about the mystery of how nothing was straight and built with such grace and non stop detail! 
A replica of L. Francis Herreshoff's, 72-foot Ketch, Ticonderoga was in the harbor during that Bicentennial Celebration, though the Hull was built using the West System, the beauty of that boat spilled over, exposing the crafted of boat building. 

It was around that time I discovered our family tree had a Shipwright in England, going back 6 generations. The photo I was shown displayed a 5 masted Schooner, with a massive crew of boat builders, all with tools in hand, standing before the Hull at Dry dock, like ducks in a row for the attention of the photograph taken!

It was at that time, I had been subliminally hooked on the sexy curves of a hull and it's rigging.

 

It has been with appreciation of detail and for many years, I found myself building and modeling a variety of different hobbies and have come full circle back to boats.

What should I build?  That's when I came across M S W and with a little bit of research,  decided upon the Amati kit of Lady Nelson.

Stay tooned as I get my act together,  to bring that ship to life! ( As best I can! )

 






















 

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Welcome to MSW.

 

Make sure you start a build log for your Lady Nelson. Instructions for starting your log are here: 

 

It's the best way to get help and advice as you proceed with your build, and we get to see another ship model under construction!

Steven

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"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

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