danwind Posted August 4 #1 Posted August 4 Hello from a first post. I blame Erroll Flynn and the movie Captain Blood for my interest in ships. I saw the movie when I was 10 years old and already building wood models from Strombecker kits, and yes, I am that old. I later built plastic kits from Monogram and Revell, then built railroad freight car kits in my teens. After a few years hiatus for college and starting a career, I discovered Colorado mountain railroads and modeled in 1/4 inch O Scale for more than 50 years. Over the years I built models in wood, styrene, and brass, with brass being my favorite. I wrote articles on my scratch built models for a railroad magazine specializing in my kind of railroads. At various times, I worked in hobby shops and also worked for a model railroad manufacturer that made craftsman kits, so I have experience on both sides of the fence. A few years ago, I realized I was in my 70s, and if I ever wanted to build sailing ships I had better start. I started out building Scientific ship kits. Yes, I can hear the laughs from here, but I learned the basics of ship modeling and terminology and had fun doing it. With some careful work and attention, the models came out very well and are still displayed in my living room. I moved on to plank on bulkhead kits and have really enjoyed building these models. I'm currently building the Sergal President and was curious to see what other modelers had done with it. I was surprised that no one seems to have built one, and was also surprised at the rather negative comments about Sergal and Mantua. I built the Mantua Black Falcon and it turned out decently, historical accuracy aside. I've just finished the President's hull and am working on the masts, and while I'm not thrilled with the kit, it's coming along ok. I'm thinking of posting a few photos of both models, and perhaps a build log for the President, but have no idea of how to do it. I looked at the Help page, but that didn't explain how to post photos. If someone can enlighten me, I'd really appreciate it. If you've actually read this far, thanks. Dan JacquesCousteau, RVB, Baker and 7 others 10
Keith Black Posted August 4 #2 Posted August 4 (edited) Dan, welcome to MSW. Glad to have you aboard. For no ship models you can post photos to the below. https://modelshipworld.com/forum/174-completed-non-ship-models/ Edited August 4 by Keith Black Current Builds: Sternwheeler from the Susquehanna River's Hard Coal Navy Wood Hull Screw Frigate USS Tennessee Decorative Carrack Warship Restoration, the Amelia Completed: 1870's Sternwheeler, Lula 1880s Floating Steam Donkey Pile Driver Early Swift 1805 Model Restoration
ccoyle Posted August 4 #3 Posted August 4 Welcome aboard! We have a few finished President models around here, which you can find in this list (if you haven't looked them up already). Keith Black 1 Chris Coyle Greer, South Carolina When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk. - Tuco Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix, Adler IV
CPDDET Posted August 4 #4 Posted August 4 Welcome aboard! Seems you're a skilled modeler and should have few problems building wooden ship models. Keith Black 1 Current build: Hemingway's Pilar Previous build: NRG Half Hull Previous build: MS Bluenose
gsdpic Posted August 4 #5 Posted August 4 Welcome aboard! As for your question about uploading and posting pictures, first realize that it may depend on how you access the forum...browser on PC or MAC or phone or iPad. But, at least with a PC browser, when you reply to a post there is an area where you can drag or choose files. Just select your picture files there. Note that JPEGs are probably the best bet. If you have an iPhone and it is set to the default HEIC format, those pictures will not appear on the forum, and need to be converted to JPEG. For more help, check out the pinned posts both in this subforum and in the "Using the MSW forum" subforum. Keith Black 1 - Gary Current Build: Bluejacket Friendship Sloop Completed Builds: Blue Jacket America 1/48th Annapolis Wherry Artesania Latina Sopwith Camel Fujimi Dino 246GT Tamiya Lotus 49 Tamiya Lotus 72D Tamiya Lotus 78 Tamiya Porsche 917 (x2) Revell Porsche 911 Carrera 3.2 Porsche 911 GT3 RS
SiriusVoyager Posted August 5 #6 Posted August 5 Welcome to MSW! Keith Black 1 - Eric Current build: Sultan Arab Dhow Finished: Norwegian Sailing Pram, Lowell Grand Banks Dory, Muscongus bay lobster smack, OcCre Palamos, San Francisco Cross Section
Baker Posted August 5 #7 Posted August 5 Keith Black 1 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
GrandpaPhil Posted August 5 #8 Posted August 5 Welcome! Keith Black 1 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)
Wawona59 Posted August 6 #9 Posted August 6 Hi Dan, Welcome to Model Ship World. I too dabbled in O Guage trains when my kids were little. My son usually accompanied me to the train store to buy more rolling stock. The kids are all grown now and the trains have been carefully packed away. My primary interest is in sailing ships but I also build 1/72 airplanes for displays. You're in the right place. Keith Black 1 Wawona59 John Current Project: Slo-Mo-Shun IV - Billing Boats kit Selected "Seattle icons" future Builds: Wawona Lumber Schooner Washington State Ferry - Kalakala First Nations - Duwamish cedar dugout canoe Slo-Mo-Shun IV - hydro Bailey Gatzert, Sternwheeler, 1890 - Built in Seattle
Knocklouder Posted August 6 #10 Posted August 6 Bob M. Keith Black 1 On the build table : Pegasus -Amati-1:64 On hold: Astrolabe 1812 - Manuta-1:50 Completed : Eleven in our Gallery ‼️
danwind Posted Thursday at 11:55 PM Author #11 Posted Thursday at 11:55 PM Hi gsdpic, Thanks for the info on sending photos. Please understand that you are dealing with a particularly backward old guy who is almost totally a computer illiterate. You can imagine my surprise when I clicked on "Drag files here to attach or choose files" and up popped my computer files. Now all I have to do is figure out how to get photos from my old Android phone into my computer. This may take a while for me to figure out. My time isn't my own, as I'm the sole caregiver for my ill wife, but I hope to get some photos ready and attached fairly soon. SaltyScot, sheepsail and Keith Black 3
sheepsail Posted Friday at 01:33 AM #12 Posted Friday at 01:33 AM 1 hour ago, danwind said: My time isn't my own, as I'm the sole caregiver for my ill wife, but I hope to get some photos ready and attached fairly soon. I came to these forums, while being a caregiver to my late dad. Was something I could do as there was a lot of demand on my and my mother's time. So we had two of us. My heart goes out to you. Keith Black and SaltyScot 2
CPDDET Posted Friday at 12:21 PM #13 Posted Friday at 12:21 PM You can always send yourself an email from your phone, with photos attached and then open the email on your computer and save the images. Knocklouder and Keith Black 2 Current build: Hemingway's Pilar Previous build: NRG Half Hull Previous build: MS Bluenose
palmerit Posted Friday at 02:05 PM #14 Posted Friday at 02:05 PM 14 hours ago, danwind said: Now all I have to do is figure out how to get photos from my old Android phone into my computer. I use iPhone, not Android, so maybe my response won't be helpful. While I often browse from my computer, I always post directly from my iPhone. When I go to "Add Files" on my phone, I select "Photo Library" and add from there (it opens the default folder where my photos are stored), but I don't know if the interface on an Android looks different. You can send from your phone to your computer and post from there, but I have to think there's also some way to post directly from your phone so long as you're logged into modelshipworld on a browser on your phone. Keith Black 1 Current Builds: Sherbourne 1763 (Vanguard Models), Ranger 1864 (Vanguard Models), San Francisco Bay Scow Schooner (Midwest Products), Gunboat Philadelphia (Model Shipways) In the Queue: Oseberg (Ships of Pavel Nikiten), Zulu 1900 (Vanguard Models), Endurance (Occre), Syren US Brig 1803 (Model Shipways), Duchess of Kingston (Vanguard Models) Completed Builds: Lowell Grand Banks Dory (Model Shipways), 18th-Century Merchantman Half-Hull Planking Kit (NRG), Norwegian Pram (Model Shipways), Endurance (Lego), Muscongus Bay Lobster Smack (Model Shipways), Grand Banks Dory (Midwest Products)
danwind Posted Monday at 09:48 PM Author #15 Posted Monday at 09:48 PM Thanks to those who gave me info on getting my photos into my computer. I finally just emailed them to myself from my phone. Of course I had to then figure out how to get them onto my desktop. Obviously, I'm not much of a computer guy. I've attached 3 photos of my current build, the Sergal President, with the idea of possibly starting a build log. However, I don't want to re-invent the wheel by doing so. I've been building the kit on an IKEA glass-top dining room table using very basic tools, and wondered if this might be of any interest. I have issues with the kit that I've dealt with without going too far. I'll wait to get feedback on the idea of a build log. Ryland Craze, CPDDET and Keith Black 3
Keith Black Posted Monday at 09:55 PM #16 Posted Monday at 09:55 PM Dan, create a build log and post your photos. We share because that's how we learn. Ryland Craze 1 Current Builds: Sternwheeler from the Susquehanna River's Hard Coal Navy Wood Hull Screw Frigate USS Tennessee Decorative Carrack Warship Restoration, the Amelia Completed: 1870's Sternwheeler, Lula 1880s Floating Steam Donkey Pile Driver Early Swift 1805 Model Restoration
SaltyScot Posted yesterday at 12:00 AM #17 Posted yesterday at 12:00 AM 2 hours ago, Keith Black said: Dan, create a build log and post your photos. We share because that's how we learn. Nail on the head, Keith. Nail on the head. Keith Black 1 Mark On the table: Lynx, Baltimore Clipper Schooner - MANTUA - 1:62 Awaiting shipyard clearance: HMS Endurance - OcCre - 1:70 Wishlist: 1939 Chris Craft Runabout - Garrett Wade - 1:8 Finished: Endeavour 1934 - J Class Racing Yacht - 1:80 Dogs do speak, but only to those who know how to listen
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