New member saying hello

[Nelsons Dockyard]

Greetings all, 

 

Have just recently joined and have been watching posts on the building of the Norske Love with interest. I was given this kit 35 years ago and like so many, only got to the decks. Now with a little more time and more patience, I started building it again. Like many things I do, I have gone in at the deep end having never done a kit like this before. I read an article on the forum re the amount of un-finished builds and although I agree to a point, these are the type of ships I love.

 

I hopefully, have a touch of ability, but only time will tell. I am going to use the original kit to practice on and purchased a new kit, laser cut and with all fixtures and fittings this time, and plan to mirror the build of the old and new to hopefully learn from my errors.

 

May start a build log shortly, but with 3 builds already well underway from other members, do we need another? 

[ccoyle]

14 minutes ago, Nelsons Dockyard said:

I read an article on the forum re the amount of un-finished builds and although I agree to a point, these are the type of ships I love.

 

Welcome aboard!

 

As the author of that article pointed out, there are exceptions to the general rule. I hope your project turns out to be one of the exceptions!

 

Cheers!

[CPDDET]

Welcome, you've found a great resource!

[GrandpaPhil]

Welcome!

[Knocklouder]

Bob  M.

[SiriusVoyager]

Welcome to MSW!

[Keith Black]

 Welcome to MSW. Do we need another....you bet! Glad to have you aboard. 

[Baker]

[Dr PR]

By all means do start a build log! No build is perfect, and our explanations of how to do things aren't always clear. Another log will just provide more information for others to follow.

[Ronald-V]

Welcome! 🎉

[CPDDET]

Build logs of the same model are extremely helpful. Different methods to attain the same goal teach us all. Even experienced builders can, with an open mind, learn from beginners. 

[Nelsons Dockyard]

Thanks for your replies. I will create a build log over the weekend. Have already started the build so need to backtrack a bit

[Nelsons Dockyard]

On 8/21/2025 at 1:29 PM, ccoyle said:

 

Welcome aboard!

 

As the author of that article pointed out, there are exceptions to the general rule. I hope your project turns out to be one of the exceptions!

 

Cheers!

I hope so and will give it my best shot

[palmerit]

On 8/21/2025 at 7:13 AM, Nelsons Dockyard said:

May start a build log shortly, but with 3 builds already well underway from other members, do we need another? 

It's so much more helpful having as many build logs as possible. Thankfully, there are a bunch on the Sherbourne that I just completed. I learned something from all of them and I've also popped onto more current ones and occasionally answered a question or even just given a thumbs up. I've never felt like by starting a build log that I now have taken on some responsibility of being a definitive guide to the model. I'm certainly not qualified to be. I'll try to describe challenges I've had. And on some models (not Vanguard's, but others) I've struggled through mistakes in the instructions or the kit parts and I'll describe how I got around them. I've tried to give credit (and links) to places where I found how to do something (which might benefit someone down the road who is starting out and having to rediscover the wisdom on this site and elsewhere).

 

For me, I mainly just like keeping a visual record of my own progress on a model. I do things simple. I take photos on my iPhone and then just upload directly on the iPhone and type in a short bit of text. There are times when I have more to say and I'll still upload photos from my iPhone, save the response, and then hop over to my computer since it's quicker to type from there. I'm sure for folks who take photos with a camera and need to copy from a phone or camera to a computer and then get those photos uploaded to this site that keeping up a build log might be a bit more of a chore.