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Shiphappens

Shiphappens

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Hello all! I’m an avid reader and became fascinated by books about shipwrecks, exploration, and survival. Some of my favorites have been, “Down the Great Unknown: John Wesley Powell's 1869 Journey of Discovery and Tragedy through the Grand Canyon”, “Island of the Lost: Shipwrecked at the Edge of the World”, and of course, “Endurance: Shackleton's Incredible Voyage”. My interest in vessels themselves piqued as I continued reading. After learning about how sailors made ships in bottles, I made my own. 
With little woodworking experience, I whittled a little ship based off of a medieval cog, hinged a mast and rigged it with thread. While a little “rustic”, the project was a success in bringing me closer to my new field of interest and pointed me towards model ships. 
After seeing that there was a community for this hobby, I found a good entry point in the Lowell Grand Banks Dory, which I’m currently working on but just wanted to jump in and say, “Hello!”

 

 

 

 

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Baker

Baker

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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

 
 
Keith Black

Keith Black

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 SH, welcome to MSW. Glad to have you aboard. 

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

 

 

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