This topic is a way to tell your fellow members a little about yourself and a way to make our Forum more personable.
This template can give you suggestions to the kind of information you may want to show. Off course you can write anything you want, but I would suggest not giving away really personal information. More personal information between members is best done through PMs' and Emails.

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PS; Rather then reply here with your "Bio", just start your "Bio" as new topic ("New Thread") within this "Introduction" Forum.

 

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Hi All; Permission to come aboard! My name is Bill and I hail from Chelmsford, MA, USA. I am a relative "Neebie" to this wonderful artform, having been introduced to it a couple of years ago. I am a veteran, retired anddisabled ( blinded/visually impaired). I use a talking computer and the VA has gicven me the wonderful "new" sight with special optics to build models. I am presently (been working on it for 7 months) the "Bounty" and have a couple on the dry dock, waiting for me to do something with them. This model is being sent to the VA Blind Center when finished to say thank you for teaching me that nothing is impossible in this life.
My wife loes me doing this and keeps me out of her hair. I enjoy gardening and my grandchildren also, butnot necessarily in that order!
Well enough of this long intro, I will ave many questions in the future.
Thanks again for the invite to this forum
Bill Quigley

 

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Just wanted to say hello and thanks for having me. Today I turn 45 which means I've been building models for 40 years now. My ships include everything from the Mayflower to the Queen Mary and even a few Sci-fi ships. In the Sci-fi dept I mostly like to kit bash-helps keep the imagination afloat. My most Recent project was Revell's Jolly Rogers. As soon as I can I will post a few pictures. Would Love to hear coments, compliments and critiques as well. I am a Neonatlal/Pediatric specialist who works 7pm-7am 3 days a week so I do have a little time to endulge in my favorite hobbies. I have two great boys and the best Wife in the world. Again, thanks for letting me come aboard!

 

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Member name: jimlauser
Date joined the Forum: member about 6 months
Real (first) name: Jim
Location (Salt Lake City
Brief Bio (Retired from Accounting and IT Industries
Modeling experience and interests Have been building things since I was a boy. Anything in a kit with instructions, including a 25" color TV. Got into model shipbuilding about a year ago. Have completed Corel's Wasa
Current modeling project: Am currently working on OcCre's cross section of the Santisima Trinidad and have encountered a problem
Other Interests: Trains, both real and in HO scale. Photography

 

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My name is Manny Abadie; I joined the forum about two/three years ago, I live in Oceanside, CA, I am married with four kids, US army veteran, Electrical Engineer, retired.
My principal hobbies are: tennis, gardening (I got 30 roses that keep me very busy), I love reading, specially biographies and historical books. I do lots handy work for wife and kids.

So far I haven’t started any project. One of my goals for this year is to do my first model. I have a few questions that I need to get answers to build my confidence, before I do my first project.

1. For a beginner what type of model do you recommend?
could a beginner build the US Constitution?
2. American vs. Europeans kits…which are better for a beginner?
3. How good are the drawings and which manufacturer produce the
best drawings?
4. How complete are the kits……do I need to make any part base
on the drawings? Are the parts well engineered that do not
Required mayor adjustments?
5. Do you recommend a kit with a solid hull? Or try for the
experience a hull build with planks? How difficult it is for a
beginner to build a hull with planking?
6. Regarding tools…….what do you recommend? What will be the
basic kit that I need?

 

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I will give this a shot:

1. For a beginner what type of model do you recommend?
Could a beginner build the US Constitution?
The Model Shipways Constitution is not a good beginner’s kit. Don't get me wrong, it is probably a very nice kit but it requires some previous experience to do it justice as with most of the Model Shipways kits. Even the intermediate kits from Model Shipways are tough in my opinion. For easy building I would suggest Midwest kits or Artesania Latina's larger and newer kits. I came straight from plastic to building the AL Constellation and had very little difficulty building it. Also, be prepared to take a year or more in building these wooden kits - they take time to do them right.


2. American vs. Europeans kits…which are better for a beginner?
Both. It all depends on the particular model and your ability to come up with solutions on how to make a particular part. You have to be creative sometimes to figure out how to use the tools and materials at hand to make the part. Some models have good instructions for that and others leave it up to you. I would say scour the internet to look at what’s available then get on the forums to see what others opinions are on that particular kit.

3. How good are the drawings and which manufacturer produce the
best drawings?
The best drawings I have seen are from Model Shipways and Euromodel. Other manufacturers use isometric views or use good drawings that show parts that are not in the kit which causes confusion.

4. How complete are the kits……do I need to make any part based
on the drawings? Are the parts well engineered that do not
require major adjustments?
Other than Model Shipways, you will likely get shorted on materials and then you either buy more materials or write to the kit manufacturer and wait 2-6 weeks for replacement parts. Model Shipways will replace parts for free (even free shipping) and will get them to you in a short amount of time.
Yes, you need to make parts based on the drawings.
Some kits are well engineered and others are not. And this difference can even be seen in the same manufacturer - depends on the kit.


5. Do you recommend a kit with a solid hull? Or try for the
experience a hull build with planks? How difficult it is for a
beginner to build a hull with planking?
Personally, I own both solid hull and planking type models and in my opinion the planking is easier than sanding down a solid hull to its final shape. Again, I built the AL Constellation and had no problem installing the planks or doing any of the other tasks that were needed to complete the kit.

6. Regarding tools…….what do you recommend? What will be the
basic kit that I need?
I started with sandpaper, small files, a vice, a small hobby saw, a pencil, a ruler (with metric and inches), and various types of clamps. Paper binder clips work real well at holding things together.
I would recommend the book Ship Modeling Simplified.


Richard

 

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Cordial greetings to fellow nautical passion ...

First of all I want to thank the opportunity to be among you in this forum.
My name is Claudio Lizias, am 55 years old, I am Brazilian, I live in a city within the state of Sao Paulo, Brazil. I am a carpenter, unmarried and by modeling nautico aficionado in general with predilection for the electrical component in scale and semi scale.

I have little knowledge on the subject but I share with pleasure the little I know.

Ps-I apologize for the difficulty of communication, but unfortunately do not know how to speak another language besides my own (I use the "holy google" to help me).


I put myself at the disposition of future friends and hobby

 

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