Hello! New Here.

Hello All,

My name is Paul and I am new here. I just started modeling (not counting the stuff I did as a kid).

I’m interested in ships/boats, particularly working/fishing boats. Currentl, I am working on my first wooden build of a lobster boat.

I look forward to learning from and contributing to this forum.

Welcome to the Forums Paul! Glad to have you with us.

You’ve come to the right place. Members here are very knowledgeable and ready to help out with your questions and problems.

Check out the Ships section of the Forums. Lots of great builds going on with lots to learn.

Enjoy!

Jim [cptn]

Stay Safe.

Thanks Jim. Glad to be here. Paul

Welcome aboard.

Welcome aboard Paul!!

Welcome to the Forums!

Hi Paul!

Yay! Another Ship/Boat Builder. I will follow your builds. I have done these for years. TankerBuilder

Welcome Paul. I’m ex-navy, so fond of anything that floats, I look forward to seeing your builds. Incidentaly, I live in a fishing village, so if you want some photos of working boats, give me a hoy. They may not be the same sort of boats, but they all share the same weathering.

So, a question just popped into my head. Are there wooden boat/ship model builders here too?

Paul, there are many wood ship builders here including yours truly as you can see by my avatar. Check out the “ships” section of the forums. Many of us build a little bit of everything and post our builds in the section for the build.

I’ve built many plank on frame and plank on bulkhead ships. Here’s a link to a couple of them.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/KZPzYwqQAeD7vYai8

Also built many plastic ships too.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/WU78HYzQYtQbGbXi6

If you have any questions, just ask or you can send a PM.

Jim [cptn]

Stay Safe.

Welcome aboard, Paul!

And some of us even build paper ships…

Yes there are, just nothing going on at the moment. I have a few in the stash.

There’s another new member, someone who joined within the last month, who mentioned that he’s working right now on a wooden model. I know I complimented him on his courage in tackling the project. I can’t remember who it was, though.

If you have a look through the Ships forum, I think you’ll find some other threads for builds. Probably not a lot of guys consider it-kind of like the idea of building a vacuform kit.

There’s also a club devoted to building wooden ship models, the Connecticut Marine Model Society. I see their newsletters via the IPMS Region’s distribution network. Their website is at http://ctshipmodels.org/index.html I think you’ll enjoy having a look there!

Best regards,

Brad