Hello All,
I am a new member of the forum and am really enjoying the experience. I have been modeling ships for over thirty-five years with occasional forays into planes and fire equipment.
I scratchbuild in basswood but will do a kit if the subject appeals to me and have built a few plastic and resin models. I do not specialize in any type or era but I favor work boats such as fishing vessels and tugs. I have done several models as subjects for a marine artist friend of mine.
Al Blevins
Welcome aboard, Al! Glad to have you with us. Cant wait to see some pics of your work on the forum. I have quite a fascination with fishing vessels.
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Welcome to FSM Al.
Welcome to FSM Al!!
In all those ships you built you would happen to have built the 1/200 Scale Revell USS Andrew Jackson?? I just purchased one on Ebay and it didn’t come with Instructions. Now hopefully this wont be a problem since i did serve on her and was qualified in Submarines on her. If you have a copy of the instructions and have scanning capabilities and then could email them to me that would be great.
Anyhow thanks in advance and again welcome to the forums.
Welcome to FSM Al. Great to have you aboard !!
Enjoy the forums !!!
[#welcome] Aboard Al. I hope you will enjoy your stay here.
mark956
Thank you all for the warm reception. Sorry Rich, never did the Andrew Jackson. Good luck in your search for plans.
Al Blevins
Welcome to FSM!
Hi and welcome, Al
I’m sure you will right at home here…plenty of good folk to correspond with…
Have you built a BlueJackets ship …I have a WWII Liberty ship and was wondering…
Regards, Dan
welcome from another “newbie”[8D]
Welcome to the forums Al, I have never built any ships at this time (though I would like to in the future), but I have always had a fascination with the coast guard ships…have you done any of those? Either way, can’t wait to see some pics of your work!!!
Welcome to FSM, Al. Glad you decided to join us. Stick around and enjoy.
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Welcome to the forums! You will find a ton of great people on this forum ready to help.
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Welcome to the forums, Al!
Hi Dan,
Yes, I have built a few BlueJacket kits, New Bedford Whaleboat. Friendship Sloop, J-Boat Endeavour, CSS Virginia (Merrimack) and the Fletcher Class destroyer. Additionally, I use quite a few of their fittings.
Al
Hello,
Thanks for the welcome. Yes, I did a CG power lifeboat and I did the lighthouse tender Marigold.
I am still trying to figure out how to post a photograph in this forum.
Al
Can anyone tell me how to post a photograph?
Al Blevins
Welcome to the forum family, Al. Looking forward to reading your posts and viewing your pics. There are numerous topics on posting pics, and those who host them. Try a topic search. You should find what you’re looking for.
Gip Winecoff
Thanks Gip, I’ll take a look. I understand that you can cut and paste a photo. Now I will have my granddaughter show me how to do it so that I understand that.
Thanks again,
Al