Hello fellow modelers. My name is Randy and I have been building models since I was10 years old. I have been lurking on this forum for several months and decided I would join in.
I am an a self-employed neo-Luddite (I draw by hand) registered architect (32 years as of this month) with precious few hours available for my hobby. My wife and I enjoy traveling which also limits my shop time.
My introduction to ship modeling ocurred in my teens when I built Revel's Consitution and a large clipper (Flying Cloud?). For the past 30 years I have been building wooden boat models. My first wood kit was Atesania Latina's Swift. My favorite builds are larger scale small craft.
I am a member of a local ship modeling group, the Model Shipwrights Guild of Western New York, and greatly enjoy our monthly meetings.
Currently I have two projects under way. On my workbench is a vintage 1988 RC Dumas 44' Coast Guard utility boat that my father started in 1988 (more on that one later) and a newer endeavor, a paper model of the Lilla Weneda ferry.
I have been "collecting" interesting kits for a couple of years now in hopes of retiring some day in the near future and spending much more time modeling. I think that there are currently close to 40 kits neatly stacked up in the basement.
I am looking forward to the expanded group of ship building enthusists that this forum offers!
Randy
I am an a self-employed neo-Luddite (I draw by hand) registered architect (32 years as of this month) with precious few hours available for my hobby. My wife and I enjoy traveling which also limits my shop time.
My introduction to ship modeling ocurred in my teens when I built Revel's Consitution and a large clipper (Flying Cloud?). For the past 30 years I have been building wooden boat models. My first wood kit was Atesania Latina's Swift. My favorite builds are larger scale small craft.
I am a member of a local ship modeling group, the Model Shipwrights Guild of Western New York, and greatly enjoy our monthly meetings.
Currently I have two projects under way. On my workbench is a vintage 1988 RC Dumas 44' Coast Guard utility boat that my father started in 1988 (more on that one later) and a newer endeavor, a paper model of the Lilla Weneda ferry.
I have been "collecting" interesting kits for a couple of years now in hopes of retiring some day in the near future and spending much more time modeling. I think that there are currently close to 40 kits neatly stacked up in the basement.
I am looking forward to the expanded group of ship building enthusists that this forum offers!
Randy
