Hello! I am a complete beginner to this new world of wood model ship building and very happy to have found this forum. I got the bug decades ago from a friend’s father whose tiny living room was stuffed with at least 6 ships of the line he built. Finally decided all these years later to start. I actually began on a cheap Harvey kit from Amazon which was a huge mistake but I’m still slowly working on it. I’m counting my “first” model to be the Model Shipways Lowell Grand Banks dory…model 1 of the 3 model Shipwright series kit that I bought over holiday along with the Carronade kit and the OcCre Polaris and OcCre Bounty Launch.
At some point I hope to share a proper build-log for one of these starter builds but I’m a bit too far in with the dory. For now, here is a photo of my cave/workshop/shipyard where I happily get to spend an hour or so if the opportunity presents itself. It ain’t much (6ft by 12ft space in the basement), it ain’t pretty (really should have painted the walls before I set everything up), but it’s all mine and I consider myself fortunate to at least have a dedicated space. I just realized the photo isn’t totally accurate as there is a 4ft wide shelving unit in the one corner now. Ah well, close enough.
At some point I hope to share a proper build-log for one of these starter builds but I’m a bit too far in with the dory. For now, here is a photo of my cave/workshop/shipyard where I happily get to spend an hour or so if the opportunity presents itself. It ain’t much (6ft by 12ft space in the basement), it ain’t pretty (really should have painted the walls before I set everything up), but it’s all mine and I consider myself fortunate to at least have a dedicated space. I just realized the photo isn’t totally accurate as there is a 4ft wide shelving unit in the one corner now. Ah well, close enough.
