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Good day to you all,
I recently joined the forum as I am in the process of sponging up as much knowledge as I can before deciding on and tackling my first wooden ship build. All my research thus far has circled me back to this group time and again, so there you have it. I had to join.
I am a maritime archaeologist, a historical reenactor, and a cultivator of bonsai trees. I own and sail/row a replica 18th Century British ship's yawl.
I used to have an addiction to scale modeling back in my childhood and teenage years, building plastic kits. I worked my way through pretty much every battleship, submarine or aircraft kit I could get my hands on. Some of them I even had on show, but unfortunately the ravages of time struck and none of my earlier builds have survived the multiple moves over the years.
Now that I'm older, I have been pining over the idea of owning a detailed wooden ship model. There is a large space over the fireplace that is absolutely begging for a worthy vessel to display. I think I am finally at a point in my life where the intimidation factor of building and planking a hull and rigging the whole shooting match is no longer an impossible hurdle. These are concepts I now study or practice both professionally and as a hobbyist. I think the time has come to dive in.
I recently joined the forum as I am in the process of sponging up as much knowledge as I can before deciding on and tackling my first wooden ship build. All my research thus far has circled me back to this group time and again, so there you have it. I had to join.
I am a maritime archaeologist, a historical reenactor, and a cultivator of bonsai trees. I own and sail/row a replica 18th Century British ship's yawl.
I used to have an addiction to scale modeling back in my childhood and teenage years, building plastic kits. I worked my way through pretty much every battleship, submarine or aircraft kit I could get my hands on. Some of them I even had on show, but unfortunately the ravages of time struck and none of my earlier builds have survived the multiple moves over the years.
Now that I'm older, I have been pining over the idea of owning a detailed wooden ship model. There is a large space over the fireplace that is absolutely begging for a worthy vessel to display. I think I am finally at a point in my life where the intimidation factor of building and planking a hull and rigging the whole shooting match is no longer an impossible hurdle. These are concepts I now study or practice both professionally and as a hobbyist. I think the time has come to dive in.
