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Garage Modeler

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I am new to the group and to ship modeling. As a teen and again as a young adult, I built some plastic car models - mostly antique or older cars. It has been a long time since I built any model. I retired a few years ago, and have been looking for different things to occupy my time and attention. After a visit this fall to the Mystic Seaport Museum in Connecticut, I decided to wooden ship modeling. I ordered the Model Shipways introduction kits and built the first one (the Lowell Dory). During the build, I thought that I was making some bad mistakes, but continued to the end. In the meantime, re-ordered the Dory with the intent to build it again, hopefully better. Attached are some photos of my first build of the Lowell Dory.

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Welcome aboard from Connecticut! Your Dory looks great! I think the 3 kit introduction is an excellent way to start.

I am not sure if they still do this but Model Expo would give you credit for the cost of you Dory for your next order if you sent them a picture of you holding your Dory.

Rob
 
Welcome to SoS. You made a very good choice for a start and the model looks great!! When you get the others done and feel ready for a leap to the next level study the build logs, ask questions, and have your priorities set on what you want to achieve going forward.
Allan
 
Greetings from the Finger Lakes of New York! Your dory looks great!

Rob444 said:
I am not sure if they still do this but Model Expo would give you credit for the cost of you Dory for your next order if you sent them a picture of you holding your Dory.
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Yes, Model Expo is still advertising this program. Be sure to cash in on it!
 
Rob444 said:
Welcome aboard from Connecticut! Your Dory looks great! I think the 3 kit introduction is an excellent way to start.

I am not sure if they still do this but Model Expo would give you credit for the cost of you Dory for your next order if you sent them a picture of you holding your Dory.

Rob
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I have not heard this before, but will check it out. Thank you.
 
Garage Modeler said:
I am new to the group and to ship modeling. As a teen and again as a young adult, I built some plastic car models - mostly antique or older cars. It has been a long time since I built any model. I retired a few years ago, and have been looking for different things to occupy my time and attention. After a visit this fall to the Mystic Seaport Museum in Connecticut, I decided to wooden ship modeling. I ordered the Model Shipways introduction kits and built the first one (the Lowell Dory). During the build, I thought that I was making some bad mistakes, but continued to the end. In the meantime, re-ordered the Dory with the intent to build it again, hopefully better. Attached are some photos of my first build of the Lowell Dory.

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Welcome garage...Nice job...I love open boats. (As opposed to ships which tend to be all show on the exterior and by thier nature little visual of the interior). With ships boats and working boats such as your model you get the whole thing. Interior, exterior, and depending on how you want to go add the detail you want to include for extra interest. For example you can wing it and add features and attachements such as nets, baskets, fenders, boat hooks/gaffs, or human figures etc. This also helps you extend your modeling ability by introducing an element of scratch build to your projects. Cheers. Keep it up. You'll be doing the mystic Seapoart Whale boat before you know it.
 
Welcome aboard! Tidy model to be proud of. Look forward to more of your work, George.
 
RickNoyes said:
Welcome garage...Nice job...I love open boats. (As opposed to ships which tend to be all show on the exterior and by thier nature little visual of the interior). With ships boats and working boats such as your model you get the whole thing. Interior, exterior, and depending on how you want to go add the detail you want to include for extra interest. For example you can wing it and add features and attachements such as nets, baskets, fenders, boat hooks/gaffs, or human figures etc. This also helps you extend your modeling ability by introducing an element of scratch build to your projects. Cheers. Keep it up. You'll be doing the mystic Seapoart Whale boat before you know it.
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Thank you for your encouraging words. I like your idea about adding more features and details. Perhaps as I get better at this, I will try doing something like that.
 
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