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And hello from Florida. I'm quite new to the ship building hobby but I've plenty of experience with building scale models. My true love of model building has always been plastic scale airplanes, primarily WWll and civilian aircraft. I was a long time member of IPMS an competed in many IPMS contests since the mid 1970's. One of the reasons I got out of the hobby was I diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis in 2013 and it hit me pretty hard, my hands were really effected and it seemed every joint in my body hurt. But thanks to modern medicine and the VA I now have relief. I feel 99% better and consequently, I want to get into something in scale modeling again.
I'm retired now and my wife and I are living in The Villages in Florida so I do have some time I like to devote to modeling again. I always looked at the ship models at IPMS contests and was quite impressed with the subjects and the skill of the ship builders but most of the models were WWll related but once in a while a wood sailing ship model would make it's way into the contest. IPMS rules once stated that eligible models needed to be made up of a certain percentage of plastic, but they relaxed these rules over the years.
I've always been fascinated by the detail and realism of a well done wooden ship model, so I'm here to learn what I can from the people who love it, know it and do it.
I'm retired now and my wife and I are living in The Villages in Florida so I do have some time I like to devote to modeling again. I always looked at the ship models at IPMS contests and was quite impressed with the subjects and the skill of the ship builders but most of the models were WWll related but once in a while a wood sailing ship model would make it's way into the contest. IPMS rules once stated that eligible models needed to be made up of a certain percentage of plastic, but they relaxed these rules over the years.
I've always been fascinated by the detail and realism of a well done wooden ship model, so I'm here to learn what I can from the people who love it, know it and do it.