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- May 23, 2013
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Hi all,
Just discovered this site and thought I'd post some of my stuff here. I found the site through Bob Wilson, aka Shipbuilder, with whom I'd lost contact with and finally located him on the Internet. He told me about this site, so I thought I'd drop in and do what I can to contribute.
Right now, I'm finish up a rigging project of the San Felipe (1/75 scale Mantua/Panart kit), which is just about done. So, I'm hoping to turn my attention back to my main project, a scratch build of the paddlewheel steamer USS Saginaw, 1859, which was the first ship built at the Mare Island Navy Yard, located on the North side of San Francisco Bay.
As soon as I can, I'm going to also start a build of the Japanese screw steamer Kanrin Maru, which escorted the first Japanese Embassy to the United States, arriving in San Francisco on March 17, 1860. This one will be based on a kit by the Japanese model manufacturer Woody Joe. This will be the first time I've built one of their kits and the build will serve a couple purposes including reviewing the Woody Joe kit. To do that, I'm thinking about building straight from the box, but it's SO hard for me to do that. So, we'll see what happens.
Anyway, glad to be aboard and hope to be seeing you all online here.
Clare
Just discovered this site and thought I'd post some of my stuff here. I found the site through Bob Wilson, aka Shipbuilder, with whom I'd lost contact with and finally located him on the Internet. He told me about this site, so I thought I'd drop in and do what I can to contribute.
Right now, I'm finish up a rigging project of the San Felipe (1/75 scale Mantua/Panart kit), which is just about done. So, I'm hoping to turn my attention back to my main project, a scratch build of the paddlewheel steamer USS Saginaw, 1859, which was the first ship built at the Mare Island Navy Yard, located on the North side of San Francisco Bay.
As soon as I can, I'm going to also start a build of the Japanese screw steamer Kanrin Maru, which escorted the first Japanese Embassy to the United States, arriving in San Francisco on March 17, 1860. This one will be based on a kit by the Japanese model manufacturer Woody Joe. This will be the first time I've built one of their kits and the build will serve a couple purposes including reviewing the Woody Joe kit. To do that, I'm thinking about building straight from the box, but it's SO hard for me to do that. So, we'll see what happens.
Anyway, glad to be aboard and hope to be seeing you all online here.
Clare