Welcome to the Forums Bradley! Glad to have you aboard!
I've been building for 70 of my 76 years. I've built whatever struck my fancy at the time including many sailing ships like the one in my avatar and an HMS Victory. Being an old fart now, the hands and eyes aren't what they used to be so I'm finishing up all my 1/72 and other small models and moving up to larger ones. Won't be able to do many of them as I don't have a lot of room for them.
Check out the Ships section of these Forums. There are many great builders there and they are very helpful.
Lookng forward to seeing pics of you builds and maybe following your posts while you do a WIP.
Jim 
Main WIP:
On the Bench: Artesania Latina (aka) Artists in the Latrine 1/75 Bluenose II
I keep hitting "escape", but I'm still here.