Manstein, thanks for your comment. I built models as a teenager and did quite well in our local hometown contests. As time passed, I stopped building for about 20 years. Then being a Texas History teacher, I started thinking about building again and what kind of model could I build that I could use in the classroom. I thought, we study about Columbus and the explorers, perhaps I should try to make a ship model. I did and I was hooked on historical ships of sail. In the last few years I have expanded to also build wooden dioramas with a naval theme. When I look at the type of diorama models listed in this forum, I really stick out like a sore thumb, sinceI almost all concentrate on WW II armor, but to each their own.
Raul Guzman Jr.
www.guzmanshipmodels.com