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  • Member since
    November 2005
  • From: Madison, Mississippi
Remembering old freinds
Posted by Donnie on Saturday, March 21, 2009 12:30 PM

It has been a long time since I posted and and wished that I had not been gone for so long. As a matter of fact after about a year, I would be surprised if anyone remembers me. At any rate maybe some of my old friends will give me a greeting and maybe I will make new freinds here.

I guess it is one of those things that each day leads to another and the next thing I know I realize that it has been a while since I have posted here.

I miss all the great folks here. For one thing I think it was almost a year before I started building another ship.

After the Sultana, I took a break for a while. Then I got the Santisima Trinidad from OcCre wooden ship kit for Christmas 2008. I got started on it right then and really got heavily into it starting the beginning of this year 2009. Thank you for visiting the site. I need to get back to this forum again.

If anyone is interested in following the Santisima Trinidad Build Log, it is on my website at this address: ( I have about 3 months into it so far ) The reason I have this website is not only is it fun and something to do, but also I hope that it could be help to others that might want to build this ship and they have some type of other resource - I am not bragging about my build and I am having difficulties just like anyone else would. I am doing this for "sharing" is the main thing. If anyone can learn, or get an idea then that is what makes me happy. I like to share information, because there have been plenty of freinds and people that have done much more than I to help people like me to get started.

http://www.shipsofscale.com/Trinidad/index.html

Donnie

In Progress: OcCre's Santisima Trindad Finished Builds: Linbergs "Jolly Roger" aka La Flore Mantua's Cannone Da Costa Americano linberg's "Cptn Kidd" aka Wappen Von Hamburg Model Shipways 1767 Sultana Midwest Boothbay Lobsterboat (R/C)

  • Member since
    April 2007
  • From: Hubert, NC
Posted by Gamewarden5 on Monday, March 30, 2009 7:19 PM

Donnie,

Welcome Back! I am not an old friend, perhaps I can be a new friend. I am about to begin my first wooden ship kit. I am going to build the ModelShipways Pilot boat "Phantom" Kit MS2027. I have to say that I am both intimidated and excited by the prospect of learning a whole new set of skills. I will follow your build.

Again Welcome Back.

Brian

Member: IPMS region 12 Eastern Carolina Plastic Modelers On the Bench: 1/72 Revell of Germany ATF Dingo 1/87th Lindbergh Tug Boat Life is full of choices, make one. Train easy, fight hard and die or Train hard, fight easy and live. Heroes stand on the shoulders of men greater than themselves.
  • Member since
    November 2005
  • From: Madison, Mississippi
Posted by Donnie on Tuesday, March 31, 2009 10:38 AM

Hi Brian,

thanks for responding. I think the Phantom is a great start. It does not have a lot of rigging to discourage anyone. I know of several people building this ship and I think it is very forgiving to build. The ships that have planking on bulkhead style probably require a little more accuracy and even that depending other many factors. 

Donnie

In Progress: OcCre's Santisima Trindad Finished Builds: Linbergs "Jolly Roger" aka La Flore Mantua's Cannone Da Costa Americano linberg's "Cptn Kidd" aka Wappen Von Hamburg Model Shipways 1767 Sultana Midwest Boothbay Lobsterboat (R/C)

  • Member since
    February 2008
  • From: San Bernardino, CA
Posted by enemeink on Tuesday, March 31, 2009 11:15 AM

Donnie,

Welcome back. We've had a couple of exchanges over at Model Ship World on my Phantom build Big Smile [:D] for some reason i didn't put 2 and 2 together over here. i'm quite bad at that really.....

"The race for quality has no finish line, so technically it's more like a death march."
  • Member since
    December 2002
  • From: Greenville,Michigan
Posted by millard on Tuesday, March 31, 2009 6:21 PM

Hi Donnie

  Always good to have a shipmate back.

Rod

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