Hi Terry.
as an old salt you will be aware of how a ship is put together and the names of all the various parts so you speak boat builders
language straight away unlike some newbies you won`t be saying the pointy bit at the front you know its called the bow.
You have some "chippy`s skills and tools and the "swmbo" let you keep your produce indoors so you must have some
good hand skills so don`t sell your self short matey some of this lot think a "spirit level" is what the land lord uses for
measuring out the drinks.
As for computers everyone is c.r.a.p. at it in the beginning but just like any other tool the more you use it the more
proficient you become with it.
When bending wood everyone has their own preferred method although soaking the wood and pining it into place allows
the wood to take up and retain the required shape when it has dried out. There is even an electric plank bender available
for that job as well now.
The main two magazines for our hobby are called Model boats and marine modeller. At nearly £4 a whack I advise you
to do the same as the rest of us brows it in the shop first if there are items of interest buy it if not then thats £4 going
towards the boat building funds...lol
I am sure we would all like to see some progress of your build get the grand kids to show you how to upload your
pix and to post them on the forum you click on "add image to post" below the emoticons follow the 4
steps in the dialogue box and you`r sorted.
If there is a model boat club near you might want to pay them a visit see how thing are done. Model
boating like most things is constantly changing so I would not think about buying any books until you
know which direction you are going to lean towards. You could however buy the model product supplies
catalogue like ripmax etc (forget the names of the others ) this would show you the vast array of materials which
are available to get your model made, motored, radioed and sailing round the pond.
cheers Frank..
