Model Boat Mayhem
Mess Deck: General Section => Beginners start here...! => Topic started by: Ompa on May 12, 2013, 08:42:30 am
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Hello modeling friends.
My name is Tomas 44years old and I'm from Sweden. I have always being fascinated of scaleboat building and mostly working vessels.
When I was about 12years old I got my first 1/8th rc car and it was there my big interesting for model building started. My first own build was a wooden daycruiser. As the years passed by I more and more turned over to scale airplanes and helicopters.
Three years ago I had a very tough divorce. Lost my house and hobby shop. So now I'm sitting in a apartment and start to thinking of what to do. It not so easy to build an 100” dive bomber on the third floor and no elevator ok2. Scaleboats, that is more convenient to handle in the apartment and easier to store away when I'm not build. And at least, it is a very relaxing hobby. So for the moment I have begin to look around to see which model to buy. But mostly I gathering information and modeling tips.
There are a couple vessels which has got my attention, and that is Model slipway Aziz, Billing boats Fairmount Alpine and Robbe Happy Hunter. So after this summer I probably had made my mind up on what to buy and can start my own build.
Best regards,
Tomas
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Looks like i have some trubble whith the font sizes in the previus mesage :embarrassed:
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Welcome to the madhouse so to speak all the boats yuo have thought of are all god tugs I have a Happy Hunter myself all of 2mtrs long !!!!
Dave
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Welcome Tomas. Where are you in Sweden ? Got plenty of sailing water ?
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Got plenty of sailing water ?
just about as much as you could ever dream of!! %% %% %% %% %%
welcome to the mayhem Thomas..........you'll enjoy it here.
neil.
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Hi and welcome to the Mayhem!
Lunch today will be Swedish meatball in white pepper sauce.... your treat!
Aziz (Model Slipway) is probably the most complete kit of the three.
Billing, Fairmount Alpine ( maily wood construction) looks great but not seen one completed.
Happy Hunter... stuill my favourite tug!
Martin
Looks like i have some trouble with the font sizes in the previous mesage :embarrassed:
Sorted!
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Lunch today will be Swedish meatball in white pepper sauce.... your treat!
Martin
Sorted!
If he offers you Lutfisk.... RUN! ;D
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Welcome to the madhouse you dont have to be mad but it helps. baloo
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If he offers you Lutfisk.... RUN! ;D
Just looked Lutfisk up.... not as bad as Jamaican grilled mackerel, what a stink!
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>>:-( Is that smelly fish that comes in a tin? years ago a Swedish chap I used to work with opened a tin of something and cleared the messroom in 30secs. is it fermented herring or something like it? I am not too sure perhaps out there really knows,Ray. :P :P
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Thank you all for the warm welcome :-)
I have plenty of water to sail in later on. I live just next to Swedens largest lake (Europes third largest lake) Vänern :-))
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>>:-( Is that smelly fish that comes in a tin? years ago a Swedish chap I used towork with opened a tin of something and cleared the messroom in 30secs. is it fermented herring or something like it? I am not too sure perhaps out there really knows,Ray. :P :P
No that’s not lutfisk. That is Surströmming you refer to. I would not even taste it if I get paid... :o
Lutfisk is a bit complicated to explain. Provide a link to wikipipedia instead ok2
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lutefisk (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lutefisk)
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{-) With all them lakes I bet you lots of rain bit like us,still did get a couple hours at the lake today got home in time for the rain well that's
English weather always dodging the showers,happy sailing,Ray. :-)) :-))
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:-)) Sorry about the mix up with lutfisk, shows how ignorant I am,Ray. :-)) :-))