Hi everyone.
After years of doddering around, envying many other peoples scratch and kitbuilds and wishing I could do the same, I was actually challenged at the age of 59, by a mate who asked was I going to die wondering or
actually try to build a model ship myself.
My Brother-in-law come home several years ago from a trip to Europe, and amongst his piccies was a photo of a beautiful little Norwegian coastal passenger ship, the MS Sandnes, currently preserved in the port of Stavanger.
With no plans to find, I found sixteen photos on the net, from which I made my own plans, and proceeded to commence doing something I really didn't believe that I had the ability to do. BUT, the passion was there, particularly
after some research indicated that her keel was actually laid on the very day that I was born! Well, I had to, didn't I.
Well to cut a long story short, a nearly completed 1-80 scale version of Sandnes was proudly displayed in the recent Sydney Model Boat Show, and I am hoping that in just a couple of weeks she will be in the water, and sailing.
I will post a photo with my next post.
On completion of Sandnes, a bigger project and challenge starts as I attempt a 1-110 Artesania kit of the Juan Sebastian deElcano.
Reckon there will be some questions coming then. And how many years??
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Topic: Anothercrewman from Down Under (Read 1182 times)