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kaybrandt

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Greetings from Denmark
« on: August 10, 2015, 05:50:36 pm »
Hello all,


my name is Karina, I'm 43 and I've been interested in ships/modelships-/boats since I was a child.  I've built a few small model boats as teen and early twenties, and they were actually able to float - but I think its not around 20 years since I built the last one.  I want to get back into this creative hobby, and these days with internet available, forums and such, I thought it could be nice to get to know other people with the same interests.


Watching the Australian TV series, "Sea Patrol," on Danish TV the past couple of months, sparked my interest in ships again, and trying to find either modelkits or building plans for the Armidale Class patrolboats made me come across this forum, and I hope to learn a lot about building models by studying everything you all may have built in the past or are building on now.


Regards,
- Karina  ;)
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Re: Greetings from Denmark
« Reply #1 on: August 10, 2015, 06:25:47 pm »
 :-)) Hi,Karina,welcome to our friendly forum,this the place to be for advice,information and help with your model boats,don't be afraid to ask we all have to sooner or later, I know I do from time to time and I have been building boats for best part of 50 years,(still learning),the tips and advice I have got from the few years I have been on here is beyond price,so ask away and the guys will help you with your build,power train and radio problems you may encounter with your models,          Ray. :-)) :-)) :-)) :-)) :-))   
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Re: Greetings from Denmark
« Reply #2 on: August 10, 2015, 07:01:01 pm »
thank you very much, Ray  :-))
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Re: Greetings from Denmark
« Reply #3 on: August 10, 2015, 07:05:59 pm »
Welcome Karina.
We have many Australian members on the Forum.
They will help you with the Armidale.

Ned
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Re: Greetings from Denmark
« Reply #4 on: August 10, 2015, 08:28:22 pm »
Thank you, Ned, this sounds great  :-))


I've seen the great photos of the Armidale made by one of the members, its shokingly lifelike.


- karina
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Re: Greetings from Denmark
« Reply #5 on: August 10, 2015, 08:56:45 pm »
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Re: Greetings from Denmark
« Reply #6 on: August 10, 2015, 09:05:58 pm »
thank you, perkasaman, those great photos showed up on the google search which lead me to this forum. looking at them really makes me itch to get started soon.


- karina
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Re: Greetings from Denmark
« Reply #7 on: August 11, 2015, 12:42:25 am »
Welcome Karina.....as Ned mentions....we have a number of Armidale Class vessel builds here on MBM...luck will not be necessary...just perseverance :-)) ...

I have never been on-board an Armidale Class vessel, however did spend a few hours on-board the earlier Class of vessel in Sydney harbour for work many years ago..........

We also found the TV series enthralling.......Derek
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Re: Greetings from Denmark
« Reply #8 on: August 11, 2015, 12:47:46 am »
Welcome aboard  :-))
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Re: Greetings from Denmark
« Reply #9 on: August 11, 2015, 07:13:34 am »
Tigertiger and Derek, thank you.




At the moment two of the Royal Danish Navy ships are in harbor here on the small island I live on, and I've never been close to one,  so Sunday evening my husband and kids and I went to see it and I was quite overwhelmed for some reason. maybe because i'm a lady, I don't know. I probably have a different emotional take on the honorable issue of it all, for a ship protecting my country.


Derek, have you seen the 3D video on youtube showing a virtual tour of the Armidale class, both inside and out?    its so well made.


How did it feel for you to get a "ride" on the older vessel around Sydney Harbour?  I would have been so thrilled and honored.


- karina
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Re: Greetings from Denmark
« Reply #10 on: August 12, 2015, 06:15:36 am »
I had the privilege of going on board HMAS Armidale while she was in Cairns, in September 2013. I had built a model of that vessel several years previously, mainly from line drawings and photos, plus some invaluable help from one of the forum members, and used the visit to take photos of the modifications made since I built mine. I was then able to modify my model to better represent the real ship, fortunately those mods were quite easy to make. Unfortunately, HMAS Bundaberg was badly damaged in a fire in a dockyard in Brisbane not long after, so badly in fact that she was scrapped. I now only have the photos, and my model, to remind me of that visit, although there are 13 other Armidale Class boats still active (as far as I know) in the Royal Australian Navy.


Peter.
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Re: Greetings from Denmark
« Reply #11 on: August 12, 2015, 07:02:34 am »
Welcome to Mayhem - enjoy you time building boats
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Re: Greetings from Denmark
« Reply #12 on: August 12, 2015, 07:24:27 am »
thank you Wicker.




Peter, I saw the photos of the fire on Bundaburg, what a shame it turned out that bad she had to be scrapped.




- karina
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