WORKSHOPS
Our next workshop will be held in Baltimore, Maryland, March 8-11, 2012. This will be a four day combined workshop covering two topics. The first will be Carving for Ship Modelers and will be followed by Planking the Hull. Materials provided include modeling clay to make a figurehead maquette and a wooden hull which we'll plank with card stock. Thus, a minimum of tools will need to be brought by the participants.
Hotel accomodations have been negotiated for group rates. Group dinner and a guest speaker Saturday evening will add to the experience. This year's speaker will be Grant Walker, Research Historian at the Naval Academy. As usual, we will have prizes of books, wood and tools donated by our sponsors. The Marriott Hotel, in Hunt Valley Maryland, is convenient to a large shopping mall and the light rail should spouses wish to come.
Cost of the workshop is $450 for first-time participants of our workshops and $425 for prior attendees. Space will be limited, so if interested please reserve your spot by sending payment via PayPal to Greg Herbert, dvm27@comcast.net. Checks are also accepted. Contact me at dvm27@comcast.net if you have any additional questions.
Finished set of masts and bowsprit
Workshop booklet, mast jig and materials
David Antscherl
Jeff Hayes honing his chisel to a razor edge.
Workshop participants came from all over the country. Laman Gray, MD, (below center) is an internationally recognized leader in the fields of cardiac surgery and transplantation devices and not too bad with a chisel either!
Grant Walker, of the USNA Museum, leading the tour.
Photographs of several models in the Rogers collectionClick here to add text.
Some photographs of our 2011 workshop held in Baltimore, MD
