As a pitiful land lubber in the midst of all you deck hands, I come forward and plead with you for a small favour.... I need a new avatar,... something custom,... something in tune with the fervent nautical ambience proudly displayed within this site!! (boy, can I lay it thick!)... I need one of you to make me a custom avatar, something proudly naval, preferably from pre- WW2. It can be a picture, a poster, a drawing, or CGI, it has to be square and fit the size requirements.

thanking you in advance,

Frank

Hey Frank,

How about the HMS Warspite's crest?



Kenny

That's the ticket!!! Do you have HMS Dreadnought's crest? If so... SOLD!!

Used Kenny's idea and searched a few web sites. I came across the Dreadnought's crest. It's nice, but unfortunately, it's a bit too small to read the name on the crest. I'll keep it on until I find a better option. (I feel less land lubberish already!)

Frank

Looks great Frank !! So you have finally come over to the darkside. I love my tanks and still build them, but I enjoy the ships more. My friend Keith Magee calls it the darkside, but he sure loves selling me those $100 Battleship kits.

"dark side" from where I stand it would be the opposite. Part of the reason for taking a year off from modelling was to dwell on what I really wanted to do in the hobby. I had been modelling for over 20 years and had stretched myself too thin, building everything imaginable, and not being able to concentrate on one specific model for too long, I would end up not completing most of the models I started. I hope that by concentrating on ships, it will bring the fun back into modelling and remove my modellers block.

Frank