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Hi guys

I'm new to this forum. I thought I'd register and swap some boating gossip with you lot. I'm Jason from Melbourne Australia. 45yo care worker. I've been lots of things. Army Jerk (soldier)-truckie-farmer-carer.

I love all model boats and especially subs. I'm building a robbe U47 at the moment.

Jason:regards:

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Hi Magpie,

A very warm welcome to the Scale models forum. I hope you find the site intersting and informative and the threads help you with some of your projects.

I also have a Robbe U-47 but it was purchased second hand and was not built very competently in the first place. Consequently it has never been particularly successfull, however it has taught me a lot about the model which has preparred me for building one of my own in the future.

Any updates, information or pictures of your model would be very much appreciated and makes me realise that I have a few pictures of this particular model that I should put in the gallery one day.

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welcome magpie. what other model boats do you have?

chris

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G`day Jason and welcome. Been hoping an Oz boater would join us ! Any knowledge of a very large model of the liner Oriana last heard of somewhere in Queensland? About 30ft long, a manned model,was used in a TV commercial some years ago. Thats about all I know, thought you might have heard of it.

[wonwinglo]

Magpie,welcome aboard,I am sure that you will find a wealth of interchange & knowledge here at your disposal,enjoy yourself.

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hello magpie, nice to see you here, i know you have a growing passion for subs, hopefully you can share some of your pics and info as things develop.

Adzam

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wellcome to the forum !! you will find that the knowledge is awsome yet the friendliness is better

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Welcome Magpie, Nice to have you on board and I do hope you enjoy your stay with us, all very friendly on here so if you are stuck, please ask...we don't bite and that is the way it should be.

Regards.....Mark.

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Thanks Guys

Thanks for the warm welcome guys.

I hope people don't think I'm a forum 'whore' as I've registered on several. I like to surf through them all regularly and join in where appropriate. It's a great way to meet (digitally) people and I'm learning heaps about the best thing since sliced bread. "Model Boating"!! Where I can, I try to add my own bits of help from my experiences too.

If it's wanted, I can put some pics of my boats on this site too. (They're on others). I build RC yachts from a disign of my own "magpie 90" and I've done several kit builds and also a large Pearal Lugger from a glass hull moulding. It's my favourite surface boat and I use it very regularly at our club. "Surrey Park Model Boat Club" in Melbourne. I'm currently doing my first sub as mentioned above. robbe U47 engel tank conversion etc.

The only reason I'm just now joining this forum is that I only just found it.

Thanks again.

Jason

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G`day Jason and welcome. Been hoping an Oz boater would join us ! Any knowledge of a very large model of the liner Oriana last heard of somewhere in Queensland? About 30ft long' date=' a manned model,was used in a TV commercial some years ago. Thats about all I know, thought you might have heard of it.[/quote']Hi Duncan

I just uploaded a pic of a model liner that may be the one you're talking about. I don't have any other info on it as it was a while ago (88).

Jason

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Jason,

I think most of us are members of more than one forum but don't think of ourselves necessarlly as "Ladies of the Night"!!

Make the most of all of them and, above all, enjoy your postings. I am sure that you will find, as I have, that the atmosphere on all forums actually varies quite a bit and you will tend to find that you spend more time on the ones that you enjoy most. I actually remain a member of a few but only post occassionally on most and one of them I make a point of never writing too as I find the attitude very condescending.

As with so many things you will get out as much as you put in so feel free to contribute whenever you want and never forget that there is no such thing as a stupid question!

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Jason,I think most of us are members of more than one forum but don't think of ourselves necessarlly as "Ladies of the Night"!!

Make the most of all of them and, above all, enjoy your postings. I am sure that you will find, as I have, that the atmosphere on all forums actually varies quite a bit and you will tend to find that you spend more time on the ones that you enjoy most. I actually remain a member of a few but only post occassionally on most and one of them I make a point of never writing too as I find the attitude very condescending.

As with so many things you will get out as much as you put in so feel free to contribute whenever you want and never forget that there is no such thing as a stupid question!

Thanks for that Richard.

Very kind words. BTW. I love the emoticons!

Jason

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welcome to the forum.... YAY another model submariner !

[John]

Good to have you here Magpie always nice to welcome new members

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Jason that is about right 1988 ,didnt get any pics on your post. For all the other submarine enthusiasts, does anyone know where the first German torpedo was invented and tested ?