Another new hand here

[Jimkb1mcv]

  Since I signed on the forum a few weeks ago, I thought it would be a good idea to introduce myself.

 

I've been browsing the content and have to confess to being a bit taken with the quality of craftsmanship.

 

I spent around 38 years in the maritime industry (working vessels), spent several years as Chief Engineer on a side trawler and finished my career as Chief Engineer on a 30k ton bulker.  I came ashore in 2007.

 

  One of my hobbies  has been building models starting with balsa flying models in the 1950s and built  my first Friendship sloop model at sea on a factory ship in the late '60s.  In the past I mostly scratchbuilt my models except for a 1/96 Benjamin Lathrop from a Model Shipways kit in the mid-seventies, assisted with a by now battered copy of Chappell's 'The American Fishing Schooner'.

  I would comment that information and documentation was very difficult to obtain shoreside and of course impossible at sea.

 The internet has changed that along with not having to have film developed at the neighborhood drugstore.

 

  In August I was part of a antique auto tour that happened to overnight in Searsport, Maine right along side Bluejacket Shipcrafters.

  I had been eyeing one of their kits on the net for some time and to make a yarn a bit shorter left the shop with a kit to build Liberty Ship Jerimiah O'Brian under my arm.  She may end up with a different name, that remains to be seen. I have studied Schooner's excellent SS Stephen Hopkins building documentation and I think have gained some insight on the ship.

 

As one of my old Chiefs said, 'The Liberties were built by the mile and cot off by the yard".  I also spent an enjoyable evening with the Naval gun crew off the 'SS John Brown" at the 'Cats Eye Pub' in Baltimore a number of years ago. But thats another story.

  I need the refine my digital photography skills among other things.

 

 Thanks for letting me join.

Jim Richardson

 

 

[Jim Lad]

Hello Jim, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'.

 

John

[Ryland Craze]

Hi Jim and welcome to Model Ship World.  I hope you do a build log on your liberty ship.  We would be glad to see you document your progress on this model.

[mtaylor]

Welcome to MSW, Jim.  I hope you will start a build log as it's the best way to get help and make friends here.

[JeffT]

[MEDDO]

Welcome!  I would love to see another Liberty ship build

[Duanelaker]

Welcome!

[Nirvana]

Jim, from PNW a warm welcome to MSW.

I certainly look forward to your build log of "different ship name" of Jerimiah O'Brian.

We are certainly glad you have been inspired by other members in here.

[Edwardkenway]

welcome to MSW 

[bruce d]

Welcome to MSW. Always room for someone who knows a thing or two about ships!

[Mike from Aus]

Welcome Jim

[Louie da fly]

Welcome to MSW, Jim!

 

When you start your build, make sure you also start a build log. It will give you access to advice and help from the members here as well as us getting to see your build in progress. Here'show to do it:

 

https://modelshipworld.com/topic/24705-before-you-post-your-build-log-please-read-this-starting-and-naming-your-build-log/

 

And don't get too intimidated by other people's builds. There's a broad range of expertise here, from the complete newbie to people who can produce models of museum quality (and the latter seem to be amongst the most helpful people on MSW, I've found). 

 

Jump right in, and have fun with it!