Casey Posted February 19, 2022 Share #1 Posted February 19, 2022 Hi all my name is Jerome Casey, I am recently a retired Emergency 911 Paramedic of 40 years in Delaware County PA. I have always worked with wood as side jobs to including building homes , additions and restoring old furniture. a skill taught to me by my father. When I was a kid i always loved building models, plastic back then and mostly cars and planes. Shortly after I had my first couple of kids the wife and I were in the model/hobby store and I saw this wooden ship model of the EMMA Sidmouth 1815 and loved the the idea and the challenge. I started to build the hull, taking my time and doing a lot of research and reading and was very please with the outcome to that point. I now had three kids and 3 jobs so the ship had to take a back seat. I packaged it up and stored it telling the wife that it would be my retirement hobby and i would finish it at that time. She laughed thinking i was not serious and threatening to throw it away from the garage every time we cleaned the garage out. Well the jokes on her I retired and now have a work table set up in the basement and have been working on it ever since. I will add some photos of how far along I am at this time and i will be finishing it hoping in the next 3 to 4 months. I also have learned a lot about technique and processes in this first build and believe that my next one will benefit from this learning experience. Anyway thanks to all that replied to my first topic. Any suggestions for any level of improvement would be very much welcome. Jerome Keith Black, mtaylor, ccoyle and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave_E Posted February 19, 2022 Share #2 Posted February 19, 2022 Hi Casey - Welcome. Aside from LOTS of know how, this forum is a cool place to learn from and share knowledge and meet people. Have fun! Casey, Keith Black and mtaylor 2 1 Quote Dave Current builds: Rattlesnake Completed builds: Lady Nelson On the shelf: NRG Half Hull Project, Various metal, plastic and paper models Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey Posted February 19, 2022 Author Share #3 Posted February 19, 2022 I realized after posting how small those photos were so here they are again this time you don't need a magnifying glass to see them Keith Black 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Black Posted February 19, 2022 Share #4 Posted February 19, 2022 Casey, welcome to MSW. Glad to have you aboard. Dave_E, Casey and mtaylor 2 1 Quote Current Builds: Wood Hull Screw Frigate USS Tennessee Decorative Carrack Warship Restoration, the Amelia Completed: Early Swift 1805 Model Restoration Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casey Posted February 19, 2022 Author Share #5 Posted February 19, 2022 OK third tim e a charm I hope sorry about that Keith Black, mtaylor and gjdale 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldsalt1950 Posted February 19, 2022 Share #6 Posted February 19, 2022 Casey, welcome aboard. I live in Delco too. The ship looks good. Casey, Keith Black and Dave_E 2 1 Quote Current Build: Fair American - Model Shipways Awaiting Parts - Rattlesnake On the Shelf - English Pinnace 18Th Century Longboat I stand firmly against piracy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomasz B Posted February 20, 2022 Share #7 Posted February 20, 2022 Welcome aboard. Its a great place to share your work. ship looks fantastic Keith Black, Casey and Dave_E 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtaylor Posted February 20, 2022 Share #8 Posted February 20, 2022 Welcome to MSW. Nice work on the model and yes, sorting out how the site works can take some time. Dave_E, Casey and Keith Black 2 1 Quote Mark "The shipwright is slow, but the wood is patient." - me Current Build: Past Builds: La Belle Poule 1765 - French Frigate from ANCRE plans - ON HOLD Triton Cross-Section NRG Hallf Hull Planking Kit HMS Sphinx 1775 - Vanguard Models - 1:64 Non-Ship Model: On hold, maybe forever: CH-53 Sikorsky - 1:48 - Revell - Completed Licorne - 1755 from Hahn Plans (Scratch) Version 2.0 (Abandoned) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baker Posted February 20, 2022 Share #9 Posted February 20, 2022 Nice model Welcome to MSW mtaylor, Keith Black and Casey 2 1 Quote Regards, Patrick Finished : Soleil Royal Heller 1/100 Wasa Billing Boats Bounty Revell 1/110 plastic (semi scratch) Pelican / Golden Hind 1/45 scratch Current build : Mary Rose 1/50 scratch Gallery : Revell Bounty Pelican/Golden hind 1/45 scratch To do : Prins Willem Corel, Le Tonnant Corel, Yacht d'Oro Corel, Thermopylae Sergal Shore leave, non ship models build logs : ADGZ M35 funkwagen 1/72 Einhets Pkw. Kfz.2 and 4 1/72 Autoblinda AB40 1/72 122mm A-19 & 152mm ML-20 & 12.8cm Pak.44 {K8 1/2} 1/72 10.5cm Howitzer 16 on Mark. VI(e) Centurion Mk.1 conversion M29 Weasel 1/72 SAM6 1/72 T26 Finland T26 TN 1/72 Autoprotetto S37 1/72 Opel Blitz buses 1/72 Boxer and MAN trucks 1/72 Hetzer38(t) Starr 1/72 Si vis pacem, para bellum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwardkenway Posted February 20, 2022 Share #10 Posted February 20, 2022 and welcome to MSW. Casey, mtaylor and Keith Black 2 1 Quote Current builds; Henry Ramey Upcher 1:25 Providence whaleboat- 1:25 HMS Winchelsea 1764 1:48 Completed: HM Cutter Sherbourne- 1:64- finished Triton cross section scratch- 1:60 - finished Non ship: SBD-3 Dauntless 1:48 Hasegawa -FINISHED Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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