JoeS Posted March 12, 2023 Share #1 Posted March 12, 2023 My name is Joe Sexton. I am a retired Navy Senior Chief Petty Officer who spend 22-years on submarines. In 1992, we pulled into Ketchikan, Alaska. The entire town welcomed us with incredible Alaskan hospitality. This was my first introduction to sailing. I was invited to sail with a resident on his Island Packet 38. When the wind filled her sail and she heeled over, I was hooked. I have always been fascinated with sailing ships and the history behind them. Now, I am embarking on building model ships. In my research, I was referred to this forum for information, help, and mentoring. I am excited to start my first wooden model ship and meeting and learning from experience of its members. Thanking you, Joe Sexton, YNCS(SS), USN (Ret). Keith Black, Ryland Craze, Edwardkenway and 6 others 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diver Posted March 12, 2023 Share #2 Posted March 12, 2023 Welcome to the site Joe. I am a novice builder working on my fist ever build. The support and guidance I have received on this site excellent. I would have struggled without this site. Keith Black, Dave_E, mtaylor and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Lad Posted March 12, 2023 Share #3 Posted March 12, 2023 hello Joe, and a warm welcome to the forum from 'Down Under'. John Edwardkenway, Ryland Craze, Dave_E and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Black Posted March 12, 2023 Share #4 Posted March 12, 2023 Joe, welcome to MSW. Glad to have you aboard. Edwardkenway, mtaylor, Ryland Craze and 1 other 4 Quote Current Builds: 1870's Sternwheeler, Lula Wood Hull Screw Frigate USS Tennessee Decorative Carrack Warship Restoration, the Amelia Completed: 1880s Floating Steam Donkey Pile Driver Early Swift 1805 Model Restoration Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
East Ender Posted March 13, 2023 Share #5 Posted March 13, 2023 Welcome from coastal Virginia Joe, enjoy your first wooden model, as I am building my first also. The folks on this site have been a tremendous help. Ryland Craze, Knocklouder, Keith Black and 4 others 7 Quote Tim Lent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccoyle Posted March 13, 2023 Share #6 Posted March 13, 2023 Welcome aboard! Keith Black, Edwardkenway, Ryland Craze and 3 others 6 Quote Chris Coyle Greer, South Carolina When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk. - Tuco Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix, Bf 109E-7/trop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knocklouder Posted March 13, 2023 Share #7 Posted March 13, 2023 Keith Black, Edwardkenway, mtaylor and 3 others 6 Quote Start so you can Finish !! Finished: The Sea of Galilee Boat-Scott Miller-1:20 , Amati } Hannah Ship in a Bottle:Santa Maria : LA Pinta : La Nana : The Mayflower : Viking Ship Drakkar The King Of the Mississippi Artesania Latina 1:80 Current Build: Royal Yacht, Duchess of Kingston-Vanguard Models Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave_E Posted March 13, 2023 Share #8 Posted March 13, 2023 Hey Sailor! Welcome aboard. I spent 6 years of the Cold War chasing subs from my P-3. 👍😀 JoeS, mtaylor, Ryland Craze and 3 others 6 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...
Ryland Craze Posted March 13, 2023 Share #9 Posted March 13, 2023 Hi Joe and welcome to Model Ship World. I am glad your research sent you to this forum. You will not be disappointed. Also, thank you for your service to our country. Edwardkenway, mtaylor, JeffT and 2 others 5 Quote Ryland Member - Hampton Roads Ship Model Society - Ship Model Society of New Jersey - Nautical Research Guild Current Build - Armed Virginia Sloop, 18th Century Longboat Completed Build - Medway Longboat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeS Posted March 13, 2023 Author Share #10 Posted March 13, 2023 Thank you all so much for your warm welcome, and it was my pleasure to serve. I would do it all over again in a heartbeat! If they come out with a geriatric submarine force, I'll be the first to join. JeffT, Edwardkenway, Melissa T. and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffT Posted March 13, 2023 Share #11 Posted March 13, 2023 Edwardkenway, mtaylor, Keith Black and 1 other 4 Quote Jeff In progress: Medway Longboat 1742 - Syren Ship Model Company -1/2" scale USS Constitution - Model Shipways - Scale 1:76 HMS Granado - CAF Model - 1:48 HMS Sphinx - Vanguard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baker Posted March 13, 2023 Share #12 Posted March 13, 2023 Keith Black, Ryland Craze, mtaylor and 1 other 4 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 große-jacht / Yacht D'Oro 1/50 Corel Gallery : Revell Bounty Pelican/Golden hind 1/45 scratch 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 Cleaning the 1/72 military collection Si vis pacem, para bellum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allanyed Posted March 13, 2023 Share #13 Posted March 13, 2023 Please accept my sincere thank you for your years of service Joe. Welcome aboard! You will get as much advice and as many opinions as there are members so be prepared😁 Allan Keith Black, Edwardkenway, mtaylor and 1 other 4 Quote PLEASE take 30 SECONDS and sign up for the epic Nelson/Trafalgar project if you would like to see it made into a TV series. Click on http://trafalgar.tv There is no cost other than the 30 seconds of your time. THANK YOU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeS Posted March 13, 2023 Author Share #14 Posted March 13, 2023 Thank you Allan! Keith Black, Ryland Craze, Edwardkenway and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gus M Posted March 13, 2023 Share #15 Posted March 13, 2023 Wellcome to MSW, enjoy Edwardkenway, mtaylor, Keith Black and 1 other 4 Quote Greetings Gus ------------------------------------------------------------------- Current build log: San Francisco Cross Section Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prowler901 Posted March 13, 2023 Share #16 Posted March 13, 2023 Welcome aboard, shipmate! Fellow submariner here. Todd Ryland Craze, mtaylor, Keith Black and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VitusBering Posted March 13, 2023 Share #17 Posted March 13, 2023 (edited) Hey, another bubblehead. I spent six years on boomers from '77 to '83. Welcome aboard. Edited March 13, 2023 by VitusBering Ryland Craze, Edwardkenway, Keith Black and 1 other 4 Quote Current build: Cutty Sark by VitusBering - Revell - 1:96 - Redux -- Darryl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Landlubber Mike Posted March 13, 2023 Share #18 Posted March 13, 2023 Hi neighbor, welcome to the site. You'll find a great bunch of people here. Thank you for your service! Edwardkenway, mtaylor, Ryland Craze and 1 other 4 Quote Mike Current Wooden builds: Amati/Victory Pegasus MS Charles W. Morgan Euromodel La Renommèe Plastic builds: Hs129B-2 1/48 SB2U-1 Vindicator 1/48 Five Star Yaeyama 1/700 Pit Road Asashio and Akashi 1/700 diorama Walrus 1/48 and Albatross 1/700 Special Hobby Buffalo 1/32 IJN Notoro 1/700 Akitsu Maru 1/700 Completed builds : Caldercraft Brig Badger Amati Hannah - Ship in Bottle Pit Road Hatsuzakura 1/700 Hasegawa Shimakaze 1:350 F4B-4 and P-6E 1/72 Accurate Miniatures F3F-1/F3F-2 1/48 Tamiya F4F-4 Wildcat built as FM-1 1/48 Special Hobby Buffalo 1/48 Eduard Sikorsky JRS-1 1/72 Citroen 2CV 1/24 - Airfix and Tamiya Entex Morgan 3-wheeler 1/16 Terminated build: HMS Lyme (based on Corel Unicorn) On the shelf: Euromodel Friedrich Wilhelm zu Pferde; Caldercraft Victory; too many plastic ship, plane and car kits Future potential scratch builds: HMS Lyme (from NMM plans); Le Gros Ventre (from Ancre monographs), Dutch ship from Ab Hoving book, HMS Sussex from McCardle book, Philadelphia gunboat (Smithsonian plans) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomasz B Posted March 13, 2023 Share #19 Posted March 13, 2023 Very welcome aboard sir. It's a great place and Very nice people. mtaylor, Ryland Craze, Edwardkenway and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtaylor Posted March 13, 2023 Share #20 Posted March 13, 2023 Ryland Craze, Keith Black, Edwardkenway and 1 other 4 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...
Glen McGuire Posted March 14, 2023 Share #21 Posted March 14, 2023 Welcome Joe! You have found the best website on the entire interweb!! mtaylor, Keith Black, Edwardkenway and 1 other 4 Quote Current builds: BlueJacket Constitution Repair & Build Flying Dutchman/Black Pearl Pirates of the Caribbean SIB Gallery: Mamoli CSS Alabama; Amati Hannah-SIB; Charles W Morgan-SIB; Aurora-SIB; Independence-SIB; Zheng He Treasure Fleet-SIB; Adventure Galley-SIB; Oseberg/Kraken-SIB; Roman Quinquereme/Archimedes' Claw-SIB; Wa'a Kualua-SIB; Ghost Ship Jenny-SIB; Banshee II-SIB, Completed build logs: Alabama; Hannah; Morgan; Aurora; Independence; Zheng He Treasure Fleet; Captain Kidd's Adventure Galley; Oseberg/Kraken; Roman Quinquereme/Archimedes' Claw, Wa'a Kualua, Ghost Ship Jenny; Banshee II Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 14, 2023 Share #22 Posted March 14, 2023 Welcome aboard Joe! Greetings from STS2(SS) Guy Mengel. I was in Navy from 1974->1980 on Fast Attack Subs (SSN 649) in pic.. and then on tiger teams. You are way down southwest in VA.. Coal and good OT music! I hope you enjoy the site. I have indeed. I am working on a outer banks fishing ship (I will put a log up when I am a bit further along) is a fully POF model.. lofting frames just now.. Welcome aboard! (PS.. most here are in the Goat locker (age wise)). It would be difficult for me to get down the ladder to the diesel room (for quiet) these days.. Best! Guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ERS Rich Posted March 14, 2023 Share #23 Posted March 14, 2023 Welcome aboard Senior Chief; always open to answering any questions shipmate! mtaylor, Ryland Craze, Edwardkenway and 1 other 4 Quote Build Logs: USS Maine, USS Constitution (Hull) Albums: Baltimore Clipper, Sherbourne Cutter, Lackawanna Tug, Eagle Coastal Schooner, Katy Pilot Boat, Sultana Colonial Schooner, Armed Virginia Sloop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edwardkenway Posted March 15, 2023 Share #24 Posted March 15, 2023 , welcome to MSW mtaylor, Keith Black and Ryland Craze 3 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...
JoeS Posted March 15, 2023 Author Share #25 Posted March 15, 2023 On 3/13/2023 at 12:22 PM, Prowler901 said: Welcome aboard, shipmate! Fellow submariner here. Todd Thank you Brother! Ryland Craze, mtaylor and Keith Black 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeS Posted March 15, 2023 Author Share #26 Posted March 15, 2023 On 3/13/2023 at 12:29 PM, Landlubber Mike said: Hi neighbor, welcome to the site. You'll find a great bunch of people here. Thank you for your service! Thank you Mike! mtaylor, Landlubber Mike, Keith Black and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeS Posted March 15, 2023 Author Share #27 Posted March 15, 2023 16 hours ago, ERS Rich said: Welcome aboard Senior Chief; always open to answering any questions shipmate! Thank you! Ryland Craze, mtaylor and Keith Black 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeS Posted March 15, 2023 Author Share #28 Posted March 15, 2023 On 3/14/2023 at 7:42 AM, Treebeard said: Welcome aboard Joe! Greetings from STS2(SS) Guy Mengel. I was in Navy from 1974->1980 on Fast Attack Subs (SSN 649) in pic.. and then on tiger teams. You are way down southwest in VA.. Coal and good OT music! I hope you enjoy the site. I have indeed. I am working on a outer banks fishing ship (I will put a log up when I am a bit further along) is a fully POF model.. lofting frames just now.. Welcome aboard! (PS.. most here are in the Goat locker (age wise)). It would be difficult for me to get down the ladder to the diesel room (for quiet) these days.. Best! Guy Thank you Guy! The USS Sunfish (SSN-649) part of Submarine Squadron 4 in Charleston! I was on the USS SEAHORSE (SSN-669) from 1983 - 1990. I would go back in a heartbeat (at least the mind is willing; the body is another story) Thanks again for the greeting Shipmate! CDR_Ret, Keith Black, mtaylor and 1 other 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeS Posted March 15, 2023 Author Share #29 Posted March 15, 2023 16 hours ago, ERS Rich said: Welcome aboard Senior Chief; always open to answering any questions shipmate! Thank you! Ryland Craze, Keith Black and mtaylor 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave_E Posted March 15, 2023 Share #30 Posted March 15, 2023 (edited) On 3/12/2023 at 7:23 PM, JoeS said: Thank you all so much for your warm welcome, and it was my pleasure to serve. I would do it all over again in a heartbeat! If they come out with a geriatric submarine force, I'll be the first to join. 👍😆 I feel you brother. For years I dared the Navy to let me back in. I could do that job in my sleep. Alas… all the Orions have been retired. 🥺 Edited March 15, 2023 by Dave_E Keith Black, Ryland Craze and mtaylor 3 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...
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