I dropped a few lines on the Ships forum, but I’d better introduce myself formaly. I go by Rick, Hey you!, and many other less complementary terms. I spent 10 years paddling around in Uncle Sam’s Canoe Club. I was a Quartermaster aboard 627 class SSBNs and 688 SSNs. Went around the world once, and met my wife at a little garden spot called Diego Garcia. Decided that going to sea in something that looked like a sewer pipe, designed to sink, and built by the lowest bidder wasn’t for me. Now I’m a Civil War reenactor, and I drag a cannon around the field. Ships, subs, and the occaisonal “Thing That Goes Boom.” That’s what I like to build
Hello Rick, Welcome to the forum.
Welcome to FSM Rick or Hey You, whichever you prefer.
Good to have you aboard.
Enjoy the forums !!!
Hi Rick, it must be reasuring that if your getting wet at work the worst it can be is rain.
Welcome to FSM Rick [#welcome]
See you in the forums
Welcome to FSM!
Hey Rick welcome.
Great forum…great people…Thanks for joining the ranks. My Navy background was designing and manufacturing the stores management systems for the F-14, F/A-18, and AV8B besides the kits I’ve been building.
I’ll probably catch you in the ships forum sometime. I am reworking my 1/350 scale Enterprise carrier and its support fleet. (after I get out some space models for my company’s display case)
Again welcome!
Tony
welcome to fsm.
joe
Hi Rick, welcome to the forum, Im Ben Borja of IPMS Manila
Hey YOU!!! Welcome to the family!! Hope to strip your brain of all of your modeling knowledge, and give you some in return!!!
Welcome to FSM Rick.
mark956
Thanks folks for the warm welcome. Dave you’re right! Submariners tend to be quite hydrophobic. Rule one of the Sub Service; “Water in the People tank…BAD!!!” And KIK36, that should take about 15 minutes, tops. [:D]
Hey you, Rick! Welcome to the Forums! do you have any built submarine models over there? how about some pics to show the rest of us!!! [:D]
Welcome to FSM Rick.
Welcome to the Forums , enjoy .
Walt
Shrikes; Not yet, I’ve been working mostly on “targets” lately. Latest project was the Tamiya 1/350 King George V. I’m just starting in on the Revell “Andrew Jackson”. Yes, I know it’s farby as all get out, but it’s the only game in town. I built it (unpainted) many moons ago, before joining the Navy. I used to walk around the boat, trying to figure out how to paint the model when I finally got a new one. It’s taken 20 years (+) to find it again. So, here goes nothing!
Hi Rick, and welcome to the asylum.
Welcome to the forums Rick
Hi Rick, and welcome to these great forums!
Regards, Dan
welcome rick, glad to have aboard my friend. now, knock us dead with your talent and knowlege. later.