smallbrother
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Post by smallbrother on Mar 31, 2019 12:40:03 GMT
A very good friend of my Dad, both sadly long gone, was in the Merchant Navy during WW2. He was from the dock town of Newport, a mere 16 yrs old and was torpedoed twice. The second time he was taken to Boston to recover, first in hospital, then at a private house. Like all the crew, he was paid off when the ship sank. How heartless!
Many years later, he and Dad went to America with a touring rugby team. Dad hired a car and took him to Boston to visit the lady who nursed him. You can only imagine the emotion of that meeting.
Alan, these tit-bits are fabulous, please keep them coming.
Pete.
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Post by delaplume on Mar 31, 2019 15:33:18 GMT
Hi Pete,
We in this country and later in Europe owe so much to those Red Duster lads and their families being bombed back home in London, Bristol, Liverpool, Manchester, Hull, etc..........You want more ??...OK, but it'll be the same as a good firing rate}---- a little but often !!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 31, 2019 15:49:24 GMT
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Post by delaplume on Mar 31, 2019 16:02:28 GMT
------ and you SOLD it ????
Dear oh dear Peter, let's just put it down to the "impetuousness of youth", eh ??.....LoL !!
I can see great attention to detail, even down to the Gunnery rating's Anti-flash hood and gloves............
You must be a very patient person by nature then ??
Have you ever thought of taking Comissions at all ??
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Post by ettingtonliam on Mar 31, 2019 16:19:38 GMT
Hi Pete, We in this country and later in Europe owe so much to those Red Duster lads and their families being bombed back home in London, Bristol, Liverpool, Manchester, Hull, etc..........You want more ??...OK, but it'll be the same as a good firing rate}---- a little but often !! My late father had the greatest respect for the Merchant Navy. He was in the Royal Engineers, heavy docks operating divison, stationed variously in Newport, Birkenhead, Tacoradi (Gold Coast), and finally Southampton, for the build up to D Day, so had plenty of opportunity to observe the tattered remnants of the convoys on arrival. He also travelled in convoys himself, to and from Africa, as they were transported in merchant ships rather than troop ships, and had vivid memories of the ship next to them being torpedoed and sinking before it even stopped moving. He was on duty in Southampton the night the survivors of the the Arnhem Bridge fiasco were shipped home, exhausted, many wounded, to find that a grateful army had given no warning and made no arrangements for their welfare. He could never watch 'A Bridge Too Far' without some very bitter comments about the senior commanders.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 31, 2019 16:25:04 GMT
------ and you SOLD it ? Have you ever thought of taking Comissions at all ?? I have done many commissions over the years, mainly warships but other subjects too...I still have requests from clients to build more, predominately RN warships, I just have far too much to do on 4472 to stop and build a warship. I will return to commission work in the future, it can help pay the bills when my wife also retires... Pete
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Post by delaplume on Apr 17, 2019 2:12:51 GMT
I know we can't ever go back, but just for a moment let's indulge shall we ??-----------> youtu.be/4-r0ngPEHkg
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timb
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Post by timb on Apr 17, 2019 9:23:07 GMT
Hi Pete, (Greenglade) your boats (ships, vessels whatever, not wanting to cause offence!!!)look great! What materials are they made from, ie balsa hull, plastic, metal? I guess there are a variety used. Tim
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Post by Deleted on Apr 17, 2019 9:53:06 GMT
Hi Timb
A variety is the correct answer, ships of the line are all wood with brass,white metal, bronze fittings, more modern are usually glass fibre hull with wooden decks and same materials in fittings. I use a lot of Brass etch on warships which is my fav to model, especially WW2 era. The large Hood that I built had a wooden hull, for Ajax (leander class cruiser) I made a wooden pattern which then had a fibreglass mould made and then cast in fibreglass. I generally use fibreglass for the hulls if a working model with R/C.
Cheers
Pete
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timb
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Post by timb on Apr 17, 2019 10:26:55 GMT
Hi Timb A variety is the correct answer, ships of the line are all wood with brass,white metal, bronze fittings, more modern are usually glass fibre hull with wooden decks and same materials in fittings. I use a lot of Brass etch on warships which is my fav to model, especially WW2 era. The large Hood that I built had a wooden hull, for Ajax (leander class cruiser) I made a wooden pattern which then had a fibreglass mould made and then cast in fibreglass. I generally use fibreglass for the hulls if a working model with R/C. Cheers Pete At the risk of being annoying, as they are all to scale do you work from works drawings, if so how did you get hold of them? The Flowers is outstanding, I thought I built good plastic model kits in my youth but this is on another level, very impressed!
Thanks,
Tim
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jackrae
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Post by jackrae on Apr 17, 2019 11:26:53 GMT
Hi Timb A variety is the correct answer, ships of the line are all wood with brass,white metal, bronze fittings, more modern are usually glass fibre hull with wooden decks and same materials in fittings. I use a lot of Brass etch on warships which is my fav to model, especially WW2 era. The large Hood that I built had a wooden hull, for Ajax (leander class cruiser) I made a wooden pattern which then had a fibreglass mould made and then cast in fibreglass. I generally use fibreglass for the hulls if a working model with R/C. Cheers Pete At the risk of being annoying, as they are all to scale do you work from works drawings, if so how did you get hold of them? The Flowers is outstanding, I thought I built good plastic model kits in my youth but this is on another level, very impressed! Thanks,
Tim The plastic model I was most proud of building, and painting, in my youth was a mallard duck !! Yes, that did read "duck" Can't remember who the kit manufacturer was but it'd be around 1958 or so Made lots of 2/3d rubber powered Keilcraft aircraft and Airfix kits but the duck was by far the best
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Post by Deleted on Apr 17, 2019 13:14:36 GMT
Sorry for delay in reply, had to take wife to sisters... Works drawings are very easy to obtain, Greenwich holds a large quantity...I built Ajax to works drawings...the advantage is that most are in 1/8 to the foot scale (1/96) which is the most popular for large warships.
Pete
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Post by silverfox on Apr 17, 2019 13:19:36 GMT
Dad served on HMS Dido in WW2
Just got the book 'End of an Era' from Amazon. Wish he was still here to add bits
Really want to get a good model of her min 1/350 but there seems to be 1/96 1/128 1/200 .it is the little add ons i cannot seem to find railings ships boats,carly floats torp tubes etc as bits in one scal atr not available in another Trumpeter do a 1/200 but getting hold of them is a bloody nightmare
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