Ex-FAAWAFU Posted October 24, 2020 Author Share Posted October 24, 2020 22 minutes ago, Terry1954 said: As Beefy says, its great to see this one back. Sorry to hear of the Covid cases at work. It seems the more time goes on, the more we hear of cases with people not too far removed from us. Inevitable I guess. We had a dying car about 18 months ago. A 5 series BMW which my wife had had since new - 23 years then. It finally became too uneconomic to repair, due to the tyres, which were metric, and largely unavailable now, so we bought a new car! Hope you get yours sorted and you get some mojo back. I've had a bit of mojo lacking lately, but it's coming back again now.... The boats look primed and ready for action, go for it! Terry In our case a 16-year-old Audi TT with 165,000 on the clock. We’ve been expecting this for a while, but the money we need to spend to make it safe (and pass MoT) no longer really worth it. Visiting yours & @Martian’s neck of the woods tomorrow morning to check out the next chariot 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry1954 Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 Well 165,000 is not bad, our old beamer had close to 190,000, but a bit older. To be honest, the engine seemed almost as good as new! So I'm guessing somewhere in Poole for the next chariot. Lots pf main dealers there. Shame about all this Covid stuff, we could have met and had a party! Terry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giemme Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 Boats looking sweet in their black coat Ciao 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex-FAAWAFU Posted October 24, 2020 Author Share Posted October 24, 2020 2 hours ago, Terry1954 said: Well 165,000 is not bad, our old beamer had close to 190,000, but a bit older. To be honest, the engine seemed almost as good as new! So I'm guessing somewhere in Poole for the next chariot. Lots pf main dealers there. Shame about all this Covid stuff, we could have met and had a party! Terry Poole Audi. S1 pocket rocket 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robgizlu Posted October 25, 2020 Share Posted October 25, 2020 18 Boats 🙀 ......... I salute you! Rob 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandy Posted October 25, 2020 Share Posted October 25, 2020 Nice to see this back, even for a small update. Good luck with the new motor! (Steer clear of anything from Dell Boy!) Ian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex-FAAWAFU Posted October 26, 2020 Author Share Posted October 26, 2020 Boaty McGreyFace 10 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giemme Posted October 26, 2020 Share Posted October 26, 2020 Black basing gives so much more depth even to an overall grey - looking good, Crisp! Ciao Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigdave22014 Posted October 27, 2020 Share Posted October 27, 2020 Nice to have you back Crisp. I was starting to worry..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex-FAAWAFU Posted November 1, 2020 Author Share Posted November 1, 2020 Further boatery, gradually improving the detail painting. More soon Crisp 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedB Posted November 1, 2020 Share Posted November 1, 2020 Marvellous little boats Crisp - good job Sir! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giemme Posted November 2, 2020 Share Posted November 2, 2020 Impressive detail painting indeed, Crisp! Ciao Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandy Posted November 2, 2020 Share Posted November 2, 2020 That doesn't leave much room for further improvements! Nice! Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry1954 Posted November 2, 2020 Share Posted November 2, 2020 Neat work on those boats! Terry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex-FAAWAFU Posted November 2, 2020 Author Share Posted November 2, 2020 Boats basically now done, with the exception of the Admiral’s Barge (not in shot), which needs redoing. The crutches on which many of them sit still need painting, & they’ll get a light wash when everything is dry. Since I have precious few references, most of this is guesswork. More soon Crisp 20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted November 2, 2020 Share Posted November 2, 2020 I trust your guesses above mine, to me these look rather marvellous Crisp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedB Posted November 2, 2020 Share Posted November 2, 2020 Agreed! The more I look the more detail I see. Just LOOK at the decking and detail on the launches! Great stuff Crisp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdesaxe Posted November 3, 2020 Share Posted November 3, 2020 6 hours ago, Ex-FAAWAFU said: Since I have precious few references, most of this is guesswork. They are gorgeous! When I was serving (admittedly in SADF) there was very little brightwork, though. We existed in the "If it moves, salute it, if it doesn't, paint it" paradigm and most of the original WWII ship's boats I've since seen (apart from launches and the like) in "the flesh" as a curator tended more to the "paint it grey" perspective. Nevertheless, please don't change them! Maurice 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex-FAAWAFU Posted November 3, 2020 Author Share Posted November 3, 2020 I agree with you, Maurice; baint no brightwork on these - I’ve used grey, black, and three shades of brown. The exception will be the Admiral’s Barge, which will gave a dark blue hull and a little more bling. Yes, it was wartime, but I’ll lay you money that some if those 1930s RN “a ship is known by her boats” attitudes died hard 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longshanks Posted November 3, 2020 Share Posted November 3, 2020 Very tidy sir Avoid the numpties and stay safe Kev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ex-FAAWAFU Posted November 8, 2020 Author Share Posted November 8, 2020 Back to Scuttletown. 176 fitted. 152 still to go.... More soon Crisp 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giemme Posted November 8, 2020 Share Posted November 8, 2020 I think I've said this before, but anyway: I truly admire your patience, Crisp! Ciao 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry1954 Posted November 8, 2020 Share Posted November 8, 2020 Patience indeed. Fine job. We shall have to start calling you "Scuttling of Salisbury"! Terry 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhogue Posted November 8, 2020 Share Posted November 8, 2020 Scuttle counting, the nautical version of rivet counting? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackAck Posted November 9, 2020 Share Posted November 9, 2020 If anything goes wrong at this point in this build, progress will have been, dare I say, scuttled... I'll see myself out... 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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