Test Valley Models Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 Waiting for a kit to arrive from the Far East ? It might be in one of these containers ! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bootneck Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 Or the one behind...... or the one behind that........ or even the one............... la dee da dee da Mike 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nocoolname Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 Cue all the Austin Powers three-point-turn memes 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bentwaters81tfw Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 The Daily Fail are suggesting there will be a bog roll shortage because of this. Cue panic buying of Mr Surfacer............................ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sinnerboy Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 Thats a lot of plastic strut on that ship. ....or all in one lawn feed 😀 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nocoolname Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 1 hour ago, bentwaters81tfw said: The Daily Fail are suggesting there will be a bog roll shortage because of this. Cue panic buying of Mr Surfacer............................ Wow! If people are resorting to Mr Surfacer for their 'constitutional' then things are getting 'Really' desperate. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard E Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 Nothing to worry about, there's a chap with a JCB * on the case * Other brands of large yellow earth moving machinery are available 1 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogsbody Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 I can just hear the skipper: " Well ! " Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr T Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 For heavens sake, if you look on a packet of toilet rolls from Sainsburys or the supermarket of your choice, there is a good chance it will have been made in the UK or Western Europe. Apart from the Fail's apparent desire to needlessly make their customer base anxious about everything, they must be smoking or otherwise imbibing some seriously hard stuff to be so detached from reality. 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince1159 Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 6 minutes ago, Richard E said: Nothing to worry about, there's a chap with a JCB * on the case All they need is a half dozen Shires with ropes on the stern and it'd be sorted,works on canals in the UK... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sinnerboy Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 6 minutes ago, Richard E said: Nothing to worry about, there's a chap with a JCB * on the case * Other brands of large yellow earth moving machinery are available Well I think that's not a very good build at all. the weathering doesn't look very realistic, the pointy bit on the bottom is all skewwhiff and the antifoul paint is different heights 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bootneck Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 And.... for all those who paint their hulls matt, note the gloss finish above the waterline. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Knight Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 I have a cunning plan m'lord Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Jones Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 6 minutes ago, Black Knight said: I have a cunning plan m'lord So cunning you could stick a tail on it and call it a weasel ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bentwaters81tfw Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 Having been up close and personal to these ships, you really don't appreciate just how massive they are. Capacity of between 21 and 23,000 20 foot containers. If you discharged that vessel fully on to artics, you would have a convoy bumper to bumper of almost 80 miles long. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bentwaters81tfw Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 23 minutes ago, bootneck said: And.... for all those who paint their hulls matt, note the gloss finish above the waterline. Yep, all the commercial vessels are gloss. The salt air dulls them down quite quickly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Test Valley Models Posted March 25, 2021 Author Share Posted March 25, 2021 9 minutes ago, bentwaters81tfw said: Yep, all the commercial vessels are gloss. The salt air dulls them down quite quickly. Most RN ships are gloss until the first goffer hits them (goffer = Sailors parlance for a big wave capable of washing off the last coat of paint) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bentwaters81tfw Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 Some ships already diverted around the Cape, so stocks will be even later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admiral Puff Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 Not as late as they will be if that ditch isn't cleaned up smartish! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince1159 Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 6 hours ago, Admiral Puff said: Not as late as they will be if that ditch isn't cleaned up smartish! Ditch .... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duncan B Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 It looks like he also managed to drag up a section of SEAWEE ME3 telecoms cable with his bow too. So not only won't you get your kits but you'll struggle to email your Far Eastern kit supplier to complain about it, lol. Duncan B 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince1159 Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 (edited) I was just lisening to someone from Splash247.com on the beeb news and he said although it looks like it's just the bow that's aground it could be upto a third of the ship is stuck fast... www,splash247.com Edited March 26, 2021 by Vince1159 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stever219 Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 15 hours ago, Vince1159 said: All they need is a half dozen Shires with ropes on the stern and it'd be sorted,works on canals in the UK... Moving the five heaviest crew members, all the beer and the spare gas bottles to the blunter end also works well on canals in the UK (how do I know this.........?) 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bentwaters81tfw Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 17 minutes ago, stever219 said: Moving the five heaviest crew members, ) The crew will be Filipino, apart from the officers. You would need more than 5 to make a decent Sumo wrestler, so not much help in this instance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julien Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 I see they are already dragging ships out backwards behind it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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