shoule Posted February 20, 2015 Share #421 Posted February 20, 2015 I'm just checking back in and I'm compelled to to be quite impressed, yet again, by your impressive base! Your creativity seem to know no limits. Off the charts, fabulous. S JesseLee, GLakie, Salty Sea Dog and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainSteve Posted February 28, 2015 Author Share #422 Posted February 28, 2015 (edited) Our Hero didst jumpeth into the previous weekend, intending to haveth one further item tick-ethed a-from the List prior to his upcoming surgery.“If not, then a brace or more!!” CaptainSteve didst boast. Thusly, and with vigour, work didst commence upon his rudder/tiller arrangement. Firstly, the kit rudder was over-planked with strips o' thin veneer ... “Arrr … it be only much later,” he beganeth. “That I be a-realizin' that what I should have done were to be having the planks a-running up an' down, instead o' horizontally …” “Me tiller piece was shaped with fine sand-paper,” he said. “And then a grip added made from a strip of the same chamois cloth which hadst been use-ethed for me oar-lashings." This be-eth an idea which Our Hero didst learn-eth from the Artistic One ... and his squirrels. To alloweth movement o' the tiller-arm, note-eth that a small amount of wood hath been trimmed from the lower corner, where it doth meet with the rudder-piece. (See pics at end of next post.) Paint were applied to the rudder to match-eth with the transom, including the Docker’s stripe … O’course, ‘twould have been much easier to be noticing that the rudder piece needed additional tapering a-fore painting … but this wouldn’t be a CaptainSteve build if that were the case !! Next up, the pieces for the pintles and gudgeons, as well as the straps for the tiller, were cut from the kit-supplied strip of brass.“I be using just a pair of cheap scissors …”, Our Hero added, by way of explanation. The Dremel tool with grinding wheel helped shape the final outcome for the fittings … “I didst be a-using small pieces o’ brass rod and tube (not-eth supplied in the kit),” he went on, “to form-eth the hinge pieces making the working bits for me pintles and gudgeons.” More power to those o' you whose metal-working skills are adequate. Our Hero's be not ... and thus, he hath joined his pieces together with two-part epoxy, after failing with solder (and needing to be re-making at least one o' these pieces). As many of you are probably aware by now, CaptainSteve doth sometimes go-eth off on tangents, thus wasting valuable build time with oft-times friviolous research. This were to be yet another one o' those times. As usual, o' course, this didst leadeth unto the question of colouration (doesn’t it always??), with Our Hero contemplating upon the look he wouldst be applying unto his metal bits ... Edited March 1, 2015 by CaptainSteve Keith_W, Captain Slog, mtaylor and 6 others 9 Quote CaptainSteve Current Build: HM Granado Bomb Vessel (Caldercraft) My BathTub: Queen Anne Barge (Syren Ship Models) Log: Queen Anne Barge (an build log) Bounty Launch (Model Shipways) Log: Bounty Launch by CaptainSteve Apostol Felipe (OcCre) HMS Victory (Constructo) Check It Out: The Kit-Basher's Guide to The Galaxy Website: The Life & Boats of CaptainSteve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainSteve Posted February 28, 2015 Author Share #423 Posted February 28, 2015 (edited) “I doest have some vials o’ the Liver O’ Sulphur (LoS),” CaptainSteve didst trieth to explain. “As well, there be recently-arrived vials o’ the Caseys’ Brass Black concoction.” Firstly, the pieces were washed clean in methylated spirits ... ... and thence were rinsed in distilled water … Thus, Our Hero didst decide that the plates jointing tiller to rudder were to be tinted by immersion in the LoS. This be primarily to give ‘em the same look as the mast-clamps. For the pintles/gudgeons to be attached to the transom, Our Hero didst useth this occasion to test-eth out his first ever usage o’ the Caseys’ blackening agent. Bolt-heads for the fixings were made by clipping the heads from miniature nails. Verily, much wailing and gnashing of teeth did occur-eth whilst trying to install these.“They be a right PITA to be a-fitting unto the corresponding holes,” Our Hero went on, “but they be adding to the overall look, in the end.” “And here be a couple o’ pics of me rudder/tiller arrangement, just prior to installation,” CaptainSteve were to conclude. "If ye doth squint, ye can just barely make-eth out the chamois grip-lashing upon the end o' me tiller-arm ..." "Fixed through wi' a pin, and most verily, it doth moveth !!" “Now, I be a-readin’ recently about the matter o’ the White Stuff which were applied unto the hulls of ships and boats up to and beyond the time o’ the Mutiny incident,” CaptainSteve summarized. “It were used as an anti-fouling treatment, o’ sorts.”Wi’ his recently applied water-line, Our Hero didst realize that his rudder wouldst also needeth the White Stuff. “This be a-leadin’ to me most recent conundrum,” he began to wind-eth up. “Doest I be painting the lower pintle & gudgeon pair, or do I be leavin’ them the blackened metal colouring ??” he was to posit. On the one hand, Our Hero hath noticed that other Launch builders have left-eth theirs black, even where they have also added a waterline. Indeedeth, this be the look which he hath so far applied. “However,” CaptainSteve theorized, “according to the time-honoured naval tradition of ‘If it doesn’t move, paint it!!’, then most surely I shouldst be over-painting the straps of this lower arrangement.” “What sayeth the horde??” Edited February 28, 2015 by CaptainSteve Cap'n Rat Fink, mattsayers148, Geoff Matson and 7 others 10 Quote CaptainSteve Current Build: HM Granado Bomb Vessel (Caldercraft) My BathTub: Queen Anne Barge (Syren Ship Models) Log: Queen Anne Barge (an build log) Bounty Launch (Model Shipways) Log: Bounty Launch by CaptainSteve Apostol Felipe (OcCre) HMS Victory (Constructo) Check It Out: The Kit-Basher's Guide to The Galaxy Website: The Life & Boats of CaptainSteve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattsayers148 Posted February 28, 2015 Share #424 Posted February 28, 2015 My mind(squirrels) say that if you build a beautiful piece like yours, flaunt it. Oh but what will CaptainSteve do? I think if left black, it would draw the eyes in to take a closer look-see. Said eyes of said person, with eyes focused, could in it's entirety view the fine details of one outstanding work of art. In the end, CaptainSteve, go with your guttural instinct and remember there is no wrong answer. dgbot, CaptainSteve, mtaylor and 2 others 5 Quote Matt - aka The Squirrel Whisperer Current builds - Benjamin W. Latham by Matt Competed builds - USS Ranger by Matt HMS Bounty Launch by Matt 18th Century 10" Sea Mortar by Matt 18th Century Naval Smoothbore by Matt Future builds - Willie L. Bennett Chesapeake Bay skipjack (MS) Half Moon (Corel) Emma C Berry Lobster Smack (MS)US Brigantine Eagle (Corel) New Bedford Whaleboat (MS) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GLakie Posted February 28, 2015 Share #425 Posted February 28, 2015 Indeed a fine job on your rudder there Captain! As with the painting of the lower hinge, I would think as you do, since they probably wouldn't have painted around it, rather just painted over it. In the end, it's your decision Captain, so I would depict her as your own eye see fitting. Didn't know about a surgery. Hope it's not too serious, and good luck! Cheers mattsayers148, Canute and CaptainSteve 3 Quote GEORGE Don't be bound by the limits of what you already know, be unlimited by what you are willing to learn. Member of the Nautical Research Guild Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainSteve Posted February 28, 2015 Author Share #426 Posted February 28, 2015 (edited) ... as with the painting of the lower hinge, I would think as you do, since they probably wouldn't have painted around it, rather just painted over it. ... Didn't know about a surgery. Hope it's not too serious, and good luck! Cheers George, I'm thinking that I will lightly paint over the metal straps with white paint. Then, maybe, scratch it back a bit, once the paint dries. This will allow some (most) of the blackened metal to show through, as well as matching with the scratched-up water-line which was recently painted in. The actual working hinge sections between rudder and transom will be left as blackened metal, since they can move ("If it does move, DON'T paint it!!"). Yep. Day surgery on my fore-arm (modelling arm!!) as a result of a recent work accident. Edited March 1, 2015 by CaptainSteve GLakie, mattsayers148, JesseLee and 1 other 4 Quote CaptainSteve Current Build: HM Granado Bomb Vessel (Caldercraft) My BathTub: Queen Anne Barge (Syren Ship Models) Log: Queen Anne Barge (an build log) Bounty Launch (Model Shipways) Log: Bounty Launch by CaptainSteve Apostol Felipe (OcCre) HMS Victory (Constructo) Check It Out: The Kit-Basher's Guide to The Galaxy Website: The Life & Boats of CaptainSteve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattsayers148 Posted February 28, 2015 Share #427 Posted February 28, 2015 So you get paid during recovery? Are you getting a bionic shipmodeling arm? Hey one thing I did to cut back the paint on my chest(it was dark blue), a Qtip diped in mineral spirits. If you get most of it off on a rag, you can slowly rub off a bit at a time, then you don't have to worry about scratching through the blackening and see the shiny metal below. GLakie, CaptainSteve and Canute 3 Quote Matt - aka The Squirrel Whisperer Current builds - Benjamin W. Latham by Matt Competed builds - USS Ranger by Matt HMS Bounty Launch by Matt 18th Century 10" Sea Mortar by Matt 18th Century Naval Smoothbore by Matt Future builds - Willie L. Bennett Chesapeake Bay skipjack (MS) Half Moon (Corel) Emma C Berry Lobster Smack (MS)US Brigantine Eagle (Corel) New Bedford Whaleboat (MS) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainSteve Posted February 28, 2015 Author Share #428 Posted February 28, 2015 (edited) So you get paid during recovery? Are you getting a bionic shipmodeling arm? Since the incident happened at work (and as I'm a full-time employee), then, Yeah, all expenses are covered. As to a bionic-modelling arm - with separate functions for latheing masts/spars; serving ropes; circular saw/hand ... Well, I shall definitely suggest it to the surgeon. (But, I doubt it will be covered by insurance) Edited March 1, 2015 by CaptainSteve dgbot, GLakie and mattsayers148 3 Quote CaptainSteve Current Build: HM Granado Bomb Vessel (Caldercraft) My BathTub: Queen Anne Barge (Syren Ship Models) Log: Queen Anne Barge (an build log) Bounty Launch (Model Shipways) Log: Bounty Launch by CaptainSteve Apostol Felipe (OcCre) HMS Victory (Constructo) Check It Out: The Kit-Basher's Guide to The Galaxy Website: The Life & Boats of CaptainSteve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canute Posted March 1, 2015 Share #429 Posted March 1, 2015 Oh great, Cap'n Steve, the Borg. You will be assimilated... dgbot, GLakie, Salty Sea Dog and 2 others 5 Quote Ken Started: MS Bounty Longboat, On Hold: Heinkel USS Choctaw paper Down the road: Shipyard HMC Alert 1/96 paper, Mamoli Constitution Cross, MS USN Picket Boat #1 Scratchbuild: Echo Cross Section Member Nautical Research Guild Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SawdustDave Posted March 1, 2015 Share #430 Posted March 1, 2015 Catching up on your build CapSteve.... Your barrel post put me in the floor holding my sides. Beautiful launch. CaptainSteve, mattsayers148 and GLakie 3 Quote Sawdust Dave - Current build - USS Constitution 1:60th (scratch).... Visit my blog site - All previous builds.... http://davesmodelships.blogspot.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgbot Posted March 1, 2015 Share #431 Posted March 1, 2015 (edited) Cap't Steve I would put the "white stuff" on with an airbrush and do it in very light coats. That way the detail would be accented not hidden. Besides one of your hinges will not be painted any way. Good job on the arcane art of coloring metal. David B Edited March 1, 2015 by dgbot Canute, GLakie, mattsayers148 and 1 other 4 Quote Work in progress USS Maine in cardstock.http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/7446-uss-maine-by-dgbot-hmv-card/#entry220003 Completed Blockade runner Teazer http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/6063-blockade-runner-teazer-by-dgbot-card-stock/#entry175967 Completed The Monitor Lehigh http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/6920-the-monitor-lehigh-by-dgbot-card-model/#entry203680 Completed Kingston Class MCVD http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/forum/10-kit-build-logs-in-progress/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainSteve Posted March 2, 2015 Author Share #432 Posted March 2, 2015 (edited) This be jus' a quick update afore Our Hero be heading off to hospital to have his bionic modelling arm fitted for minor surgery. "Me rudder doth have-eth full lateral movement an' all, but before I go tick-ething anything further from the list," CaptainSteve opined, "I be still lookin' to touch-up the final look o' the lower pintle an' gudgeon arrangement." More than likely, Our Hero will add a few light touches of white to the blackened metal, in order that most of the black is visible. Time will tell. "Any-hoo, before I go dry-brushing anything, here be some o' me latest pics ..." Note: The above photos were more for Our Hero's usage in checking his work ... "I be really a-hatin' close-up photography !!!", he was heard to grumble. Edited March 2, 2015 by CaptainSteve GLakie, rafine, Cap'n Rat Fink and 7 others 10 Quote CaptainSteve Current Build: HM Granado Bomb Vessel (Caldercraft) My BathTub: Queen Anne Barge (Syren Ship Models) Log: Queen Anne Barge (an build log) Bounty Launch (Model Shipways) Log: Bounty Launch by CaptainSteve Apostol Felipe (OcCre) HMS Victory (Constructo) Check It Out: The Kit-Basher's Guide to The Galaxy Website: The Life & Boats of CaptainSteve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dgbot Posted March 2, 2015 Share #433 Posted March 2, 2015 I hope you get better soon Cap't Steve and hopefully you do not become a 6 million dollar man. David B GLakie, mattsayers148 and CaptainSteve 3 Quote Work in progress USS Maine in cardstock.http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/7446-uss-maine-by-dgbot-hmv-card/#entry220003 Completed Blockade runner Teazer http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/6063-blockade-runner-teazer-by-dgbot-card-stock/#entry175967 Completed The Monitor Lehigh http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/6920-the-monitor-lehigh-by-dgbot-card-model/#entry203680 Completed Kingston Class MCVD http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/forum/10-kit-build-logs-in-progress/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canute Posted March 2, 2015 Share #434 Posted March 2, 2015 The rudder and tillers look good, Cap'n. And your base looks great. CaptainSteve, GLakie and mattsayers148 3 Quote Ken Started: MS Bounty Longboat, On Hold: Heinkel USS Choctaw paper Down the road: Shipyard HMC Alert 1/96 paper, Mamoli Constitution Cross, MS USN Picket Boat #1 Scratchbuild: Echo Cross Section Member Nautical Research Guild Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GLakie Posted March 2, 2015 Share #435 Posted March 2, 2015 Good luck with your surgery there Captain. Cheers CaptainSteve and mattsayers148 2 Quote GEORGE Don't be bound by the limits of what you already know, be unlimited by what you are willing to learn. Member of the Nautical Research Guild Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattsayers148 Posted March 2, 2015 Share #436 Posted March 2, 2015 Excellent job on the entire rudder assembly! Hope your surgery goes well. GLakie and CaptainSteve 2 Quote Matt - aka The Squirrel Whisperer Current builds - Benjamin W. Latham by Matt Competed builds - USS Ranger by Matt HMS Bounty Launch by Matt 18th Century 10" Sea Mortar by Matt 18th Century Naval Smoothbore by Matt Future builds - Willie L. Bennett Chesapeake Bay skipjack (MS) Half Moon (Corel) Emma C Berry Lobster Smack (MS)US Brigantine Eagle (Corel) New Bedford Whaleboat (MS) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usedtosail Posted March 2, 2015 Share #437 Posted March 2, 2015 Good luck with the surgery, Steve. CaptainSteve, GLakie and mattsayers148 3 Quote - Tom - Current Build: Vanguard Speedy Completed: Vanguard Duchess of Kingston, Stove Project, Ships Wheel Project, NRG Capstan Project, Billings Half Moon, Dumas Chris Craft 1938 27' Triple Cockpit Barrel Back, Panart Santa Lucia , Model Shipways Constitution , MS Bounty Launch , HMS Beagle Member: Nautical Research Guild Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtaylor Posted March 2, 2015 Share #438 Posted March 2, 2015 Good luck with the cut and paste on the arm. And feel free to complain, this isn't Monty Python: "It's just a flesh wound!". I'm liking your build. Looking sweet. CaptainSteve, mattsayers148 and GLakie 3 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...
Cap'n Rat Fink Posted March 2, 2015 Share #439 Posted March 2, 2015 Steve, Good Luck Steve with the surgery. I hope rehap includes building models to get the arm back in shape there. Nice progress on the launch Sir. mario CaptainSteve, GLakie and mattsayers148 3 Quote Thank You all... Mario "Each of us is a mixture of some good and some not so good qualities. In considering one's fellow man it's important to remember the good things ... We should refrain from making judgments just because a fella happens to be a dirty, rotten SOB(biscuit) " My Builds.... BETTEAU WAR OF 1812 BOUNTY LAUNCH(bashed) CHESAPEAKE BAY FLATTIE THE SEA of GALILEE BOAT VICTORIAN STEAM LAUNCH(bashed) HOWARD CHAPELLE's CRABBING SKIFF LADY KATHRINE 1812 SCHOONER Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rafine Posted March 2, 2015 Share #440 Posted March 2, 2015 All the best with your surgery Steve, and get back to modeling soon. Bob CaptainSteve, mattsayers148 and GLakie 3 Quote Current builds on MSW: HMS Winchelsea 1:48: Medway Longboat 1:24 Prior builds on MSW: Schooner Halifax: Lumberyard 1/48 semi-scratch; Cutter Cheerful 1:48; Granado: Caldercraft 1:64; Frigate Essex: Kitbashed Model Shipways kit; Triton Cross Section 1:48; Kingfisher from Lauckstreet kit; Syren: Model shipways kit ;Kitbashed Fair American: Model Shipways;Prince de Neufchatel: Model shipways 1:64 Civil War Picket Boat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NenadM Posted March 2, 2015 Share #441 Posted March 2, 2015 (edited) Keep on. Knife is knife, and surgeons just like to cut (my experience with dental surgeon, surgeon who fixed me after fallin' from my son's bike, and friend of mine (surgeon) who caused me to jump and glue to floor screaming, telling me before " it will take 10 seconds without any pain, just lay down and relax..." Considering I didn't kill him then ..) Waitin for your return Edited March 2, 2015 by Nenad M mattsayers148, GLakie and CaptainSteve 3 Quote In progress: CUTTY SARK - Tehnodidakta => scratch => Campbell plans http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/2501-cutty-sark-by-nenad-tehnodidakta-scratched-campbells-plans/page-1#entry64653 Content of log : http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/2501-cutty-sark-by-nenad-tehnodidakta-scratched-campbells-plans/page-62#entry217381 Past build: Stella, Heller kit, plastic, Santa Maria, Tehnodidakta kit, wood, Jolly Roger Heller kit, plastic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salty Sea Dog Posted March 2, 2015 Share #442 Posted March 2, 2015 Good luck! CaptainSteve, GLakie and mattsayers148 3 Quote -Buck Current build: AL Morgan's Whaleboat (1st build) Kits in the ships locker: I cannot confirm nor deny that there may be a few kits in there... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoule Posted March 2, 2015 Share #443 Posted March 2, 2015 "Ye be hardy", I'm sure. I offer my best thoughts, regardless. Get overhauled and and get back, there's not a moment to lose! Great job and good health! Kindest Regards, S CaptainSteve, GLakie and mattsayers148 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainSteve Posted March 4, 2015 Author Share #444 Posted March 4, 2015 (edited) Arrr ... "It doth be but a flesh wound !!" Thanks one and all fer the comments and well-wishin' ... much appreciated. And thank you, Mark, I have every intention of complaining ... coz me arm feels bloody sore indeed at the moment!! But, the surgery apparently went well, and as you can plainly see, CaptainSteve survived, though he didst come through with a greatly-reduced typing speed for some time to come. By the way, as any one of you who has ever been in hospital will know, there are certain formalities necessary upon being admitted. After identifying myself and providing DOB etc etc, the nurse asked me: "And what are you here for today??". Without blinking, CaptainSteve didst most truly reply, "To have a bionic arm installed." Edited December 12, 2015 by CaptainSteve Canute, garywatt, mattsayers148 and 3 others 6 Quote CaptainSteve Current Build: HM Granado Bomb Vessel (Caldercraft) My BathTub: Queen Anne Barge (Syren Ship Models) Log: Queen Anne Barge (an build log) Bounty Launch (Model Shipways) Log: Bounty Launch by CaptainSteve Apostol Felipe (OcCre) HMS Victory (Constructo) Check It Out: The Kit-Basher's Guide to The Galaxy Website: The Life & Boats of CaptainSteve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainSteve Posted March 4, 2015 Author Share #445 Posted March 4, 2015 Incidentally, at the very last moment, some paint was slapped-eth about the place a-fore CaptainSteve left for the Hospital. Pics were taken ... but were not processed until post-surgery today. mobbsie, WackoWolf, Canute and 11 others 14 Quote CaptainSteve Current Build: HM Granado Bomb Vessel (Caldercraft) My BathTub: Queen Anne Barge (Syren Ship Models) Log: Queen Anne Barge (an build log) Bounty Launch (Model Shipways) Log: Bounty Launch by CaptainSteve Apostol Felipe (OcCre) HMS Victory (Constructo) Check It Out: The Kit-Basher's Guide to The Galaxy Website: The Life & Boats of CaptainSteve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canute Posted March 4, 2015 Share #446 Posted March 4, 2015 Cap'n, glad you're back. Follow the doctor's orders for healing up. Nice work on the rudder gudgeons and pintles. GLakie, CaptainSteve and mattsayers148 3 Quote Ken Started: MS Bounty Longboat, On Hold: Heinkel USS Choctaw paper Down the road: Shipyard HMC Alert 1/96 paper, Mamoli Constitution Cross, MS USN Picket Boat #1 Scratchbuild: Echo Cross Section Member Nautical Research Guild Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GLakie Posted March 4, 2015 Share #447 Posted March 4, 2015 Glad to see the carving the doc did to your arm didn't have any--ahem---ill effects there Captain. That rudders looking sweet all painted and mounted too. Do what the saw-bones says and keep that arm put up for a while. Cheers Canute, Salty Sea Dog, mobbsie and 3 others 6 Quote GEORGE Don't be bound by the limits of what you already know, be unlimited by what you are willing to learn. Member of the Nautical Research Guild Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mobbsie Posted March 6, 2015 Share #448 Posted March 6, 2015 Nice to see you back and still in one piece Captn. Love those rudder shots and appreciate the work that's gone into it. Thanks. Rest up and do as your told, that's the quickest way back to full health. Be Good mobbsie mattsayers148, GLakie and CaptainSteve 3 Quote mobbsie All mistakes are deliberate ( me ) Current Build:- HMS Schooner Pickle Completed Builds :- Panart 1/16 Armed Launch / Pinnace ( Completed ), Granado Cross Section 1/48 Harwich Bawley, Restoration, Thames Barge Edme, Repair / Restoration, Will Everard 1/67 Billings HMS Agamemnon 1781 - 1/64 Caldercraft Kit, HM Brig Badger, HM Bomb Vessel Granado, Thames Steam Launch Louise, Thames Barge Edme, Viking Dragon Boat Next Build :- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainSteve Posted March 6, 2015 Author Share #449 Posted March 6, 2015 (edited) Do what the saw-bones says and keep that arm put up for a while. Now here's a most fortunate conundrum, George ... Normally, one would be a-leaving the hospital and expect to be laid up for many a day. In CaptainSteve's case, however, the saw-bones didst suggest a most rigorous program of rehab exercises. Within a very short span o' time, Our Hero beganeth to realize that his rehabilitation couldst most quickly be turned to fashioning a few tholes, the touchething-up of paint-work and the makething of rigging blocks. No pictures as yet, but there doest appear to be an update to the List ... Edited March 6, 2015 by CaptainSteve mattsayers148, mtaylor, IgorSky and 3 others 6 Quote CaptainSteve Current Build: HM Granado Bomb Vessel (Caldercraft) My BathTub: Queen Anne Barge (Syren Ship Models) Log: Queen Anne Barge (an build log) Bounty Launch (Model Shipways) Log: Bounty Launch by CaptainSteve Apostol Felipe (OcCre) HMS Victory (Constructo) Check It Out: The Kit-Basher's Guide to The Galaxy Website: The Life & Boats of CaptainSteve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GLakie Posted March 6, 2015 Share #450 Posted March 6, 2015 That's good news there Captain. I was just remembering when mine was wounded (broke at the elbow and fixed with a titanium plate and 8 pins), with-in 16 days, the doctors removed the cast, told me I could go back to work, but be careful. Apparently, they didn't have a grasp as to my kind of work, and I ended up re-breaking it in the same place. After another surgery, and 3 more months off work, it healed. The doc told me because of my age at the time (42) it would take longer to heal. If he knew that, why did he send me back to work? Doctors----Go figure!!! mattsayers148, mtaylor and CaptainSteve 3 Quote GEORGE Don't be bound by the limits of what you already know, be unlimited by what you are willing to learn. Member of the Nautical Research Guild Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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