NMBROOK
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NMBROOK reacted to egkb in Name the Ship Game
HMS Jason of the Halcyon Survey Vessels Class ?
Eamonn
Am off to bed now, see ye all tomorrow
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NMBROOK reacted to cdogg in New to power
Dave, I am a static boat guy but would like to make an RC boat in the future. Hope you enjoy MSW and hopefully yourself and Nigel can help me out when I have RC boat questions. Welcome!
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NMBROOK got a reaction from egkb in Name the Ship Game
Found it ,but too slow.Yes kustwacht is the Dutch coastgaurd,the stripes look the same in black and white
Kind Regards Nigel
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NMBROOK reacted to egkb in Name the Ship Game
Yes and no.. possibly the most accurate yet useless answer to hit Name the Ship ever ! when you get there you'll see what I mean 'Kustwacht' is Dutch is it not?
Kustwacht is Coast Watch or at least it sounds that way !
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NMBROOK got a reaction from egkb in Name the Ship Game
Like it
so that is what the other one looks like
Kind Regards Nigel
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NMBROOK got a reaction from egkb in Name the Ship Game
Now you know what the red circle was for
More than one?
Kind Regards Nigel
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NMBROOK reacted to egkb in Name the Ship Game
Nice one, I actually laughed out loud at that.. yup an actual 'LOL'.. Ahhhh but which Arklow Castle
I actually have something, give me a few mins to stick a gun turret or an ICBM onto it in photo-Shop.. almost there!
Eamonn
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NMBROOK got a reaction from egkb in Name the Ship Game
Yes it is Noshiro,congratulations.You're go,but I'm getting my answer in first,Arklow Castle?
Kind Regards Nigel
P.S.Pedalo is going up now I have said that
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NMBROOK reacted to egkb in Name the Ship Game
Possibly even Sakawa ?
Thankfully there were only 4.. phew!
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NMBROOK reacted to NAZGÛL in Wasan 1628 by Nazgul - FINISHED - Billing Boats Vasa 1:75
Cheers guys! Yeah It was a good feeling to put the soldering iron back Nigel. Good call on the colors Tony, polychrome is beautyful. If I can be of any help dont be afraid to ask.
/Matti
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NMBROOK reacted to egkb in Name the Ship Game
Agano-class Light Cruiser Yahagi? 4 in class, think it id this one!
Some amazing photos of that boat surrounded by shell splashes! not a pleasant place to be!!
Eamonn
That odd crane arrangement at/near the stern most mast (mizzen? I can't tell on these vessels ) is what I went looking for in Google, began with British ww2 cruisers and went on from there
ps any idea what's with the red circle ?
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NMBROOK got a reaction from NAZGÛL in Wasan 1628 by Nazgul - FINISHED - Billing Boats Vasa 1:75
The prow looks fabulous Matti Whilst you may have to thin them down,at least you shouldn't have to bend any of the figures for here
Kind Regards Nigel
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NMBROOK got a reaction from egkb in Name the Ship Game
Ok then chaps,I see what you mean,but doing it that way spoils the fun,I wouldn't have seen all the lovely BBQ's outside airstream caravans or every ship owned by Arklow shipping(sorry Eamonn) Enough waffle from me,here is the next
Kind Regards Nigel
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NMBROOK reacted to egkb in Name the Ship Game
Totally agree Jan.. I put Empire State in myself to check last night and it 'passed', whereas I put it in again (after your comment) and up she pops! 'Beats me' what happened there I must have screwed up somewhere along the line :)
Have to say that this Name the Ship is good fun, though it doesn't half soak up the time!!
Bye for now.
Eamonn
Edit.. Jan next time I'll put a gun turret or two onto my merchant ship to fool Google....
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NMBROOK got a reaction from egkb in Name the Ship Game
I had been searching normally for my answers I didn't realize there was any other way of doing it Anyway I shall post something in a bit,I am multitasking,planking and on here at the same time
Kind Regards Nigel
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NMBROOK reacted to NAZGÛL in Wasan 1628 by Nazgul - FINISHED - Billing Boats Vasa 1:75
Thanks Lawrence, Ive built the basic bow structure. moving on to the ledges.
Off topic trivia: yesterday was Gustav Adolf day here in Sweden.
/Matti
Edit: Added a few more pics, now with the ledges in place.
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NMBROOK reacted to amateur in Name the Ship Game
Gentlemen,
Can I interrupt your very entertaining morning talks?
just to confirm that she is indeed HrMs Overijssel (D815), one of the 8 Friesland class ships. (build in 1955, in active service till 1982)
Jan
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NMBROOK got a reaction from egkb in Name the Ship Game
Thank you very much Eamonn Greenwich was a big disappointment for me after seeing all the articles in the past about it.I was in Cornwall a few years back but only passed through Penzance briefly.Portsmouth was great,hoping to go again.One place worth a look if you are into all things history,not just ships,is the Orkney islands.Lots of things to see,of course the old naval base at Lynness but the most moving thing of all was the green buoy marking the Royal Oak,the oil is still visible seeping out of the wreck,a bit like USS Arizona.Lots of wartime lookout and gun emplacements remain,also the 'churchill barriers'sunken coasters to prevent U boats entering Scapa Flow,unfortunately it didn't stop Gunther Prien in U47.At low tide some of these wrecks are visible above water.
Kind Regards Nigel
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NMBROOK reacted to egkb in Name the Ship Game
Nigel I just popped over to your SotS build.. only had a quick look at some of the 20 pages! that is EXCEPTIONAL work you are doing there..
I too was in Greenwich within the last couple of years and agree re the unfavourable changes (was there about 20 years ago for 2 visits and found it to be an entirely different beast than it is now) have never ventured to Portsmouth though it is pencilled in for a future visit!
Eamonn
btw have you ever gotten to the maritime museum in Penzance ? it was done out like an old wooden warship.. clever stuff (hope it hasn't changed since my visit over 10 years ago)
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NMBROOK reacted to egkb in Name the Ship Game
Or RNLI Lifeboats for that matter Nigel (the thought crossed my mind, but only for a second or two) might just get my neighbours 2 year old to draw a boat from a photo.. easy peasy eh
Until tomorrow then.
Eamonn
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NMBROOK got a reaction from themadchemist in Sovereign Of The Seas by NMBROOK - Scale 1/84 - based on the works of Van De Velde the elder
Thank you very much indeed Michael.As you know yourself,it is the little details that all add up to the complete picture.Some can be monotonous and very boring(faced with drilling a thousand holes using a drill bit and bamboo skewer,but no pun intended),but I don't think any project so far has got me quite so fired up as this one.Sometimes I look at the model and think'is there any point posting some pictures'as despite maybe 50 hours work it doesn't look any different.Then I think 'yes I will' as this is a journey and whilst some days big differences will occur,then weeks of work can go by with little difference immediately apparent.
I visited the NMM a couple of years ago and was a little disappointed having seen so many articles in the past.From what I can gather it has changed alot in recent years and my main motivation for going was to view the models,there was maybe 8 on display in a pokey little sideroom.
Portsmouth historic dockyard was a different matter altogether,Victory,Warrior and particularly Mary Rose left a massive impression.Mary Rose so much so,that my wife has insisted I make a model of her.This will probably be the model that gets a place in the living room.I hope to revisit her now that she is no longer being sprayed with polyethylene glycol and has a new enclosure.
Kind Regards Nigel
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