Kevin

hope you don.t mind me putting links in onto your thread, always happy to remove, i just wanted to show members all the different ideas in creating the effects 

http://titanic-model.com/dc/dcboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=123&topic_id=2785&sub_topic_id=2786&mesg_id=&page=

AUGUST 30

 

 

1707

HMS Childs Play (24), Cdr. George Doiley, foundered in a hurricane off St. Christopher's

1806

Boats of HMS Bacchante (22), Cptn. James R. Dacres, cut out a brig and two feluccas, San Antonio letter of marque and Spanish privateer Deseado, at Santa-Martha.

HMS Pike (4), Lt. Macdonald, captured a guarda-costa.

1814

Party from HMS Menelaus (38), Cptn. Peter Parker (Killed in Action), engaged ashore in Chesapeake Bay.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-23862359

 

 

for anyone interested

 

 

i will delete the link if required, i never read the comments and i dont have sound on my work PC

 

i was infact looking for a Titanic model wreck site forum, not found yet though

Can someone please move over a little...I can't see properly, and keep your heads down you lot up front.

This sounds very interesting and I will be following this with interest. I doubt you will have any competition.

Is it just me? I have never heard of such a thing as an underwater diorama as you envisage, but it sounds fantastic.

Okay, I'll shut up if you hurry and get started.

Errol.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvKRmmDhvgA

such lovely work, 

Happy Birthday, all the best

happy birthday, all the best

AUGUST 29

 

1583

HMS Delight ran aground off Sable Island.

1707

HMS Wincheley (26), Cptn. William Jone,s foundered in a hurricane.

1779

HMS Boreas (28), Cptn. Charles Thompson, took Compass (en flute).

1782

HMS Royal George (100), Cptn. Waghorn, while heeled at Spithead off Portsmouth to repair the coppering with the lower deck guns run out, was struck by a sudden and violent squall which threw her over so much that water rushed in the open ports. She filled and sank killing Rear-Admiral Richard Kempenfelt and about 900 crew.

1791

HMS Pandora (24), Cptn. Edward Edwards, with 14 Bounty mutineers, wrecked on Great Barrier Reef.

1800

Twenty boats Sir John Warren's squadron cut out Fench privateer Guepe (18) from under the batteries in Vigo Bay.

1810

HMS Queen Charlotte cutter (8), Joseph Thomas,  repulsed a French cutter, former British revenue cutter Swan (16), off Alderney. 

1811

Start of 3 day campaign by HMS Sir Francis Drake (38), Cptn. George Harris, HMS Phaeton (38), Cptn. Fleetwood Broughton Pellew, and HMS Dasher (18) which captures Madura.

1814

HMS Peacock (18), William Mends, foundered off South Carolina

1861

U.S. squadron captures forts at Hatteras Inlet, NC

1862

Union gunboat Pittsburgh supports Army troops in landing at Eunice, Arkansas

ok - i was just checking the Victory clan are all still ok, i must be following loads, but not heard from some in ages

 

all the best

it has been to quiet without yourself and Derek posting, you ok?

hi Derek not seen anything of you in a couple of weeks, everything ok?

do you have a list of all the extra pe kits you have purchased to complete the build.or i it just one 

just read your log, im impressed, it's a shame that with all the extras that can be added,  they cannot get the basics right - like portholes, - well done,

lovely work my friend

 

lol it is taking me long enough to rig the gun port lids

 

all the best

in real life what was the diameter 0f the propellor

AUGUST 28

 

 

1652

Dutch under admiral Van Gelen defeat English under Admiral Richard Badiley at the Battle of Elba.

1796

HMS Topaze (38), Cptn. S. G. Church, captured Elizabeth.

1797

HMS Pomone (44), Cptn. R. C. Reynolds, destroyed Petit Dia'le.

1799

HMS Contest Gun-boat, Lt. John Ides Short, driven on shore in the Helder.

1809

Battery at Cortelazzo, at the mouth of the Piave river between Venice and Trieste, carried by boats of HMSAmphion (32), Cptn. William Hoste. Six Venetian gunboats Surveillante, Vedette, and Nos. 64, 76, 77 and 78 with two trabaccolos, moored under the battery were brought out and five other trabaccolos were burnt in the river.

1867

Captain William Reynolds of USS Lackawanna raises U.S. flag over Midway Island and took formal possession of these islands for the U.S.

very nice, great to see an update from you

it is nice to see you back - and getting fit again, it horrible to see friends not well

 

all the best

very nice, im always looking for your updates

Happy Birthday, have a great day

AUGUST 27

 

1797

HMS Jason and HMS Triton (32), Cptn. John Gore, captured part of a French convoy.

1807

A Danish gunboat flotilla, under Lt. Christian Wulff, attacks a British battery at Gl. Pesthus on Kallebodstrand

1816

Bombardment of Algiers by a British Squadron, under Lord Exmouth, and a small Dutch squadron, under Vice-Admiral van Capellen, which destroyed 33 ships in the harbor.

1826

HMS Magpie Schooner (5) wrecked Colorados Roads, Island of Cuba.

Hey Kevin

One thing life has taught me is that the only constant is change.

Dropping all the weight you have is an extraordinary event to experience. I'm so happy for you and hope your new direction leads to the place you wish to be. Funny how sometimes the best stuff in life hits you unexpected. As a research chemist I never would have even considered teaching high school but life pulled me that way and it felt right. It ended up being my 2nd best decision of my life (Tam will always be the 1st).

 

Best of luck on your new future plans and dreams. The ports look great also.

Thank you, i think it is time for a change, the mundane 0730 to 1700 is not for me, after all the years in the RN  - i need something,on top of my pension to help clear the mortgage but, it is more than that, i want to be the owner of my own future, of course it could all go pear shapped, but it ia a risk for me worth taking, and i will keep everyone here informed of how its going, - lol no where at present as the person, to do my first interview is on holiday until tomorrow, but it has given me chance to think about the future

making the rings has been the worst bit it was not until i looked at Gils did it occur to me that each rope has two rings on it - at 90 deg to each other like a chain, so i am having to make them, by wing some brass wire around a drill bit

 

Good Afternoon everyone

 

Well i have started the process of Lid rigging, it took a while to get into it, but i have a system that seams to work, At present none of the ropes are secured into the hull,so the squiffy one's should become tighter

 

 

all the best