Vegaskip Posted November 10, 2017 Author Share #91 Posted November 10, 2017 Hi Graham. Thanks for commenting. They were both of 'my era'. RN personel had a soft spot for the 'Shack' , they used to drop mail to us. Here HMS Daring recieved her drop, somewhere in the Indian Ocean jim Jack12477, CaptainSteve, el cid and 10 others 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegaskip Posted November 11, 2017 Author Share #92 Posted November 11, 2017 For a while HMS HOOD had a catapult fitted at her stern Here is a Fairey 111F getting airborn. Jim el cid, Beef Wellington, lmagna and 9 others 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegaskip Posted November 11, 2017 Author Share #93 Posted November 11, 2017 One of my favourites. First painting after returning from the Russian tripHMS FaulknorWatercolour 15 X 11 inches Jim lmagna, ccoyle, CaptainSteve and 9 others 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegaskip Posted November 12, 2017 Author Share #94 Posted November 12, 2017 Keeping in the same time frame of the War of 1812, here is a minor war vessel with sheer legs rigged, replacing her main mast. Lots of the books I have for reference have old line engravings of this sort of thing and I've tried to keep the flavour.Watercolour. 15 x 10 inches lmagna, John Allen, CaptainSteve and 11 others 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomShipModel Posted November 12, 2017 Share #95 Posted November 12, 2017 Excellent work Jim. Thank you for sharing. TOm mtaylor, Canute and CaptainSteve 3 Quote Tom Ruggiero Director Nautical Research Guild Member Ship Model Society of New Jersey (Past President) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegaskip Posted November 12, 2017 Author Share #96 Posted November 12, 2017 Thank you Tom, it's my pleasure. Here's another The Escort Carrier Tracker, recovers a Wildcat, with Avengers in the deck parkwater colour 14" X 11" CaptainSteve, BETAQDAVE, mtaylor and 6 others 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegaskip Posted November 12, 2017 Author Share #97 Posted November 12, 2017 (edited) Minesweepers in the Firth of Forth with North Berwick the Bass Rock and Berwick Law in the background The picture now hangs in a house within sight of the location. Jim Edited November 12, 2017 by Vegaskip Canute, el cid, lmagna and 9 others 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegaskip Posted November 13, 2017 Author Share #98 Posted November 13, 2017 Did this yesterday. Did this yesterday 21st Novembet 1939. HMS Belfast preceded by HMS Afridi is towed by Tugs through the gate in the boom off inchkeith on her way to Rosyth after being mined off the May Island early in WW2 W/C 23" X 10" GrandpaPhil, mtaylor, Canute and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
allanyed Posted November 13, 2017 Share #99 Posted November 13, 2017 Still enjoying these a lot! The water in the painting of HMS Faulknor reminds of Carl Evers' work. Thanks again for sharing. Allan Canute and mtaylor 2 Quote PLEASE take 30 SECONDS and sign up for the epic Nelson/Trafalgar project if you would like to see it made into a TV series. Click on http://trafalgar.tv There is no cost other than the 30 seconds of your time. THANK YOU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegaskip Posted November 13, 2017 Author Share #100 Posted November 13, 2017 Thank you Allan, nice to be mentioned in the same breath as a famous Marine Artist. Here's another 'Crash on Deck' MAC Ship Swordfish misses the wires and ends up in the crash barrierW/C 12" X 9" Jim el cid, GrandpaPhil, lmagna and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegaskip Posted November 13, 2017 Author Share #101 Posted November 13, 2017 (edited) Here is a potted history of the Royal Navy Submarine Branch 1 WW1 up to WW2 2. WW2 3. Post WW2 4. 1950's to present day. jim Edited November 13, 2017 by Vegaskip Canute, BANYAN, el cid and 5 others 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccoyle Posted November 13, 2017 Share #102 Posted November 13, 2017 I was just reading about HMS Torbay and Astute today. mtaylor and Canute 2 Quote Chris Coyle Greer, South Carolina When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk. - Tuco Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix, Bf 109E-7/trop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegaskip Posted November 14, 2017 Author Share #103 Posted November 14, 2017 (edited) It's a Small World Chris! Heres a couple inspired by our trip to Arkhangelsk and Severodvinsk. Yasin class Borei class Jim Edited November 14, 2017 by Vegaskip Beef Wellington, CaptainSteve, ccoyle and 7 others 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegaskip Posted November 15, 2017 Author Share #104 Posted November 15, 2017 (edited) Aircraft Carrier HMS Argus and friends 'below the Bridge', late WW1 W/C 12 X 7 inches.Anyone asking "What Bridge?". Please return to your own planet, Mums looking for you.Jim Edited November 15, 2017 by Vegaskip pompey2, Canute, GrandpaPhil and 6 others 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beef Wellington Posted November 15, 2017 Share #105 Posted November 15, 2017 (edited) Really nice Jim, once again I love the atmosphere. Your Borei made me shiver I also didn't get a chance to comment on your minseweepers in the Forth, the skyline looks very familiar - used to spend quite a bit of time running up and down the firth in the more recent (but defunct) River class minesweepers (Spey and Helmsdale) but still have the views of Berwick Law and Bass Rock etched into my brain. Also had the opportunity to live for a time in Seattle in the Pac Northwest - you really captured the spirit of the place which has such beautiful scenery,and yes, you are right to put orca's in as they show themselves not infrequently. (@ Nils if you're reading this, the mountain range in the background are the Cascades, not the Rockies which are further inland) Edited November 15, 2017 by Beef Wellington Jack12477, mtaylor and lmagna 3 Quote Cheers, Jason "Which it will be ready when it is ready!" In the shipyard: HMS Jason (c.1794: Artois Class 38 gun frigate) Queen Anne Royal Barge (c.1700) Finished: HMS Snake (c.1797: Cruizer Class, ship rigged sloop) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegaskip Posted November 15, 2017 Author Share #106 Posted November 15, 2017 Thanks Jason. The sweepers you mention were a bit after my time. It was mostly 'Tons' in my day, and they. Would be based at HMS LOCHINVAR (Port Edgar) opposite Rosyth. Her is another with the Edinburgh sky line. These are the ship served on by Edward George Bourne, (stoker).L to R HM Ships Iron Duke, Galatea, Icarus, Centurion, and in the distance Indefatigable in which he was unfortunately killed at Jutland.This was a commission for a lady who wanted it for her children, his descendants. The skyline of Edinburgh in the background Acrylic on canvas 30" X 14"Jim BETAQDAVE, GrandpaPhil, Landrotten Highlander and 8 others 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirabell61 Posted November 15, 2017 Share #107 Posted November 15, 2017 love that one Jim, a wonderful view and quite busy in the bay.... Nils mtaylor and Canute 2 Quote Current builds -Lightship Elbe 1 Completed - Steamship Ergenstrasse ex Laker Corsicana 1918- scale 1:87 scratchbuild - "Zeesboot" heritage wooden fishing small craft around 1870, POB clinker scratch build scale 1:24 - Pilot Schooner # 5 ELBE ex Wanderbird, scale 1:50 scratchbuild - Mississippi Sterwheelsteamer built as christmapresent for grandson modified kit build - Chebec "Eagle of Algier" 1753--scale 1:48-POB-(scratchbuild) "SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse" four stacker passenger liner of 1897, blue ribbond awarded, 1:144 (scratchbuild) "HMS Pegasus" , 16 gun sloop, Swan-Class 1776-1777 scale 1:64 from Amati plan -"Pamir" 4-mast barque, P-liner, 1:96 (scratchbuild) -"Gorch Fock 2" German Navy cadet training 3-mast barque, 1:95 (scratchbuild) "Heinrich Kayser" heritage Merchant Steamship, 1:96 (scratchbuild) original was my grandfathers ship -"Bohuslän" , heritage ,live Swedish museum passenger steamer (Billings kit), 1:50 "Lorbas", river tug, steam driven for RC, fictive design (scratchbuild), scale appr. 1:32 under restoration / restoration finished "Hjejlen" steam paddlewheeler, 1861, Billings Boats rare old kit, scale 1:50 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegaskip Posted November 15, 2017 Author Share #108 Posted November 15, 2017 Thanks, she was 'over the moon' when she got it. Jim Canute and mtaylor 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmagna Posted November 15, 2017 Share #109 Posted November 15, 2017 Hello Jason I also live in the Puget Sound area and I was thinking that the mountains/water/Orca's looked more like the area around the Puget Sound entrance in which the mountains would probably be the Olympics. You can't really see much of the Cascades until you get much further into the sound closer to Seattle. Either way it is a very accurate looking picture and I can think of several places around here that still look like that even today. I have had the privilege of being followed by Orca's twice, (Two different times) across the sound while traveling by boat, and it is quite the thrill to watch several animals that are larger than the vessel you are riding in sweep by less than twenty feet away! Jim Pleas keep up showing your paintings, It is becoming a morning fix for me to looks and see what you will grace us with for the day. Lou mtaylor and Canute 2 Quote Lou Build logs: Colonial sloop Providence 1/48th scale kit bashed from AL Independence Currant builds: Constructo Brigantine Sentinel (Union) (On hold) Minicraft 1/350 Titanic (For the Admiral) 1/350 Heavy Cruiser USS Houston (Resin) Currant research/scratchbuild: Schooner USS Lanikai/Hermes Non ship build log: 1/35th UH-1H Huey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegaskip Posted November 15, 2017 Author Share #110 Posted November 15, 2017 (edited) Thanks for that Lou. I've never been up that way, in fact I haven't been on the West coast at all unfortunately. So the location for the painting is made up from memories of films or TV programs of the area. I've still got lots more paintings I can post. It is really nice to get comments and 'meet' people from all over. here is the watercolour sketch for the Mellon painting which is acrylic on canvas. jim Edited November 15, 2017 by Vegaskip BETAQDAVE, lmagna, Canute and 5 others 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegaskip Posted November 15, 2017 Author Share #111 Posted November 15, 2017 Another of my all time favourites Armed Merchant Cruiser Carinthia on the Northern Patrol 1940 she was Torpedoed west of Galway Bay by U 46 at 13:13 on the sixth of June 1940. Four crew members were killed.W/C 12 X 9 inches.Jim Beef Wellington, BANYAN, Mirabell61 and 8 others 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canute Posted November 16, 2017 Share #112 Posted November 16, 2017 Jim, you really capture the "feel" of the place and time in your paintings. Like Lou and many others have said, I really enjoy viewing your handiwork. It's a great gift. lmagna, mtaylor, CaptainSteve and 1 other 4 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...
lmagna Posted November 16, 2017 Share #113 Posted November 16, 2017 Jim Thank you for sharing. The Mellon is stationed here in Seattle, (Not far from where I live) but the painting looks like areas in Alaska and northern British Colombia. Just another aspect of your talent. Not only do you depict the ship and sea/weather state but the location where as you say, you may never have been and make it all look "right". Lou CaptainSteve, mtaylor and Canute 3 Quote Lou Build logs: Colonial sloop Providence 1/48th scale kit bashed from AL Independence Currant builds: Constructo Brigantine Sentinel (Union) (On hold) Minicraft 1/350 Titanic (For the Admiral) 1/350 Heavy Cruiser USS Houston (Resin) Currant research/scratchbuild: Schooner USS Lanikai/Hermes Non ship build log: 1/35th UH-1H Huey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegaskip Posted November 16, 2017 Author Share #114 Posted November 16, 2017 Lou and Ken , thank you for your comments. My Mother always said I had a vivid imagination, although a lot of what I paint is helped from personal experience. This painting of HMAS MELBOURNE. Been there,Done That. Got the yellow surcoat. Different ships and a/c . Jim GrandpaPhil, ccoyle, el cid and 9 others 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canute Posted November 16, 2017 Share #115 Posted November 16, 2017 Jim, got any other Phantom paintings? I spent 20 years flying them for Uncle Sam's Air Force from the 70s to 91. Love the bent wing birds. mtaylor and CaptainSteve 2 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...
pompey2 Posted November 16, 2017 Share #116 Posted November 16, 2017 Hi Jim Sorry I missed your reply a while ago. But thanks for the picture. I should recognise it certainly, I worked for a while in Priddy's Hard, Gosport side as you say 'at the back' of Portsmouth Harbour. My window looked out directly onto the redundant ships, up for sale or waiting scrap, mostly RFA's and the like. Certainly brightened our day when the SBS used them to train in ship assaults, air-borne and sea-borne. Also the Vanguard trying to get a last pint in the Still & West reminds me of the photo still hanging in the pub. I'm still enjoying seeing your work immensely, and your work rate is staggering. all the best Nick mtaylor, lmagna and Canute 3 Quote Current build USF Confederacy Previous log - HMS Victory Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegaskip Posted November 16, 2017 Author Share #117 Posted November 16, 2017 Some Phantoms for Ken, a favourite aircraft of mine .Also a'Hun' F100 Jim mtaylor, Geowolf, GrandpaPhil and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegaskip Posted November 16, 2017 Author Share #118 Posted November 16, 2017 And today's effort HMS Belfast lowering a boat to investigate the German Steamer 'Cap Norte' disguised as Swedish ship 'Ancona' Watercolour 12" X 9" Jim BANYAN, lmagna, Jack12477 and 8 others 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BANYAN Posted November 16, 2017 Share #119 Posted November 16, 2017 (edited) Some more gems, thanks Jim. I note you depict HMAS Melbourne with the LWO2 radar update (LWO4 aerial); when were you aboard? I served in her also and paid her off. cheers Pat Edited November 16, 2017 by BANYAN CaptainSteve, mtaylor and Canute 3 Quote If at first you do not suceed, try, and then try again!Current build: HMCSS Victoria (Scratch) Next build: HMAS Vampire (3D printed resin, scratch 1:350) Built: Battle Station (Scratch) and HM Bark Endeavour 1768 (kit 1:64) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegaskip Posted November 16, 2017 Author Share #120 Posted November 16, 2017 Hi Pat, never served on her. I was RN Ships. Eagle, Ark Royal, Victorious (twice) served 1958/1968. Painted from a reference photo jim mtaylor 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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