Guyuti Posted June 17, 2021 Share #811 Posted June 17, 2021 On 6/2/2021 at 9:35 AM, Vegaskip said: A Dog and Vosper 16" X 12" Watercolour Thanks so much for the water colour, exactly what I wanted, from mine and my late father's favorite novel by Douglas Reeman "A Prayer for the Ship" Regards Guy lmagna, Canute, mtaylor and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Fraser Posted July 16, 2021 Share #812 Posted July 16, 2021 On 5/19/2021 at 7:03 PM, Vegaskip said: Mersey Return Two Flowers and an HDML W/C 14" X 10" It's as if you were there! This was only half a mile from where I used to live. When the tall ships came to visit this was the entrance they used. Really enjoy your paintings! Bob mtaylor, lmagna and Canute 3 Quote Bob Current build Cutty Sark, Mini Mamoli Finished King of the Mississippi No trees were harmed by this message, but an awful lot of electrons were put out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegaskip Posted October 14, 2021 Author Share #813 Posted October 14, 2021 HMS Gentian First for a While w/c 16" X 11" GrandpaPhil, Edwardkenway, BETAQDAVE and 23 others 24 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HardeeHarHar Posted October 14, 2021 Share #814 Posted October 14, 2021 Outstanding work. Love, love, love your artwork. Simply fantastic!!! I have a lot of empty wall space that could use a few of these 😃 lmagna, Canute and mtaylor 3 Quote Brian Current Builds: HMBV Granado 1/64 Caldercraft; HMS Sphinx 1775 by HardeeHarHar - Vanguard Models 1:64-V2 Completed Build: HMS Bounty's Jolly Boat 1/25 Artesania Latina; Master Korabel - 1:36 Yefin Nikonov's Secret Vessel On the Shelf: HMBV Granado 1/48 CAF Model Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtaylor Posted October 14, 2021 Share #815 Posted October 14, 2021 I love these paintings. Wonderful to see again. You've been missed. Canute, lmagna and Rik Thistle 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...
Jim Lad Posted October 15, 2021 Share #816 Posted October 15, 2021 Nice to see you back. As a struggling would be watercolourist, I love to see these. John Canute, mtaylor, lmagna and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegaskip Posted October 16, 2021 Author Share #817 Posted October 16, 2021 Thank you all for commenting . Haven’t been doin much lately. Did this book cover for a friend. The original was taken to Canada by RCN Minesweeper along with a rare Corvette's skiff , discovered in the boat shed in Portsmouth Dock yard Jack12477, ken@southside, JpR62 and 16 others 18 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Pellett Posted October 16, 2021 Share #818 Posted October 16, 2021 I hope that the skiff is going to be restored. Although my sea time was very limited; An 8 week Midshipman Cruise, it was on a small ship, a minesweeper deployed in Japanese coastal waters. Few people realize how important these small boats were to the life of the crews on these small ships. They were our communication to the outside world- movies, mail, etc. Canute, mtaylor and lmagna 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegaskip Posted October 16, 2021 Author Share #819 Posted October 16, 2021 I think it is to be preserved in the museum at Halifax, not too sure whether it will be restored or just conserved. mtaylor, lmagna and Canute 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegaskip Posted October 21, 2021 Author Share #820 Posted October 21, 2021 Done yesterday and this afternoon , based on HMCS Montreal and HMCS Skeena 16.5” X 11.75” davyboy, Rik Thistle, mtaylor and 14 others 17 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegaskip Posted October 23, 2021 Author Share #821 Posted October 23, 2021 'Runic' with Schooner w/c 16.5” X11.75” davyboy, Jim Lad, GrandpaPhil and 13 others 16 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegaskip Posted October 25, 2021 Author Share #822 Posted October 25, 2021 (edited) North Link Ferry 'Hrossey' passing The Old Man of Hoy. We sailed to and returned from Shetland aboard this ship a few weeks ago. W/C 16.5” X 11..74” Edited October 26, 2021 by Vegaskip Edit picture BLACK VIKING, davyboy, 59roadking and 15 others 18 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegaskip Posted October 29, 2021 Author Share #823 Posted October 29, 2021 British Pacific Fleet. Battleship HMS Howe, Carrier HMS Illustrious with escorts w/c 16.5” X 11.75 Jack12477, Canute, BLACK VIKING and 18 others 21 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegaskip Posted November 3, 2021 Author Share #824 Posted November 3, 2021 St Abbs with Fishers! w/c 16.5” X 11.75” Jim Lad, GrandpaPhil, Duanelaker and 20 others 23 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegaskip Posted November 20, 2021 Author Share #825 Posted November 20, 2021 The fleet leaving Eyemouth w/c 16" X 11" Mike_H, G.L., mtaylor and 19 others 22 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rik Thistle Posted November 20, 2021 Share #826 Posted November 20, 2021 The fleet leaving Eyemouth Definitley a good day for hanging out the washing! Richard Canute, lmagna and mtaylor 3 Quote Current build: U.S. Army K51 Radio Truck with K52 Trailer - 1944 - MiniArt - 1:35 Next build: PM Research Crank Shaper - late 1800s - 1:12 Part finished: HMS Flirt (MSE) - 1782 Vanguard Models - 1:64 Finished: Archer anti-tank gun Diorama - 1944 -Tamiya 1:35 : Churchill MkVII tank Diorama - Tamiya - 1:35 - 1944 : Sherman Firefly Tank Diorama - Revell - 1/76 - WWII : Humber MkII Scout Car Diorama - - Revell - 1:76 - WWII : PM Research Drill Press - 1895 - 1:12 : PM Research Milling Machine - late 1800s - 1:12 (est) : Stuart Engineering Lathe - late 1800s - 1:12 (est) : Stuart Beam model steam engine - 1770s onwards - 1:12 (est) : Stuart 10V model steam engine circa 1920s - 1:12 (est) : Lady Eleanor Fifie Circa 1900 - Vanguard Models - 1:64 : Dallas Cutter 1815 - Artesania Latina - 1:50 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Pellett Posted November 21, 2021 Share #827 Posted November 21, 2021 Nicely done! In 2018 my wife and I went on a wonderful garden tour of Devon and Cornwall. We spent three nights in a seaside hotel in St Ives. There were two lug rigged fishing boat replicas that looked just like the ones in your paintings. It was interesting watching them beat into the Harbor, dipping the lug sails each time that they tacked. Roger Canute, mtaylor and lmagna 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegaskip Posted November 21, 2021 Author Share #828 Posted November 21, 2021 We have the Scottish Fishery’s Museum near us at Anstruther. The 'Reaper' a restored Sailing Fifie is based there as well. Canute, mtaylor and lmagna 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiraMarSteve Posted November 22, 2021 Share #829 Posted November 22, 2021 An incredible body of work! My best friend's father was a merchant mariner and participated in some of the convoys to Russia. Your beautiful paintings have fleshed out images that had previously only been left to my imagination. BETAQDAVE, lmagna, Canute and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegaskip Posted November 23, 2021 Author Share #830 Posted November 23, 2021 Thank you , I get great pleasure doing them. Canute, mtaylor, Jack12477 and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegaskip Posted November 25, 2021 Author Share #831 Posted November 25, 2021 HMCS Iroquois Tribal class Destroyer on Convoy duty. 16" X 11" watercolour. G.L., TomShipModel, reklein and 18 others 21 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegaskip Posted December 4, 2021 Author Share #832 Posted December 4, 2021 CAM Ship Empire Heath launch’s her 'Hurricat' which then shot down the Fw200 Condor w/c 11” X 8” BETAQDAVE, JpR62, G.L. and 15 others 18 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegaskip Posted December 16, 2021 Author Share #833 Posted December 16, 2021 AO 75 Saugatuck, Fleet oiler during a Kamikaze attack. NOT an actual event, created in my imagination Watercolour 16" X 11" JohnB40, GrandpaPhil, BLACK VIKING and 18 others 21 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmagna Posted December 17, 2021 Share #834 Posted December 17, 2021 Thanks as always for sharing your fantastic art. I always look forward to seeing it. Hope Christmas is pleasant for you and finds you and yours in good health. mtaylor, BLACK VIKING 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...
Dziadeczek Posted December 17, 2021 Share #835 Posted December 17, 2021 (edited) On 10/29/2021 at 7:43 AM, Vegaskip said: British Pacific Fleet. Battleship HMS Howe, Carrier HMS Illustrious with escorts w/c 16.5” X 11.75 This painting reminds me of another one - a large mural in the Air Museum in Palm Springs, California... Different ships, different planes though, but... Thanks! 🙂 Edited December 17, 2021 by Dziadeczek mtaylor, BETAQDAVE, GrandpaPhil and 8 others 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegaskip Posted December 19, 2021 Author Share #836 Posted December 19, 2021 I may have posted this before, but the picture above , brought it all back. This was my eye view of what I used to do. I was an Aircraft Handler in the Royal Navy.(1958/1968) The Branch was responsible for Air Traffic Control, Firefighting ( Crash Rescue ashore and at sea) Aircraft movements .My last seagoing post was HMS Victorious as a Flight Deck director. The painting is of HMS Hermes, with a Sea Vixen taxiing and a Gannet 'going round again' The director on the left has just handed the a/c over to the viewer. Exactly as we did it hundreds of times on 'the Vic' (Best Job In The World) davyboy, Canute, lmagna and 21 others 24 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegaskip Posted December 19, 2021 Author Share #837 Posted December 19, 2021 Chapman&Willans Newcastle. 'DEMETERTON' Sunk By gunfire From Scharnhorst 16/03/41 300nm East of Newfoundland watercolour 16" X11" amateur, Mirabell61, JpR62 and 17 others 20 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegaskip Posted December 28, 2021 Author Share #838 Posted December 28, 2021 USS Ranger launches a F4 Phantom watercolour 16" X 11" No particular time frame or location but probably Tonkin Gulf around the 60's/70's Duanelaker, 59roadking, G.L. and 17 others 20 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canute Posted December 31, 2021 Share #839 Posted December 31, 2021 Nicely done. 😁 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...
Vegaskip Posted January 3, 2022 Author Share #840 Posted January 3, 2022 Fleet Oiler USS Pamanset AO85 in heavy weather w/c 11.75" X 8.25" Canute, BANYAN, mtaylor and 19 others 21 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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