Canute Posted November 17, 2017 Share #121 Posted November 17, 2017 Jim, superb! The E model Phantoms are wearing the markings of my first unit in Thailand, the 469th Tac Fighter Squadron, 388 Fighter Wing at Korat RTAFB in Thailand. They're all great! Thanks mtaylor, CaptainSteve and Jack12477 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...
Vegaskip Posted November 17, 2017 Author Share #122 Posted November 17, 2017 My pleasure Ken. You guys did a great job. We did some 'cross deck' with USN a/c on a visit to the US in 1959 I remember the Skyray, Skyhawks, and Skyraiders. We were operating Scimitar, Sea Venom AEW Skyraider. I was in HMS Victorious and we visited NY Boston and Norfolk. Jim CaptainSteve and mtaylor 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegaskip Posted November 17, 2017 Author Share #123 Posted November 17, 2017 (edited) One with a story. This is the Icebreaker Krasin leading part of a convoy through ice. As part of our visit to St Petrsburg we attended a reception aboard Krasin where she is a museum ship still afloat. I was asked to present one of the Arctic Echoes books to the Ship. In the photo, I am on the left, Victor Konusov (Russian Naval Advisor to the British Consul) shows this pic to the Curator of the Museum Jim and Krasin as she is today Edited November 17, 2017 by Vegaskip GrandpaPhil, Jack12477, lmagna and 6 others 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegaskip Posted November 18, 2017 Author Share #124 Posted November 18, 2017 A couple with Thames Spritsail Barges. The 'orange one I used as a family Christmas card. Jim. Mirabell61, lmagna, BANYAN and 11 others 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirabell61 Posted November 18, 2017 Share #125 Posted November 18, 2017 excellent as always Jim, love your paintings 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 18, 2017 Author Share #126 Posted November 18, 2017 Thanks Nils. This is called Cruisers Cruising. L to R Dido class, Town class and Colony class cruisers. I like this one. Nothing fancy and the ships are pretty accurate Reminds me of calm days in the Mediterainian. Jim ccoyle, GrandpaPhil, el cid and 10 others 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegaskip Posted November 18, 2017 Author Share #127 Posted November 18, 2017 (edited) Drew this yesterday, 'coloured it in' today. I am presently reading 'With Utmost Dispach' a Richard Bolitho novel, in which he is in command of three Royal Navy Cutters in the English Channel. It provided the inspiration for this painting. This famous Quotation also came to mind!. "We are off to look for trouble. I expect we shall find it." Capt. Tennant. HMS Repulse. Dec. 8 1941 23" X 14" watercolour. Edited November 18, 2017 by Vegaskip ccoyle, BETAQDAVE, Landrotten Highlander and 13 others 16 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegaskip Posted November 19, 2017 Author Share #128 Posted November 19, 2017 Here are a couple of 'Still Life' paintings with a Maritime slant. The Nelsonian one was inspired by the titles of the British TV program 'SHARP'. The other RN/FAA Compass is real, I scratch built the cannon and the Pilot is a 'Historex' kit of an RAF pilot painted up as FAA. and Ofcourse one of my old collars BANYAN, lmagna, GrandpaPhil and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barbossa Posted November 19, 2017 Share #129 Posted November 19, 2017 Wow !!!! Only now I came across this topic : fantacic work May I be so bold to refer to a famous German poet ? in der Beschränkung zeigt sich erst der Meister Meaning : you excel to depict less evident ( less romantic ) items Sincere congrats mtaylor and Canute 2 Quote Kind regards Christian "The original always beats the copy" (supportive statement) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegaskip Posted November 19, 2017 Author Share #130 Posted November 19, 2017 (edited) Thank you very much for your complement. In return here is one to honour the part played by Belgian Seamen unofficially allowed to wear two Ensigns!. Jim Godetia was one of two Flower Class Corvettes manned by the Belgian Navy. 'Buttercup' was the other. Here Godietia is picking up survivors from 'Port Auckland' and the French ship 'Zouave' sunk in convoy SC-122, 17th March 1943 by U 305 Jim Edited November 19, 2017 by Vegaskip jct, reilly, ccoyle and 11 others 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gleep93 Posted November 20, 2017 Share #131 Posted November 20, 2017 I love the way you give the more modern ships a rusty, weathered look! It adds so much to the mood of the paintings. Happy painting, Zach mtaylor, CaptainSteve and Canute 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegaskip Posted November 20, 2017 Author Share #132 Posted November 20, 2017 (edited) Hi Zach. They didn't have much time for 'house keeping', especially the small escort vessels. Heres a busy merchant ship quite rusty as well. Passing Schooners fishing the Grand Banks. jim Edited November 20, 2017 by Vegaskip mtaylor, Mirabell61, el cid and 9 others 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegaskip Posted November 20, 2017 Author Share #133 Posted November 20, 2017 Carrier Opps. Essex class and I think the destroyer is Livermore class, but no doubt someone can confirm or correct.Hellcat getting airborne.12" X 9" lmagna, mtaylor, jct and 5 others 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccoyle Posted November 21, 2017 Share #134 Posted November 21, 2017 USS Livermore (DD-429) was a Gleaves-class destroyer. She served in the Atlantic and Mediterranean, mostly on convoy duty. 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 21, 2017 Author Share #135 Posted November 21, 2017 Another rusty hardworking heroine of WW2. Here's another Canuck, HMCS Eyebright, post war, converted to a Dutch Whalecatcher. W/C 11 X 9 inches. Jim Jorge Diaz O, Jack12477, BANYAN and 10 others 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegaskip Posted November 22, 2017 Author Share #136 Posted November 22, 2017 This painting is based on the wreck of the 'Peter Iredale'. She was a four-masted steel barque sailing vessel that ran ashore October 25, 1906, on the Oregon coast en route to the Columbia River. It was abandoned on Clatsop Spit near Fort Stevens in Warrenton about four miles (6 km) south of the Columbia River channel. Wreckage is still visible, making it a popular tourist attraction. jim el cid, lmagna, GrandpaPhil and 10 others 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirabell61 Posted November 22, 2017 Share #137 Posted November 22, 2017 Lovely painting Jim, congrats, I love this one it really looks like as if you yourself documented the stranding way back in 1906 ! at low tide. The camera operator, the groups and wagon in the background and the persons at the ship`s side bring this scene to life Nils Canute, mtaylor, lmagna and 2 others 5 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 22, 2017 Author Share #138 Posted November 22, 2017 Thanks Nils, I came across a photo of the wreck and thought it would be nice to put in the anonymous photographer, now long gone of course, but it has revived a memory of him however brief. jim lmagna, Mirabell61, Canute and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BANYAN Posted November 23, 2017 Share #139 Posted November 23, 2017 (edited) That is a particularly nice painting Jim; you have a great ability to convey the atmosphere of the scenes you portray! cheers Pat Edited November 24, 2017 by BANYAN Canute and mtaylor 2 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 23, 2017 Author Share #140 Posted November 23, 2017 Here's another honest working ship. Timber for Grangemouth. A Baltic timber ship passing the Bass Rock heading fo Grangemouth.I used to see lots of ships like this in Leith and other Forth Ports when I was a boy. More often than not the ship would arrive listing to one side, due to timber on that side getting wet and absorbing water and therefor weight.W/C 15 X 9 inches ccoyle, Canute, lmagna and 10 others 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegaskip Posted November 23, 2017 Author Share #141 Posted November 23, 2017 Clan Macintosh(3) How to avoid painting Sea and Sky, a quick wash of light blue.W/C 15 X 10 inches Jim GrandpaPhil, lmagna, Canute and 9 others 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegaskip Posted November 24, 2017 Author Share #142 Posted November 24, 2017 This one is a bit busier HMS Icarus, a Gunboat 1885 in Hong Kong, Jim el cid, Gleep93, Roger Pellett and 11 others 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegaskip Posted November 24, 2017 Author Share #143 Posted November 24, 2017 Meanwhile, back at the Ranch. HMS Belfast launches her Walrus W/C 23" X 16" BETAQDAVE, GrandpaPhil, el cid and 9 others 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegaskip Posted November 25, 2017 Author Share #144 Posted November 25, 2017 British Naval Aviation in WW1 Short 320 Seaplane takes off from the river Forth off Rosyth.SSZ 57 is a Costal airship stationed at Longside in Angus. HMS Pegasus at at anchor jim davyboy, Canute, lmagna and 10 others 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baker Posted November 26, 2017 Share #145 Posted November 26, 2017 Have looked at all your paintings and enjoyed them a lot. Well done Canute, mtaylor and CaptainSteve 3 Quote Regards, Patrick Finished : Soleil Royal Heller 1/100 Wasa Billing Boats Bounty Revell 1/110 plastic (semi scratch) Pelican / Golden Hind 1/45 scratch Current build : Mary Rose 1/50 scratch große-jacht / Yacht D'Oro 1/50 Corel Gallery : Revell Bounty Pelican/Golden hind 1/45 scratch Shore leave, non ship models build logs : ADGZ M35 funkwagen 1/72 Einhets Pkw. Kfz.2 and 4 1/72 Autoblinda AB40 1/72 122mm A-19 & 152mm ML-20 & 12.8cm Pak.44 {K8 1/2} 1/72 10.5cm Howitzer 16 on Mark. VI(e) Centurion Mk.1 conversion M29 Weasel 1/72 SAM6 1/72 T26 Finland T26 TN 1/72 Autoprotetto S37 1/72 Opel Blitz buses 1/72 Boxer and MAN trucks 1/72 Hetzer38(t) Starr 1/72 Cleaning the 1/72 military collection Si vis pacem, para bellum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegaskip Posted November 26, 2017 Author Share #146 Posted November 26, 2017 (edited) Thank you Patrick, here is an other Southern Gambler, the ship is Preserved in Norway, the painting in Canada Jim Edited November 26, 2017 by Vegaskip mtaylor, ccoyle, lmagna and 5 others 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegaskip Posted November 26, 2017 Author Share #147 Posted November 26, 2017 Thank you Brian, they are one of my favourites too. I was lucky enough to see some working on the Thames in the late 50's here are some I did as Christmas Cards. You are all welcome to use them if you want. jim Altduck, GrandpaPhil, Canute and 9 others 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegaskip Posted November 27, 2017 Author Share #148 Posted November 27, 2017 Another couple of Christmas Cards. Jim lmagna, ccoyle, el cid and 11 others 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegaskip Posted November 28, 2017 Author Share #149 Posted November 28, 2017 HMS Nairana and the Corvette HMCS Rosthern. On convoy escort. Landing on was never easy in the Northern Oceans.W/C 12 X 9 inches CaptainSteve, GrandpaPhil, lmagna and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegaskip Posted November 28, 2017 Author Share #150 Posted November 28, 2017 Empire Tourist was returning from Russia in Concoy RA 57. She was torpedoed by U703, her cargo consisted of timber and coal, which may have helped in the survival of her entire crew. The survivors were picked up by HMS Gleaner while the destroyer HMS Milne hunted the U-boat. L to R Destroyer Milne, Liberty Ship Philip Livingston, Empire Tourist, HMS Gleaner,with other convoy ships in the distance, including the Escort carrier HMS Chaser.Jim GrandpaPhil, CaptainSteve, BETAQDAVE and 9 others 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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