Vegaskip Posted January 8, 2018 Author Share #211 Posted January 8, 2018 Follow up to the 'Condor' painting.HMS Wanderer lowers her Seaboat to pickup Lt Robert H Everett RNVR, after he had been catapulted off Maplin (Catapult Fighter Ship). He had just shot down a Fock Wulf FW 200 Condor. Well out from land, he had to ditch his aircraft near a ship in the convoy. This was the first success by an a/c operating from a Catapult equipped Merchant ship. At the time Maplin was being operated by the RN as a Catapult Fighter Ship, so I suppose technically she was a warship. However this setup developed into the Catapult armed Merchant ship, followed by the Merchant Aircraft Carrier, and finally the Escort Carrier. jim Watercolour 15" X 10" GrandpaPhil, Archi, John Allen and 16 others 19 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegaskip Posted January 9, 2018 Author Share #212 Posted January 9, 2018 Thank you for commenting. Here are some miniatures I did a while back, all are Three and a half by Two and a half inches The Nore lightship with Spritsail barge a coaster from the days of sail a Town class cruiser. jim Mirabell61, zappto, Archi and 9 others 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegaskip Posted January 10, 2018 Author Share #213 Posted January 10, 2018 Three German Fast Patrol Boats through the ages. L to R Gepard class 'Nerz'. P6174. Schnellboot S38 type 'S74’ and a V class Torpedo boat of WW1 'V74'. Watercolour 16" X 11" Jim Jack12477, Canute, Archi and 8 others 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegaskip Posted January 11, 2018 Author Share #214 Posted January 11, 2018 Londonderry Mid Ocean Escort Force ships, I78 HMS Wolverine and K18 HMS Campanula Watercolour 15" X 11" jim John Allen, BETAQDAVE, BANYAN and 11 others 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegaskip Posted January 13, 2018 Author Share #215 Posted January 13, 2018 Hot off the pad HMS Belfast in a spot of Roughers 15" X 11" watercolour. mtaylor, Jack12477, Mirabell61 and 14 others 17 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegaskip Posted January 17, 2018 Author Share #216 Posted January 17, 2018 'Good Samaritan' escorting Trawler picks up enemy aircrew from downed Hienkel 111 Jim BETAQDAVE, Archi, xken and 14 others 17 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BANYAN Posted January 17, 2018 Share #217 Posted January 17, 2018 You pick some unusual but interesting subject matter JIm; very nicely executed as usual! cheers Pat Beef Wellington, BETAQDAVE, CaptainSteve and 2 others 5 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 January 18, 2018 Author Share #218 Posted January 18, 2018 (edited) Another one of Belfast, about to call in at Gibraltar for a last run ashore before returning to the UK jim Edited January 18, 2018 by Vegaskip lmagna, John Allen, mtaylor and 11 others 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegaskip Posted January 20, 2018 Author Share #219 Posted January 20, 2018 On their way to the Falklands Jim BANYAN, ccoyle, GrandpaPhil and 9 others 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Jarman Posted January 20, 2018 Share #220 Posted January 20, 2018 Jim, Cracking set of pictures. I like the fact they are watercolours. I like to see the simple parts of a picture that give it meaning. So i look for things like the portholes, masts and rigging that add to the detail and you have them down to a fine art. . The water details are very good. The speed you paint at is unreal. Looking forward to seeing more. Paul Mirabell61, Canute, reklein and 1 other 4 Quote In work: -queen-mary-2 Finished: rms-titanic-1912 Finished: king-of-the-Mississippi Finished: Sanson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegaskip Posted January 23, 2018 Author Share #221 Posted January 23, 2018 HMHS Letitia enters harbour during WW2 later renamed Captain Cook. I did a previous painting of her as such W/C 10" X 7" Canute, tasmanian, Archi and 9 others 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegaskip Posted January 25, 2018 Author Share #222 Posted January 25, 2018 Based on Blakley Saw Mills Near Seatle On Puget Sound acrylic 30 X 11 inches. jim Mirabell61, ccoyle, GrandpaPhil and 11 others 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegaskip Posted January 27, 2018 Author Share #223 Posted January 27, 2018 2nd Escort group Liverpool, HMS Starling leads the way with HMS Wild Goose following with a Seaward Defence Launch in attendance. Watercolour 15" X 11" Jim Captain Poison, lmagna, BETAQDAVE and 13 others 16 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegaskip Posted February 1, 2018 Author Share #224 Posted February 1, 2018 Corvette HMS STARWORT and Trawler HMS POLLOCK probably on the Mersey again. Watercolour 14" X 10" Jim Canute, Archi, BANYAN and 12 others 15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegaskip Posted February 1, 2018 Author Share #225 Posted February 1, 2018 Lamport & Holt's Liner VASARI. In WW1 from a black and white photo so the colours are based on a scheme typical of the time. Built 1909 later became a Fish Factory ship in the USSR Watercolour 11" X 9" Jim el cid, Mirabell61, GrandpaPhil and 11 others 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegaskip Posted February 5, 2018 Author Share #226 Posted February 5, 2018 'Oronsay' cruising off Alaska with orcas 11" X 9" Jim Archi, reklein, lmagna and 10 others 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirabell61 Posted February 5, 2018 Share #227 Posted February 5, 2018 Wonderful art again Jim, beautiful arrangement with ship before glacier front, hopefully the waters are broad and deep enough to allow her to turn around there.... Nils Captain Poison, mtaylor, CaptainSteve 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 February 15, 2018 Author Share #228 Posted February 15, 2018 Top sail Schooner going down Channel MEDDO, el cid, mtaylor and 11 others 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegaskip Posted February 15, 2018 Author Share #229 Posted February 15, 2018 Submarine depot ship HMS Vulcan with her brood at Portland . W/C 10" X 7" Jim lmagna, ccoyle, Captain Poison and 8 others 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegaskip Posted February 15, 2018 Author Share #230 Posted February 15, 2018 (edited) Four masted Barque Ecuador among the Bergs in the Southern ocean. Watercolour 15" X 12" Jim Edited February 15, 2018 by Vegaskip Mirabell61, GrandpaPhil, John Allen and 10 others 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BANYAN Posted February 16, 2018 Share #231 Posted February 16, 2018 Nice work again Jim; particularly like the last one Pat mtaylor and Canute 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...
Senior ole salt Posted February 16, 2018 Share #232 Posted February 16, 2018 Outstanding work.a bit of history preserved as well . Thanks for posting SOS mtaylor, Canute and John Allen 3 Quote New Bedford Whaleboat build. Kit by Model Shipways I've been making progress on my model and according to the instruction booklet I should be painting it, at least parts of it. Are acrylic's ok ? I did apply a sanding sealer. but I want to stain the untreated floor boards which are walnut. Thanks S.O.S. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmagna Posted February 16, 2018 Share #233 Posted February 16, 2018 (edited) Hi Jim I thoroughly enjoy and look forward to each installment of your paintings. Your range of subjects and sea conditions is astounding. Your picture of the 'Oronsay" in Alaska is exactly what it looks like when you take a cruise ship up Glacier Bay. I did it a few years ago and you really do get that close to the glacier before you turn around, and some of the icebergs are a deep beautiful blue green color that makes each one unique. Didn't see any Orcas, though I have seen them a few times over the years following the ferries here in Puget Sound where I live. One time it was what appeared to be a mother with a youngster and a quite small calf. I would swear she was taking them on a sight seeing tour of the "people" on the big boat just as we would take out kids to the zoo. They followed the ferry all the way into the harbor and did not turn back out into open water until the ferry started to slow down for the docks. Looking forward to your next installment. Lou Edited February 16, 2018 by lmagna Canute, CaptainSteve, John Allen and 1 other 4 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 February 19, 2018 Author Share #234 Posted February 19, 2018 Thank you to everyone who have commenting. Here is an other, hot off the pad. The Sloop HMS Amethyst passing HMS Belfast the Flagship of the Far East Fleet as she enters Hong Kong. Amethyst had just escaped after being held by the Chinese in the Yangtze River. Google 'Yangtze Incident' for more information. BETAQDAVE, lmagna, GrandpaPhil and 12 others 15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegaskip Posted February 25, 2018 Author Share #235 Posted February 25, 2018 Iron Barque 'Shakespeare' passing the ill fated steamer 'Waratah' Roger Pellett, Captain Poison, CaptainSteve and 8 others 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vegaskip Posted February 25, 2018 Author Share #236 Posted February 25, 2018 Frigate HMAS SWAN F50 and Destroyer HMAS VAMPIRE.D11 pushing on through a lumpy sea. 15" X 11" mtaylor, Mirabell61, Jack12477 and 12 others 15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Allen Posted February 25, 2018 Share #237 Posted February 25, 2018 Jim, Amazing as always, tell the truth you have Shaun McGuillcuttys' little people in a back room churning these out. Every time you post I am impressed. BETAQDAVE, Altduck, Canute and 2 others 5 Quote John Allen Current builds HMS Victory-Mamoli On deck USS Tecumseh, CSS Hunley scratch build, Double hull Polynesian canoe (Holakea) scratch build Finished Waka Taua Maori War Canoe, Armed Launch-Panart, Diligence English Revenue Cutter-Marine Model Co. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BANYAN Posted February 26, 2018 Share #238 Posted February 26, 2018 Love these two! cheers Pat Canute, lmagna and mtaylor 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...
mtaylor Posted February 26, 2018 Share #239 Posted February 26, 2018 Jim, I haven't said much but I have to admit that I look forward to seeing your paintings when I log on. Just amazing work. CaptainSteve, Canute, ChadB and 3 others 6 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...
rwiederrich Posted February 26, 2018 Share #240 Posted February 26, 2018 Jim...your work is masterful. You have control of the depth of field and a good grasp of scale and keeping the ships dimensions correct. I love your grasp of shadow and the ease of the seas roll and elusion of depth. Very nice. This is water color..so you show a very competent application of color...overlapping, and control of hue. I struggled with controlling the natural flow of the color to bleed into other colors...you masterfully controlled your medium. Do you begin with light colors and move to darker or are you introducing acrylic to highlight the darker watercolors? Very impressive work. I love your water...my favorite are the sailing ships...but any good ship representation(within historical context)is my favorite. Rob BETAQDAVE, John Allen, mtaylor and 2 others 5 Quote Current build: Build log: https://modelshipworld.com/topic/25382-glory-of-the-seas-medium-clipper-1869-by-rwiederrich-196 Finished build: Build log: of 1/128th Great Republic: http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/13740-great-republic-by-rwiederrich-four-masted-extreme-clipper-1853/# Current build(On hold): Build log: 1/96 Donald McKay:http://modelshipworld.com/index.php?/topic/4522-donald-mckay-medium-clipper-by-rwiederrich-1855/ Completed build: http://modelshipworld.com/index.php?/gallery/album/475-196-cutty-sark-plastic/ The LORD said, "See, I have set (them) aside...with skills of all kinds, to make artistic designs for work in gold, silver, and bronze, to cut and set stones, to work in wood, and to engage in all kinds of crafts." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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