Old Collingwood Posted June 2, 2018 Share #271 Posted June 2, 2018 10 minutes ago, lmagna said: OC I always wondered what the Flat Earth people thought was on the other side. Was it like a coin with the northern hemisphere on one side and the southern hemisphere on the other, or like you say empty on the back. Being retired gives you the time to seriously reflect on matters of importance like that. One would hope there would be a hand rail around the edges to stop you falling off, I suspect it could be true - look at all those airlines offering fantastic one way flights. OC. lmagna, popeye the sailor, mtaylor and 4 others 7 Quote Current builds 28mm Battle of Waterloo attack on La Haye Saint Diorama. 1/700 HMS Hood Flyhawk with PE, Resin and Wood Decking. Completed works. Dragon 1/700 HMS Edinburgh type 42 batch 3 Destroyer plastic. HMS Warspite Academy 1/350 plastic kit and wem parts. HMS Trafalgar Airfix 1/350 submarine plastic. Black Pearl 1/72 Revell with pirate crew. Revell 1/48 Mosquito B IV Eduard 1/48 Spitfire IX ICM 1/48 Seafire Mk.III Special Conversion 1/48 Kinetic Sea Harrier FRS1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RGL Posted June 2, 2018 Author Share #272 Posted June 2, 2018 View from the bottom of the earth today Canute, popeye the sailor, cog and 5 others 8 Quote Greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmagna Posted June 2, 2018 Share #273 Posted June 2, 2018 (edited) View from the top side Edited June 2, 2018 by lmagna CDW, Canute, mtaylor and 5 others 8 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...
RGL Posted June 2, 2018 Author Share #274 Posted June 2, 2018 It’s day 2 of winter here Jack12477, Piet, mtaylor and 5 others 8 Quote Greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmagna Posted June 2, 2018 Share #275 Posted June 2, 2018 It will be summer here in 20 days and it will not get fully dark in my town until after 10pm or so. By the time we get to your season, (In December) it will be dark by 5pm. Old Collingwood, popeye the sailor, Jack12477 and 3 others 6 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...
lmagna Posted June 2, 2018 Share #276 Posted June 2, 2018 By the way is that the view from your house? Piet, Canute, mtaylor and 2 others 5 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...
RGL Posted June 2, 2018 Author Share #277 Posted June 2, 2018 No mate, just on top of a hill Old Collingwood, cog, lmagna and 4 others 7 Quote Greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cog Posted June 2, 2018 Share #278 Posted June 2, 2018 1 hour ago, RGL said: No mate, just on top of a hill You mean at the bottom of a valley ... Any work done lately? I'm presently doing some work on a 1/72 Fokker Dr 1 (plastic) for nobody is moving. It's even very quiet in the rafters ... nuttin' tumblin' down, not even a retiree Pat I just kicked out a squatter, you could take his place ... no I woun't kick you Quote Being retired gives you the time to seriously reflect on matters of importance like that. Hmmm, thought there would be a limit ... does it also mean when you're retired, your pictures get shaky? If so I'll not retire for a long time! popeye the sailor, Piet, Canute and 3 others 6 Quote Carl "Desperate affairs require desperate measures." Lord Nelson Search and you might find a log ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RGL Posted June 2, 2018 Author Share #279 Posted June 2, 2018 Took the photo whilst at work. Had an appointment with someone nearby and thought I’d take a photo. I have to do some masking yey before the next lot of painting. Wed\Thurs is my weekend this week. Old Collingwood, Piet, popeye the sailor and 3 others 6 Quote Greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cog Posted June 2, 2018 Share #280 Posted June 2, 2018 That upside down thing doesn't help you a lot, weekend Wednesday and Thursday ... yeah right!!! Nice region though, can't recall, but I've seen something like it in France. Perhaps I should start taking pictures like you RGL and write on the back where it is and what it represents ... but then ... I'll be needing a system to find it when I need it ... lmagna, popeye the sailor, Jack12477 and 3 others 6 Quote Carl "Desperate affairs require desperate measures." Lord Nelson Search and you might find a log ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RGL Posted June 2, 2018 Author Share #281 Posted June 2, 2018 little camera in my car records where I’ve been usually popeye the sailor, Jack12477, Old Collingwood and 4 others 7 Quote Greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cog Posted June 2, 2018 Share #282 Posted June 2, 2018 3 hours ago, RGL said: little camera in my car records where I’ve been usually what does it do unusually ...? lmagna, knightyo, Canute and 5 others 8 Quote Carl "Desperate affairs require desperate measures." Lord Nelson Search and you might find a log ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canute Posted June 2, 2018 Share #283 Posted June 2, 2018 Carl, you don't have a need to know that. Get back to building. I for one would like to see that Fokker you're working on. Old Collingwood, mtaylor, lmagna and 4 others 7 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...
Louie da fly Posted June 2, 2018 Share #284 Posted June 2, 2018 Don't let those Canberrans fool you. All that lake is just a creek they dammed up. Oh, and not only are we Australians the right side up compared with you, we're also half a day ahead. Steven lmagna, mtaylor, cog and 5 others 8 Quote It's not really a ship model unless you've bled on it. CURRENT BUILDS Venetian merchant Ship from Basilica of San Marco Golden City - Ballarat paddlewheeler FINISHED Australian couta boat RMS Titanic HMVS Cerberus 11th century Byzantine dromon Winchelsea Nef - Late 13th century Mediaeval ship Henry Grace a Dieu - Rebuild of 1:200 model I started in 1967 https://modelshipworld.com/topic/36379-mistydeefer-by-louie-da-fly-finished-restoration-decor-yacht/#comment-1040663 Mistydeefer - restoration of decor model yacht Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmagna Posted June 2, 2018 Share #285 Posted June 2, 2018 8 hours ago, cog said: It's even very quiet in the rafters ... nuttin' tumblin' down, not even a retiree That might change if I don't get something to look at. You know how us old folk are. If we are not being entertained we fall asleep and COULD fall out of the rafters when you least expect it! Jack12477, mtaylor, popeye the sailor and 4 others 7 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...
cog Posted June 2, 2018 Share #286 Posted June 2, 2018 (edited) 6 hours ago, Canute said: Carl, you don't have a need to know that. Get back to building. I for one would like to see that Fokker you're working on. Ah, the: "On need to know basis only" phrase is popping up. Yes sahib, oh sorry you aren't British, yes boss-man. The 1/72 Fokker, nah, 't is a naval forum an' this particular one doesn't float 5 hours ago, Louie da fly said: Don't let those Canberrans fool you. All that lake is just a creek they dammed up. Oh, and not only are we Australians the right side up compared with you, we're also half a day ahead. Steven Steven, Welcome aboard! I see you have read the instructions to enter the build as attendant/spectator! No, I won't let the Canberrans fool me, I leave that to the Balla- rats is this the wrong thread? Yes you are a righteous lot, you Aussies, and I for one am very glad you are a half day ahead, so we will be warned in ample time of mishaps or troubles ... I am very lucky I'm merely double Dutch, and thus mean by ancestry 2 hours ago, lmagna said: That might change if I don't get something to look at. You know how us old folk are. If we are not being entertained we fall asleep and COULD fall out of the rafters when you least expect it! Glad I got them nettings put up, so you can slide off at the back where you won't be bothering the other attendants ... maybe I could get you straight into that temple of yours? (Lou, tonight it's salmon, spinach, taters, boild egg ... and to finish it off ... home made strawberry ice cream ... does that keep you awake?) Edited June 2, 2018 by cog mtaylor, Jack12477, popeye the sailor and 3 others 6 Quote Carl "Desperate affairs require desperate measures." Lord Nelson Search and you might find a log ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmagna Posted June 2, 2018 Share #287 Posted June 2, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, cog said: (Lou, tonight it's salmon, spinach, taters, boild egg ... and to finish it off ... home made strawberry ice cream ... does that keep you awake?) It would definitely keep me awake until I finished it all. Then it would be loosen the belt and off to nappy time! I can't eat that much anymore! Mine will probably be left overs from all the other dinners I have not finished over the last few days! Kind of a open the fridge and with closed eyes point and that's dinner. Edited June 2, 2018 by lmagna cog, mtaylor, popeye the sailor and 4 others 7 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...
CDW Posted June 2, 2018 Share #288 Posted June 2, 2018 3 hours ago, cog said: (Lou, tonight it's salmon, spinach, taters, boild egg ... and to finish it off ... home made strawberry ice cream ... does that keep you awake?) This is my Dad making home made strawberry ice cream in the 1960's... Canute, Piet, BenF89 and 6 others 9 Quote Completed Projects: USS Fletcher 1:144 Scharnhorst 1:350 USS Independence LCS-2 1:350 1:32 J7W1 Shinden Interceptor/Fighter Fairey Swordfish Mk. II 1:48 Harbor Tug Box Scale Albatros D.V 1:32 Ala-Kart 1:25 Ferrari 250 GT California Spyder 1:24 S-100 Schnellboot 1:72 Mercury Capsule and Atlas Booster BR-52 Steam Locomotive 1:35 Triumph 3 HW Motorcycle 1:9 Scale F-16XL-2 Experimental Fighter Bomber 1:48 Rafale 1:48 F-15E Strike Eagle 1:48 Petlyakov PE-2 Soviet Dive Bomber 1:48 TBM3 Avenger 1:32 1931 Cadillac 1:25 Scammell Pioneer SV2S Heavy Breakdown Tractor 1:35 M-50 Israeli Sherman 1:35 Military Wrecker 1:32 Delahaye 135 1:24 Toyota Sard Supra GT 1:24 Enzo Ferrari 1:24 1970 Baldwin Motion Camaro 1:25 1966 Ford Galaxie 500 Stock Car 1:25 American LaFrance Eagle Fire Pumper 1:25 1940 Ford Standard Coupe 1:25 VolksWagen Dragster/Dune Buggy/Street Rod 1:25 Kawasaki Ninja H2 Carbon 1:12 Porsche GT-1 Evo 1:24 Scharnhorst 1940 1:700 IJN Akitsushima Seaplane Tender 1:700 HMS Hood 1941 1:700 Prinz Eugen 1942 1:700 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmagna Posted June 2, 2018 Share #289 Posted June 2, 2018 I only did it that way a couple of times when I was WAY younger! Hard work on a sunny day, or any day for that matter. Piet, cog, Canute and 3 others 6 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...
RGL Posted June 3, 2018 Author Share #290 Posted June 3, 2018 12 hours ago, Louie da fly said: Don't let those Canberrans fool you. All that lake is just a creek they dammed up. Oh, and not only are we Australians the right side up compared with you, we're also half a day ahead. Steven And the Molongolo river gets worse when the neighbouring Megopolis of Queanbeyan’s sewerage overflows into it. Old Collingwood, lmagna, Piet and 3 others 6 Quote Greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtaylor Posted June 3, 2018 Share #291 Posted June 3, 2018 Ah... back and catching up. The concession stand was packed and all they had left were chocolate covered peanuts. They're warm and if tossed, they stick to the wall. Hmm... tasty though. Old Collingwood, src, Omega1234 and 6 others 9 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...
RGL Posted June 3, 2018 Author Share #292 Posted June 3, 2018 This is a capture image I found in the imperial War Museum. Note the funnels are covered and there are boats on the deck. I suspect this is post WW1 but a nice image to show how grungy the hull was. Canute, CDW, Old Collingwood and 8 others 11 Quote Greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Collingwood Posted June 3, 2018 Share #293 Posted June 3, 2018 48 minutes ago, RGL said: This is a capture image I found in the imperial War Museum. Note the funnels are covered and there are boats on the deck. I suspect this is post WW1 but a nice image to show how grungy the hull was. Quite large for a little ship, if you get me. OC. popeye the sailor, Canute, Piet and 3 others 6 Quote Current builds 28mm Battle of Waterloo attack on La Haye Saint Diorama. 1/700 HMS Hood Flyhawk with PE, Resin and Wood Decking. Completed works. Dragon 1/700 HMS Edinburgh type 42 batch 3 Destroyer plastic. HMS Warspite Academy 1/350 plastic kit and wem parts. HMS Trafalgar Airfix 1/350 submarine plastic. Black Pearl 1/72 Revell with pirate crew. Revell 1/48 Mosquito B IV Eduard 1/48 Spitfire IX ICM 1/48 Seafire Mk.III Special Conversion 1/48 Kinetic Sea Harrier FRS1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CDW Posted June 3, 2018 Share #294 Posted June 3, 2018 48 minutes ago, Old Collingwood said: Quite large for a little ship, if you get me. OC. It's large when you're standing on shore looking at it, but very small in the middle of the ocean with 40' seas. mtaylor, cog, Omega1234 and 6 others 9 Quote Completed Projects: USS Fletcher 1:144 Scharnhorst 1:350 USS Independence LCS-2 1:350 1:32 J7W1 Shinden Interceptor/Fighter Fairey Swordfish Mk. II 1:48 Harbor Tug Box Scale Albatros D.V 1:32 Ala-Kart 1:25 Ferrari 250 GT California Spyder 1:24 S-100 Schnellboot 1:72 Mercury Capsule and Atlas Booster BR-52 Steam Locomotive 1:35 Triumph 3 HW Motorcycle 1:9 Scale F-16XL-2 Experimental Fighter Bomber 1:48 Rafale 1:48 F-15E Strike Eagle 1:48 Petlyakov PE-2 Soviet Dive Bomber 1:48 TBM3 Avenger 1:32 1931 Cadillac 1:25 Scammell Pioneer SV2S Heavy Breakdown Tractor 1:35 M-50 Israeli Sherman 1:35 Military Wrecker 1:32 Delahaye 135 1:24 Toyota Sard Supra GT 1:24 Enzo Ferrari 1:24 1970 Baldwin Motion Camaro 1:25 1966 Ford Galaxie 500 Stock Car 1:25 American LaFrance Eagle Fire Pumper 1:25 1940 Ford Standard Coupe 1:25 VolksWagen Dragster/Dune Buggy/Street Rod 1:25 Kawasaki Ninja H2 Carbon 1:12 Porsche GT-1 Evo 1:24 Scharnhorst 1940 1:700 IJN Akitsushima Seaplane Tender 1:700 HMS Hood 1941 1:700 Prinz Eugen 1942 1:700 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmagna Posted June 3, 2018 Share #295 Posted June 3, 2018 With everything covered up and the lack of people on the decks and such, I wonder if it a picture of the ship in what we call 'Moth Balled' here in the US. If that was the case then only maintenance required to keep the ship afloat would be done and she would become pretty ratty very quickly. The same look was pretty common with escort ships in the north Atlantic during the war because of heavy seas and quick turnaround for the escorts. No time for the pretty stuff. I don't know if it was also true in the south Pacific. I also wonder if the ship ahead is a fleet tug and is towing the ship? Can't see the tow line but much of that would be underwater at slow speed. Canute, mtaylor, Omega1234 and 3 others 6 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...
RGL Posted June 3, 2018 Author Share #296 Posted June 3, 2018 There are lots of masts everywhere on the original photo so it probably is a parking lot. Old Collingwood, Piet, popeye the sailor and 5 others 8 Quote Greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cog Posted June 3, 2018 Share #297 Posted June 3, 2018 Lou, if I'm not mistaken, the English terminology is "put in reserve", I presume corresponding in the 17th & 18th century with "layed up in ordinairy" ... masts and guns removed until Nappy changed his mind again to yet throw another affort after foolishness by invading England. Never understood, why the French didn't try getting a foothold in Scotland, and subsequently move South ... mtaylor, RGL, lmagna and 5 others 8 Quote Carl "Desperate affairs require desperate measures." Lord Nelson Search and you might find a log ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cog Posted June 3, 2018 Share #298 Posted June 3, 2018 6 hours ago, RGL said: This is a capture image I found in the imperial War Museum. Note the funnels are covered and there are boats on the deck. I suspect this is post WW1 but a nice image to show how grungy the hull was. I do miss living in Rotterdam just across the Maritime Museum ... nothing comparible whatsoever in this neck of the woods ... just trees and shrubs Piet, lmagna, Old Collingwood and 4 others 7 Quote Carl "Desperate affairs require desperate measures." Lord Nelson Search and you might find a log ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RGL Posted June 3, 2018 Author Share #299 Posted June 3, 2018 So he should have invaded? I could have been born in a French penal colony not a British one! Jack12477, BenF89, mtaylor and 7 others 10 Quote Greg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cog Posted June 3, 2018 Share #300 Posted June 3, 2018 (edited) He tried enough times, didn't he! now that's a thought ... it still would be a penal colony though ... so what's the difference, the French being more/less lenient ... your ancesters loosing their heads to the iron lady - in that case, you wouldn't be here right now ... and it would have been the FRN Vendetta ... although I have to admit that you Aussies have used the kitchens of all immigrants far better than the other English colonies - penal or not. Edited June 3, 2018 by cog mtaylor, Piet, Canute and 6 others 9 Quote Carl "Desperate affairs require desperate measures." Lord Nelson Search and you might find a log ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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