Kevin Kenny Posted January 11, 2019 #1 Posted January 11, 2019 Richmond, mtaylor, druxey and 6 others 9 Quote
Mirabell61 Posted January 11, 2019 #2 Posted January 11, 2019 Many thanks for sharing this video Kevin.... Nils thibaultron and mtaylor 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
Kevin Kenny Posted January 11, 2019 Author #3 Posted January 11, 2019 Here is another wonderful video on the history of the Royal Navy from 1806-1918 Ilhan Gokcay, Mirabell61, thibaultron and 2 others 5 Quote
rpeteru Posted March 22, 2019 #4 Posted March 22, 2019 On 1/11/2019 at 8:35 PM, Kevin Kenny said: Did many an hour or watch on Admiralty 3 drum boilers. Circa 1967-1974. mtaylor, Canute and Roger Pellett 3 Quote
rpeteru Posted August 27, 2021 #5 Posted August 27, 2021 Forgot to mention also many an hour on the throttles of the starboard Quadripple expansion engine as fitted in HMAS Diamantina. All manually operated in the days before Dynamic positioning systems. The term we used was manu-matic. Roger Pellett, mtaylor and Canute 3 Quote
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