schnu Posted February 12, 2015 Share #31 Posted February 12, 2015 Yes it looks nice, a creative way to change things, how have you made the wings? But I guess that the ship should change name too . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ameletters Posted February 16, 2015 Author Share #32 Posted February 16, 2015 She stands proud and tall - just waiting for a nimble-fingered young rigger apprentice! GuntherMT, schnu and Bobstrake 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ameletters Posted February 20, 2015 Author Share #33 Posted February 20, 2015 The flags are up - now there is no mistaking no more . . . Bobstrake and GuntherMT 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ameletters Posted March 9, 2015 Author Share #34 Posted March 9, 2015 (edited) http://www.radekshipmodels.cz - there are the blocks you really want to put on your beautiful ship! Radek is a wheelchair invalid completely committed to our difficult cause - his prices are humble and his generousity is great! Chapeau, Radek! Good man !!! Edited March 9, 2015 by ameletters Landlubber Mike, Bobstrake and CAd My Fingers 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ameletters Posted September 11, 2015 Author Share #35 Posted September 11, 2015 http://www.lillifield.com/artworkM/artwork9.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ameletters Posted September 27, 2015 Author Share #36 Posted September 27, 2015 The flying Whale GuntherMT and GrandpaPhil 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ameletters Posted October 3, 2015 Author Share #37 Posted October 3, 2015 The tail of the flying whale provides plenty of fiddly action! GrandpaPhil and GuntherMT 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ameletters Posted October 9, 2015 Author Share #38 Posted October 9, 2015 Now she looks sexy enough! I better give her some wings and two motors now? GrandpaPhil 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donrobinson Posted October 10, 2015 Share #39 Posted October 10, 2015 What's happening with the Unicorn? Quote Completed: MS-AVS, Amati Trabaccolo, Dusek ship's boat, AL-Mayflower, Batelina - MarisStella, MarisStella-Trabakul Liburnian Novilara - MarisStella, 17th Century Battle Station, Ragusian Galley-MarisStella Current: Barque Stefano - MarisStella, On Hold: Amati Pegasus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ameletters Posted October 14, 2015 Author Share #40 Posted October 14, 2015 The Black Unicorn is patiently waiting for my patient Chinese wife which visits me only twice a year. With her nimble fingers she will hopefully add some ratlines in January? Landlubber Mike and GrandpaPhil 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ameletters Posted October 14, 2015 Author Share #41 Posted October 14, 2015 Tricky lightweight woodwork - fragile and delicate! GrandpaPhil 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ameletters Posted October 14, 2015 Author Share #42 Posted October 14, 2015 The Catalina - a short HistoryUnquestionably, the PBY Catalina was the most successful flying boat ever produced being built in quantities that exceeded all other flying boats combined. Designed in the early 1930's as a long range patrol craft for the U.S.Navy, she went on in World War 2 to become the Allies most popular flying boat because of its range, carrying capacity and the ability to "land" on any body of calm water.The PBY Catalina was a product of the Consolidated Aircraft Corporation, an organisation founded by Ruben H. Fleet in 1923. Her design and engineering evolved under the brilliant guidance of aero-engineer Isaac M. Laddon who joined the Flee group in 1927. Winner of a Navy contract in 1935 Consolidation that eventually resulted in some 3300 flying boats and amphibians being built.From the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbour through to the end of the war the PBY saw service in nearly every combat theatre around the globe - from icy Greenland and Alaska to the steaming tropics of the South Pacific. The "Black Cat" squadrons prowled successfully in their night searches and attacks. Many personnel of downed bombers also owed their lives to at-sea rescues by PBY's.At the end of the war the military service of the PBY's was phased out over several years. However, as a commercial and civilian aircraft they continued to operate into the 1980's. Qantas Empire Airways used the Catalina as a vital link to the United Kingdom with the "Perth Colombo Double Sunrise Service", because you really could witness two sunrises on the long flight to Ceylon! Till today, the Catalina is a proud workhorse in the sky, she serves as a mover of heavy airfreight and as potent water-bombers for fighting forest fires - she can carry four tons of water . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ameletters Posted October 16, 2015 Author Share #43 Posted October 16, 2015 Just the wing struts missing - then she is ready to be hanged up high under the ceiling! GrandpaPhil and CAd My Fingers 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ameletters Posted October 17, 2015 Author Share #44 Posted October 17, 2015 And finally: here she attacks with four tons of water - the Flying Whale! Better open the umbrella now . . . GrandpaPhil, CAd My Fingers and GuntherMT 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ameletters Posted October 17, 2015 Author Share #45 Posted October 17, 2015 The artwork Catalina is done - thank you my friends for following the process! Creativity is such a healing force and the fragile balsa wood therapy works extremely well against anger and frustration - it teaches you gentleness and restores your self esteem - and after all the humiliations it makes you proud once again! Peter from Australia GrandpaPhil and shihawk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ameletters Posted November 13, 2015 Author Share #46 Posted November 13, 2015 A lot of noisy welding and riveting going on here on the dry dock - sorry that I can't hear you! GrandpaPhil and GuntherMT 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ameletters Posted November 13, 2015 Author Share #47 Posted November 13, 2015 The Nautilus was invented by the French science fiction writer Jules Verne for his classic adventure novel »Twenty Thousand Leagues Under The Sea« in 1870, but unfortunately he left us no plans or pictures! This inspired artists through the many following decades to speculate on its shape and its purpose. The Walt Disney design focuses on ramming hostile vessels and to cut into their wooden hulls, what would have been a very dangerous tactic - it may get stuck and sink too. The clever Pegasus model is built for harpooning enemy ships with an explosive warhead, what makes a lot more sense. Verne's Captain Nemo's message was quite clear about the brutal life on earth - that freedom could only be found under the cover of the endless seas - that sinking slavery ships and blowing up weapon material transporters was a necessary deed to hopefully create a better world one day! The moral implications for us today are difficult to understand. Live on earth is still violent and destructive - nuclear submarines dominate and pollute our seas, underwater sound emissions distort the senses of whales an dolphins - Greenpeace may be alert but doesn't possess the sting! We miss you dearly, Captain Nemo! We need more heroes like you . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ameletters Posted November 13, 2015 Author Share #48 Posted November 13, 2015 Captain Nemo's library - extensive but rather condensed here . . . GrandpaPhil and GuntherMT 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ameletters Posted December 15, 2015 Author Share #49 Posted December 15, 2015 The scary Nautilus is roaming the seas once again - the stormy seas of my living room - by day and by night! GrandpaPhil 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrandpaPhil Posted July 16, 2019 Share #50 Posted July 16, 2019 (edited) I have a Guillows PBY hanging on the wall of my office. Well done on yours. Edited July 16, 2019 by GrandpaPhil Quote Building: 1:64 HMS Revenge (Victory Models plans) 1:64 Cat Esther (17th Century Dutch Merchant Ships) On the building slip: 1:72 French Ironclad Magenta (original shipyard plans) On hold: 1:98 Mantua HMS Victory (kit bash), 1:96 Shipyard HMS Mercury Favorite finished builds: 1:60 Sampang Good Fortune (Amati plans), 1:200 Orel Ironclad Solferino, 1:72 Schooner Hannah (Hahn plans), 1:72 Privateer Prince de Neufchatel (Chapelle plans), Model Shipways Sultana, Heller La Reale, Encore USS Olympia Goal: Become better than I was yesterday "The hardest part is deciding to try." - me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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