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[eddiesolo]

I have been working in my shed doing bits and bobs on the RC boat when my gaze fell upon my forlorn skipper from the trawler that got dropped and then stripped for parts. I mused over what to do with him and came up with a small dio of him standing on an old worn jetty staring out to sea, lost in his thoughts.
 
I found an old base and after sanding and masking used ocean blue and a light metallic blue to create the water colour the rippled effect was created using clear sealant and the back of a teaspoon. The posts and jetty are an old firework stick and wooden lollipop sticks, all sanded. Once done the I painted and weathered the boards etc and added some growth just around the bases of the legs. The lobster pot was made from plastic and copper wire with a bit of old net. The bollard is a small brass finial off something or other...I even added seagull poo on the bollard 
 
Si:)

[Circlip]

Think yer rotten, leaving him out on that platform, spose boats are like buses, none and then two appear together.
 
  Regards  Ian

[eddiesolo]

Think yer rotten, leaving him out on that platform, spose boats are like buses, none and then two appear together.
 
  Regards  Ian

   He'll be all right, he's used to the salty air, besides he can always amuse himself by mending the broken lobster pot.


Si:)

[sparkey]

  Hi,Eddie,by the look on his face I think he is stony broke and fancies a pint,he will just have wait till next pay day and that might be a long time coming,happy modelling,Ray.    

[eddiesolo]

Hi,Eddie,by the look on his face I think he is stony broke and fancies a pint,he will just have wait till next pay day and that might be a long time coming,happy modelling,Ray.    

LOL, you could be right there Ray, he is looking fed up, maybe is waiting for high tide and the boats to come back in so he can borrow a few pennies for a drink.


Si:)

[eddiesolo]

Looking at the pictures I noticed I had forgot to add some bolts that attach the planking to the frame, so add them in a rust colour, also added some more green around the legs and added a touch more sealant around the legs as they were a bit rickety.


Si:)

[Skimmer Fan]

Are you displaying at haydock

[Circlip]

A few pennies ?
 
   It's three and a half quid a pint along Batley road. 
 
    Regards   Ian.
 
 

Are you displaying at haydock

 
  You're codding us aren't you, there's no place for him.
 
   Got me coat.
 
 
   

[eddiesolo]

Are you displaying at haydock

No, may not be going as I maybe away. Have been told to show my models but so far, my sunken wreck dio's have only been aired at my local boat clubs gala day. Not sure that they are good enough.


Si:)

[Circlip]

 
 
   

Not sure that they are good enough.

 
    Oh yes they are. 
 
 
   Regards  Ian.

[Skimmer Fan]

They are always looking for entries nothing ventured nothing gained. It takes all sorts to make the show.

[eddiesolo]

A few pennies ?
 
   It's three and a half quid a pint along Batley road. 
 
    Regards   Ian.
 
 
 
  You're codding us aren't you, there's no place for him.
 
   Got me coat.
 
 
   

LOL, £3.50 is to expensive for me too...that is if I drank...


What, no place for me or my little sailor boy? That actually sounds wrong 


Si:)

[eddiesolo]

 
 
   
 
    Oh yes they are. 
 
 
   Regards  Ian.

Bless you sir, maybe I may venture forth and display at other venues...maybe...perhaps.


Si:)

[eddiesolo]

They are always looking for entries nothing ventured nothing gained. It takes all sorts to make the show.

True I suppose, maybe...not sure, but thanks for thinking of me and that they could be shown 


Si:)

[sparkey]

  Hi,Eddie,they are good really good,the thing I like about them is that they are unusual and different to other models,as for £3.50 a pint your lucky in this part of south west London it costs between £4.50-£5.50 a pint and have to put up with yuppies talking out loud about how much they made last week in the city,very shallow people not like us model boaters,happy sailing everybody and look after one another,Ray    

[Netleyned]

Looking good as always Si.
Pubs close to the fish docks here
have a price war.
£1.80 to £2.40 for a pint of bitter.

Ned

[sparkey]

  Lucky guy I wish I'd live there,I be in 7th heaven and I bet better company too,Ray

[eddiesolo]

Hi,Eddie,they are good really good,the thing I like about them is that they are unusual and different to other models,as for £3.50 a pint your lucky in this part of south west London it costs between £4.50-£5.50 a pint and have to put up with yuppies talking out loud about how much they made last week in the city,very shallow people not like us model boaters,happy sailing everybody and look after one another,Ray

Cheers Ray, guess modellers are all the same really, trying to get things right and think it looks naff lol.


Two things: I couldn't afford a pint in your neck of the woods and two, I would end up smacking the yuppies 




Si:)

[eddiesolo]

Looking good as always Si.
Pubs close to the fish docks here
have a price war.
£1.80 to £2.40 for a pint of bitter.

Ned

Cheers Ned, glad you like. We parked the car by the meridian line, it is through a village on our way to my caravan at Easington. Maybe Hull is a place to stop for a tipple or two.


Si:)

[eddiesolo]

Lucky guy I wish I'd live there,I be in 7th heaven and I bet better company too,Ray

On one thing to do Ray...move, get into the good óle North with no jobs, low pay but cheaper ale.


Si:)

[sparkey]

  Cheers Eddie, I have always been  made most welcome in the north lovely people, as for this area it was not always been like this, over the last ten years it has been the "in place" to live for these people I don't think they like working people like me(now retired) I have neighbours that when you say good morning to them just ignore you, sad really, not all like it just some but that life today.As for your models give it a go nothing ventured nothing gained as they say,happy modelling,Ray.  

[eddiesolo]

Cheers Eddie, I have always been  made most welcome in the north lovely people, as for this area it was not always been like this, over the last ten years it has been the "in place" to live for these people I don't think they like working people like me(now retired) I have neighbours that when you say good morning to them just ignore you, sad really, not all like it just some but that life today.As for your models give it a go nothing ventured nothing gained as they say,happy modelling,Ray.

That is so sad, but true, you do get it up here, they just ignore you or look at you as if you're from another planet.


I have another KMBC boat day on the 8th September, Navy Day, so the wrecks will be going there. Still not sure about other venues.


Si:)

[sparkey]

  Best of luck mate,let us know how you get on,Ray.

[Netleyned]

Don't know about Hull prices Si
I am on the South Bank of the Humber
Grimsby is the place for fish still but is is
brought to the market by truck from Scotland
or Air from Iceland.

Ned

[eddiesolo]

Don't know about Hull prices Si
I am on the South Bank of the Humber
Grimsby is the place for fish still but is is
brought to the market by truck from Scotland
or Air from Iceland.

Ned

Spent many a day in Grimsby when I worked for a pest control officer, mainly at Grimsby hospital. But loved going and having fish and chips and just watching the sea.
 
Si:)