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Title: new member - Brian
Post by: BrianCartwright on October 04, 2009, 01:25:59 pm
Hi! My name is Brian,
I am a new kid on the block and by new I mean new.
I am a long time aeromodeller on the wrong side of the proverbial three score years and ten,but last year I changed horses (or is it steed),to be a model boater.Hence my arrival on mayhem.This web site is awesome.I never dreampt this hobby was so popular.I'm amazed at the wide range of interests.
To start me off last year I bought a Mountfleet Models St.Nectan boat kit which took me about a year to complete.Why,you may ask,did I buy one of the largest kits available?Well,I got a bit carriied away,as you do.Anyway I like a challenge,and challenge it certainly was but an extreemly enjoyable experience,I've made a few notes and taken some photographs on the way.
Some other claims to fame---I did my Nationall Service from 30/10/62 to 29/10/64 (last call up date 31/10/62)
My first car was a Ford Popular,humped back style,6volt electrics,vacuum windscreen wipers,put your foot down and they stopped,
My first motorcycle was a James Captain 197cc two stroke.(Ask your dad or better still your grandad about theese two)
My first girlfriend was er---I won't go into that.

I hope my "CV" isn't too long,I do tend to waffle on a bit( Nod of agreement from she who must be obeyed)

Cheers for now
Regards Brian

 









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i did my National Service
Title: Re: new member
Post by: Tug-Kenny RIP on October 04, 2009, 01:36:25 pm

Hi Brian

Welcome to Mayhem. Pull up a chair and get the kettle on. There is a wealth on information that should help you choose your next model.

I notice that you've built the St Nectan. I too am trying this model and I've even started a build blog for it, in the 'builds' section, so I may be coming over to ask you a few questions.  ok2  (big, aren't they    ;) ) 

Why not show us a few pictures, as I'm sure we'd all be interested in seeing them. (We do like pictures on here, as I expect you've noticed)

Enjoy yourself

Ken

Title: Re: new member
Post by: tigertiger on October 04, 2009, 01:42:31 pm
Welcome aboard Brian.

And as Tug Kenny says, we would love to see some pictures.
Title: Re: new member
Post by: DickyD on October 04, 2009, 01:48:40 pm
Hi Brian, welcome.

Your first car was fairly modern then. Mine was a 1941 Austin 10 with opening windscreen, sunshine roof, leather upholstery and no heater, oh, and running boards.

Dont forget the photos of your models, we like photos. :-))
Title: Re: new member
Post by: Peterm on October 04, 2009, 02:09:07 pm
Brian,  as another Mayhemer well  over the three score years and ten mark,  welcome.  Pete M
Title: Re: new member
Post by: jonny shoreboy on October 04, 2009, 10:17:44 pm
Welcome aboard mate. Plenty to see and do around these parts and lots of friendly advice for if you get stuck. I'm about half your age so my first car was a 1975 Mazda RX-3 with a rotary engine. It was already nearly 20 years old when I brought it.
Title: Re: new member
Post by: Wasyl on October 04, 2009, 11:28:16 pm
Hi Brian,you,ll like it here,I,m quite new myself,having just arrived a few months back,there,s a wealth of information on here,and ....sometimes dis-information,depending from what angle you look at it,but on the whole its the place to be,there,s a few budding comedians, ...well we like to think we are,lurking about, {-)so i,ll bid you welcome from me,"Wasyl"this is my Sunday name,
and i,m Wullie for the other 6 days,..ok. i know it can be confusing,sometimes i get confused,  %%

Wasyl,soon to be Wullie {-)
Title: Re: new member
Post by: Peter Fitness on October 05, 2009, 07:04:23 am
Welcome, Brian, from another who's on the wrong side of 70 (for those who don't know what 3 score years and 10 is  {-) {-) )

As Ken, Wasyl and Jonny have said, there's lots of information available here, you only have to ask, someone will be able to help.

Peter.
Title: Re: new member
Post by: Wasyl on October 05, 2009, 10:00:30 am
So there,s hope for me yet at 2 score and 9,but with a pair of lungs that i,ve been told are 4 score,thank God,i,ve got my Spiriva first thing in the morning, {:-{ {-)

Wullie
Title: Re: new member
Post by: BrianCartwright on October 05, 2009, 04:15:48 pm
Hi all,
Well what a delightfull welcome.Many thanks.
I am by no means a computer expert.I am still in the transition faze of converting from a scribbled note on the back of a Park Drive packet to computer.The former giving me quite some hassle.(I wish)Put it this way.Some people have a personal trainer,assistant,dietition,body guard,undertaker,overtaker etc.I have a personal computer trouble shooter.(My troubles naturally)
He is my eldest son bless him.Every time I make a cock up,which is quite often he comes over and usually says "I've never seen this hapen before".I rest my case.
Wullie,eat your heart out.I'm on Spiriva,Seretide.Bisopropolol,Clopidogrel,Asprin,Rampiril and Simvastin.I rattle when I've taken them all and for the first half hour I have to be careful where and when I break wind.
Right then! Now back to the plot.
I'll put some photos on the build section as soon as I can along with a few notes on the build.That is when I've figuered out how to do it.
I'm still a little boy in a mans body.On my latest calculations I'll need at least another score years to complete all the projects I have in mind.

Regards to all,Brian
Title: Re: new member
Post by: Wasyl on October 05, 2009, 05:12:24 pm
So there,s hope for me yet at 2 score and 9,but with a pair of lungs that i,ve been told are 4 score,thank God,i,ve got my Spiriva first thing in the morning, {:-{ {-)

Wullie
I,m losing it methinks, it should have been 2 score and 19, <:(

Wullie
Title: Re: new member
Post by: DickyD on October 05, 2009, 06:23:03 pm

Wullie,eat your heart out.I'm on Spiriva,Seretide.Bisopropolol,Clopidogrel,Asprin,Rampiril and Simvastin.I rattle when I've taken them all and for the first half hour I have to be careful where and when I break wind.


Regards to all,Brian

Just an amateur then Brian, these are mine, and you reckon you rattle.

Bumetanide,Omeprazole,Aspirin,Slow-K,Carbocisteine syrup,Doxazosin Mesilate,Nuelin Sa,Calcichew D3 Forte chewable,Prednisoline,

Salbutamol cfc-free inhaler,Ipratropim Bromide,Seretide 250 Evohaler,Losartan Potassium,Erythromycin Stearate,Acetazolamide,

Epaderm Ointment,Betamethasone Valerate,Nystatin Oral Suspension.
Title: Re: new member
Post by: Wasyl on October 05, 2009, 08:28:38 pm
Thats it Richard,you,re getting re-named"Shake,Rattle,and Roll"and Brian can be the Son of,and i,ll be the Son of him, {-) {-) {-) {-)
reading all of these is enough to put me off the Fags for good,if it does,nt,Then I,ll be getting called "Shake,Rattle,Roll" {:-{ {:-{ {-) {-)

Wullie
Title: Re: new member
Post by: Jimmy James on October 05, 2009, 08:48:19 pm
Welcome aboard Brian ... I'm the youngster here Only 3 score & 8... you'll find loads of people here who will give you a helping hand if you get stuck... and as has been said before we all like photos
Freebooter
Title: Re: new member
Post by: Temps on October 05, 2009, 10:23:40 pm
Hi there and welcome to the forum were youll find a wealth of knowledge
Title: Re: new member
Post by: Wasyl on October 05, 2009, 10:31:50 pm
Youngster??? 3 score and 8,????what does that make me at 2 score and 19 {-) {-) {-) {-)

Wullie
Title: Re: new member
Post by: pk1 on October 05, 2009, 11:52:13 pm
Not young enough i'm only 2 score and 5
Title: Re: new member
Post by: Dreadstar on October 06, 2009, 01:15:44 am
I'm only 2 score and 9,at least I'm not the baby of the group. :-))
Title: Re: new member
Post by: Seaspray on October 06, 2009, 11:44:59 am
Welcome aboard mate.  :-))

Park Drive hhmm somebody is giving their age away.

I just score l.o.l.

Seaspray
Title: Re: new member
Post by: BrianCartwright on October 06, 2009, 06:41:19 pm
Hi all.It's Brian again,
Thank you for all the input to my rather insgnificant little ramblings.It's comforting to know that out there is someone who can answer all queries re model boats.I get the impression that if there is no answer then the problem doesn't exist.
Wullie.I salute you sir.! feel that if you can write a list like that and still keep taking the medication like that it makes my ailments seem like a winter chill by comparison.
I am now looking into the possibility of entering the 2020 triathlon.
It seems we are of a similar ilk,keep looking on the bright side and above all else keep a sense of humour.Mine gets me into trouble at times but my basic outlook on life is, if it isn't life threatening then don't worry about it.Life is too short anyway.
Having said that I do have a serious side. I am nobodys fool and I do not suffer fools at all not just gladly.
I'm going to back off a bit now and get back to some serious boat building but I will still post the odd snippit now and again.
I've really enjoyed this little digression. May CHIT CHAT reign ad infinitum. I am really glad to be aboard.
I am a few days into my next winter build, MFM Cruiser tugboat.I'll keep you "posted"
(Doffs cap reverently and exits stage left)
Regards to all Brian
Title: Re: new member
Post by: BrianCartwright on October 06, 2009, 07:12:45 pm
Richard should read as Wullie.Profound appologies to both.(note to self,must take more Whisky with my water)
Title: Re: new member
Post by: DickyD on October 06, 2009, 07:40:51 pm
Richard should read as Wullie.Profound appologies to both.(note to self,must take more Whisky with my water)
Do you mean Wullie should read as Richard, Brian ?   {:-{
Title: Re: new member
Post by: BrianCartwright on October 07, 2009, 09:30:19 am
Yes Richard.Like wullie I think I'm loosing it now or maybe I never had it in the first place.Once again sorry.I don't usually get things mixed up.I'll blame the computer as every one else does.
Regards Brian
Title: Re: new member
Post by: das boot on October 07, 2009, 09:44:44 am
Ignore them all Brian, they are all tablet junkies...

Oh, and welcome to the madhouse, sorry the forum...there's still time to run away and join a religious cult in the Amazon rainforest, chap.


Rich
Title: Re: new member
Post by: Wasyl on October 07, 2009, 10:44:08 pm

they are all tablet junkies...

Swiss Milk Tablet,does it for me,and Rum & Raisin,and Coconut Ice.......and.............the list is endless,and i,m getting fatter by the minute {-) {-) {-) {-)

Wullie
Title: Re: new member
Post by: Spook on October 07, 2009, 11:58:34 pm
Two score years and twelve here (at the end of the month). I try to avoid tablets as much as possible, however the odd paracetamol after too many glasses of bumblejuice tends to help.
Title: Re: new member
Post by: sheerline on October 08, 2009, 09:35:35 am
Welcome Brian, just picked up on your post. Beware the Mayhem site and it's inmates, it can be addictive and they can get you laughing your head off at times.... great bunch of blokes!
I'm three score and not on any tablets... feeling a bit left out here :((!!
Perhaps I should go and buy a tube of Smarties so If we all ever meet up in the same place , I can be popping round things and feel like one of the crowd.
Chris
Title: Re: new member
Post by: BrianCartwright on October 09, 2009, 01:29:33 pm
Right then.Just one more shot.This mayham is addictive.(I was warned)

Spook,try to keep off pills as long as possible.There is a side effect that nobody mentions and it isn't medical.Try this!
Tablets,pills and the like usually come as night and day types.Morning,midday,teatime,bedtime and ones you take only when the wife has gone to her mothers for the weekend.A typical day can start like this-:
6am.the alarm goes off.You reach out half asleep to put on the bedside lamp.In so doing you knock your spectacles on to the floor.You reach out for them and a couple of boxes of pills follow the specs, You grope about to recover every thing being careful where you grope at that time of the morning.As you pick up the boxes some pills fall out,so you get out of bed to retrieve same and crunch some into the carpet.The brightly coloured ones leave a nice round stain on the carpet which is hard to remove. You notice that one or two have rolled under the bed which you cann't quite reach,with your slipper you manage to recover some which are covered in fluff.Wiping off the fluff you see that they are different to the ones you have been taking.No one can lay claim to them and so are disposed of.
Now to the pills themselves.Some give you headaches or indigestion or a burst of energy.One effect can cause an urgent dash to the bathroom which culminates in a noxious aroma.Adding a shot of perfumed air freshner only makes things worse.You are left with two choices particularly in the winter,open the window and freeze to death or just think of England and slowly suffocate.Fortunately all this doesn't happen every day.The rest of the week will seem quite dull and boreing.Isn't life fanta
Title: Re: new member
Post by: BrianCartwright on October 09, 2009, 01:37:59 pm
Wullie,
You sound like a 24 carrot old sea dog to me Yo.Ho.Ho. and a wee dram of what you fancy does you a power of good and puts hair on your chest

Chris,
Be very careful with Smarties.especially the orange ones,they're dinamite.
I once ate a whole tube in one go and I've never been the same since.
Title: Re: new member
Post by: sheerline on October 09, 2009, 02:20:14 pm
Brian, I think the killjoys who run everything these days have made Smerties safe now. On the subject of Smarties, is it my age/immagination or do these things not taste the same as they used to and are they actually smaller in size?. I was given a tube by the grandchildren, not only do they taste 'iffy' but the beloved tube with the pop off lid has been replaced by some hexagonal thing with a tear off end. You can't play 'pop guns' with it anymore!! Probably some 'elf n safety' moron decided it might take a kids eye out.
To sum up: Smaties... wrong taste, seem smaller, safe to eat, safe packaging...... not much of an experience anymore really.

BTW.... I think Walnt Whips have also changed, hadn't had one for years, bought one a while back... absolutely lousy!!

Cor, I need to get a life men, losin it here!! %%
Title: Re: new member
Post by: rsm on October 09, 2009, 03:01:27 pm
I used to play "pop guns" with Smartie tubes with my little brother. I've come over all nostalgic now!!!!! What about Wagon Wheels?? They used to be bigger too, right?????
Title: Re: new member
Post by: sheerline on October 09, 2009, 04:44:40 pm
Yup, I'm certain they were... or have we just grown bigger since those days. I'm convinced they too taste naffer than before .
Title: Re: new member
Post by: sheerline on October 09, 2009, 04:48:45 pm
Brian, you obviously didn't realise what you were getting into when you signed up.... see how your post has been hi-jacked and run off at a tangent.... true Mayhem style! {:-{
Title: Re: new member - Brian
Post by: tigertiger on October 10, 2009, 01:12:26 am
***topic name changed***
Title: Re: new member - Brian
Post by: Wasyl on October 11, 2009, 02:34:57 am
Wullie,
You sound like a 24 carrot old sea dog to me Yo.Ho.Ho. and a wee dram of what you fancy does you a power of good and puts hair on your chest

You will probably notice,that the older you get,hair grows in the places you Don,t want it to grow in,and the places you Do want it to grow,it Does,nt,
and No amount of Malt Whisky will make it do otherwise,mind any excuse will do, {-)

Wullie
Title: Re: new member
Post by: Wasyl on October 11, 2009, 02:40:19 am
I used to play "pop guns" with Smartie tubes with my little brother. I've come over all nostalgic now!!!!! What about Wagon Wheels?? They used to be bigger too, right?????
Its not that Wagon Wheels used to be bigger,"think"it was just that our child sized hands were smaller,and the Wagon Wheels were bigger {-)


Wullie
Title: Re: new member
Post by: Wasyl on October 11, 2009, 02:46:13 am
Brian, I think the killjoys who run everything these days have made Smerties safe now. On the subject of Smarties, is it my age/immagination or do these things not taste the same as they used to and are they actually smaller in size?. I was given a tube by the grandchildren, not only do they taste 'iffy' but the beloved tube with the pop off lid has been replaced by some hexagonal thing with a tear off end. You can't play 'pop guns' with it anymore!! Probably some 'elf n safety' moron decided it might take a kids eye out.
To sum up: Smaties... wrong taste, seem smaller, safe to eat, safe packaging...... not much of an experience anymore really.

BTW.... I think Walnt Whips have also changed, hadn't had one for years, bought one a while back... absolutely lousy!!

Cor, I need to get a life men, losin it here!! %%
Your Not Wrong when you say the killjoys have ruined it all,Ican just remember way back,"think 50,s"when a bottle of Coke and an Aspirin went down a treat,

Wullie
Title: Re: new member - Brian
Post by: BrianCartwright on October 29, 2009, 04:52:46 pm
Hi!.
It's me again.A couple of photos of my




































Hi!.
It's me again.A couple of photographs of my St.Necton as promised.Hope you like them.









Title: Re: new member - Brian
Post by: BrianCartwright on October 29, 2009, 05:00:26 pm
Sorry about the cock up. I'm gonner get me a computer secretary,(hopefully a rich young widow who having had her wicked way with me will keep me in model boat kits for the next millenium)
regards Brian
Title: Re: new member - Brian
Post by: Tug-Kenny RIP on October 29, 2009, 08:08:24 pm

Hey that's great, Brian. You've made a smashing job of her there.

I'm trying to make this model as I mentioned earlier and have one or two parts that I cannot identify.   If I post the little part pictures on my blog could you assist please.

Cheers

ken
 
Title: Re: new member - Brian
Post by: BrianCartwright on October 29, 2009, 08:40:21 pm
Ken,I'll be glad to help if you can tell me how to access your blog,er-- single sylable words if you would, you can see what a mess I made of this posting.That's the sort of thing that amazes my computer mentor.(my son)
Title: Re: new member - Brian
Post by: Tug-Kenny RIP on October 30, 2009, 10:40:57 am
Ken,I'll be glad to help if you can tell me how to access your blog,er-- single sylable words if you would, you can see what a mess I made of this posting.That's the sort of thing that amazes my computer mentor.(my son)

Thanks, Brian.  I'll got and photo the bits now.


Here's the blog page. It's on this site under  'Working Boats'.  You see the St Nectan listed.  

http://www.modelboatmayhem.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=19742.50

ken



Title: Re: new member - Brian
Post by: BrianCartwright on November 03, 2009, 08:02:52 am
Hi! all,
Another couple of photos of my St.Nectan.
I've shown the mast because it may be of special interest.I wanted a full set of working lights.There were two obstacles to overcome.
First was the top light is a tricoloured lense set up.I couldn't find any translucent paint anywhere so I had to split the lamp into three parts which was extreemly fiddly but I managed to do it  after four or five attempts.I then inserted three bulbs,1 clear
,one green and one red.
The next snag was how to get ten wires from the lights down the mast to the hull.
I used a lenght of alluminium tube,clad it in strips of 2mm hard wood strip,sanded it all to the correct profile and threaded the wires down the tube.Easy peasy init?
Title: Re: new member - Brian
Post by: DickyD on November 03, 2009, 08:37:05 am
Brian as a matter of interest Tamiya do what they call clear paints for brake light lenses, indicator lenses etc.

X-23 Clear Blue
   
X-24 Clear Yellow
   
X-25 Clear Green

X-26 Clear Orange
   
X-27 Clear Red
   

Title: Re: new member - Brian
Post by: BrianCartwright on November 03, 2009, 04:06:06 pm
Thanks Richard, when I started the build I didn't know my gunnals from my boot lining and had to rely on phonr calls to suppliers who were a bit vague as to what I was really after.I hadn't even heard of Model Boat Mayhem at the time.
Title: Re: new member - Brian
Post by: BrianCartwright on November 04, 2009, 03:18:49 pm
More photos.
Do you know,most people have a learning curve including me only mine is a straight line-----vertically.
Title: Re: new member - Brian
Post by: Tug-Kenny RIP on November 05, 2009, 11:51:37 am

Quote
Do you know,most people have a learning curve including me only mine is a straight line-----vertically.

Straight to the top, by the look of it. Very impressive work, Brian. I'm getting all sorts of clues from your build.   ok2   Helps me a lot.  Tri-colour light eh !!. missed that one.  %)

Keep it up

Ken



Title: Re: new member - Brian
Post by: BrianCartwright on November 05, 2009, 03:02:51 pm
2 more
The first one is how I set the mast at the correct angles which also allowed me to complete the rigging without worrying about the mast leaning hither and thither.
The second is just a general view of the wheelhouse and funnel area
Title: Re: new member - Brian
Post by: BrianCartwright on November 08, 2009, 03:55:36 pm
Well,thats about it for photos.I didn't take many,wish I had now..
The whole project has been a marvelous experience.I've made a few mistakes but only I know where most of them are.
MFM boats are definately a builders kit (boat that is)I found that to deviate from the excellent instructions was to make difficulties later,which I did on the odd occasion. As a novice model boater I should have known better.
There attention to detail is awesome.
Thank you for all your interest,especially my ramblings.I've started a MFM Cruiser tug boat for my next boat. I'll probably put something on the working boat section from time to time,it seems to be the appropriate place.

By for now
regards to all
Brian