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RAAArtyGunner

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Re: 3 Lifeboat builds, What goes into a model kit.
« Reply #650 on: May 19, 2012, 10:15:50 pm »
Neil,

Amazing what a coat of paint will do.

Lookin good  O0 O0 O0
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Re: 3 Lifeboat builds, What goes into a model kit.
« Reply #651 on: May 19, 2012, 10:23:58 pm »
   Who cares what state Neil's workshop is in,if he can produce such superb results as this.What a modeller,and what Quality. I only hope he gets to bring them to the Blackpool show in October,so that I get a chance to see them in their finished state.

          A privilege to know you my friend.
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Re: 3 Lifeboat builds, What goes into a model kit.
« Reply #652 on: May 19, 2012, 10:38:42 pm »
thank you guys.........i have had the gypsy's warning tonight, that as soon as these models are finished.......my wife and daughter are going to ravage my workshop and give it the clean that it needs so badly............I've told them to put filters on the hoover pipe so it don't suck up all the bits I've lost on the floor for the past 15 years, lol %% %% %% %%
I am rather pleased with the paintwork......as that is (like my computor skills) rather a weak point in my model building......I loose patience with it....the old saying     "watching paint dry"...................I'd like it to dry instantly so I can get on with other things.......very impatient , that I am. {:-{ {:-{
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Re: 3 Lifeboat builds, What goes into a model kit.
« Reply #653 on: May 20, 2012, 12:55:34 am »
Can I come down and clean your ML10 Please {-) {-) {-)

Honest I will if you let me O0

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Re: 3 Lifeboat builds, What goes into a model kit.
« Reply #654 on: May 20, 2012, 07:26:56 am »
I have been quietly watching this thread and think its about time I said something...

WELL DONE THAT MAN :-))

Fantastic work Neil. Dont tidy up, you know it will change your frame of mind, and you will never find anything again!

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Re: 3 Lifeboat builds, What goes into a model kit.
« Reply #655 on: May 20, 2012, 09:35:55 am »
thank you chaps............seeing your laithe, Peter.........I daren't have you come round........it'd show the rest of my workshop up.....it's be so clean I'd be frightened ever to use it again.
neil
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Re: 3 Lifeboat builds, What goes into a model kit.
« Reply #656 on: May 20, 2012, 09:53:42 am »
Neil,

You could issue mittens to all the visitors  O0 O0 {-) {-)
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Re: 3 Lifeboat builds, What goes into a model kit.
« Reply #657 on: May 20, 2012, 10:09:04 am »
Mittens?  Think white cotton gloves may be more appropriate it'll be so clean!  :-))
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Re: 3 Lifeboat builds, What goes into a model kit.
« Reply #658 on: May 20, 2012, 11:20:13 am »
just been round to the infamous workshop to see the progress of the models, the painting looks superb and also the fittings are very detailed and well made ,the winch is spot on and all in all they are going to look beautiful......trawlerman :-)) :-))
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Re: 3 Lifeboat builds, What goes into a model kit.
« Reply #659 on: May 20, 2012, 01:33:54 pm »
Quote from: trawlerman on May 20, 2012, 11:20:13 am
just been round to the infamous workshop to see the progress of the models, the painting looks superb and also the fittings are very detailed and well made ,the winch is spot on and all in all they are going to look beautiful......trawlerman :-)) :-))

wot yoo afta matey............I can feel something in the air {-) {-) {-) {-)
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« Reply #660 on: May 20, 2012, 05:14:02 pm »
Keep him buttered up Neil, you never know when you want to use his "spraybooth" again! Perhaps he wants to know how you get such good quality cobwebs in your workshop,or maybe he wants to interbreed your spiders with his Lol!
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Re: 3 Lifeboat builds, What goes into a model kit.
« Reply #661 on: May 20, 2012, 06:46:10 pm »


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Re: 3 Lifeboat builds, What goes into a model kit.
« Reply #662 on: May 20, 2012, 08:14:19 pm »
well, while the cat's away the mice will play.....have you lot noty got boats to build or mend {-) {-) {-) {-) {-)

Well.......some of us have been busy this afternoon........naming and faming.....getting there.
by the way,i can't see Daves two meerkats....just get a little box with a red cross in it....but I know it's there..........I've got my spies about.........simplesss
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Re: 3 Lifeboat builds, What goes into a model kit.
« Reply #663 on: May 20, 2012, 09:30:09 pm »
wooooppsss, the "Smuts" got named too...nearly forgot.
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Re: 3 Lifeboat builds, What goes into a model kit.
« Reply #664 on: May 20, 2012, 09:54:40 pm »
Watching these builds has encouraged me to get back to my own boat... not that it'll stop me from following these  :-))

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« Reply #665 on: May 20, 2012, 10:11:34 pm »
I'm glad I've encouraged someone into profitable time................working on a model........the others just wanna come round and clean my b***** workshop up, {-) {-) {-) {-) {-) {-) {-)
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Re: 3 Lifeboat builds, What goes into a model kit.
« Reply #666 on: May 20, 2012, 11:07:26 pm »
Quote from: Neil on May 20, 2012, 10:11:34 pm
I'm glad I've encouraged someone into profitable time................working on a model........the others just wanna come round and clean my b***** workshop up, {-) {-) {-) {-) {-) {-) {-)

Neil,

 If they won't wear mittens, try boxing gloves, or as a last resort put em in a straight jacket.
Blimey some people can't keep their hands to themselves well I never. <*< <*< <*<
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Re: 3 Lifeboat builds, What goes into a model kit.
« Reply #667 on: May 21, 2012, 12:14:40 am »
these magnificent builds are now nearing their end. What are we going to do when they are finished? Do you reckon we could persuede Neil to start another project to keep us all enthralled ? Certainly hope so !
Methinks it just might be a Liverpool Class, but we shall just have to wait and see wont we.
    Just give him time to hire in a large skip and JCB, to clear out his workshop, and he can start over.
 (you know we love you really Neil !) LOL
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Re: 3 Lifeboat builds, What goes into a model kit.
« Reply #668 on: May 21, 2012, 12:44:28 am »
Quote from: rottweiler on May 21, 2012, 12:14:40 am
these magnificent builds are now nearing their end. What are we going to do when they are finished? Do you reckon we could  (you know we love you really Neil !) LOL
Mick F
Personally,
I think, knocked out and dragged to Scotland to a slightly cleaner shed for six months would do him the world of good!
(my wife would be in her element cleaning up)
Slightly bias regards,
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Re: 3 Lifeboat builds, What goes into a model kit.
« Reply #669 on: May 21, 2012, 07:57:49 am »
Quote from: Kim on May 21, 2012, 12:44:28 am
Personally,
I think, knocked out and dragged to Scotland to a slightly cleaner shed for six months would do him the world of good!
(my wife would be in her element cleaning up)
Slightly bias regards,
Kim

Ahh, now, Scotland for six months....that would sound fantastic but for the midges............... %% %% %% %%
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Re: 3 Lifeboat builds, What goes into a model kit.
« Reply #670 on: May 21, 2012, 10:40:41 am »
well, it was an early start this morning....if I'm going to get them ready for Etherow in mid June, i'm going to gave to get cracking and burn the midnight oil,......but so many distractions..............
this morning I made the brackets for the grab ropes and tethers for the bow pudding fender for the Mary Stanford.
The ones I was going to use for the boat, from the fittings that I had were very brittle and I had fears of them breaking when I tied up the "ropes" so yesterday went down the craft shop for some "eye" rings...couldn't be bothered making them for the price I paid.
I made the bases from plasticard, drilled to take the eye ring and then glued to the hull fendering.
The Mary Stanford is the only boat of the 3 to have hers hanging from brackets under the fendering.......the two watsons hang from above, and hopefully the brackets for thise in white metal aren't as brittle.
To mark out the spacing which from photos of the MS look equal, with a gap of one hanf towards the froward part of the boat , I used a piece of plasticard cut to the space , and after fixing the first and last bracket, I marked them out with ease, finally drilling with a 0.6mm drill bit, very carefully, {-)
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Re: 3 Lifeboat builds, What goes into a model kit.
« Reply #671 on: May 21, 2012, 12:48:38 pm »
I have just had pointed out to me by a gentleman that I have been in contact with about the "Smuts"..both he and his father served on the boat, his father as coxswain...that I have spelt the name wrongly.............just shows ( as I took the name directly as printed from a book which lifeboat modellers over here treat as a bible)...that you can't take everything that is printed, as gospel.......and it's a case of research, research, research all the time if you want to get things right.......I'll correct that this afternoon.

There's nothing more embarrasing that to do that to a model that you have spent so much time building. 
 

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Re: 3 Lifeboat builds, What goes into a model kit.
« Reply #672 on: May 21, 2012, 02:40:40 pm »
what a shame, after doing such a good job. Thats an "L" of a mistake to make.
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Re: 3 Lifeboat builds, What goes into a model kit.
« Reply #673 on: May 21, 2012, 04:36:57 pm »
I almost made the same mistake on my Liverpool. The name the book gives is Bassett-Green, but the photos have it without the hyphen.

And interestingly sometimes the names on the boats have mistakes as well  :}  I've a photo of [ R.N.L.B. The Lord Southborough (Civil Service Life-Boat No 1 ] where they've left off the last bracket from her name  :embarrassed:

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Re: 3 Lifeboat builds, What goes into a model kit.
« Reply #674 on: May 21, 2012, 05:11:44 pm »
Quote from: rottweiler on May 21, 2012, 02:40:40 pm
what a shame, after doing such a good job. Thats an "L" of a mistake to make.

you need to get out more... {-) {-) {-) {-)
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