Ah, Lake Tahoe's trump card, Thunderbird. I prefer the smaller version called Thunderchick. Seems less blingy somehow, but Thunderbird is quite a boat, albeit very much changed since its original form.
Martin
Ah, Lake Tahoe's trump card, Thunderbird. I prefer the smaller version called Thunderchick. Seems less blingy somehow, but Thunderbird is quite a boat, albeit very much changed since its original form.
Martin
WOODIES - Another one for Martin !?😉
http://odock.blogspot.com/2011/08/thunderbird.html
An elegant Beast with twin V12 Allison aero engines😲
Built 1939.
Cheers, Doug 😎
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Young at heart 😉 Slightly older in other places.😊 Cheers Doug
You're right Doug. I love to hear a good singer being one myself and I like country too Regards embarrassing stuff on Pinterest I get loads of it on G mail. Local women looking for sex .Russians wanting to marry me etc etc. if only they new.LOL😜👍
You're right Doug. I love to hear a good singer being one myself and I like country too Regards embarrassing stuff on Pinterest I get loads of it on G mail. Local women looking for sex .Russians wanting to marry me etc etc. if only they new.LOL😜👍
Can't stand country music, even if the word rock is attached. in fact when I was having my stent fitted they were playing Eric bloody Clapton! Ye Gods to think he used to play in Cream, the greatest ever supergroup. I jokingly castigated the surgeon for this calumny and with a typical indian head nod he said, "So bring your own bloody music next time". Wonderful response.
Martin
Can't stand country music, even if the word rock is attached. in fact when I was having my stent fitted they were playing Eric bloody Clapton! Ye Gods to think he used to play in Cream, the greatest ever supergroup. I jokingly castigated the surgeon for this calumny and with a typical indian head nod he said, "So bring your own bloody music next time". Wonderful response.
Martin
Right. Then some guy posted the video link with the comment 'Maybe there are benefits to a Pontoon!?'. Just a bit o fun😁
The Country Rock wasn't bad anyway. Just 'Amazoned' the album 😉
Doug
Right. Then some guy posted the video link with the comment 'Maybe there are benefits to a Pontoon!?'. Just a bit o fun😁
The Country Rock wasn't bad anyway. Just 'Amazoned' the album 😉
Doug
Young at heart 😉 Slightly older in other places.😊 Cheers Doug
Oh, that one. They wanted to re-educate him or something before he got rid of his Coronado.
Martin
Oh, that one. They wanted to re-educate him or something before he got rid of his Coronado.
Martin
Pretty ladies and cool music! Helluva voice that girl's got.
OK, the boat is crap but the accessories ain't bad😁
Was one of the links on the site you posted, guy wanted to sell a woody - or swap it for a 'Pontoon'!😉
Doug 😎
Pretty ladies and cool music! Helluva voice that girl's got.
OK, the boat is crap but the accessories ain't bad😁
Was one of the links on the site you posted, guy wanted to sell a woody - or swap it for a 'Pontoon'!😉
Doug 😎
Young at heart 😉 Slightly older in other places.😊 Cheers Doug
Pontoon boats, Doug? Superannuated ol' slappers who won't see 40 again? Wossat all about?
Martin
Doug, I do most of that with veneers, which just require a sharp scalpel. No need for too much precision woodwork, but if there is, you just treat the timber as metal, using metalworking tools to cut and work it. it really isn't difficult. What MIGHT put some people off are all those shiny deck fittings and hull furniture. They have to be done by hand in brass, then polished, then sent off to be plated. Each of my Rivas had over 150 separate pieces of polished brass and nickel silver to be plated!
Martin
Doug, I do most of that with veneers, which just require a sharp scalpel. No need for too much precision woodwork, but if there is, you just treat the timber as metal, using metalworking tools to cut and work it. it really isn't difficult. What MIGHT put some people off are all those shiny deck fittings and hull furniture. They have to be done by hand in brass, then polished, then sent off to be plated. Each of my Rivas had over 150 separate pieces of polished brass and nickel silver to be plated!
Nice boat👍 Get the Missus to give you a bunk up to it! 😁
It's not so much the finish, I might manage that😉, but the precision woodwork that daunts me - and I suspect many others.🤔
Cheers, Doug 😎
Nice boat👍 Get the Missus to give you a bunk up to it! 😁
It's not so much the finish, I might manage that😉, but the precision woodwork that daunts me - and I suspect many others.🤔
Cheers, Doug 😎
Young at heart 😉 Slightly older in other places.😊 Cheers Doug
Yep,I get Pinterest too, but they also mix in some of that cargo, too, which is a bit embarrassing if the Mrs. just walks in. On another boaty place people are saying the finish is too difficult! Epoxy and yacht varnish is all I ever used. Yes,if it's to be varnished it has to be well made, but so what? Does that mean all the tankers and lifeboats are badly made and covered in filler and paint?
Anyway, thanks for your efforts, Doug. All encouragements to make woodies gratefully received.
This is one I'm working on currently, when I can reach it off the top shelf! A Greavette Gent's racer, Double Time. Canadian graceful of Gravenhurst.
Cheers,
Martin
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Yep,I get Pinterest too, but they also mix in some of that cargo, too, which is a bit embarrassing if the Mrs. just walks in. On another boaty place people are saying the finish is too difficult! Epoxy and yacht varnish is all I ever used. Yes,if it's to be varnished it has to be well made, but so what? Does that mean all the tankers and lifeboats are badly made and covered in filler and paint?
Anyway, thanks for your efforts, Doug. All encouragements to make woodies gratefully received.
This is one I'm working on currently, when I can reach it off the top shelf! A Greavette Gent's racer, Double Time. Canadian graceful of Gravenhurst.
I don't have to hunt!
Pinterest Newsletter delivers 'to the door'! 😁
I'd already guessed that at least YOU would know about them.
I'm just trying to inspire a few others so you'll stop moanin' about the lack of Woodies! 😉😁 Did you check out the link?
There's many more nice boats and lots of building tips and plan links in it👍 Oh, and some essential accessories as in pic!😲
The bowsprit nets I mean, honest injun!!
Cheers, Doug 😎
36°C in the shade again today🤔 I ain't goin' nowhere til it cools down - a lot😡
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I don't have to hunt!
Pinterest Newsletter delivers 'to the door'! 😁
I'd already guessed that at least YOU would know about them.
I'm just trying to inspire a few others so you'll stop moanin' about the lack of Woodies! 😉😁 Did you check out the link?
There's many more nice boats and lots of building tips and plan links in it👍 Oh, and some essential accessories as in pic!😲
The bowsprit nets I mean, honest injun!!
Cheers, Doug 😎
36°C in the shade again today🤔 I ain't goin' nowhere til it cools down - a lot😡
Young at heart 😉 Slightly older in other places.😊 Cheers Doug
Haha, somebody's been on the hunt. Got all those mate and an awful lot more besides, such as this beauty, which I simply HAVE to have a bash at. HornetII, mahogany hull, aluminium deck and fin.
Gotta love that Scripps twin plug V12.
Martin
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Haha, somebody's been on the hunt. Got all those mate and an awful lot more besides, such as this beauty, which I simply HAVE to have a bash at. HornetII, mahogany hull, aluminium deck and fin.
Gotta love that Scripps twin plug V12.
Martin
More 'Stuff for Woodies' 😉
https://www.pinterest.de/pin/1477812362993919/?utm_campaign=category_rp&e_t=923391fef88c4492b284ec4e74752a71&utm_content=1477812362993919&utm_source=31&utm_term=7&utm_medium=2012
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