So you were a good boy then!
They are powerful servos Just make sure you get the feed in and out correct otherwise they can tangle

With over 1000 sq in. of sail to control, they need to be 😀

Graham93

Servos look mighty meaty Matey👍
Happy setting up Commander🤞
Cheers, Doug 😎

Ho Ho Ho!
Trust everyone has recovered or is recovering from their various Christmas nosh ups😋
and that Santa fulfilled your wishes🎁🎁🎁 and that all Dad & Granddad Santas fulfilled all their kiddy winky's
wishes😉 Remember; "It is better to give than receive"😉 (What nit said that?🙄)
Here's hoping for a much better year for all in 2021 than the 'annus horribilis' (all in UK will know who coined that!) we have all just suffered. Only four days to go👍 hang in there folks😊
Cheers All, Doug 😎
PS I also played Santa once in a while, my own beard wasn't quite long enough though😁
I tried to avoid the paparazzi, didn't work!☹️

Best wishes to all where ever you may be ! .

Santa brought snow this morning along with a couple of catnip toys for the furry crew. They're enjoying them as I hope all of you are enjoying this special day with your family and all our world-wide shipmates. Be well and God bless.

Santa came !😊👍

Merry Christmas to everyone.

Graham93

It snowed over night so we have a white Christmas.
MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL.
Rick

What Garden Peter.
How many lumps of coal can i have in a window box LOL!!!

Martin555.

Look for coal in the garden Martin. Just in case.😁

In SA we are sitting at Lunch.
According to Google Santa arrived at 19h30
Merry Christmas to all

Good show Nerys👍
That's the spirit.
Looking forward to the pics😀
As ever - All the best to you both.
Cheers, Doug 😎

Well guys, we've had the Chrissy lunch about 11hrs ago and I have to admit, we all needed a lie down afterwards due to being completely cream puffed. I have temporarily taken on the shape of a super-yacht fender with apendages and added a few kilos, so will need to do a few laps of the beach tomorrow (or maybe the next day) to deflate.

We are lucky down here being the first in the world (Gisbourne to be fair) to see the sun, and spoiler alert, - it's still there and nothings changed today!👍 It's 11.45 pm and I think it's almost time for another lie down and a cup of tea. Heard Santa had a problem with metal fatigue in his sleigh runners, so some areas may be experiencing delays. China Santa still hasn't turned up down here, so I think he's probably held up in traffic😁 (either that, or the little green screaming skull from Sweden has forced him to ship his reindeer over to cut down on greenhouse gasses😂)

Eat up lads and ladesses, we need to keep the strength up to fight the chinflu, (well that's my story and I'm sticking to it😁)

JB

Patience Martin, He'll turn up🤞
Santa must have been delayed by the damn curfews around the world!
To beat our curfew Gisela Santa came yesterday (according to German tradition!) and had, amongst other goodies, a very nice malt whisky in her sack😋😋
Model Santa should turn up next week, I've ordered some paints and materials AND a new 1/72 scale kit of a WW1 submarine! I'm a glutton for punishment😁
Off to G's shortly for our Peking Duck lunch.😋😋 Back tomorrow or Sunday, staying over to beat the curfew.😉
Stay safe all and enjoy Christmas as best you can in these lousy circumstances👍
All the best, Doug 😎
(Pic caption is Santa telling the DHL delivery man 'This town's too small for the both of us!')

Well Martin, I expect you'll get all the empty plastic food containers later.
Enjoy your day, cheers Colin.

Hi Guys,
Well it is 10.15 am U.K time Christmas Day and Santa still has not been.
My wife tells me that he is self isolating LOL!!!!

Martin555.

Well done Nerys ,I knew you would fight off the doldrums.
Enjoy your Christmas with Alice,
Best wishes Colin and Caroline.

Well done Nerys,
I am glad you have got the 'get up and go'.
Looking forward to some photos.

Martin555.

I've started Christmas in the way that I hope it will carry on. It's 4am Christmas morning and I have spent the last few hours working on the decks and wheelhouse of the barge and starting on the deck supports for the LST. Might even get round to some photos if I can carry on like this.

Cheers, Nerys

Merry Christmas to all

Congrat's Scamp!

Merry Christmas to all!

And a Happy New Year!

And no more Pandemic!👍👍👍

Cheers, Ed & Jen

Instructions??

Merry Christmas and a Happy New year to all, however your year has been, I hope for ALL to have a better 2021 and I look forward to attending some club & national meets. Best wishes to all from HMS NOSTALGIA. ☺️😀

Congratulations Scamp.
Marry Christmas.

Martin555.

Well done Stephen, look forward to next years.
Cheers Colin.

and the winner is............

Scamp!

I did my best to keep it as random as possible. Congratulations Scamp!

Thank you to everyone else who has participated (40 in total), I wish you all a very Happy Christmas! We may do more fun little competitions like this in the future so keep your eyes out 👀

Stay safe everyone.

Stephen

Merry Christmas 🎅 everyone ,I hope you all get what you want from Santa 🎅 and that you have a happy and peaceful time , don't over indulge on the turkey 🍗 and bevvy 🍻🍹🍾.
Cheers Marky👨‍🦲

Peter,
Have you read the instructions LOL!!!

Martin555.

I would also like to wish all of the members of the site and their families, a Very Happy Christmas. I have two Christmases this year as my Hungarian wife celebrates today and I tomorrow. Our deal is that she cooks Hungarian today and I will cook the English traditional roast tomorrow. I have put the ambulance service on standby for tomorrow afternoon.😁
Best wishes to all. Peter and Zsuzsanna.🎁

Merry Xmas to everyone on MBW and their families from down here in the antipodes. We are thinking of everyone in the northern hemisphere and elsewhere where the chinflu is at its' worst. Still a lot of Kiwis stranded round the world who are naturally a concern also. It will eventually slow down if people are sensible/responsible, and perhaps the ones who aren't will finally get the picture and play the game (once a few of them get it and spread the word that it can be nasty).

This site has been a great source of ideas, techniques, friendly like minded people and humour, not to mention some great modelling skills on show, (certainly more entertaining than TV most days) Thanks to Stephen especially for providing the site as well. I hope everyone has a great and safe Xmas and new year and that everyone keeps positive during this bad patch in our lives. Concentrate on staying safe, thinking of the good stuff, and not letting the virus take over your minds (which can be just as destructive)

All the best

JB

Merry christmas and happy New year

Hi All.
Indeed,a tough year.
Wishing all members a Happy Christmas and Healthy 2021.
Let us all hope that it will be much more satisfactory than this one.
Take care all.
Enjoy
Bill🍷🍷🍷🎅🎅

In a year of covid we have had a very ruff time in isolation.This site and it's members have been the one good part of this year.
May I say Merry Christmas and happy New Year to all members.
Rick

"... we might even see flights of flying pigs."
OH NO!! The price of back rashers and gammon is gonna shoot up again!🤔
Watch out for the swine bombs people, brollies up!
😁😎

Here's wishing you all a peaceful Christmas and New Year,
"in this, the best of all possible worlds" 😉
(Gottfried Leibniz 1710 "Essays of Theodicy ".)
May you always have a finger of water under your keels; both real and metaphorical.🤞
(Doug Bell 2020 MB Website)
Doug 😎
A'r un peth i chi ac Alice Nerys👍

Merry Christmas to everyone. Hope you all have a peaceful and safe day tomorrow. Thank you for keeping me entertained and informed with your blogs and posts throughout 2020. Let’s all hope the Covid tide turns next year and we can start to get back to normal, whatever that may be.

Best wishes, and stay safe

Graham93

In these uncertain times i know it is difficult to be with loved ones this year.
So with that in mind i wish all members a Merry Christmas and maybe we will all see our loved ones this time next year.

Merry Christmas to all.

Martin555.

Have a safe and happy Christmas, wishing you all a better 2021.
May the breeze fill your sails and calm waters for all boaters.
Happy 😊 Christmas 🎄 from Colin and Caroline.

And, May I wish the same to all of you, and yours . . .