The Cruel Sea.

“It's the councils impose the rules, which means of course, that they are hidebound with the dreaded 'elf an' safety, and being completely ignorant of such th…”

18 posts 24 likes

6 years ago by Nerys

Started 6 years ago by Scratchbuilder

18 24

How to improve engine room ventilation on your PT Boat

“At last fresh air. Rick”

2 posts 2 likes

6 years ago by Newby7

Started 6 years ago by CB90

2 2

Litter

“You can't even call them inconsiderate or thoughtless. Thought and acting considerately/inconsiderately requires a brain”

4 posts 10 likes

6 years ago by RNinMunich

Started 6 years ago by Newby7

4 10

Mayflower II Restoration

“Bout time you had one then Middy! "What do you expect in the harbour? " Ships my boy. Ships! Mainly pics of the finished article, use the ones you posted her…”

8 posts 12 likes

6 years ago by RNinMunich

Started 6 years ago by tony29h

8 12

Laser printer

“No problem these days Nerys, You E-mail them the plans and specs. They post the finished articles back! Many companies round the world work that way today. C…”

6 posts 17 likes

6 years ago by RNinMunich

Started 6 years ago by Ronald

6 17

Covid 19 Test

“Well said Colin and I'm sorry the pubs aren't a little closer. Even if you were able to go a crowded pub may not be that good for you as the virus is still w…”

12 posts 23 likes

6 years ago by Newby7

Started 6 years ago by Newby7

12 23

"Skin's

“I heard something about putting a band together . Rick”

24 posts 56 likes

6 years ago by Newby7

Started 6 years ago by Martin555

24 56

100 years young

No replies yet — be the first.

1 post 3 likes

Started 6 years ago by Newby7

1 3

Cargo carrying under sail

“That is an interesting fact, thank you for sharing it. Cheers Colin.”

2 posts 9 likes

6 years ago by Colin H

Started 6 years ago by Nerys

2 9

Swimming

“Ho Ho Ho Peter, I first heard that about 40 years ago in Dublin. As it was 'suggested': to solve the traffic chaos in the centre by reversing the one way sys…”

11 posts 26 likes

6 years ago by RNinMunich

Started 6 years ago by Martin555

11 26

HMS Cornwall

“Hi Rick, My father joined the RAF at 17 in 1941. Being colour blind between red and green (which he hadn't realised until then!) clobbered his ambition to be…”

12 posts 15 likes

6 years ago by RNinMunich

Started 6 years ago by AndrewTurpinSnr

12 15

Fellow modeler

“So right as age is like a long slide it starts off slow and we wish to get to an age to drink or drive and later we want it to it slow down to enjoy the gree…”

7 posts 9 likes

6 years ago by Newby7

Started 6 years ago by Newby7

7 9

Appointment's

“As mentioned a couple of days ago, gift from my dentist, a packet of used drill burrs, some look new, so should last me a while Cheers, Pete”

23 posts 50 likes

6 years ago by Rookysailor

Started 6 years ago by Newby7

23 50

Getting older

“Agreed I do enjoy reading the posts and the information that is posted from everyone.Most of all I enjoy the humor in the posts. Rick”

4 posts 5 likes

6 years ago by Newby7

Started 6 years ago by Newby7

4 5

HMS Havoc (DRIU)

“Thanks Martin. I really enjoyed watching it.”

3 posts 5 likes

6 years ago by MouldBuilder

Started 6 years ago by Martin555

3 5

Almost out of lock down dinner.

“We are not even out of the first stage of covid-19 and there is talk of the second stage.Not sure of what the new normal will be as we all are still in for t…”

34 posts 58 likes

6 years ago by Newby7

Started 6 years ago by jbkiwi

34 58

Paddle Steamer Waverley

“Hey thank you for the Waverley update Doug, very much appreciated. Be good to see the old girl back on the Thames. We took a trip on the Waverley in 2018 to …”

9 posts 14 likes

6 years ago by Richard7

Started 6 years ago by Nerys

9 14

movies

No replies yet — be the first.

1 post 0 likes

Started 6 years ago by Newby7

1 0

Friends

“Yes it is good news .Thank you for the replies. Rick”

37 posts 169 likes

6 years ago by Newby7

Started 6 years ago by Newby7

37 169

Afraid in Canada

“Apology accepted PP I like a man who's big enough to say 'Oops! Sorry'. Cheers, Doug”

12 posts 44 likes

6 years ago by RNinMunich

Started 6 years ago by Newby7

12 44

Lockdown Complaints

“Father managed a milk and butter factory. Newbies often had to go to the boiler room to fetch a bucket of steam.”

53 posts 177 likes

6 years ago by peterd

Started 6 years ago by redpmg

53 177

Popeye

“Frank "Rocky" Fiegel. 1868 -1947. From Imperial War Museum- "The sailor in the above photo (Marky's) is really a sailor, but he's a British sailor. His name …”

3 posts 9 likes

6 years ago by RNinMunich

Started 6 years ago by marky

3 9

Eating Out

No replies yet — be the first.

1 post 2 likes

Started 6 years ago by Newby7

1 2

Stay Safe

“Thank you Martin, I can see it becoming an irregular, regular feature of our lives if our movements are restricted very much longer. Cheers, Nerys”

19 posts 22 likes

6 years ago by Nerys

Started 7 years ago by Ronald

19 22

Opening

“Andy, You will to keep an eye in her and test it every time before you go out just incase she has made it sound like an eighteen year old dolly bird LOL!! Ma…”

17 posts 49 likes

6 years ago by Martin555

Started 6 years ago by Newby7

17 49

Has this happened to you

“A man was asked if he had a problem with falling down.No he said I fall down get backup no problem. Rick”

26 posts 116 likes

6 years ago by Newby7

Started 6 years ago by Newby7

26 116

Locked out

“Hi, I have posted on your other thread. Martin555.”

2 posts 0 likes

6 years ago by Martin555

Started 6 years ago by Newby7

2 0

Grosery Shopping

“Although I haven't been out, apart from the hospital twice a week, Alice has been shopping each week. She tells me that she hasn't had to queue this last cou…”

3 posts 11 likes

6 years ago by Nerys

Started 6 years ago by Newby7

3 11

A time to remember and reflect.

“I'm sat watching the celebrations on TV, my better half recorded it. We have an awful lot to be thankful for in these troubled times.”

3 posts 12 likes

6 years ago by mturpin013

Started 6 years ago by Scratchbuilder

3 12

Thank you

“I do enjoy the site and find it more needed under these times as this site keeps us close to the friends we make replying to posts. Rick”

3 posts 18 likes

6 years ago by Newby7

Started 6 years ago by Newby7

3 18

Thinking out loud

“What a brilliant way of putting it. I echo your superb sentiments exactly. Keep going all and keep asking to give help.”

2 posts 12 likes

6 years ago by Spock66

Started 6 years ago by Newby7

2 12

looking up

“Very nice story Bill, and a very nice craft, well weathered Cheers, Pete”

9 posts 44 likes

6 years ago by Rookysailor

Started 6 years ago by Newby7

9 44

This Site

“I echo all the comments thus far. A first class site, with such a wealth of knowledge and humour. Proud to contribute. ️”

8 posts 51 likes

6 years ago by Scratchbuilder

Started 6 years ago by Newby7

8 51

Good reading

“Yes Doug, we were doing dialysis at home, but last October, my fistula blocked up and I had to have a line fitted into my neck as a temporary means of carryi…”

13 posts 39 likes

6 years ago by Nerys

Started 6 years ago by Newby7

13 39

Hard to understand

“... And the rocks are smooth and gray And all the woods and the valleys rang With the Chorus they daily and nightly sang, — "Far and few, far and few, Are th…”

48 posts 150 likes

6 years ago by RNinMunich

Started 6 years ago by Newby7

48 150

Night Watch

“Hi Sub. Ken, nice to hear from you. I've only gone out , unhappily, for the regular twice a week hospital visits. Alice, apart from taking me there, ventures…”

4 posts 6 likes

6 years ago by Nerys

Started 6 years ago by Nerys

4 6

5g extremist

No replies yet — be the first.

1 post 6 likes

Started 6 years ago by marky

1 6

MBW Coronavirus Response

“Hi Joe - searching on the web it seems like a lot of the model boat shops in the US have closed down - like the Dromedary which always had an interesting ran…”

89 posts 162 likes

6 years ago by redpmg

Started 6 years ago by fireboat

89 162

Nostalgia of a 'different' kind! :-))

“Remember this in the UK climbed the charts!”

19 posts 29 likes

6 years ago by Ianh

Started 6 years ago by RNinMunich

19 29

EARTH DAY 2020 - A MOVING MESSAGE FROM PROF. STEPHEN HAWKING

“Don't thank me Rick, thank the Stephen Hawking Foundation. https://stephenhawkingfoundation.org/ Weird isn't it? We had to get OFF the Earth to bring at leas…”

3 posts 3 likes

6 years ago by RNinMunich

Started 6 years ago by RNinMunich

3 3