Ballast
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Chief Petty Officer 1st Class · 523 pts
Burnham-on-Sea, United Kingdom
Member since Jul 2014
Last online 3 months ago
Age 74
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2 blogsTug "Joanna E"
Partial rebuild project. It is a 1/24 scale Thames Tug which has a superstructure that is wrong and out of scale. I intend to rebuild the…
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1/12th scale Cygnus GM32 Fishing Boat "EXUBERENT DH142"
But not without incident ! On getting her out of car I snagged the aerial 'Y' on top of 'A' Frame and that said goodbye to that and my dr…
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Southampton Tug Boat
Remove all deck fittings, vents, hydrants, bollards and bits, as screws are concealed under these, carefully save all screws and remember to replace and tighte…
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Re: Bad Day at sea trial and shake down ….
Oh dear ! The one thing I hate about building model boats is the "Sparks" side of it !!!
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Re: Orca
"Here's to drinking with bow legged women" !
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"Searcher" Falmouth Catamaran Potter.
Has anyone built one of these ? More photos to follow.
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"Exuberent" DH142
South Devon Crabber :- Cygnus GM 32' 1/12 Scale. Donor hull 32" fitted out/scratch built. Replica of actual vessel that floundered off Weymouth in 1983. Model …
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Tug "Joanna E"
Partial rebuild project. It is a 1/24 scale Thames Tug which has a superstructure that is wrong and out of scale. I intend to rebuild the superstructure and ma…
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Dressed overall for launch party back in June 2018
Ready for her launch party !!!
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Sea Trials !!! June 2018
Finally launched !!!
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1/12th scale Cygnus GM32 Fishing Boat "EXUBERENT DH142"
But not without incident ! On getting her out of car I snagged the aerial 'Y' on top of 'A' Frame and that said goodbye to that and my dressed ship flags but a…
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Hull now painted
Looking good !!!
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