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📝 QOD for Alessandro
9 hours ago by 🇬🇧 Nickthesteam (
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Summat to do with anti gravity and the universe if I remember rightly. It came up in a computer game I used to play years ago..
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📝 Are there any kits of this Scottish fishing vessel?
4 days ago by 🇬🇧 Nickthesteam ( Commodore)
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Caldercraft for the MFV, Mobile Marine Models for the modern one...
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📝 Ammusement
7 days ago by 🇬🇧 Nickthesteam ( Commodore)
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I recently found an old RAF safety film from the 80s, starring none other than Windsor Davis!
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📝 Ammusement
11 days ago by 🇬🇧 Nickthesteam ( Commodore)
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"Tug" cartoon! (Pat's post from earlier)
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📝 Ammusement
13 days ago by 🇬🇧 Nickthesteam ( Commodore)
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Madwelshman, my mate says it doesn't matter who you vote for, you get The Government....
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📝 Ammusement
13 days ago by 🇬🇧 Nickthesteam ( Commodore)
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What a load of bollox! It even says toward the end that MOB is still acceptable to raise the initial alarm but then you change to "person in the water". By the time you say "goodness me there's a person in the water" the poor bugger will probably drown"!
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📝 Speedline Models is back in business!
14 days ago by 🇬🇧 Nickthesteam ( Commodore)
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Will you be reviving your landing craft kits?
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📝 Falkirk Wheel
15 days ago by 🇬🇧 Nickthesteam ( Commodore)
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Lots of Maritime stuff in Glasgow!
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📝 Falkirk Wheel
15 days ago by 🇬🇧 Nickthesteam ( Commodore)
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Great record of your adventures in Scotland. I can recommend the Irvine Maritime Museum in Irving. It is housed in the Linthouse, the engine works in Alexander Stephens yard. It was dismantled brick by brick and rebuilt in Irvine. There is also the Museum of Shipbuilding and the Denny Test Tank in Glasgow. All worth a visit... I have added a little video showing the English boat lift.
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📝 Question of the Day?
15 days ago by 🇬🇧 Nickthesteam ( Commodore)
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That particular navigational technique has served me well in the past, it's got me safely across our lake many a time...
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💬 Re: 36" Veron Thames Police Launch
17 days ago by 🇬🇧 Nickthesteam ( Commodore)
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I have the up to date version from The Vintage Model Company, manufactured with permission of ans input from the family of the original designer. All nicely laser cut. God only knows when I will get round to building it!
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📝 Question of the Day?
18 days ago by 🇬🇧 Nickthesteam ( Commodore)
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And A for auxilliaries.l, eg RFA vessels. Allesandro, Flower Class were built in Canada and the UK, the Canadian ships named after small Canadian cities...
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📝 Question of the Day?
18 days ago by 🇬🇧 Nickthesteam ( Commodore)
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Hi Allesandro. I think you might find this helpful. Copied directly from the Internet...
"On a Royal Navy Flower-class corvette's pennant number, the "K" prefix designated miscellaneous vessels within the naval classification system, though Flower-class corvettes were often designated with an "F" for frigate-like vessels as well. However, many Flower-class corvettes, such as HMS Sunflower (K41), did indeed have the "K" prefix.
The Pennant Numbering System Explained
The Royal Navy's pennant numbering system used a letter prefix to categorize ships by their class or function.
F - Frigates:
This prefix was often used for corvettes, which were essentially smaller, anti-submarine escort vessels.
K - Miscellaneous Vessels:
This was a broad category that could include vessels not fitting neatly into other groups.
Other examples:
D - Destroyers
L - Amphibious warfare ships
M - Minesweepers
R - Aircraft carriers
S - Submarines
Why a "K" Prefix?
While corvettes like the Flower-class were generally considered frigates, the "K" prefix could be used for various reasons. For example:
Some vessels were built or used in a role that didn't fit the standard classifications, leading them to be designated as "miscellaneous".
There might have been overlapping roles or special designations that resulted in a "K" prefix for these ships. "
"On a Royal Navy Flower-class corvette's pennant number, the "K" prefix designated miscellaneous vessels within the naval classification system, though Flower-class corvettes were often designated with an "F" for frigate-like vessels as well. However, many Flower-class corvettes, such as HMS Sunflower (K41), did indeed have the "K" prefix.
The Pennant Numbering System Explained
The Royal Navy's pennant numbering system used a letter prefix to categorize ships by their class or function.
F - Frigates:
This prefix was often used for corvettes, which were essentially smaller, anti-submarine escort vessels.
K - Miscellaneous Vessels:
This was a broad category that could include vessels not fitting neatly into other groups.
Other examples:
D - Destroyers
L - Amphibious warfare ships
M - Minesweepers
R - Aircraft carriers
S - Submarines
Why a "K" Prefix?
While corvettes like the Flower-class were generally considered frigates, the "K" prefix could be used for various reasons. For example:
Some vessels were built or used in a role that didn't fit the standard classifications, leading them to be designated as "miscellaneous".
There might have been overlapping roles or special designations that resulted in a "K" prefix for these ships. "
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📝 Question of the Day?
19 days ago by 🇬🇧 Nickthesteam ( Commodore)
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A ship's pennant number is a means to identify a particular ship for signalling purposes. The letter defines ship type, eg R for aircraft carrier D for destroyer etc, and the number is the ships number within that class. For example R-08 was R = HMS Ark Royal, 08 being the ships number in that group or squadron. Hope that is clear...
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📝 Question of the Day?
20 days ago by 🇬🇧 Nickthesteam ( Commodore)
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After a logical sift through the proposed answers the solution revealed it's self...
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📝 Historic ships on the Baltic coast.
21 days ago by 🇬🇧 Nickthesteam ( Commodore)
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Survey/diving support vessels? I see one of the last photos show a cage for lowering divers into and out of, the water...
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📝 Historic ships on the Baltic coast.
21 days ago by 🇬🇧 Nickthesteam ( Commodore)
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Great photos! Love the one of the duty seagull! Seagulls are actually reincarnated Chief Petty Officers, hence their fearless and belligerent behavior...
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📝 Question of the Day?
23 days ago by 🇬🇧 Nickthesteam ( Commodore)
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A-Ha! The old breakwater ploy eh?
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📝 Question of the Day?
24 days ago by 🇬🇧 Nickthesteam ( Commodore)
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Ed, it is correct, I have been there, the warehouses are massive. However, I would have gone with hydraulic cranes has they been listed in the answer selection...
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📝 For Sale - Model Of Barry Pilot Boat - Chimaera
28 days ago by 🇬🇧 Nickthesteam ( Commodore)
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Bob and Pat. I feel your pain!
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📝 For Sale - Model Of Barry Pilot Boat - Chimaera
28 days ago by 🇬🇧 Nickthesteam ( Commodore)
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Nice. Marvon Models also produced a steam drifter kit if memory serves...
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📝 For Sale - Model of The New Brighton Steam Lifeboat
28 days ago by 🇬🇧 Nickthesteam ( Commodore)
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Nice...
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📝 Forum Usage
30 days ago by 🇬🇧 Nickthesteam ( Commodore)
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Chris, I wasn't dismissing your views...
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30 days ago by 🇬🇧 Nickthesteam ( Commodore)
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I think you are exaggerating, there's not that many. It also proves qod is popular amongst the membership. Anyway, We will have to agree to disagree, I will not waste any more time on this nonsense...
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30 days ago by 🇬🇧 Nickthesteam ( Commodore)
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I have to disagree, what's the problem with a few notifications? If you buy a magazine you only read the parts that interest you.
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📝 Question of the Day?
30 days ago by 🇬🇧 Nickthesteam ( Commodore)
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Pat. "Can you remember Blue Liners ?" Mod issued ciggies?
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📝 Forum Usage
30 days ago by 🇬🇧 Nickthesteam ( Commodore)
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Most eloquently put Lew, you got your points across without disrespecting other members! I agree with what you say, I've said it repeatedly, if you are not interested, don't look. Forums, whether model boats, aeroplanes, mountaineering, lawnmower greasing, toenail cutting etc al are all things to all men. Some join for information, some to share their work, some folk just need a bit of companionship centered around a particular hobby. Threads will wander "off topic", one thing leads to another, anecdotes creep in all the while sticking with the theme of the thread subject. I hope that makes sense, I have just woken up and can barely see. Nice strong cuppa is required!
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📝 Question of the Day?
1 month ago by 🇬🇧 Nickthesteam ( Commodore)
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I packed in smoking 15 years ago, after 35 years of neat Golden Virginia. I still suffer from it...
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📝 Question of the Day?
1 month ago by 🇬🇧 Nickthesteam ( Commodore)
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I've led a tough life, 50 years in the building game and 40 years of humping band gear and giant pa systems about in the evenings. Takes it's toll on the bones!
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📝 Question of the Day?
1 month ago by 🇬🇧 Nickthesteam ( Commodore)
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In answer to Lucky duck, apart from model boat building, including steam boats, I make model boilers and steam engines, I fiddle about with 3D printers, laser cutters and cnc router, I'm by no means an expert but I carry on regardless. I also have a shed full of full size wood working machinery, rarely used these days due to the various afflictions bought on by old age..
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