i think thats the main winch, paul, or have you been on the festive pop and taking the preverbial.

neil.

it must be hell at this time of the year, especially Paul.

Is it the medication your on. neil.

Hello Paul and Neil

The cranes and paravanes are based on the photograph shown in the gallery………….and they are very simply made……….two Plasticard sides with a wooden core……plus my usual rivetted card for effect……..they are not exact replicas but they look the part!

Yes!…The lathe is in fact a winch!………….It will also look the part when it`s finished and painted

I`ve yet to decide where it will go on board, but probably facing aft, facing the derricks.

Bob

Thank you Neil

………….And all the very best to yourself and all our friends on the forum……………and special good wishes to Paul and my good friends Velda and Ducky

Bob

Hi Bob you have incorporated a nice bit of detail there, I did paravanes when I was at seamanship school, but now I have graduated to nuclear submarineswhich are much better toys, and since having loads of time off, I have discovered a brilliant whiskey, it is called Islay, it is very peaty indeedand smells terribly strong. If you try it, take it easyas the strong smell and flavour could put you off, but I absolutely love it. It makes me sleep like a top

THanks for the tip Neil, I will definitely bear it in mind, but as I am an official certificated tour guide for the Jack Daniel distillery inLynchburgTennessee (pop 361), I could be accused of brand disloyalty.

 photocopies of my certificate are available on request, please provide e-mail adress for recipients

  I think we are in danger of leading young modellers astray here Neil, but when I was working in Bonnie Scotland, I came across a brand called Lagavulin 16which is the  amber nectar in hundreds of fantasies, including mine