A Tug of two halfs

[Eddie LancasterParticipant @eddielancaster]

Hi, Roger, here are the pictures of Mater Elliott now it is nearly finished, the crew is on board, just waiting for the tyres for fenders to be delivered.

Regards Eddie.

[Ray Wood 3Participant @raywood3]

Hi Eddie

You have made a lovely job of the tug for sure 😀

I've had some days in the sun to reflect on my modelling and come back with some sketches of future projects to build, glad to be back in the workshop !!

Roger,

Maybe you would find it more rewarding to finish off the tug hull, before you started the superstructure? But as I probably have 8 projects on the go, variety is the spice of life 😁

Regards Ray

[Eddie LancasterParticipant @eddielancaster]

Hi. Ray, Welcome home, glad you had a nice time.Thanks for your comment re the tug, I really enjoyed the build and now sailing it.

Do you ever stop thinking boats?

Regards.

Eddie.

Edited By Eddie Lancaster on 16/06/2019 21:35:28

[Ray Wood 3Participant @raywood3]

Hi Eddie

Yes I sketched a 16mm narrow gauge engine for a line in the garden I'm planning which seems to have the approval of the management, and a new aeroplane 😁I

The Dunelm sails look good !!

Regards Ray

[Roger ClarkParticipant @rogerclark]

Hi Eddie,

Yes you have done a great job on the tug, looks really great.

Ray,

Welcome back from your sun seeking, haven't had much luck with it here. The reason I moved on with the superstructure was because I needed to mull over what I was going to do with the hull and my worst trait is a knee jerk reaction which would end up starting over so I've cut back some of the bulwark support and will rebuild that and then bring the hull closer to finished shape then another layer of glass and resin and complete.

I was rushing because I wanted to finish for our July big steam up when all and sundry bring their engines, boats, hot rods et al to Hereford for 3 days. But instaed I will have my Soling for windy days and my Flying Eagle for all weathers.

Regards

Roger

[Roger ClarkParticipant @rogerclark]

You were only supposed to fill the bleeding holes up!!!!

[Eddie LancasterParticipant @eddielancaster]

No comment.

Eddie.

[Ray Wood 3Participant @raywood3]

No comment X 2 😀

Is it a paddle board ??

Regards Ray (Barge dept)

[Roger ClarkParticipant @rogerclark]

I thought I could build the sides up and get more cargo in

Roger

[Roger ClarkParticipant @rogerclark]

Paddle board? PADDLE BOARD??? I'm hurt , and whats more my barge is hurt and he's dumb!!!

[Ray Wood 3Participant @raywood3]

Hi Roger,

I'm sure your barge will recover 😀 that expanding foam is evil stuff ! And has blown deck off many good models !!

Regards Ray

[Roger ClarkParticipant @rogerclark]

Hi Ray,

He'll be fine, receiving counselling at the moment . The trigger stuck on so all I could do was keep the foam where it was, I hadn't fixed the deck on yet so I'll slice off the excess tomorrow once it's hardened.

Regards

Roger

[Roger ClarkParticipant @rogerclark]

'Ere we go, first signs of good weather and I stuff my back up, . I didn't even make it out of the bedroom, and no I wasn't doing any kind of exercise, , just bent over to tidy my pillow and now I'm stuffed for at least a week….. bugger

Ah well, books, youtube and computery things I guess!!!

Roger

[Eddie LancasterParticipant @eddielancaster]

Hi.Roger, Sorry to hear about your back,it must be that bloke Sod, and his law at work again.

I am away from the workshop again this week but will be home tomorrow and back working on the dumb barges, after that I have decided to start on the IOM that I have the drawings for.

Regards.

Eddie.

[Tim RoweParticipant @timrowe83142]

HI Eddie

Hope you are going to blog the IOM. I am very interested in IOMs and their design.

Roger – Sorry for interrupting your thread.

Tim R

[Ray Wood 3Participant @raywood3]

Hi Eddie,

Yes I would be keen on following the build 😀

We should consider a Mass boat Build as the R,C,M&E runs via the Model Flying website ?I

Sorry as Tim say's, how's your tug going Roger ?

Regards Ray

[Roger ClarkParticipant @rogerclark]

Tim R….. so rude

Eddie, cheers, if I was a boat they would say broke it's back but as I'm hoooman (allegedly) I will get better…..ish.

Ray, Hi, due to the above, not, but will be working on the hull as soon as I can.

I have now got a small forge for casting parts via the ceramic shell process, will prove useful, I hope.

Roger

[Roger ClarkParticipant @rogerclark]

Posted by Ray Wood 2 on 28/06/2019 18:37:50:

We should consider a Mass boat Build as the R,C,M&E runs via the Model Flying website ?I

We could build a battle group

Roger

[Ray Wood 3Participant @raywood3]

Hi Roger,

Yes a straight forward destroyer such as Vic Smeeds Tribal Class HMS Cossack 38" long mainly balsa construction ?

regards Ray

[Eddie LancasterParticipant @eddielancaster]

Blimey, that's a bit intimidating as the main inspiration came from Tim's build of Galileo, that will give me something to live up to.

Regards to all.

Eddie.

[Roger ClarkParticipant @rogerclark]

HMS Cossack was one of the destroyers I built as a young impressionable teenager, did a good job of it as well. my problem is if I build a warship it has to be to 1/96 th scale, this would give me the latitude for the kind of electronics I would want to equip it with. That would probably mean going to cruiser class with it's wide beam or something similar, got to be WW2 though.

But still Vic's might be good practise…. and fun , who's up for it?

Roger

[Eddie LancasterParticipant @eddielancaster]

I'm not into warships, but this sounds like a good idea, count me in, especially as my friends father served on Cossack, he came off her just before she was sunk.

Eddie.

[Ray Wood 3Participant @raywood3]

Hi all,

Sounds like a plan is forming , I also built HMS Cossack at school in the late 60's with single channel McGregor rc will look good with my Daring Class Destroyer 😀 I better order the drawing !!

Regards Ray

[Tim RoweParticipant @timrowe83142]

Apologies again Roger while I have a word with Ray.

Ray

Why don't you start a Mass Build interest thread. Big sucking of teeth as I am not into warbirds or warships, not because of any pacifist or altruistic reason. It's just that I prefer the variety of the civil world avoiding they grey and the camouflage.

I could however be tempted to go with flow so to speak.

Back to your thread now Roger.

I like your tug very much and the enthusiasm that you have built into it.

Tim R

[Roger ClarkParticipant @rogerclark]

Apologies accepted Tim, this time!

You could put your own slant on it – rich git buys off navy and converts it as a play toy, de-gunned of course

And thanks, I am having words with the unions involved in getting back to work according to MY plans, I'm making progress, slooow progress, strange how when I'm crook the guys stop work, just not on.

Roger

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