Exciting development!

[Bob Abell 2Participant @bobabell2]

Hello Ashley

The idea of a kit sounds like a luxury!………My last kit built boat was the Colin Archer in 1999!

The next model will need to be a kit, to stop the wife from griping about the noise and dust etc

For a scratch build……It'll have to be the garage!

If I do make the Glasgow, bubbles and wash will be a must!

Even a Sea Queen type may be possible as I still have all that lunatic stuff salvaged from the giant Slo Mo Shun?

Who was it that said….."It's better to travel than arrive"?

He was right!……..Bob

[ashley needhamParticipant @ashleyneedham69188]

Bob, we have had this notion aired before, the thrill is in the make, not the sail.

One reason I never sail a model until it is finished, as that seeing it on the water only gives you the illusion it is finished and so you are off thinking of the next one.

The only exception are my "specials" of course, as they rarely perform first time without modifications (drastic in some cases) so are best tested as early as possible.

The BFB3 is almost ready after its re-wing and paint, and I must say is looking very clean, and now indeed looks something like a proper biplane flying boat. The lad has a book of paper airplanes, which comes with a CD to print out the various types to make, but also includes markings, roundels and the like.. very handy for things like this! I hand painted the roundels on the Sunderland it it took ages before they looked round enough to pass muster,

Ashley

[Bob Abell 2Participant @bobabell2]

Somehow, Duckies video of the Great Eastern has not been mentioned on this thread

It was filmed early this year at one of the regattas…..And is rather nice

Well done Duckie

Here….. **LINK**

Bob

[Colin BishopModerator @colinbishop34627]

The Model Boats Great Eastern article has now been posted on the front page of the website for all to enjoy.

Colin

Edited By Colin Bishop, Website Editor on 25/09/2012 22:19:40

[Bob Abell 2Participant @bobabell2]

Thank you, Colin and Paul

What a pleasant surprise!

I really enjoyed reading it all again and reliving the exciting events that took place. It brought back such wonderful memories of my great model boat adventure……er……A few pictures would have been nice?

I hope new members will read and enjoy the story

Bob Abell

[Bob Abell 2Participant @bobabell2]

Sorry, Colin

Apologies are in order……Found the pictures!

Well, it was getting late at the time

Bob

[wizardParticipant @wizard]

Bob , I have just spent most of the day reading your thread from start to finish. exhausted and now having a whisky. I could wax lyrical about the thread and all the links which I visited but would just like to say thank you.

Peter

[Bob Abell 2Participant @bobabell2]

Hello Peter the Wizard

it takes a man with lots of spare time on his hands, to read the thread right through!

Well done and I'm very pleased you enjoyed it!

Have you seen the latest release in the Features section, it's the complete magazine story

All the best…….Bob

[Bob Abell 2Participant @bobabell2]

Found this very nice picture of GE on a miscellaneous website somewhere

I haven`t seen it before and deserves a mention, the photo was taken by Dave Wooley and is probably out of the "Subscribers only " section?

Even though I say it myself, Dave really portrays the shear majesty of this grand old ship, steaming proudly across the Hoylake model boating lake in realistic fashion!

A really splendid picture……..Well done, Dave……..One of your best?

Bob

[Bob Abell 2Participant @bobabell2]

Just edited the above picture……..Added the sky and levelled up the skyline

Bob

[Phil Winks 1Participant @philwinks1]

Clever work Bob strange this should come in just as I was in the middle of reading your article on the coast prog lol.

Trust your bearing up well captain ?

Phil

[Bob Abell 2Participant @bobabell2]

Welcome aboard, Shipmate!

Enjoy the read

Capt B

[Bob Abell 2Participant @bobabell2]

It`s fascinating and somewhat disturbing when you delve into the depths of photographic digital manipulation!

There`s an unlimited supply of variations that can be inflicted on a photograph!

The problem is knowing where to stop!

Bob the Tinkerer

[Bob Abell 2Participant @bobabell2]

See what I mean?……Endless possibilities!

Like it, chaps?

Bob

[Phil Winks 1Participant @philwinks1]

Love it Bob just one small niggle is the Union jack on the mast behind the 2nd stack looks to have a different wind to the rest but thats just me being picky

Phil

[Bob Abell 2Participant @bobabell2]

Hello Phil

I meant to put that little niggle right before posting, but a Senior Moment as opposed to a Eureka Moment, got in the way!

Call again……..Bob

[Phil Winks 1Participant @philwinks1]

Well one has to be picky and short of something worthwhile to do to spot it mate ! Whats that say about me on a cold autumn evening lol

Phil

[Colin BishopModerator @colinbishop34627]

How about doing one with the funnel blowing off like a firework Bob?

After all, it did happen.

Colin

[Bob Abell 2Participant @bobabell2]

Which funnel was it, Colin?

I`ll give it a go!

Bob

You were a bit slow there, shipmate…….It was No 1 chimney

Edited By Bob Abell on 16/10/2012 19:50:02

[Bob Abell 2Participant @bobabell2]

On her maiden voyage to Holyhead, Great Eastern was passing the Hastings area when number one chimney exploded!……..Killing four stokers and scalding several more!

The accident was caused by a steam safety valve being closed!

Luckily, Captain Bob was passing by at the time in his hot air balloon and recorded the incident on his high speed Etcha-sketch!

How`s that, Colin?

Capt B

[Phil Winks 1Participant @philwinks1]

lovely Captain I see the UJ has found the same wind as the rest of the flags too now thats a perfect picture !!!!!!

 

able seaman Phil (Short of something constructive to do lol)

Edit

OOps just realised thats not the UJ I'm looking at lol

Edited By Phil Winks 1 on 16/10/2012 22:07:28

[Colin BishopModerator @colinbishop34627]

Amazing Bob, that is quite some image. You clearly have a very successful special effects career ahead of you.

Colin

[Bob Abell 2Participant @bobabell2]

Many thanks, Phil and Colin

You wouldn't believe the crummy methods I get up to, to make these effects!

All jolly good fun, all the same!

Bob

[Bob Abell 2Participant @bobabell2]

Another exciting story from the GE archives!……….

GE arrived at New York at midnight, in 1862, August 17th, with 1500 passengers aboard and a heavy freight load with an increased draught of 30 ft

To avoid a known sand bar, the Captain took a special course and steamed up the "Long Island Sound" which brought the ship perilously close to the"Northeast Rips" a treacherous rocky area. A slight rumble was felt on deck and the ship developed a slight list to port, but no leakage was found by the crew

On reaching NewYork, an enormous rip was discovered on the port side…..83 feet long by 9 feet wide! The ship had remained watertight however, thanks to Brunel`s forward thinking of having a double skinned hull! The ship was repaired at a cost of £70,000……….Now I wonder how they managed that in New York?

Here is an Artist`s impression of the incident…..

The rocks are now known as the "Great Eastern rocks"

Recently, a giant anchor was found close by and is thought to be a GE anchor, a photo of this item is note available at the moment, but will keep searching the net.

Bob

[David WooleyParticipant @davidwooley82563]

Hi Bob just picked up on your evocative picture of the GE in full monocrome and the stokers working overtime . You must have a time machine tucked away in your workshop somewhere or a direct line to the great man himself. !! great picture .

Dave Wooley

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