Vic Smeed’s Silver Mist

[Paul TParticipant @pault84577]

Dont forget to get a couple of decent flash cards http://www.amazon.co.uk

[Bob Abell 2Participant @bobabell2]

Will do……Thanks

Bob

[Colin BishopModerator @colinbishop34627]

Bad luck Bob, still, these things do happen and, as you say, it could have been a lot worse.

Make sure your insurance company don't find out about the damage as technically you are supposed to tell them even if you don't make a claim and they use that information to increase your premium.

I'm tending to avoid the country lanes around here as they are not that well maintained and earth sliding down the banks makes them even narrower. Then every other vehicle is an enormous Chelsea Tractor and if you have to move over there is a good chance that projecting greenery will leave nice scratches down the side of your car.

Colin

[Paul TParticipant @pault84577]

Same here Colin.

Cheshire is full of narrow country lanes and more than our fair share of idiots in fast cars (all claiming to be rally trained)

Harvest time usually thins the idiots out as Combine Harvesters don't mix very well with sports cars.

[Bob Abell 2Participant @bobabell2]

Thank you, Colin

I can't understand why the A5 is classed as an A road?

And that includes the Llanberris pass!………..Meeting a Juggernaut coming the other way needs extra vigilance

Bob

[Paul TParticipant @pault84577]

Captain Bob

The nights are drawing in and the sun is getting lower in the sky as summer comes to an end and autumn begins. There are other magnificent happenings that mark the passage of time from the daily ebb and flow of the tides to the graceful dance of celestial bodies as they move in their predictable orbits around our sun.

You can relate the passage of time in different ways…..for example a May Fly only lives for one day but the continents take many millions of years to move around our planet.

How can we best measure the passage of time? perhaps by using a clock or a calendar but for really long time spans we can watch the comings and goings in Bobs workshop and the slow (but sure) progress of the Silver Mist.

Any idea when the build will finish

Paul

btw I overheard some truckers on the CB complaining about a camper van charging along the Llanberris pass being driven by a demon in a baseball cap…….ring any bells?

[ashley needhamParticipant @ashleyneedham69188]

.PT. It may have rung a bell.

Bob, a nice bit of filling and sanding practice in preparation for getting your hull up to standard…

Ashley

[Bob Abell 2Participant @bobabell2]

Paul…….Such fine majestic words, like the fruits picked from the finest grapes of Bramall Hall and presented on a silver platter with doily…….I first thought we had a new post from the Queen's Poet Lariat!, so I sped to the end of the essay to discover the mystery writer was non other than the equally famous novelist……..Doc Thomason of Haydock!

That manic campervan driver, you mention, careering down Winnets Pass, rings no bells, at this end of the ethos!

My incident transpired in the Betws y Coed area

Campervan now fully recovered, ready for pick up……..Tomorrow

Now then……..Silver Mist is still in dry dock, waiting for the wooden hand rail to be finished off

I did compose a suitabell post this morning, thanking all the patient readers and armchair experts for their kindly advice etc, but the PC did not approve the content and simply…..Wiped it off!

Now we come to the Southern Pretender!

Ashley my boy………Got a sneaky cunning plan!

There's no need to spend hours and hours, making the hull look like a plastic kit……….l can simply clone out all the grott…….At the touch of a button and none will be the wiser!……………..Add here, pantomime villain's insane laughter!

Only kidding………..Or am I?………….Even more laughter!……….Much louder, this time

All in good time……….Don't forget the Tortoise and the Hare story

Actually, I've been wasting my time playing the latest Half Life PC game………Black Mesa

Hark at me going on like an old washer woman……….Not that I've got anything against washer women, they do a good job, up 'er, in'th North………..Scrubbin' step and white stoning it

Well…..That's yer lot!

Bob's yer Uncle

[Paul TParticipant @pault84577]

Bob this Black Massa is just weird

[Bob Abell 2Participant @bobabell2]

Black Mesa if you don`t mind

It`s a good game for the kids with lightning fast reflexes, but for geezers with even quicker reflexes, it pales somewhat

I had to load a Walkthrough, when I got stuck and saw what was coming up!………..And it wasn`t for me!

The earlier Half Life games were excellent

Bob

[Bob Abell 2Participant @bobabell2]

Ahoy there me `arties!

The old Boathouse is finally showing signs of animation……….

The handrails are finished at last…….Cheers and sighs of relief can be heard, stage left

Kind regards to the fan club and stalwarts for being so patient over the last couple of months

I`m hoping to find a suitable rowing boat for the deck and a 2BA brass prop at the Warwick Show, next month

And a couple of lifebelts etc

Bob

[Bob Abell 2Participant @bobabell2]

A member from Haughton Green has requested a Birds Eye View photo

No problem

Bob

[Paul TParticipant @pault84577]

Hello Captain Bob

Is the wheelhouse loose?

Paul

[Bob Abell 2Participant @bobabell2]

What's up, Doc?

I suppose you are looking at a bit of misalignment?

Shoulda gone tu Specsavers, eh?

Too late now, old boy!

Bob

[Bob Abell 2Participant @bobabell2]

More info required by Kevin in HG

Something to judge the scale size by………One metre rule and small plane, should be ok

Bob

[Bob Abell 2Participant @bobabell2]

Back on the hull again

Managed to cover the bare patches on the hull, with the last drop of green paint left in the tin

It`s really amazing how far a tinlet of Humbrol paint will cover!

Not having a handy local Model Shop is a pain these days

Bob

[Bob Abell 2Participant @bobabell2]

Paul

Have received the traffic camera now and it seems to be so nicely made for such a lowly price of a mere £9.00!

Unfortunately, the instructions with the camera seem to have been written by Benny Hill or some other iriot

The camera can use either the included Li-ion battery or the included cigar lighter extension

How can I charge the battery only. please?

At the moment, it seems to be very complicated

Bob

[Paul TParticipant @pault84577]

Bob

The battery charges inside the camera unit using the cigar lighter lead.

Paul

[Bob Abell 2Participant @bobabell2]

Latest work in progress, especially for my twin brother Geoff, one of my staunch supporters

All the best for tomorrow, Geoff

Having to resort to using an old tin of garden railings paint, having run out of the Lime Green stuff

Which seems to be ok to me

Bob

[ashley needhamParticipant @ashleyneedham69188]

Bob, oh no, run out of lime green. What a shame. Never mind, we shall be able to take our sunglasses off now.
Ashley

[Ian GardnerParticipant @iangardner62867]

Looks very good, Bob. I prefer the new green. Are you going to paint the handrails?

Ian

[Bob Abell 2Participant @bobabell2]

What?…….Paint the handrails?………..Couldn`t do that, Ian………..People would think they were plastic!

If I did paint them……They would have to be a little vandalised, to show the poor man`s gold underneath!

I should imagine, they would be quite difficult to paint nicely………Probably end up looking a bit like Mr Blobby?

I think old Vic would have liked to have seen this version of his little Silver Mist

I really do like the way it`s turning out lately

Thanks for looking in, you, chaps

Bob

[Bob Abell 2Participant @bobabell2]

Turned her round this morning

Ugh!……..Not a pretty sight, but better than feared

No windows, no port holes…etc

At least, this could be the last lap to completion

Etherow Club are off to the show next weekend and I`m looking forward to seeing our old friends

We are going on the Saturday btw…….I like the journey too

See you there, boys

Bob

[BanjomanParticipant @banjoman]

I say, Bob! I hadn't realised it had so far been a one-sided love-affair! Skilfull choice of photo angles, thus, over the last few months …

Mattias

Edited By Banjoman on 06/11/2016 09:42:08

[Bob Abell 2Participant @bobabell2]

'fraid so, Banjo…….That's show biz, for you

All kidology

I had the crazy idea, this morning of painting this side……a different colour!……..Then I woke up!

Bob

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