A Heap of Scrap Metal on a Paradise Shoreline.

[Mini Me]

Liking it Ron, I suspect there is much going on behind the red oxide...will stand by and see what develops. Cheers, Rick H.

[Guest]

very interested to see this come into being.
Rick

[papa 695]

That’s looking great Ron very nice work so far.

[col68]

Looking good so far Ron.

[Si Benson]

Coming along nicely 570...I get the feeling that this will be a cracker!
Always good to see you work your magic sir:thumb2:

[stillp]

Looking good Ron, but wouldn't the scrap merchants have made off with the propeller?

Pete

[spanner570]

Thanks for all your encouraging comments chaps. Great to see I'm not alone on this voyage into the unknown.

Looking good Ron, but wouldn't the scrap merchants have made off with the propeller?
Pete

Good point Pete, but I think the scavengers would be more interested in things easily removable that could be of some use. Windows, hawsers, the ships boat, radar and associated gear.
The removal of the prop might have proven too much for the petty pilferers. The impact of going aground might even have bent the prop. shaft making it impossible to remove the prop. Who knows?
I think leaving it in place also adds a bit more interest to the back end of the vessel.

Thanks for the input..... :thumb2:

Ron

[Jim R]

Hi Ron
Barneecals look good.
Jim

[stillp]

Thanks for all your encouraging comments chaps. Great to see I'm not alone on this voyage into the unknown.



Good point Pete, but I think the scavengers would be more interested in things easily removable that could be of some use. Windows, hawsers, the ships boat, radar and associated gear.
The removal of the prop might have proven too much for the petty pilferers. The impact of going aground might even have bent the prop. shaft making it impossible to remove the prop. Who knows?
I think leaving it in place also adds a bit more interest to the back end of the vessel.

Thanks for the input..... :thumb2:

Ron

Thought I'd already posted this, but it seems not! Ron, props are often made of cast bronze, highly attractive to thieves.

Pete

[Graeme C.]

Ron, Looks like an interesting project, I'll follow along. The Prop would be cast bronze, but would probably be put on very tight with special tools, so pilferers might struggle with it. Some ships have anti barnacle paint on their hulls, but it doesn't last forever, barnacles do make the subject more interesting, after all, they give a bit of texture.:thumb2:

[spanner570]

Thought I'd already posted this, but it seems not! Ron, props are often made of cast bronze, highly attractive to thieves.

Pete

I agree, but I considered the chance of petty thieves and scroungers having the necessary cutting and lifting gear in what is possibly a remote location to be pretty much zero.

The prop. I had on my boat was only 16" across and that was a sod to get off even in the comfort of a boat yard

I still think leaving the prop. on adds a bit more interest to the stern section.

Ron

[spanner570]

Ron, Looks like an interesting project, I'll follow along. Some ships have anti barnacle paint on their hulls, but it doesn't last forever, barnacles do make the subject more interesting, after all, they give a bit of texture.:thumb2:

Graeme - One of my most hated task when I owned a sailing boat was once the boat yard had hauled her out for the winter, I had to scrape and clean her hull from one end to the other and then apply fresh anti fouling. The stuff would only last one season. This vessel, which I'm trying my best to model into something like acceptable has been buffeted by all sorts of weather for some years, so I reasoned the topical marine growth would be having a field day. Right or wrong that's how I'm going to try and make a go of something I've not tried before.
Cheers.
Ron

[Guest]

570
Be aware of what birds appear in the tropics !
On a serious note this is looking really good, the barnicals are very realistic .
Got my chair out of the wind and in the shade.
453 .

[Gern]

I don't know what magic spells you use Ron, but I wish you'd cast a few in my direction1 If I'd tried that, I'd end up with it looking exactly like I'd thrown some grit onto a plastic model!

[Guest]

I don't know what magic spells you use Ron, but I wish you'd cast a few in my direction1 If I'd tried that, I'd end up with it looking exactly like I'd thrown some grit onto a plastic model!

Dave I think they are real and he breeds them in the bath !
John :smiling2: