The Mud Effect 2016 G.B.***Shaky Jake's Bait Shop***

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"Jeez Jake, we need some bait, open up or we'll miss the tide!"


I wanted a run down, but well frequentated sort of place somewhere on the tidal Mississippi River where fishermen went for bait and supplies. From a sometimes too fertile imagination and all scratch built from household and garden stuff, I've ended up with Jakes Bait Shop. The figures are modified Luftwaffe Personnel. The boat I designed and made from card.


I dedicate this to my old '60's drinking buddy 'Shaky' Jake. He earned his nickname because without a drink and strange smelling fags, he couldn't stop shaking! He didn't live long, but lived life at top speed whilst on this planet of ours....This is for you Jake - wherever you are.


I hope you like this offering folks......








































Cheers and thanks for looking,


Ron

[Snowman]

Out of this world!!


That looks like 1/72, awesomly detailed!!

[Guest]

Nice one Ron.

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Thanks chaps - Sorry, I forgot to mention the scale. Thanks for reminding me Gavin. Yes, it is 1/72.


Also, sorry for the way the pictures are displayed. They should be in a vertical line, nicely spaced out!

[Guest]

Every time I look at one of your posts, I realise at the end how tiny they are, having already thought that they were brilliant - the scale simply doubles this!!!


Wonderful work!

[papa 695]

Great work Ron your a master at scratch building and this is just awesome and a great tribute to your good friend

[Guest]

I see the giant hand of Ron is attempting to make us believe a REAL Mississippi bait shop is actually a scratchbuilt model! :P


But seriously Ron, that's awesome! I've looked over your (excellent quality) pics a few times now, and there's always more to see & enjoy

[stona]

Great stuff, so good I can smell it !!!!!!!


Cheers


Steve

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Thanks for the excellent comments, boys.


John, when I get an idea wandering about in the fluid sitting on my shoulders, it's sometimes means I have to work at 1/72 (or smaller). Take my watermill and the hamlet by the locks, these would have been over three feet square in 1/35! Far too big, even where space is not the issue, so 1/72 it sometimes has to be. The one plus with smaller scale is I can get away with far less detail than 1/35.....It's still a b****r to see sometime though.


Cheers Ian, if Shaky can put his weed down for a minute, I hope he can see the model through the haze!


Thanks Patrick - a £30 camera too!


Steve, your amusing post reminded me of the old song 'Mud, mud, glorious mud.......' I remember seeing those two comedians Flounders and Swannvesta singing this little ditty at the music halls. My, how I laughed as I tipped the contents of my ice cream cornet down onto the audience below.


Yours,


Andrew Lloyd Webbfeet.

[stona]

Steve, your amusing post reminded me of the old song 'Mud, mud, glorious mud.......' I remember seeing those two comedians Flounders and Swannvesta singing this little ditty at the music halls. My, how I laughed as I tipped the contents of my ice cream cornet down onto the audience below.


Yours,


Andrew Lloyd Webbfeet.

I tended to frequent the back aisles of such establishments seeking ladies of dubious character, before I moved on to more, shall we say, outdoor recreation. I did see the other 'Swann Vesta' Tilley and also Marie LLoyd, before she went into banking.


Yours


Jack the Ripper.

[yak face]

Amazing stuff ron mate, its a superbly staged scene full of great little details . The figures are fantastic , youd never know those good ol boys are actually luftwaffe officers!! Im sure jake would love it too , im just off now to make a crawfish pie


Yours billy gumbo

[Guest]

Very nicely done Ron. Full of atmosphere, the water is spot on. It's the little details that pull a scene like this together and I especially like the pile of scrap iron with the chap adding to it. Great work.

[Gern]

'e's done it again! Another ace dio from odds and sods. It's a good job for us mere mortals that we can't all build like that or there'd be no companies out there making models for us!

[Guest]

Your water dio's never cease to amaze me Ron top job mate.

[eddiesolo]

Wonderful Ron, another unique build masterfully executed. I rather like this and enjoy looking at all the details.