A Heap of Scrap Metal on a Paradise Shoreline.

[spanner570]

Thanks for the compliment Dave.

453 - ...... and crabs too!............:flushed:

Oh, and keep that b****y bird firmly on it's perch.

570

[Guest]

He's not going to appear 570, trust me .
J Snodgrass
The Liars Society.

[yak face]

Just caught up with this one matey , sterling work ! i can see its going to be another superb bit of modelling , your barnacles are simply breathtaking (I bet youve heard that a few times !) If you dont mind I'll open up a deckchair and watch along with the rest ,knotted hankie on head ,99 in hand ,
yours A P Gumby

[Peter Gillson]

Great job. Those barnicles are looking good and I agree woth your deIsion to leave the prop - it does add a little interest.
Peter

[Dave Ward]

Just a few pictures, purely for discussion purposes only trawled from the 'net.

The place for shipwrecks is the Skeleton Coast, Namibia - they look like film sets..........


I went to Walvis Bay in 1977- that coastline is truly awful - you could survive a shipwreck, only to die of starvation, or more likely thirst.
Removing propellers? Easy, if you aren't bothered about causing more damage - gas axe through the prop shaft..................
Dave

[Guest]

Great photos there Dave. There are some on the net from Aral the dried up sea in Russia

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I went to Walvis Bay in 1977- that coastline is truly awful - you could survive a shipwreck, only to die of starvation, or more likely thirst.
Removing propellers? Easy, if you aren't bothered about causing more damage - gas axe through the prop shaft..................
Dave

[Guest]

Super work so far Ron.

[spanner570]

Thanks for the input and pictures boys. I was looking at similar photos a few weeks ago. The vessel I'm hoping to create will not have been aground quite so long. Sorry to disappoint anyone who thought otherwise.

Just got back from a couple of days 'Riding the Train'. Me and the bride went nearly the full length of Wales on a clipperty clop courtesy of our bus passes - All for nowt! It would have cost us £140 return. Yet another retirement advantage....... :thumb2:

Now back to more mundane interests......

Before I think about any destruction I've decided paint the vessel pretty colours first and add more marine growth where required..













A bit more colour added....






The prop. is staying on.....so there!

Cheers.
Ron

[stillp]

You live in Wales then Ron? I'm annoyed when I visit my birth city of Cardiff, as my English bus pass doesn't work in Wales. :angry:
Nice barnacles!

Pete

[spanner570]

You live in Wales then Ron? I'm annoyed when I visit my birth city of Cardiff, as my English bus pass doesn't work in Wales. :angry:
Nice barnacles!
Pete

...only just. I live but three miles inside the Welsh border nr. Chester. I can get to Chester on my bus pass, but no further into England. Daft isn't it?

Glad you like my barnacles.....:flushed:

Ron

[Jim R]

Hi Ron
Really looking the part now.
Bus passes are odd. I live in Oswestry (England) I can travel to Chester (England) but not Wrexham (Wales) despite the bus from Oswestry to Chester going through Wrexham!!
Jim

[Guest]

Coming along lovely.
Barnacles and boils alive alive oh.

[Snowman]

WOW, that is coming to life...erm death.:astonished:

Look good!:thumb2:

[stillp]

Hi Ron
Really looking the part now.
Bus passes are odd. I live in Oswestry (England) I can travel to Chester (England) but not Wrexham (Wales) despite the bus from Oswestry to Chester going through Wrexham!!
Jim

What do they do if you try to get off?

I used mine in Florida once - there's a bus (called a trolley, but it isn't) that runs along the Gulf Coast and is free for over-65s on production of a proof of age, so I used my English bus pass. The rules say nothing about requiring American proof of age!

Pete

[scottie3158]

Ron,
Really liking where this is going.