US Navy Swift Boat (PCF)...Building the base too!

[Guest]

looks great to me.


I remember when I used to row/sail on the Menai straits. At low tide this is just what the shoreline looked like.


I also remember the instructor/officer getting in a strop when we got things wrong,and this is what he would say,very slowly.."You guys really p%%s me off,you sit there with your thumbs in your bums and your brains in neutral,why don't you all f%%k off.


One lad Replied once.."where are we supposed to f%%k off to"..Bloody heck he went mental at us.


And no one said boo to him again.


I'm middle row,second from the right.

[spanner570]

Thanks Ralph. Nice infill. Instructors were not to be messed with....Where you at the Naval College on the Menai? The one no one can pronounce, let alone spell!


For 15yrs. me and the missus had a 27ft. bilge keeler moored at Red Wharf Bay on Anglesey, and we had some hairy times going through the Swellies, through just getting the tide flow slightly wrong. Literally by minutes. As you will know, the tide comes into the Straits from either end - never get caught in the middle!


Sometimes we were thrown around that much we just had to tie up at the nearest pub to calm down.(any excuse) Our favourite was called The Gazelle - we hearty sailors called it The Guzzle!


Thanks again,


Ron

[Guest]

Thanks Ralph. Nice infill. Instructors were not to be messed with....Where you at the Naval College on the Menai? The one no one can pronounce, let alone spell!
For 15yrs. me and the missus had a 27ft. bilge keeler moored at Red Wharf Bay on Anglesey, and we had some hairy times going through the Swellies, through just getting the tide flow slightly wrong. Literally by minutes. As you will know, the tide comes into the Straits from either end - never get caught in the middle!


Sometimes we were thrown around that much we just had to tie up at the nearest pub to calm down.(any excuse) Our favourite was called The Gazelle - we hearty sailors called it The Guzzle!


Thanks again,


Ron

The college was TS Indefatigable,in Llanfair PG(yes I can pronounce the full name).

[spanner570]

Nice one Ralph....


Here's an update. I've more or less finished the shacks. I might think up something else, but for now they are done.


I've added a hand rail and some washing (toilet paper!) also some bits of wood lying around.


I reasoned the shore under the shacks would have some marine growth of sorts, so I've randomly tinted the support timbers and rocks dk. green. I've also started to colour the river.....


Here is a shot of one of the 'finished' shacks.....see how with just one coat of paint there are reflections starting to form?






I'll add some foliage behind the shacks later in the build.


Cheers,


Ron

[Guest]

Looking real good Ron.


And yes I can see the reflections.

[Guest]

Don't know how you do it Ron, superb as always. Derek

[spanner570]

Thanks chaps. I'm well pleased you like the finished shack area. I might still add things, but for now I'll leave well alone.....


Ron

[Guest]

Great work Ron


The shacks look spot on!!

[monica]

looking very good,do like how you have added the high tide mark on the poles,and looking great all round,


liking it a lot,

[ojays]

Can't believe how realistic they look. Excellent as usual from you Ron.

[Steve Brodie]

"more, more, More" cried the crowd :-)

[spanner570]

"more, more, More" cried the crowd :-)

Thanks Steve, and I well remember you commented most favourably on my finished Swift Boat diorama too.

....so thanks twice!

Ron