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TANGODANCER · Post by **TANGODANCER** » Sun Apr 04, 2010 6:30 pm

Raven wrote:That really is incredible, I'm too fingers and thumbs for that

It's three feet long overall and the same high, but this rigging business is a real nightmare. The holes you have to thread through are 0.8 of a millimetre and, like the Zulus, there's bloody thousands of em.

Bruce Rioja · Post by **Bruce Rioja** » Sun Apr 04, 2010 8:06 pm

TANGODANCER wrote:
Montreal Wanderer wrote:What happened to the kettle?
Captain Cook took it.

Oh. I thought it may have caught apple scab, or black knott!

bobo the clown · Post by **bobo the clown** » Sun Apr 04, 2010 8:43 pm

Zulus Thousand of em wrote:The first picture looks like the aftermath of one of my MFI visits.

Always used to make me smile when they said on the adverts, "A child of ten could put it together."

You'd better send him round then!

Zulu, are you requesting the services of a child of 10 ?

.... & so soon after you'd stopped having to sign the register, too ??

Dujon · Post by **Dujon** » Mon Apr 05, 2010 5:17 am

TANGODANCER wrote:It's three feet long overall and the same high, but this rigging business is a real nightmare. The holes you have to thread through are 0.8 of a millimetre and, like the Zulus, there's bloody thousands of em.

In days of yore, TANGO, I often thought of building some sort of ship akin to your current project (it looks magnificent, by the way) but it was the rigging that always put me off launching into such. Whilst I had no doubt as to my ability to construct the vessel itself, it was the prospect of making a mess of the sheets that convinced me not to start. Patience they say is a virtue but, as best I can gather, fumblefingers are not.

General Mannerheim · Post by **General Mannerheim** » Mon Apr 05, 2010 8:46 am

Dujon wrote:
TANGODANCER wrote:It's three feet long overall and the same high, but this rigging business is a real nightmare. The holes you have to thread through are 0.8 of a millimetre and, like the Zulus, there's bloody thousands of em.
In days of yore, TANGO, I often thought of building some sort of ship akin to your current project (it looks magnificent, by the way) but it was the rigging that always put me off launching into such. Whilst I had no doubt as to my ability to construct the vessel itself, it was the prospect of making a mess of the sheets that convinced me not to start. Patience they say is a virtue but, as best I can gather, fumblefingers are not.

reckon id be pretty proud of myself too, but i doubt id be that excited!

TANGODANCER · Post by **TANGODANCER** » Thu May 27, 2010 2:11 pm

Well, ( for Raven's benefit mainly) just about finished the ship now. I was going to put sails on it, but decided against. Took five months start to finish.

thebish · Post by **thebish** » Thu May 27, 2010 2:16 pm

marvellous job Tango! what's next?

TANGODANCER · Post by **TANGODANCER** » Thu May 27, 2010 3:53 pm

Cheers Bish. Not much in the model line till Christmas, when I hope Santa brings me this:

thebish · Post by **thebish** » Thu May 27, 2010 6:10 pm

the cutty sark would be easier - you'd just need some old wood and a box of matches...

TANGODANCER · Post by **TANGODANCER** » Thu May 27, 2010 6:57 pm

thebish wrote:the cutty sark would be easier - you'd just need some old wood and a box of matches...

Ah, but that's modern art, or is it modern arson?

Worthy4England · Post by **Worthy4England** » Thu May 27, 2010 6:58 pm

What ship is it Tango?

TANGODANCER · Post by **TANGODANCER** » Thu May 27, 2010 7:00 pm

Worthy4England wrote:What ship is it Tango?

HMS ( or HMB) Endeavour.

thebish · Post by **thebish** » Thu May 27, 2010 7:02 pm

Worthy4England wrote:What ship is it Tango?

c'mon worthy - you know Tango is a big MORSE fan!

here's my model of the cutty sark...

Worthy4England · Post by **Worthy4England** » Thu May 27, 2010 7:53 pm

thebish wrote:
Worthy4England wrote:What ship is it Tango?
c'mon worthy - you know Tango is a big MORSE fan!

here's my model of the cutty sark...

Me too

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bobo the clown · Post by **bobo the clown** » Thu May 27, 2010 7:56 pm

... and here's my model of a slutty clerk ; -

Who's got my coat ????

Bruce Rioja · Post by **Bruce Rioja** » Thu May 27, 2010 7:57 pm

TANGODANCER wrote:I was going to put sails on it, but decided against.

Forgive my ignorance but what are those bits of white cloth then?

Very well done, by the way. First class.

Worthy4England · Post by **Worthy4England** » Thu May 27, 2010 8:01 pm

bobo the clown wrote:... and here's my model of a slutty clerk ; -

Who's got my coat ????

Being on the "model thread", I thought that was Heather Mills for a minute...

When they get you're coat, can they get mine too...

thebish · Post by **thebish** » Thu May 27, 2010 8:38 pm

TANGODANCER wrote:
Worthy4England wrote:What ship is it Tango?
HMS ( or HMB) Endeavour.

Her Majesty's Ship or (putting on best Gene Hunt voice) Her Majesty's BASTARD Endeavour.....

Dujon · Post by **Dujon** » Fri May 28, 2010 12:36 am

That's turned out a right treat, TANGO, congratulations on a wonderful result from your ende..., sorry, effort.

As most on here are aware that ship has a significant resonance to many who live in this country.

Now the deed is done have you made some sort of arrangement with Mrs TANGO as to who is going to dust it? Methinks some sort of (probably expensive) plastic cover might save a few arguments. I've got a couple of die-cast model cars on display (no, I didn't assemble them) each of which is much smaller than the Whitby Jim's you have, but it's a job of a modelling paintbrush and much huffing and puffing each week or so to keep them remotely presentable.

Zulus Thousand of em · Post by **Zulus Thousand of em** » Fri May 28, 2010 6:21 am

bobo the clown wrote:... and here's my model of a slutty clerk ; -

Who's got my coat ????

Do you actually own that Bobo? (Go on, you can tell us. We're all friends here.)

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