RMweb Gold PaulRhB Posted August 18, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 18, 2019 38 minutes ago, KNP said: And before I get some wag commenting on why a trawler has gun ports they are movable flaps to allow sea water to wash off the decks back overboard during heavy seas....! Edit - or washing down the decks as well Or because she's really a Q ship 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Limpley Stoker Posted August 18, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 18, 2019 (edited) Inspired by Little Muddle’s visiting traction engine I was emboldened to saw off the chimney of my pristine model and place it on an old Airfix kit built Lomac wagon for which I had bought appropriate small diameter metal wheels. To my surprise it just fits under the 13ft height loading limit as this pic of the wagon sandwiched between two Birdcage brakes shows. Edited August 18, 2019 by Limpley Stoker 10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrkirtley800 Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 (edited) 3 hours ago, KNP said: A midships of Misty And before I get some wag commenting on why a trawler has gun ports they are movable flaps to allow sea water to wash off the decks back overboard during heavy seas....! Edit - or washing down the decks as well What a dreary and uninspiring explanation. I thought it was a pirate ship. Derek Edited August 18, 2019 by Mrkirtley800 1 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KNP Posted August 18, 2019 Author Share Posted August 18, 2019 Be aware the Fowler ploughing engine weighs circa 22tons.... Just saying! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Stubby47 Posted August 18, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 18, 2019 14 minutes ago, Mrkirtley800 said: What a dreary and uninspiring explanation. I thought it was a pirate ship. Derek Have you seen the price of fish these days??? Talk about robbery on the high seas! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KNP Posted August 18, 2019 Author Share Posted August 18, 2019 1 minute ago, Stubby47 said: Have you seen the price of fish these days??? Talk about robbery on the high seas! It's all about economy of scales.... The fisherman have to make a net profit so there is a catch to everything they do.... All very sole searching 1 2 5 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Limpley Stoker Posted August 18, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 18, 2019 (edited) 20 minutes ago, KNP said: Be aware the Fowler ploughing engine weighs circa 22tons.... Just saying! Thank you for that info, but looking at this it looks as as though it will just be ok on this 34 ton wagon with a tare weight of 11 tons, Edited August 18, 2019 by Limpley Stoker 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted August 18, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 18, 2019 21 minutes ago, Mrkirtley800 said: What a dreary and uninspiring explanation. I thought it was a pirate ship. Derek That scuppered your theory then Derek... 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted August 18, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 18, 2019 2 minutes ago, KNP said: It's all about economy of scales.... The fisherman have to make a net profit so there is a catch to everything they do.... All very sole searching Are you sure this is the right plaice for fishy puns? 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KNP Posted August 18, 2019 Author Share Posted August 18, 2019 1 minute ago, Limpley Stoker said: Thank you for that info, but looking at this it looks as as though it will just be ok on this 34 ton wagon with a tare weight of 11 tons, Let's hope that you don't get a surprise one day of a bending lowmac! 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KNP Posted August 18, 2019 Author Share Posted August 18, 2019 1 minute ago, St Enodoc said: Are you sure this is the right plaice for fishy puns? Well, that would be another tale....wouldn't it! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium St Enodoc Posted August 18, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 18, 2019 1 minute ago, KNP said: Well, that would be another tale....wouldn't it! Pollocks! 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Limpley Stoker Posted August 18, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 18, 2019 This is the fin end of the wedge... 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold colin penfold Posted August 18, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 18, 2019 I'm gutted Dick Bloater 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KNP Posted August 18, 2019 Author Share Posted August 18, 2019 (edited) If you are gutted then you won't have the stomach to carry on.... Edited August 18, 2019 by KNP 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Siberian Snooper Posted August 18, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 18, 2019 6 hours ago, KNP said: Be aware the Fowler ploughing engine weighs circa 22tons.... Just saying! Is that in full working order, or is it the dry weight? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Mick Bonwick Posted August 18, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 18, 2019 6 hours ago, KNP said: It's all about economy of scales.... The fisherman have to make a net profit so there is a catch to everything they do.... All very sole searching I do so wish that there was a "Groan" button. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KNP Posted August 18, 2019 Author Share Posted August 18, 2019 1 hour ago, Siberian Snooper said: Is that in full working order, or is it the dry weight? I believe it was working weight, found one reference to 21 tons then another of more than 21. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeOxon Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 10 hours ago, KNP said: Not quite sure if this was meant to be comical or not but it did raise a chuckle in the household I've had one of those, too 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeOxon Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 On 16/08/2019 at 20:05, KNP said: The old sea dog is still waiting at the top of the steps to regale his yarns to any unsuspecting passerby having recently visited the Scilly Isles, I feel that I should point out that your steps do not look anything like as wet and slippery as many we encountered there. More weed and general encrustations plus blackening of the wet surfaces might create a more 'realistic' appearance. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium Siberian Snooper Posted August 18, 2019 RMweb Premium Share Posted August 18, 2019 1 hour ago, Siberian Snooper said: Is that in full working order, or is it the dry weight? 35 minutes ago, KNP said: I believe it was working weight, found one reference to 21 tons then another of more than 21. If it was loaded empty, ie. no coal or water and it might come in under 20 tons, depending on the water capacity of both boiler and water tank, the coal is probably only a few hundredweight, so not worth worrying about in this context. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold The Johnster Posted August 18, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 18, 2019 38 minutes ago, MikeOxon said: having recently visited the Scilly Isles, I feel that I should point out that your steps do not look anything like as wet and slippery as many we encountered there. More weed and general encrustations plus blackening of the wet surfaces might create a more 'realistic' appearance. Ah, but Little Muddle is a long way from the Scillys, up at the muddy end of the Bristol Channel perhaps not a million miles from Bridgewater Bay. The sea is murkier here, carrying the River Severn's silt and muck which hasn't had a chance to settle out yet, so you don't get so much weed growing as the sunlight doesn't penetrate like it does in the gin clear waters of the Western Approaches. You've got to go down as far as Ilfracombe on the English side and the Gower on the Welsh before the water is decently clear. And anyway, Misty is clearly moored in the harbour at a full high tide, or we would see the tide mark on the harbour wall. So the steps descending into the water are fairly clean because they keep dry, though the ones underwater that are exposed at low tide are anything but clean, and will be covered with slimy grey mud plus a bit of weed. 4 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeOxon Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 (edited) Ok - I retreat Edited August 18, 2019 by MikeOxon 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold Mick Bonwick Posted August 18, 2019 RMweb Gold Share Posted August 18, 2019 2 hours ago, MikeOxon said: having recently visited the Scilly Isles, I feel that I should point out that your steps do not look anything like as wet and slippery as many we encountered there. More weed and general encrustations plus blackening of the wet surfaces might create a more 'realistic' appearance. Don't be Scilly! This is a model. 1 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
snailpace Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 Pedant alert. Actually it’s the Isles of Scilly cos they get quite upset in case they are thought of as the silly isles. I go there a couple of times a year because it’s quite nice and not very silly! No trains tho. As an old sea dog (aah haar), Kev’s harbour walls look OK to me, maybe a bit new but this is the 30’s when all this stuff was new.... 2 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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