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Britannia Shipyards National Historic Site in Steveston
located at 5180 Westwater Drive, Richmond, BC Canada
Richmond’s historical connection with the sea was celebrated at the 13th Annual Richmond Maritime Festival, a free family event at a National Heritage Site.
Over two days, land lubbers and sea-goers of all ages enjoyed activities that delight one and all. Discover local lore, visit beautiful wooden boats, create works of art, bring your picnic blanket and enjoy the tasty treats. Take in music, painters, wood carvers, potters, stilt performers, puppets, story tellers and much more!
The Richmond Maritime Festival celebrates all things waterfront at the Britannia Shipyards National Historic Site. From wooden boats to model boats, water safety to sea creatures, local lore to fishing history, the festival invites visitors to explore a spectacular heritage site and enjoy music, games, interactive exhibits, roving performers, food and much more.
Main deck permanently in place. Filler still to be sanded down, then a quick blast from the spray gun is called for to touch up the white.
We were exhibiting along with the Kilmarnock and District Model Railway club at their annual exhibition.
New club member Jim joined us at the Irvine Beachpark yesterday and treated us to our first views of some very nice models. Welcome aboard Jim.
Item:Riva Aquarama wooden speed boat model - Blue White Interior 26.8inch long(67cm)-This model can use for display or convert to RC(Remotte Control).For more details please go to: stores.ebay.com/woodenmodelkits
Oil tanker "British Admiral". Built by Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd on the Tyne in 1917 and driven by triple expansion steam engines, "British Admiral" could carry 9,000 tons of oil. The ship carried oil from Iran to Europe and was scrapped in 1936. This is a builder's model and was given to the museum by the British Tanker Co Ltd.
Operation Pluto (Pipe-Lines Under The Ocean) was a Second World War operation by British engineers, oil companies and armed forces to construct undersea oil pipelines under the English Channel between England and France in support of Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of Normandy in June 1944.
A few metres behind those windows can be found the full size TGB lifeboat on permanent display in the Scottish Maritime Museum.
The steering wheel is made from my Air Force apprentice Wheelbadge which is nearly 60 years old (I throw Nothing away) The ugly vertical brass rod drives the radar scanner and is invisible from a few yards away. Compass is real (pirated from a pocket knife). Note snow on ground behind model{ B____ cold here in Beith}.. (The things I do for you Colin)
Riva Aquarama wooden speedboat model
26.8inch long,can be convert RC(remote control),for more details please go to :http://stores.ebay.com/woodenmodelkits
During the inter-war period the Underground Group, that also owned the General Buses , and the successor organisation after 1933, London Transport, issued a series of leaflets in which were collected series of newspaper adverts. These were often commissioned, as were panel and full size posters, from various artists and designers. This series of seven, showing activities and destinations on a typical London Sunday are by artist Arthur Watts. It is worth recalling that for many decades British Sunday's were markedly quieter days than today; most shops and businesses were closed and the day was intended for religious observance, family events or cultural activities such as museums and art galleries.
The seven adverts feature; Petticoat Lane Market via Aldgate East station, Speakers Corner via Marble Arch station, Regents Park via the station of that name, model boats on the Round Pond in Kensington Gardens via High Street Kensington station, the Victoria & Albert Museum via South Kensington, Hyde Park via Hyde Park Corner station and the Natural History Museum, again via South Kensington. The artist depicts these busy scenes, and with vignettes, and it must be rememebered that the illustrations could contain depictions that conform to the contemporary social attitudes and not those we would expect today. This copy of the leaflet was acquired some years ago via a dealer having been surplus from the LT publicity files. It was likely printed by the Curwen Press in Plaistow, London.
Arthur George Watts DSO (1883 - 1935) was a noted illustrator and artist who was widely commissioned for periodicals and advertising. Watts, who had won the DSO for bravery during wartime service in the Royal Naval Reserve, was killed in a crash of a KLM flight in the Italian Alps on 20 July 1935.
On the SMM outdoor pond. (The model is now 25yrs old and still performs faultlessly on her regular outings). This pond certainly allows us to REFLECT on our hobby!
Hew Locke's large-scale installation consists of around 100 model ships - warships, trawlers, steamers, liners, brigs, rafts, junks - collected from around the world as well as made in his studio out of cardboard. Referring to sea trade and migration, the eclectic fleet is suspended from the nave of St Mary and St Eanswythe's Church, the oldest building in Folkestone.
The 2011 Folkestone Triennial opened on Saturday 25th June and runs until Sunday 25th September. Featuring a variety of artworks at numerous locations around the town, this is the second such event, of which further information can be found at: www.folkestonetriennial.org.uk/
Model VIC32 performing alongside the "Mothership" in the canal basin at Ardrishaig. Look closely and you will see the stern and part of the wheelhouse of VIC27 "Auld Reekie" behind the fullsize VIC32.
Riva Aquarama wooden speedboat model
26.8inch long,can be convert RC(remote control),for more details please go to :http://stores.ebay.com/woodenmodelkits
Full-rigged ship. 1875. This is a model of a typical full-rigged ship. The term full-rigged applies to three-masted ships with square sails on all masts, and often with triangular staysails before the masts and a gaffsail on the mizzen mast. This was made by the chinese crew of a lightship near Shanghai in the 1870s.
Close up of the motor compartment. The original model kit included parts to motorize it and let it sail in the water.
My wife's family came to visit us from out of state. On Saturday we all visited the North Carolina Maritime Museum at Southport. One of the model ships on display at the maritime museum.
Perfect 3/16 inch to 1 foot reproduction of destroyer HMS Kerry commanded by Lord Mountbatten measuring 5 feet 7-inches (1.7 metres) from stem to stern. Hull made of individual metal plates. Driven by electric motors. Awarded Sliver Medal for power driven vessels at 1968 Model Engineering Exhibition in London and Bern C. Ritchie award.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Kelly_(F01)
www.naval-history.net/xGM-Chrono-10DD-38K-Kelly.htm
HMS Kelly (pennant number F01) was a K-class destroyer of the British Royal Navy, and flotilla leader of her class. She served through the early years of the Second World War; in Home Waters, off Norway and in the Mediterranean. Throughout her service, Kelly was commanded by Lord Louis Mountbatten. She was lost in action in 1941 during the Battle of Crete. In addition, Mountbatten served as commander (Captain (D)) of the 5th Destroyer Flotilla.
I spotted these whilst spending some time in Shefield`s Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet the other day. Although they appear to be little more than some old junk piled in a corner they are a significant part of Sheffield`s proud steel making tradition.
These clay containers were used to turn around 30 pounds of iron into fine steel. They were heated for around 3 to 4 hours at 1700 degrees C whilst carbon was added.
The process was invented by a Sheffield watchmaker, Benjamin Huntsman, in 1740. At that time the city produced around 200 tons of steel a year. A century later some 80,000 tons were manufactured each year by this process and exported around the world. Ironically, although the steel was ideal for Huntsman`s watch-making activities, the cutlers of the city were reluctant to use it as its hardness created difficulties in grinding new cutlery.
For those who know Sheffield, Hunstman`s grave is in a tiny cemetery across the road from The Sheffield Arena, the now demolished Don Valley Stadium, and my old workplace Attercliffe Police Station.