LizG Posted March 14, 2020 Share Posted March 14, 2020 I've just started following the Thames Traditional Boat Festival on FB. This picture was just posted!Liz Sent from the Norfolk Broads Network mobile app 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vaughan Posted March 14, 2020 Share Posted March 14, 2020 The model on the right is the King of Hearts. Photo taken at the Woods End, in 1952. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turnoar Posted March 14, 2020 Share Posted March 14, 2020 Wooden model broads boats are real boats! This is my snapshot from Herbert Woods book launch day. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JanetAnne Posted March 14, 2020 Share Posted March 14, 2020 1 hour ago, w-album said: I've just started following the Thames Traditional Boat Festival on FB. This picture was just posted! Liz Sent from the Norfolk Broads Network mobile app You are looking at the work of Ron Wem. He has a superb fleet of probably 30 broads cruisers models and is someone I am trying to get to bring a display to the Beccles Wooden Boat Show. Check out his work at https://www.modelboatmayhem.co.uk/Modellers/Ron_Wem/1ndex.htm 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JanetAnne Posted March 14, 2020 Share Posted March 14, 2020 Aha! I knew I had a link to his proper site somewhere. http://ronsboats.bbbgroup.co.uk/about.html 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lulu Posted March 14, 2020 Share Posted March 14, 2020 Amazing work. I want the Skipper! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petersjoy Posted March 14, 2020 Share Posted March 14, 2020 7 minutes ago, Lulu said: Amazing work. I want the Skipper! You my want to rephrase that 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lulu Posted March 14, 2020 Share Posted March 14, 2020 Just now, petersjoy said: You my want to rephrase that I cant think of a different way to rephrase and it still sounds wrong! Seriously though, the collection looks amazing, absolute works of art. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CambridgeCabby Posted March 14, 2020 Share Posted March 14, 2020 Absolutely stunning work !!! would love one of Cerise Lady Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grendel Posted March 14, 2020 Share Posted March 14, 2020 and I know just how long it takes to make a model like those, hours and hours, week after week. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisB Posted March 15, 2020 Share Posted March 15, 2020 8 hours ago, Turnoar said: Wooden model broads boats are real boats! This is my snapshot from Herbert Woods book launch day. Spun for you. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vaughan Posted March 15, 2020 Share Posted March 15, 2020 9 hours ago, JanetAnne said: Check out his work at https://www.modelboatmayhem.co.uk/Modellers/Ron_Wem/1ndex.htm Astounding detail! If you enlarge the bottom photo of the King of Hearts on this link, he has correctly modelled the playing card on the stem head and amazingly, the fact that the flagstaff was inserted into an old valve spring, so it would bend over if it hit Thorpe bridge on a high tide. All of the boats had their flagstaffs arranged so that they were one inch higher than the saloon canopy when lowered. So if the flag touched the bridge, you backed out and waited for the tide to go down! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombat nee blownup Posted March 15, 2020 Share Posted March 15, 2020 No mention of a 3D printer on those? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grendel Posted March 15, 2020 Share Posted March 15, 2020 to be fair i 3d print some parts, then go back and decide i can do better and remake them by hand. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turnoar Posted March 15, 2020 Share Posted March 15, 2020 Thanks for the spin Chris B, I hope this one is the right way up, same yard but different builder! I love Vaughan’s comment about the old valve spring, reminds me of my dads ski boat having an Austin bonnet badge on the tip of the foredeck as a nod to the raw water cooled clutch only bmc 12 hours ago, ChrisB said: Spun for you. mini engine hidden under the cowling midships with vents made from old brass munition shells. No such thing as a throw away society back in the days of my youth and before! 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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