It's the councils impose the rules, which means of course, that they are hidebound with the dreaded 'elf an' safety, and being completely ignorant of such things they liken a model boat to a steam roller.

Nerys

Running steam can be an issue for some clubs and I'm not sure why the pressures are not that high so as to cause a problem.
But we must go by the rules of the club.
I'm lucky as my club allows steam but I must say I'm very careful when I run them .
Rick

The corvettes are the matchbox/revell kits at 1/72 scale but not yet built, so no photo's, sorry Bill☹️
but my Amethyst is in my harbour if you want a shuffty, have got HMS Cossack on the building table at the moment, with HMS Kelley right behind, will try and do a build blog for these two.😊

Cheers, Pete

I saw a steam engine advertised at what I thought was a good price recently and my thoughts immediately went to building an African Queen or a Borkum lookalike. Problem, steam and IC not allowed on our lake.

Cheers, Nerys

I cannot find a lot that I enjoy on TV, in fact I feel that I watch a lot of dross, but watching and enjoying are two entirely different things. There was something about all those old wartime films that made them watchable time and time again even if I did see them first time round. I can even remember what cinema I saw some of them. The Cruel Sea for instance was in The Capitol in Cardiff,

Cheers, Nerys

Hi Doug.
Yep your right.
Brilliant films in all aspects,along with so many more oldies,Dam Busters,Bridge over the River Kwai to name but a few.
Must be getting old.
Regards Bill.

Hi Pete.
Ahhhh,man to my own heart.
What scale are they?
Would love to see some pictures of the corvettes and Amethyst.
Regards Bill👍👍

Yes Bill, the corvettes are great little ships, also got two myself, one with all the electrics in, but not yet built, and another still in the box, the thing is,they are now fetching high prices on Ebay, so might be worth stashing them for later.
How about 'The Yangtze Incident' film, liked it so much went and bought and built 'HMS Amethyst😁'

Cheers, Pete

Bill,
If you get bored again try 'The Enemy Below'.
A tense duel and battle of wits between a Destroyer Escort, skipper Robert Mitchum, and a U-Boat, skipper Curt Jürgens. That'll keep you awake😉
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Enemy_Below
Cheers, Doug 😎

I got two in the box Bill
One vintage, one new, Technik version 😁
😎

Hi Pete.
Flower class corvettes are one of my favourite little ships.
I already have got two in service and another awaiting building in the box (not from Deans).
I think the wife would have a fit if I said I was going to build another 😂😂👍
Lovely little workhorses.
Regards Bill.

I do like the Billings African Queen but the cost does not include the cost to make it RC as there is an additional kit for RC.Would turn out to be a very expensive purchase but a wonderful boat to build.
Rick

Re-watched The African Queen for the umpteenth time last night and yes, found myself looking up the prices of the Billings kit. A short period lying in a darkened room and I was alright again! Lovely film though.

Ian

Excellent film, trouble is, I saw it when it was first released (and a few times since).

cheers, Nerys

Watching the film Bill, does it get you to want to order and build 'Compass Rose' from Deans Marine?😁

Cheers, Pete

Totally agree Neil.
Absolute classics, none of the computer generated films of today but good old fashioned reality.
Regards Bill.

Above us the Waves and We Dive at Dawn are my absolute favourites 😂
But agree The Cruel Sea is an absolute classic