| Image Comments |
| deckape | 05-Apr-11 23:12 |
| Scratch supermarine Walrus made from paper |
| Roring40 | 06-Apr-11 00:18 |
| My goodness you have some treasures in your collection. Every one of them looks superb and I applaud you for your excellent skills. A real pleasure to see them. |
| deckape | 06-Apr-11 00:38 |
| Roring40
thank you for your reply most of my builds are all scratch as mentioned before i cant efford kits liveing on a naval pension at 71 years of age I revert to my childhood way of building makeing them from paper and carving them from soft pine or hard balsa blocks being here on this forum i never seen so much great work you fellas do, the best i ever seen on all the forums I visited. A hardy well done to you fellas I love it here. I have some builds comeing up Ted is going to send me a SBD and i will staret a build thread on the SBD kit, The SBD is my favorite plane. I thank you very much for your kind reply to my walrus the scale is 1/33 |
| frwyflyer | 06-Apr-11 06:36 |
| I certainly agree with Roaring 40 about your building skills. really top notch. The models are going out today via UPS |
| deckape | 06-Apr-11 07:27 |
| Ted
Thank you very much for this dont know what to say but a millian and one thanks from the bottom of my heart, this truely is a very nice thing you done for me you made this old man a very happy, thank you and thank you for your reply on my collections Franklyn |
| lukebozek1 | 06-Apr-11 16:22 |
| Two things I want to say. First it is obvious that you were in the Navy, where else would you learn to do this quality of work? Remember fixing something with nothing? Remember making your own spare parts? I do, very well. Second of all, where you in the "Deck Division?" I do recall some of my naval associates who we referred to, lovingly of course, as Deck Apes. I cannot remember ever seeing so many unusual builds from one source. You must be very proud of these accomplishments. Anybody can open a box and make something, but you can take the nothing and make it into a real treasure. Thank you for spreading some beauty into my life. |
| deckape | 06-Apr-11 17:47 |
| lukebozek1
Thank you very much for your cander reply I am honered to meety such great people here on this forum. I served 30 years in the Navy retired Cheif boatswainmate I been a knuckledragger for most of my young life, I been building models sconce I was 5 years old in, i always had the love of building things from my hands, I always sent away for model plans from Mechanix Illistrated magizines and built ship and aircraft models from timber or paper. Liveing on a naval pension cant support my modeling needs so I just grab a peice of wood and haul up a set of plans turn two on the model. I found a home here you fellas turn out some of the most Beautiful builds I have ever seen on any forum I visted, the plastic boys do okay but not compared to you gentlemen. I thank you for your warm reply I am honered. Franklyn AKA Boats |
| frwyflyer | 06-Apr-11 18:43 |
| OK BOATS.. The package will arrive on Friday, Enjoy |
| deckape | 06-Apr-11 19:07 |
| Ted
Thank you shipmate I am honered to meet such a wonderfull friend indeed,I am very very greatfull for this and with appreciation from the bottom of my keel to the foretop. thank you Ted Boats |
