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This is the last of the videos from our Mini Fly-In on Monday
This time its bits & pieces from my GoPro 3 “HatCam”
Yes, plenty of room out there. Chris had an idea about the power lines, park under them as no one flies close to the cars!!.
The line was fairly close to where we were flying from today so its easy to see, probably easier than the ones running along RRRoad & no one (well perhaps Ian) has hit them .
Yes, its all there but rather confusing. I think I’ll stick to the first one. Plain & simple, just like me!!
It was such a lovely Autumn day today I figured it was time to finish the hull painting & then do the tidy up/polish etc when the weather turns nasty again.
Three double header coats of Jet Black Acrylic Lacquer for the area below the waterline & the “Badger” is looking like her namesake again.
Now onto all the handrails while the lacquer hardens up ready for buffing.
Excellent, thanks Col. Even I could understand it, now just to remember it.
This should be mandatory viewing by all our skippers, a bit like social distancing MANDATORY.
It’s been some little while since any work was done on the “Badger”, in fact just checking back on the last post & it was October 20 when I undercoated the hull.
Today, almost 7 months later, the antique white top coat finally got applied to the hull & cabin top. I chose Antique White as I think it better matches with the age of the vessel & the stained timber work than what Brilliant White (as used on the 10R “BattleAxe” and the IOM “Wedgie”) would. I just took the cabin top to the Spektrum Paints & they did a top class job matching the colour.
I’ll give them a couple of days (or is that perhaps weeks/months) to harden & then after a quick tidy up around the deck trim, cut and polish and add the underwater black area (to match the original design)
While waiting all the stanchions will need to be sanded & sprayed ready for refitting as soon as the hull is completed.
From IanRM
The advent on our screens of this new group Green Frog Productions shows that there are artists in our midst that reveal creative talent of a high level. The principal character Kermit, hides behind that compact frame and those dreamy blue eyes, (so unusual in his species) a steeliness of purpose and such a high level of accuracy in the feats performed, that shall surely lead to many more performances of a similarly high standard. Bravo Kermit!
Cheers, Ian Rex Imperator, (in abeyance)
Ah I see, so just like the sailing and flying reports, it’s the frogs eye version of the truth and that is all that needs to be said eh?
If we are not flying & there are less than 10 participants, I will wander along as well with a couple of yachts & thermos of tea to keep warm.
Well done Mr Frog, however, whilst not wishing to rain on your parade, the wind at the time didn’t really seem strong enough to turn the arrow completely around AND given the angle of the arrow I reckon you cheated and shot it from the ground & not the roof, but still a good shot none the less!!!
Not so sure about the golf ball in the boat though as I’m sure you must have been using some sort of radio controlled trick ball as it went from yellow to white & then back to yellow.
Just my thoughts on the matter.
Quality video production none the less, looks like you are now setting a standard that we will all need to strive towards.
As for a “blowing” friend, I believe a bike pump does just as good a job without you needing to get lips too close to the orifice!!!
I haven’t heard from Moose since his Op, sent him a couple of messages but no reply so I hope his shoulder OP went ok this time round.
