RIP PATRICK WITH JESUES MAY HIS MEMORY BE A BLESSING. GOD BLESS STAY SAFE ALL DON
Sad news John, take strength in great memories of quality time spent with your friend.
I couldn't agree more! I hope to do as well even if I don't reach that age!
I just found your notice of Patrick's passing. RIP Patrick.
Bill
Condolences to you and Patrick’s family.
Thank you for sharing your friend and his achievements with our community on SoS.
We are all richer for having known of him.
Thank you for sharing your friend and his achievements with our community on SoS.
We are all richer for having known of him.
Hi John,
I am sorry to hear of your loss, my condolences' to Patrick's family and to you.
Regards,
Stephen.
I am sorry to hear of your loss, my condolences' to Patrick's family and to you.
Regards,
Stephen.
Thank you all for condolences,
. best regards John,
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Sorry to hear that,
John you have my condoleances
I always hard when a friend passed away especially when has a shared passion as ours .
Daniel
John you have my condoleances
I always hard when a friend passed away especially when has a shared passion as ours .
Daniel
Thank you Daniel,
Best regards John,
Thank you Bill,
Best regards John,
Ah, sad news John. I'm sure you will miss your friend for some time.
Thank you Paul,
Best regards John,
My condolences John for the loss of your friend Patrick.
He has reached a respectable age and I hope we too can actively participate in this hobby at the age of 90. Patrick was gifted as we can see on his model based purely on photo's.
May he rest in peace.
He has reached a respectable age and I hope we too can actively participate in this hobby at the age of 90. Patrick was gifted as we can see on his model based purely on photo's.
May he rest in peace.
Thank you Herman,
. best regards John,
Thank you all for the comments on Patrick's passing, they are much appreciated.
I have inherited a couple of Patrick's boats and quite a number of his tools, I was asked to pick what i wanted and I said that I would like the small hand tools that he used, his sons sorted them out for me and also included a Proxxon Drill and Drill stand which was very kind of them, I was also asked to pick a boat and I chose a sailing model of a Galway Hooker, which was in quite a bad condition, but i knew Pat was trying to get it back on the pond so thought it would be nice to Honour his wish, he built it in 1976 as a Galway Hooker and a few years ago he converted her to another type but was'nt happy with it and was going to strip her back to the Galway Hooker again, while he was in Hospital i used to talk to him about it and he explained what needed doing, I will start a new thread on the renovation of her, his Family also gave me a Fibre Glass hull of a Bristol Channel Pilot boat, but I will leave this one for later on, Pat's last model was a Chinese Junk but he never got around to making a case for it so I offered to make it and am in the process of doing so at the moment, thanks for listening, I will post a couple of pics now,
Pat's original build of the Galway Hooker,
and on the water,
Two Pics of the Fibre Glass hull of the Pilot Boat, from memory she is 50 inches long and 14 inches wide, will be a big model,
Thank you once again for all the nice comments and likes, I'm sure Pat is up there smiling as he looks down,
Best regards John,
I have inherited a couple of Patrick's boats and quite a number of his tools, I was asked to pick what i wanted and I said that I would like the small hand tools that he used, his sons sorted them out for me and also included a Proxxon Drill and Drill stand which was very kind of them, I was also asked to pick a boat and I chose a sailing model of a Galway Hooker, which was in quite a bad condition, but i knew Pat was trying to get it back on the pond so thought it would be nice to Honour his wish, he built it in 1976 as a Galway Hooker and a few years ago he converted her to another type but was'nt happy with it and was going to strip her back to the Galway Hooker again, while he was in Hospital i used to talk to him about it and he explained what needed doing, I will start a new thread on the renovation of her, his Family also gave me a Fibre Glass hull of a Bristol Channel Pilot boat, but I will leave this one for later on, Pat's last model was a Chinese Junk but he never got around to making a case for it so I offered to make it and am in the process of doing so at the moment, thanks for listening, I will post a couple of pics now,
Pat's original build of the Galway Hooker,
and on the water,
Two Pics of the Fibre Glass hull of the Pilot Boat, from memory she is 50 inches long and 14 inches wide, will be a big model,
Thank you once again for all the nice comments and likes, I'm sure Pat is up there smiling as he looks down,
Best regards John,
Pat's last model sitting on a bed of slate that he used for the sea, the wood surround was made by Pat,
Luckily the model wasn't glued to the base so I could remove it, made making the case easier,
I made a surround which will be stained to match what Pat around his sea, there is a chip off one corner that I will make good with some plasticene when I attach the Junk,
another view,
I made up a Contraption that I fix in the milling machine vice and I can then use it like a Router,
another view, the screw bolts are there if I need to lock a piece in place then i can wind the piece with the milling table screws, but for these pieces I just ran them along like a router but you have to take small amounts off at a time, If you try to go too deep you cannot control the wood strip, I cut all the strip wood that i needed and some spare and routered it all at the same time,
another view,
some of the routered strips,
and gluing together the corner pieces,
More to come,
best regards John.
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Hi John,
I would say that you are the perfect person to restore Patricks boat and I would think it will be very fore filling for you.
Cheers,
Stephen.
I would say that you are the perfect person to restore Patricks boat and I would think it will be very fore filling for you.
Cheers,
Stephen.
From your new renovation build-log of the Hooker I can came back to this log and was reading that Patrick was past away.
May he rest in peace. His legacy is in good hands with you, John.
Regards, Peter
May he rest in peace. His legacy is in good hands with you, John.
Regards, Peter
The top of the case after two coats of varnish,
This is all the parts for the case,
and a close up, the corner pieces at the front, the slate sea base behind and at the back the bottom surround for the case,
erecting the case, thats the back glass and the two end pieces of glass siliconed in place,
This is the very bottom piece that the slate sea bed will be attached to, I've painted a black surround so that when the case is lifted off the base it will still look neat and tidy, I've mitered the moulding to fit the base but it is not glued in place yet,
how it will look when everything is attached, I still have to varnish the moulding to match the upper case, and there will be four small wooden supports that go under the base,
close up view,
thanks for looking in,
best regards John,
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