After pursuing the two potential recruits residing in Switzerland but realising that it was going to cost at least 32 Euros to have them transferred, I decided to fill my two crew vacancies from the UK.
This momentous decision was made while I was searching the web for alternatives and happened to come across a fellow boatbuilder who made his own.
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| Not the most handsome helmsman! |
The discovery was like a red rag to a bull, so off I went to 'Hobbycraft' in Preston, to buy some 'Fimo' modelling clay and some cheap acrylic paints, accompanied by my lovely wife who would never miss the opportunity of visiting a nearby M & S!
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| ...and as for this beauty!!!! |
Mission completed for around a fiver we returned home, whereupon, I found some galvanised wire in the shed and shaped it into the skeletons of the crew I required, ie a helmsman and a glamorous female who would flaunt on the rear seat of the deckhouse!
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| At the wheel |
After kneeding the clay I started to sculp the figures by forming the clay around the wire framework.
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| She looks absolutely paralytic after consuming her wine!!!! |
When the figures were completed to my satisfaction, not quite to Michelangelo's standard, they were placed in the oven at 130 degrees for half an hour, after which the hardened figures were taken out, allowed to cool and then painted.
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| All set to go. |
The results of my labours can be seen in the photographs.
You are a true artist Chris, very nice job.
ReplyDeleteKen.
"After pursuing the two potential recruits residing in Switzerland but realising that it was going to cost at least 32 Euros to have them transferred" ... maybe because the swiss sailors are rare ! very good blog with greats pictures ! thank you.
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I am pleased that you enjoyed my blog, a departure from my normal Morgan content. You were absolutely correct in your observing that sailors are somewhat rare in Switzerland and it was naive of me not to realise that, when I embarked on my recruitment campaign!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteEnjoyed your blog and have bookmarked the page for future viewing, but there is no doubt that I need to improve my command of the French language!