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4th October 2021, 04:00 PM
#21
Re: Ship funnels
Buff with Black Top = Bank Line (Andrew Weir & Co.?
Last edited by Graham Shaw; 4th October 2021 at 04:09 PM.
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5th October 2021, 06:36 AM
#22
Re: Ship funnels
Originally Posted by
Lewis McColl
I will say Bibby Line only because Bibby Line are a Liverpool based company and Bank Line were not.
Graham if you look at the photo in #24 if as you say Salomon pink for Bibby , that looks like Salmon/Nipple pink showing through , looks like a bad refurb job and the painter did not get his colour chart out .
Good reasoning Lewis.Yes,likely meant to depict a Bibby funnel with the Liverpool connection.
We regularly touched up/ completely repainted the funnel at sea- vulnerable things,funnels- exposed to heat,sunlight,salty air etc....
This image here is not a bad rendition of Salmon Pink,but some shades do border on the Buff..... in various light-look at the second funnel for example.OIP.jpg
Last edited by Graham Shaw; 5th October 2021 at 06:49 AM.
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6th October 2021, 04:52 AM
#23
Re: Ship funnels
And no doubt just to add to the fun the funnel was hot when you went to paint it.
Happy daze John in Oz.
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6th October 2021, 06:43 PM
#24
Re: Ship funnels
We had the Liverpool Garden Festival in 1984. It ran for 5 months. Attracted 3.4 million visitors.
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7th October 2021, 07:25 AM
#25
Re: Ship funnels
Originally Posted by
happy daze john in oz
And no doubt just to add to the fun the funnel was hot when you went to paint it.
Very hot at times John, especially in the tropics,at times hard on the knees, but one of those jobs when finished always added to the look of the ship, better than a week on the windy-hammer where-in you tasted rust for a week after finishing
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7th October 2021, 09:24 AM
#26
Re: Ship funnels
I live just a mile from the ships funnels on Otterspool promenade and frequently walk around the part of the 1984 Festival garden site that is still used by the public. Half of the old Festival garden site is currently being developed for housing but what’s left, which is still lovely, is well cared for. I’m in Spain until later this month but if you want me to take a photo of the ships funnels when I get home I’m happy to do so and post here.
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7th October 2021, 05:45 PM
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Re: Ship funnels
Peter,
That would be a good idea.Thankyou.
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8th October 2021, 04:50 AM
#28
Re: Ship funnels
Originally Posted by
Ivan Cloherty
Very hot at times John, especially in the tropics,at times hard on the knees, but one of those jobs when finished always added to the look of the ship, better than a week on the windy-hammer where-in you tasted rust for a week after finishing
The windy hammer was a great alarm clock on some voyages, deckies started very early then.
Happy daze John in Oz.
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8th October 2021, 04:17 PM
#29
Re: Ship funnels
Remember on one ship, the Bosun*told one of the deck hands that the funnel*had to be painted.The deckie replied.What colour would you like it. lol.
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8th October 2021, 06:42 PM
#30
Re: Ship funnels
Painting the funnel on Shaw Savill ships was straightforward, wouldn't like to paint the likes of Blue Star.
Always used to be a job n knock, except one trip on the Icenic, the mate wouldn't give us a job n knock so we took 2 days to do it.
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