Chasseur Posted January 4, 2016 Report Share Posted January 4, 2016 For New Years Eve my wife and myself were over at our friends house for dinner, conversation, and and us guys shot a bunch of 8 ball on his table. During the course of our games I noticed my friend had a bunch of photographs of light houses on the wall in the basement. I turns out the Admiral/wife started to collect pictures of light houses as a new hobby. Anyway I thought I would share these photographs of the real McCoy! My apology for the quality and fluorescent glare from the lighting as I took these with my I phone. Enjoy ... Jeff John Zuch, Bernard Kelly, Jim Goodwin and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raindog Posted January 4, 2016 Report Share Posted January 4, 2016 Great photos :-) Love lighthouses. We have a couple of Lighthouses not too far from us...... Anvil Point Portland Bill JesseLee, exwafoo, Bernard Kelly and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chasseur Posted January 5, 2016 Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2016 Beautiful Raindog!!!! Raindog 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raindog Posted January 5, 2016 Report Share Posted January 5, 2016 They are, aren't they? I didn't take these photos, but I have visited the lighthouses. The Anvil Point Lighthouse is very near a Cliff Cave, where I camped out, and a heavy fog rolled in overnight. Me and my Brother sat on the Cliff edge, looking at the distant light of Portland Bill, and listening to the mourneful sound of the Foghorn at Anvil Point lighthouse. Very creepy and evocative! It reminded me a lot of certain scenes in that John Carpenter film, The Fog! No Zombies attacked us, thankfully. Chasseur 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exwafoo Posted January 6, 2016 Report Share Posted January 6, 2016 Many years ago, I was based at RNAS Portland. The accommodation was on the East side of the Island overlooking part of the breakwater for Portland Harbour. It would be about November, and I remember waking up slowly in the small hours, a little bit groggy, perhaps from a little too much refreshment the night before, hearing an organ playing and thinking " Who on earth (words to that effect) is playing an organ at 4 o'clock in the morning," coming a little more awake and realising that it was the Bill foghorn plus the lesser ones on the breakwater in chorus. Felt a real idiot! They actually give a warning blast on a small horn before the large one is blown so you can get fingers in ears, Believe me, its LOUD close up. Thanks for the phots - brought back memories. Alan Raindog, JesseLee and Chasseur 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raindog Posted January 6, 2016 Report Share Posted January 6, 2016 Brilliant, Alan :-) I'd like to hear that Bill Horn close up. I've heard it from about 7 or 8 miles away, so close up it must be awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ModelsInBottles Posted January 11, 2016 Report Share Posted January 11, 2016 No lighthouses in Iowa so I love a good photo of one when I can get one. I'd like to incorporate a lighthouse and a cliff scene into one of my builds here in the future. Raindog 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raindog Posted January 12, 2016 Report Share Posted January 12, 2016 I might do that in my current build, Steve. I've done a few bottle ships with a small lighthouse put in the neck of the bottle, as a decorative touch, and one with a lighthouse on some rocks, at the back of the bottle. They're pretty easy to make, if you have a lathe, which I haven't. I seem to remember I used a ready made object, but I can't remember what it was! Maybe a Chess piece? ModelsInBottles 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ModelsInBottles Posted January 12, 2016 Report Share Posted January 12, 2016 Ha! Sure wish I had a lathe! On Instagram I've been seeing a lot of people working with polymer clay, not necessarily for SIBs, but people make some really tiny stuff with it. It's clay that can cure in your oven right at home. I think I might try that when I get around to a lighthouse scene. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSiemens Posted January 13, 2016 Report Share Posted January 13, 2016 You might try a regular drill. If all your doing is tapering then all you need is a drill and some sandpaper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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