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Post by Curtis on Apr 17, 2006 16:49:58 GMT -8
So you're the person who made those sweet models. I love those models. They're so acurate
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Post by bcfcbccsscollector on Apr 17, 2006 17:03:39 GMT -8
Hi there,
Thanks! The Van took 4 years (Albeit not full time) to build and I was fortunate enough for my fahter in law (Retired Chief Engineer) to get me on board the Van while it was tied up at Swartz Bay to get pics. I was EVERYWHERE! I based the model on the plans I had, as the original deck plans were obsolete and the crew member at that time said it was OK to have them. The Van is about 43 inches in length and is a static model, whereas the Alberni is a complete build. The Alberni is of course, yet to be completed. In fact, the Alberni actually started out as the Cowichan, when I got into the drydock to snap photos. The scale I am working with (1:208) converts to the model being about 26 inches. To make something so big, so small was quite a job and frankly, I did not like how it was turning out, I might scan and add the pics of the Cowichan later. I basically stripped the model to the car deck and started over (Since the hull design is identical). The original Alberni is much easier to replicate given the scale I am working with. It too will end up in a plexiglass case when it is finally done.
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Post by Scott on Apr 17, 2006 17:46:00 GMT -8
What are the main materials that you use in making the models?
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Post by bcfcbccsscollector on Apr 17, 2006 17:58:31 GMT -8
Hi John,
For the Van, the hull is carved pine with the car deck being balsa. The remainder was made of styrene plastic. Aside from the lifeboats and the green lamp shades by the davits, cranes and searchlights, it was pretty much made from scratch.
The Alberni's hull is a combination balsa and (I think) mahogany (It's been about 8 years since I built the hull). The rest is a combination of (mainly) aircraft plywood and plastic styrene. All kept together with a fast acting cyanoacrylate adhesive (Zap a Gap), plus an accelerator spray. The pictures really do not show as good as compared to seeing them in front of you.
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Post by Retrovision on Apr 17, 2006 18:13:01 GMT -8
Welcome, Darren. It's about time that you joined   I first admired the photos of your models online a few months ago, and especially like the one of the City of Vancouver; real top-notch. My Gramps (my dad's dad) was a nautical enthusiast enough to make his own models, mainly aboard the ships he worked on, including a working metal-model of the engine of an old blockade runner (from WWII) that beached (and who's hulk still rests where she beached) near the entrance to the port of his home-town, Nassau, Bahamas, that is now part of the Maritime Museum at Halifax's collection, that he was quite passionate about. As part of his qualification to become a machinist, he first build a small (maybe 1' cubed) working all-metal-model of a standard double or triple expansion steam engine; my dad now has this model, as well as a model of one of the classic old Corvette ships of WWII, carved and assempled from scratch out of wood, that he almost completed. ...I just got off the phone with my dad, and thought this would be an appropriate time to go into detail about my Gramps' sea-going career: @ My Gramps, Lambert Arnold Johnson OBE (in the British tradition, he went by his middle name, 'Arnold'), was born and raised in Nassau, the capital of the Bahamas (My ancestors were pioneer settlers of the original capital on Harbour Island). @ He travelled to Montreal to study to become a machinist, and subsequently was hired by, and rose through the ranks of CSL (Canada Steamship Lines), to become a Chief Engineer. @ With a home-port of Halifax, Arnold worked as the Chief Engineer aboard the " Lady Ships," such as the Lady George ('properly' pronounced ' Jarge' ) and the Lady Nelson, of east-coast-fame, travelling between Halifax, Nassau, and way-ports, during WWII, *un-escorted*. @ Lambert Arnold Johnson OBE, was awarded the Order of the British Empire for his part as chief engineer in outrunning a German submarine.@ Arnold went on to become Chief Steamship Inspector for the east coast of Canada, and eventually for the Great lakes, near to where he passed away, at the age of 80, in 1992, at St. Catharines, Ontario. RIP Lambert Arnold Johnson OBE |
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Post by Low Light Mike on Apr 17, 2006 18:28:33 GMT -8
Darren: Welcome to the forum.
Let me know when you get hold of an autographed Deborah Marshall poster.
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Koastal Karl
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Post by Koastal Karl on Apr 17, 2006 18:44:23 GMT -8
yeah, same with me, lol! I think Flugel likes Deborah Marshall!So do I! LOL!!!
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Post by bcfcbccsscollector on Apr 17, 2006 18:48:43 GMT -8
I don't know, but I got a strange feeling she may not be the sweetest cookie when the camera light is turned off....
However, next time I'm in Victoria I'll track her down and see if I can get a full size poster, autographed of course. With or without David???
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Post by Low Light Mike on Apr 17, 2006 18:57:58 GMT -8
I didn't know that there was a "Deborah without David" option. I thought that they were a set, like Donnie & Marie, or Barbie & Ken. |
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Post by bcfcbccsscollector on Apr 17, 2006 19:04:36 GMT -8
Oh my...
Anything is possible......she looks like a woman itching to carve her own niche....
Please do not make me bring out my dark comedic side, unless you want to be kept busy for a while !! LOL
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Post by Retrovision on Apr 17, 2006 19:06:04 GMT -8
I didn't know that there was a "Deborah without David" option. I thought that they were a set, like Donnie & Marie, or Barbie & Ken. Surprisingly they do show up to public events without each other. Case in point, the recent open house of the Queen of Nanaimo at Long Harbour. I guess that BCFS, after paying big $ to bring in an American to clean up their act, can't afford to put him on a ship for 7 hours (the approximate time that Deb was aboard, round-trip form Tsawwassen), or fly him in.  community.webshots.com/photo/548411366/2303473780087036356jEHJdz |
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Post by Koastal Karl on Apr 17, 2006 19:14:53 GMT -8
yeah that's right! oh my, I actually got to see her that time at the Queen of Nanaimo open house. First time I actually saw her other than on TV.
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Post by Retrovision on Apr 17, 2006 19:24:08 GMT -8
Karl and Deb sitting in a tree... |
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Post by Koastal Karl on Apr 17, 2006 19:26:58 GMT -8
Deb and Flugel sitting in a tree!! lol!! I think Graham likes her too seeing he took a photo of her! lol! |
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Post by Retrovision on Apr 17, 2006 19:38:01 GMT -8
I think Graham likes her too seeing he took a photo of her! lol! lol! Yeah, she's a slippery one when it comes to unauthorized-photos; she knows how to avoid a camera when she wants to... Surprisingly, that's the best shot that I got of her, other than the back of her head in the caf. But ' was I trying?,' heh, no, not *I* |
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Post by Scott on Apr 18, 2006 23:14:58 GMT -8
Are Deborah Dykes and Deborah Marshall the same person? (ie. did she get married?) Or is being named Deborah just the main requirement for getting a job as spokesperson at BC Ferries?
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Post by Low Light Mike on Apr 19, 2006 6:43:03 GMT -8
Same person, same long curly hair, same attitude, same skill-set.
Just a name change. Perhaps marriage, perhaps just a cosmetic image change.
Insomuch as Annikin Skywalker changed name to Darth Vader, and was yet the same core being, so it is also with Deborah.
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Post by Scott on Apr 19, 2006 21:10:17 GMT -8
I guess I met her then:) I was doing a college project on the Horseshoe Bay expansion and BC Ferries had rented a storefront in Horseshoe Bay open to the public to display the plans and answer any questions about it. So I went in one day and talked with her and got some maps and information and her business card! I wonder how much that would sell for on eBay? It's not for sale! |
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