Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum

Damo1977 · 08-17-05, 01:29 AM

I finally did it friends, I have the first photo scanned

RMS ORMONDE
the ship my old mans side sailed on to reach Aussie shores.........

I am in the process of remebering what I did and scanning the others

nattydread · 08-17-05, 01:44 AM

wow, thats goregous...even though its wash out and fading its beauty still comes through. Maybe its my imagination, but in my mind I see a black hull, white superstructure, red keel and maybe goldish stacks with black tips. In full glossy color I think I'd wet myself.

Damo1977 · 08-17-05, 01:45 AM

Now we're cooking with gas.......

Now all I gotta do is scan them all and create a file

Damo1977 · 08-17-05, 02:13 AM

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Originally Posted by nattydread

wow, thats goregous...even though its wash out and fading its beauty still comes through. Maybe its my imagination, but in my mind I see a black hull, white superstructure, red keel and maybe goldish stacks with black tips. In full glossy color I think I'd wet myself.

Must remember these postcards were "taken in the '30's", so of course there washout and faded...... my Grandma intrusted these for me to keep not sell...... I have a small albulm of them so tommorrow or when I feel up to it I shall scan them all and let everyone share them

Dowly · 08-17-05, 05:25 AM

Wow! Good looking ships you got there! Keep them coming!

Damo1977 · 08-17-05, 06:09 AM

Ok you lot like these?

Give me about 24hrs k.

Dowly · 08-17-05, 06:17 AM

Take your time. I`m waiting!

Gizzmoe · 08-17-05, 06:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Damo1977

Ok you lot like these?

Absolutely!

Syxx_Killer · 08-17-05, 08:16 AM

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Ok you lot like these?

Most definately! These old liners have a majestic aura about them. I find them fascinating. I sure wish they were around today. I can't say the same for modern liners, though.

Zie Chuckinator · 08-17-05, 11:47 AM

*thinks of Titanic*

Twelvefield · 08-17-05, 02:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Syxx_Killer

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Ok you lot like these?

Most definately! These old liners have a majestic aura about them. I find them fascinating. I sure wish they were around today. I can't say the same for modern liners, though.

In my opinion, back in WWII and before, there was still an effort to include humanistic style into workmanship. The vehicles had a certain amount of practicality built into them, but they also had some leeway for artistic design.

Applied design would, of course be defined by tradition, so that shipping and vehicles from different regions would have their appearance be modelled on what had gone on before -- i.e. American ships look one way, Japanese ships another, and German and Russian ships, for example would also be quite unique.

Nowadays, design is opitimized through computers. Algorithms replace traditions. Modern ships, cars, and airplanes all pretty much look like they have been stamped from the same cookie-cutter because this is what the math tells us we can build based on getting the maximum performance out of the minimum capital outlay. Blah.

Anyway, I am with you guys. I definitely find the designs of the WWII-era vehicles to be the most attractive. I am enjoying seeing all of these old ships!

08-17-05, 01:29 AM	#1
Damo1977 Captain Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Adelaide, South Australia Posts: 487 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum I finally did it friends, I have the first photo scanned RMS ORMONDE the ship my old mans side sailed on to reach Aussie shores......... I am in the process of remebering what I did and scanning the others __________________ \"If man is called to be to be a streetsweeper, he should sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music, or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, here lived a great streetsweeper who did his job well\" Martin Luther King, Jr

08-17-05, 01:45 AM	#3
Damo1977 Captain Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Adelaide, South Australia Posts: 487 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Now we're cooking with gas....... Now all I gotta do is scan them all and create a file __________________ \"If man is called to be to be a streetsweeper, he should sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music, or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, here lived a great streetsweeper who did his job well\" Martin Luther King, Jr

08-17-05, 06:09 AM	#6
Damo1977 Captain Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Adelaide, South Australia Posts: 487 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Ok you lot like these? Give me about 24hrs k. __________________ \"If man is called to be to be a streetsweeper, he should sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted, or Beethoven composed music, or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, here lived a great streetsweeper who did his job well\" Martin Luther King, Jr

08-17-05, 11:47 AM	#10
Zie Chuckinator Machinist's Mate Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: up ur butt and around the corner... Posts: 121 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	thinks of Titanic __________________ Weekends don\'t count unless you spend them doing something completely pointless. -- Calvin Miss Wormwood: What state do you live in? Calvin: Denial. Miss Wormwood: I don\'t suppose I can argue with that... The only skills I have patience to learn are those that have no real application in life. -- Calvin If you do the job badly enough, sometimes you don\'t get asked to do it again. -- Calvin

08-17-05, 01:44 AM	#2
nattydread Captain Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 498 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	wow, thats goregous...even though its wash out and fading its beauty still comes through. Maybe its my imagination, but in my mind I see a black hull, white superstructure, red keel and maybe goldish stacks with black tips. In full glossy color I think I'd wet myself.

08-17-05, 05:25 AM	#5
Dowly Lucky Jack Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 25,052 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	Wow! Good looking ships you got there! Keep them coming!

08-17-05, 06:17 AM	#7
Dowly Lucky Jack Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 25,052 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	Take your time. I`m waiting!