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Post by Deleted on May 19, 2016 14:18:21 GMT
I am in the process just now of renovating a boatman's cabin,I bought the boat with it fitted and to be honest its not the
best use of space,but it is nonetheless a good selling point when you come to get rid.
I have been looking for someone that could perhaps "Dress" the cabin like it would have looked back in the day,I recognise
of course that these are all reproductions of the real thing but once you have them then you are committed to furnishing
them in the period tradition.I guess finding these people gets harder with each passing year and maybe a good reference
book would be a better bet and do it myself.
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Post by tadworth on May 19, 2016 16:13:36 GMT
Kill yourself.
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Post by Saltysplash on May 20, 2016 2:21:59 GMT
I am in the process just now of renovating a boatman's cabin,I bought the boat with it fitted and to be honest its not the best use of space,but it is nonetheless a good selling point when you come to get rid. I have been looking for someone that could perhaps "Dress" the cabin like it would have looked back in the day,I recognise of course that these are all reproductions of the real thing but once you have them then you are committed to furnishing them in the period tradition.I guess finding these people gets harder with each passing year and maybe a good reference book would be a better bet and do it myself. Theres loads of pics online of various cabins. Most replicas seem to have the same theme except for this one   For me, having had a boat with a Boatmans Cabin, I wouldnt bother to deck it out all arty farty again. I'd use the space more fitting for my needs. If I every have the privelage to own an ex-working boat however, then I will try and keep the BMC as original as possible |
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Post by JohnV on May 20, 2016 6:53:46 GMT
I am in the process just now of renovating a boatman's cabin,I bought the boat with it fitted and to be honest its not the best use of space,but it is nonetheless a good selling point when you come to get rid. I have been looking for someone that could perhaps "Dress" the cabin like it would have looked back in the day,I recognise of course that these are all reproductions of the real thing but once you have them then you are committed to furnishing them in the period tradition.I guess finding these people gets harder with each passing year and maybe a good reference book would be a better bet and do it myself. Theres loads of pics online of various cabins. Most replicas seem to have the same theme except for this one For me, having had a boat with a Boatmans Cabin, I wouldnt bother to deck it out all arty farty again. I'd use the space more fitting for my needs. If I every have the privelage to own an ex-working boat however, then I will try and keep the BMC as original as possible I thought that was a taxi engine ?  |
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Post by kris on May 20, 2016 8:35:57 GMT
There was me thinking they are called back cabins, maybe that's what they are called on actual ex-working boats.
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Post by bills on May 20, 2016 8:48:42 GMT
There was me thinking they are called back cabins, maybe that's what they are called on actual ex-working boats. ...or just "cabin" |
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Post by kris on May 20, 2016 8:51:56 GMT
There was me thinking they are called back cabins, maybe that's what they are called on actual ex-working boats. ...or just "cabin" Even |
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Post by Deleted on May 20, 2016 17:39:36 GMT
There was me thinking they are called back cabins, maybe that's what they are called on actual ex-working boats. ...or just "cabin" Like I say Bill its all reproduction . I bought he boat with it as opposed to bought the boat because of it. Its like the penny washers,this is what people pay extra for. |
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Post by smileypete on May 20, 2016 21:11:16 GMT
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Post by Deleted on May 21, 2016 5:16:53 GMT
Is it a shiny bote? Nah,I painted it on the cut the year before last,me and Ptolemy Lane. I bought it of a bloke up the Shroppie. Its only around nine years old,bloke before me ran out of money. |
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Post by JohnV on May 21, 2016 7:24:49 GMT
I have never attempted to live in a back cabin nor in accommodation including a traditional back cabin, however when I started fitting out Sabina H I had ideas of trying to achieve mostly a traditional look. I incorporated quite a lot of reclaimed Victorian and Edwardian furniture to get the correct dark wood colours. Fortunately I couldn't obtain much of that kind of material and only limited areas were completed. Living conditions from the past look lovely providing you are only playing at it. The dark wood and varnish makes for depressing conditions in the winter !!!!! Over the years I have been gradually changing things, making them lighter and brighter. When I did the tongue and groove on the wheelhouse deck head and the engine room corridor I used pine and a very light varnish. Deckheads are gradually becoming white panels broken up with wood framing to give a panel effect. It will be years before I get it all as I like (if ever) but it is so much more a pleasant place to live . Bugger can't seem to get it vertical !!!!! Oh! that's ok it goes th right way up when you click on it ! Attachments:
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Post by naughtyfox on May 21, 2016 7:32:09 GMT
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Post by JohnV on May 21, 2016 7:33:38 GMT
thanks Foxy .....as you probably have gathered I'm not very IT savvy !!!
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Post by Deleted on May 21, 2016 8:14:20 GMT
I have never attempted to live in a back cabin nor in accommodation including a traditional back cabin, however when I started fitting out Sabina H I had ideas of trying to achieve mostly a traditional look. I incorporated quite a lot of reclaimed Victorian and Edwardian furniture to get the correct dark wood colours. Fortunately I couldn't obtain much of that kind of material and only limited areas were completed. Living conditions from the past look lovely providing you are only playing at it. The dark wood and varnish makes for depressing conditions in the winter !!!!! Over the years I have been gradually changing things, making them lighter and brighter. When I did the tongue and groove on the wheelhouse deck head and the engine room corridor I used pine and a very light varnish. Deckheads are gradually becoming white panels broken up with wood framing to give a panel effect. It will be years before I get it all as I like (if ever) but it is so much more a pleasant place to live . Bugger can't seem to get it vertical !!!!! Oh! that's ok it goes th right way up when you click on it ! I did live in the back/boatmans cabin,do they call it Boatmans as its effectively one of two cabins on new craft? I have never thought much about it. I had the shower fitted with hot water so it was ok,cooking on the stove was the biggest challenge for a culinary halfwit such as myself,the nights I would shout "Fuck it, I,m going to Wetherspoons" as another meal was either still uncooked after an hour or alternatively incinerated while I would be chatting to someone on the towpath are countless. |
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Post by Higgs on May 21, 2016 10:27:29 GMT
My experience of boatman's cabins and scumbling is limited. Any base coat that you apply, prior to scumbling, must have the brushstroke running in the same direction for each coat. If you wish to simulate a plank, all the brush strokes must run in the lengthwise direction of the simulated plank. To do otherwise when you wish to scumble lengthwise will create the effect of bamboo.
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