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Blighty

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  1. A couple of pics to show transom from underside with squared off stern and a floor pan proposal I'm considering. What I'm trying to do is create more room around the cannon and generally package the power plant more effectively. Excuse the filler, I'm going to mitre the corners at stern, don't know what I was thinking going straight across, easy to trim off I guess!
  2. Hi Brian, I think the artist took a littlr licence on the pic you posted, to me, the port does not match the starboard side of the transom. What do you think? My mod to make square is intended to be minimum change at this time, feasible to build and operate but not 100% historically accurate, I may look at further changes later on when I have the floor plan worked out a bit better. I will post a couple of pics of underside to show the transom. Thanks for comment.
  3. I've been busy bashing and rebashing my PB1. First of all I made an error with lowering the condenser stands, I forgot about the drive shaft located below the condenser, now I've lowered it the shaft would go straight through it, so condenser is being relocated. But, more interestingly, Roger Pellett brought up an interesting question in GuntherMT's build log. (If you are into the Picket Boat and currently not following GuntherMT's log, you should be, it's an interesting build). Question was why is the stern rounded on the model when most referene pics have a squared off stern. Kurt offered a very feasible and probable answer to the dilemma. I decided another bit of bashing to fix this inaccuracy which turned out surprisingly easy. I cut off the rear most portion of the upper stern deck and glued an across boat plank, that's about the fill extent of it. The rudder is not effected, the mast has to be relocated but I was going to do that anyhow. So, thx to Roger for bringing that issue up, I think it looks ok even if it is not exact to the sketches available. I have also added an additional bench/step in front of the rear deck, it can be seen in one of the pics, not glued in yet. A couple of pics attached. Thx for checking out my log.
  4. Roger, Brian, I still have the opportunity to square off the stern as I haven't glued the 3 layered add-on piece yet. I'll have to make another, or modify the stern upper deck portion I have already completed to give a finished appearance to the deck planking but a great question asked, Brian. Not sure how accurate it will end up but I'll post pics asap. I'll show updates and outcome on my build log. Len
  5. Cheers Derek, that was a really pleasant build, didn't want to finish it. Thx for chipping in with encouragement and comments.
  6. I've lowered the condenser mounting plinths so that I can add a step/seat over the top of it. The rear section scaled height is 30" so a step to assist getting in and out is a high possibility, the condenser will be protected under the seat/step. It's not done yet but when there is something to show I'll post a pic. Thx for looking in.
  7. Hi, I'm back from camping and got all my honey do list cleared out so I found time to do some modelling. The hull planking is going about as expected, badly! gone from plan A, stained wood outer to plan B, black hull to hide the filler, more planking practice I reckon. Still it is fairly smooth and likely more realistic with a black paint camo coat. Finished up the boiler except for a light coat of matt varnish but I've gone for a more showy appearance with bright copper as opposed to aged black. Check out the pic. Thx for following.
  8. Welcome aboard Joshua, I have read your log from start to finish, thanks for the inspiration, hope you like the build, your comments will be most welcome.
  9. Thx all for the likes and interest in my build. J, yes the inside will be natural but right now the exterior of the hull is going to be black, if the planking works out ok I may go natural as well but based on past planking attempts I have needed to much filler not to hide the finish under a coat of paint. The rivets idea were 'borrowed' from a spectacular build of the PB1 I found on another forum, the modeller was a guy named 'crazypoet', check it out, shows how it should be done. Special thx to him for the inspiration. I hope to wrap up the boiler today before our camping trip, I'll post a pic later if any progress worth showing.
  10. I've been side tracked a lot this week with prepping the camper, off camping for the weekend, looking forward to that. However I did get to do some modelling, I've started on the planking which is going ok, but a break from that resulted in me working on the boiler. The only thing different I have attempted is to add oversize rivets, (nails) and brass rings round the boiler asm. Not sure if the rivets will stay, they are more a representation than a true reflection of reality, I'll have to see how they look when the boat is more complete.
  11. Did a little more work on the coal bunkers, I also scored out the front upper deck instead of planking it. This method seams to work ok for me, better than replanking, I would have probably applied this everywhere if I thought about it earlier. Lesson learned. Bunkers are not glued in yet, however they are a tight fit due to the slots having paint in them against the bulkheads so I figured this offered good enough stability and positioning to go ahead and put a couple of planks on the hull. I'll glue them in tomorrow. Unfortunately I stole quite a few pieces of wood from the Picket kit to finish a few extras o the Chaperon, seemed like a good idea at the time!!!! I'll have to rethink that strategy. Couple of pics. Hope you like 'em.
  12. I already made some extensive changes to the coal bunkers that made sense to me at the time. This was my thinking. The canon needed to be cleared for a gun crew, I really don't know how many guys are considered normal for manning a single canon but I assumed 3 to 4 guys should have clear access. That said, I removed the flagpole, I am thinking of mounting that on the outside, around mid ship so the crew could use the pole and guy ropes for steadying them selves. Not fullydecided on that yet. I removed the front compartment altogether to increase space around the canon also, with the domplex curvature there is very little space lost to store coal, also scooping it out would be difficult. After thinking about this for some time I applied a little bit of a novel opening just for the front 2 compartments on each side. I think this will allow good access to the coal and the stokers can keep their head down. Looks cool on the model, would love to get your opinion on this. Take a look at the pic and I hope you stay on board Kurt, I enjoy your input. You will see I only intend showing one bunker lid open, the hinges will be mounted on the front face of cours so the front lid swings forward and the second lid swings rearward. I still have to add one grab slot to the lid. Finally the strip scribed is intended to mount the hinges for #2 opening. btw, I flipped these parts over and redid the lid openings on the flip side so I can easily go back to stock if this does not pan out.
  13. I decided to not add planking to the upper frt and rear deck but I was not happy with the lightly scribed lines that are depicted on the model, so I decided to have a go at scoring them in. Hereis how I went about it. First I marked up the current plank pattern on the reverse side of the rear deck by extending the plank lines onto the blank with a pencil so I could easily and accurately scribe them back on the reverse side. Deck flipped and pencilled in, so, if I screw up the scoring I still have a good deck to work with. Next I made a form to add a radius to the rear edge, purely cosmetics Then with the finest tip I have for the dremel, 2 coats of Minwax, (still to be sanded and reapplied): I ended up with this. I think it looks ok with this large scale 1/2' but would not attempt on a smaller scale. I' post a final pic when it's sanded and finished.
  14. Thx everyone for the kind words, makes FINISHING an even more special event. Elijah, I thought the same about the reflection on the table top, wish I could claim it as a creative intention but alas it was just a bit of luck. I will add a couple more pics a the night shots were a bit dark.
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