iosto

bow finishes
 

Another deck details

Kitchen 

interior doors.  command room and officers room
 

Interior construction of the second deck

I preferred the second option because I consider it the best although more complicated
I have scanned the kit's decals sheet
With Photoshop I increased the contrast and inverted the image
Then I printed it on paper
For the transfer I used the foto tranfert POTCH trasparent " Hobby Line"

A generous layer of glue is spread on the surface and the design is then positioned.
Then press to remove the spaces and let it dry
After dried, the paper is wetted with a brush and removed and the drawing is transferred
So you can use it as a base for painting.

External finishes

Very beautiful work

flawless execution of a beautiful model, not at all easy to make.  really nice compliments

greetings

Iosto

Deck deck I used IROKO wood Very fibrous a little difficult to work with small thin pieces, but I wanted to have a color more like the real wood of the original bridge. To decrease the porosity I used a glue to transfer POTCH images. Applied then smoothed and re-applied, then I passed the wax.

I made the structure in pear wood. I covered with some pear wood veneer. Then I covered with mahogany wood. Between one table and another I inserted some black cardboard. Then I'll proceed with the holes

Cabin construction

I've stocked up on lumber. Here in Italy you don't find much. In the past I bought from Crown Timberyard which has now closed or from Lumberyard. Browsing the net I found this site:

https://www.rarewoodsusa.com/all-species/

Construction of the bulwarks

The model will be covered and painted with antifouling as the photo of the " Mamma Rosa" , and will have mahogany sides. Through the hatch of the cabin it will be possible to see the interior. I would like to make a diorama with a shipyard and insert this model together with one under construction where you can see the frames on sight.

Cabin and deck construction

Application of the primer I used a gray Tamiya primer and then the tamya white primer

Engine housing compartment

Construction of the propeller shaft with the grease valve for the fat rope

Engine compartment and cabin construction
To build the template of the cabin, I used cardboard and glued strips to detect the shape

Engine

Engine construction
The engine was made with forex and plasticard

Some parts of the starter, the wiring and the muffler with the exhaust are still missing.
After the top is treated with a tamyia gray primer, then filled and treated with white primer and then painted.
Thus it will be possible to take the exact measurements for the shaft line and the assembly of the propeller and the bridge with the motor housing.

Old photo of Leudo

The Schifetto it is a small size leudo-like boat.

The leudo is a typical Ligurian boat much larger at least 18-20 m the wood is Swiss pear, but then it will be painted. the beams of the beams until only supported, then they are corrected, aligned and then glued and afterwards they made the cabin and the motor housing.

these photos are of a Carlofortino boat built on the island of San Pietro in the early 1900s and motorized in 1927 used for trade and then for the transport of minerals the photos are from 35 years ago today it no longer exists because it was destroyed by a fire,the keel of the boat was 18 m long, it was called Gina and was very similar to a Leudo in fact the inhabitants of Carloforte came to the island from Liguria and the colonies of Tabarka in 1700

Engine construction project