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welcome to MSW

welcome to MSW Capn. A stunning model of Victory, the WW2 battleship and sub are also amazing.

As the other guys have said, and we'll all be here waiting. Take care!

To try and dig up some more information on HRU, I sent an email to the secretary of the Heritage Centre, who replied with some unexpected Historic Ships UK surveys from 2010 and 2016Lifeboat Henry Ramey Upchur PDF (1) (2).pdf I must admit to ignorance of the Stiffkey Rescue Wooden Boats, as I've only ever passed through Stiffkey enroute to Holkham and beyond😔. I've since checked out the website! I only discovered her about 10ish years ago, when I realised what I thought was just a boatshed, was in fact the Fisherman's Heritage Centre. Glad to have you aboard. The build is progressing as the framework is now glued. I am working at making the flotation compartments that are under the bulwark benches. I'll post some photos when I have the framework for these fixed. Thanks for your interest and the likes. Cheers

welcome to MSW Lars.

Oh the things we Brits miss out on with our average weather. Enjoy😊!!

Excellent as usual Glenn, you have a special aptitude for planking, I reckon you could do it blindfolded 😲

and welcome aboard Peter. Your Port Jackson look marvellous!

Moving along now EG, looking good, I like the colours.

Tim, I don't think there are any plans, as she was built by the local boat builder on the local fishing boat type. I'm attempting to build her from the dimensions and whatever photos and pictures I can find Although I've visited her several times, for some reason I've never taken any photos, that will be remedied next time I go to Sheringham. Thanks Tim, Mark and John for looking in. Cheers (Photo from RNLI)

This build is what I bought the AL Providence whaleboat for, I was going to kit bash it into the Henry Ramey Upcher. But after getting all the dimensions for the lifeboat, it turned out easier to scratch build it, using Providence as a basic shape template. I've picked this subject because as a child, my grandparents spent summers on the Norfolk coast at Sheringham and when my brothers and I visited, would take us to see it, this was before it even became part of the museum. As a parent myself, the Admiral and I have also taken my children there to see it, although they weren't as enthusiastic as I was! I still go and have a look at her whenever I'm in Sheringham. A little bit of background info: The text below is courtesy of National Historic Ships UK HISTORY HENRY RAMEY UPCHER is a lifeboat of clinker built oak construction. She was built in 1894 by Lewis Emery at Sheringham and was powered by oars and sail. The vessel takes its name from the Upcher family of Sheringham Hall who provided the privately-run boat to replace the town's first rescue vessel, the AUGUSTA. She was known locally as the Fisherman's Lifeboat and operated as an independent lifeboat with a crew of local fisherman, there being other RNLI lifeboats in service at Sheringham at the time. Launching was a community effort requiring considerable manpower. The vessel was propelled by 16 oars, occasionally requiring two men to each oar. She could also carry a main lug sail and a mizzen sail. During her service she was launched 61 times and saved 202 lives. Her most famous rescue was of the crew of the brig ISPOLEN in 1897 during the most ferocious storm for decades when her coxswain, Tom Barnes Cooper, was over 70 years old. After her withdrawal from service in 1935 she was launched for the Sheringham regattas and other festive occasions. She is now on display in an indoor museum in Sheringham. Key dates 1894 Vessel was built by Lewis Emery at Sheringham 1897 Rescue of the brig ISPOLEN during a storm 1935 Withdrawn from service as lifeboat DIMENSIONS Breadth: Beam 11.25 feet (3.43 m) Depth 4.33 feet (1.32 m) Length: Overall 34.75 feet (10.60 m) At 1:25 scale the model is just over 400mm long, 130mm wide and 52mm depth The skeleton has been cut from 6mm liteply, they are only dry fitted at the moment. The reason for starting from scratch, quite a lot bigger, both the same scale! I know this is a bit nichè but is a fond memory of my childhood by the sea. Thanks for looking in. Cheers.

Good to see you back! I'm looking forward to the next installments.

The benches went very easily, just a bit of filing, then things went a tad awry! The laser cut shaped pieces that cover the top of the ply frames are a good idea, if the overall shape of the boat is perfect. Mine wasn't!! So I had to do a bit of artistic faking and added some extra wood to the internal curve, I'm quite happy with the result! I've noticed at the stern post I need to do a bit of filling. on to the gunwales and another mishap, one of the two cherry strips supplied snapped while putting on an edge bend. The solution was a couple of .5mm pear strips (it was all I had that was closest in colour) glued together and utilised as replacement the broken strip. After a coat of danish oil, it blends in quite well, a tiny bit darker, but I can live with that😏 There is a bit of touch up required to the white, but I'm leaving that until the end. That's it for now. Thank you for looking in, comments and hitting the thumbs up. Cheers

and welcome to MSW. Very nice first build, and as to taking apart and re-doing, I think most have been there. Have fun with number 2 build!

and welcome to MSW Dan! Mark has linked to excellent advice, and whatever you choose to build as your first model, I suggest that you do a build log, as you'll get lots of help and advice from this very friendly bunch! Above all, enjoy yourself.

and welcome to MSW Brian

Another card model that looks nothing like a card model😲 A great success again Chris !

and welcome to MSW from just across the North Sea.

Looking good EG, and from here those tail frames have turned out great. Hope your paint turns up😉

You're doing some excellent work, it looks stunning!

and welcome to MSW Andrew.

Very nice work Patrick, some really great scratch extras!😁👍

Could you download the BBC iplayer app, you will probably have to register with it. It should be available in the US Connect your Android device to your Wi-Fi network or the mobile hotspot you created. Go to your Google Play app. Download and install the BBC iPlayer app. Open the BBC iPlayer app and insert your login credentials.

You could rebuild them with any 1×5mm strips and either paint or stain them to match the sapele ones. Alternatively use the narrower ladders in positions where they'll barely be seen😇

The paint has been applied, 2 coats of matt white, followed by 1 coat of gloss white. I know it perhaps should have stayed matt, but I quite like the sheen as it's not hi-gloss, more of a satin finish So next time it on to the benches and fittings. Thanks for having a look. Cheers