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Edwardkenway

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  1. Hearty congratulations!!!, nicely done against what appears to be stiff competition.
  2. B and Q do a clear pine board, 1.2m x 400mm x 18mm for around £30. 2.4m is £50 Is the tug wider than 400mm? Other than that most builders merchants have a timber section. Would not a good sheet of marine ply be suitable? A 2.4 x 1.2 x 9, 12 or 18 mm would be around £30-50 respectively. Just chiming in here😉
  3. Looks absolutely wonderful Fred, and yes between you and Glenn, I'm very sorely tempted to do a Cheerful. Maybe a year or two down the line it may come to fruition. Winnie is keeping my hands full at the moment. After seeing what great work you've done with Cheerful, I think you'd certainly make a Winnie to be proud of.
  4. Cheers Dave E. Not wanting to put it off any longer, I sat down with some brass strip and a flat file. The following results may not be perfect, but for a first attempt, well..... blackened makes them look a tad better Need to make some small eyebolts and split rings now. New skills being learnt, as I would have gone off the peg and purchased them before this build. To everyone looking in, commenting and giving the thumbs up, many thanks. Cheers
  5. Denis, welcome to MSW. Do please set up a build log when you start your steam launch.
  6. Just a small update, I've dry fitted a couple of ring bolts Just to see what they look like on the deck I've used brass wire at .5mm, which according to the conversion chart is equivalent to 24 gauge, and blackened If I'm honest, I'm doing these, just so I can put off making the port lid hinges. I'm not sure how or where to start with those, even though I've read and reread the hinge bit in the monograph 🤷😬😕. Any pointers be will be gratefully received. Thanks once more for your comments, likes and visiting. Cheers
  7. I know what you mean. I saved all the offcuts from the hull planking, even the very short ones, now I'm glad I did not throw them out. I'm definitely having the ports open as a couple of them are very oddly shaped🤔
  8. It now looks pure WW2 as opposed to late 19th century steampunk! Nice coverage, very even and flat. I imagine it is pretty easy to get drips, considering all the small parts, railings and crane jibs.
  9. With the deck done and finally just going with something approaching a quadrant profile for the waterways, I've moved on to the rudder. I had a mishap with topmost bracket on the sternpost, as in breaking it getting it from the fret🙄. With the hole in the counter drilled, I fitted the cabin benches. Also a start be was made on the gun port lids. Inbetween all this I'm also making up some eyebolts and split rings. I tried Glenn's (glbarlow) method for the eyebolts, not a great success for me, I could not make them consistent, so I went back to the twist method. Thanks for all the comments, likes and dropping by. All is greatly appreciated. Cheers
  10. I'm still plumping for the lighter grey. It must be said that, in the different light, the darker one does look a tad lighter. My two pence worth
  11. I'm with EG, the lighter one, I think the darker grey is too dark for a sea grey.
  12. Thank you very much for this very timely post! I'm just starting to make some the many eyebolts and split rings.
  13. and welcome to MSW. It would be nice to see what you do with the model.
  14. Nice planes @AJohnson, I wish that I had room for some of the larger kits. I'm in for this Andy, you do some kind of magic with these 1/72 kits😉
  15. Ralph, welcome to MSW Your Bellona model looks great!!
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