Edwardkenway

Hearty congratulations!!!, nicely done against what appears to be stiff competition.

15 hours ago, ccoyle said:

 

Yes. I might have purchased this kit -- and a P-47D-11, Curtiss SB2C, and Fw-190 Sturmbock. Maybe. Possibly. 😬

Can't wait not to see your logs you won't be doing😁

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😉

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.

Keith, welcome to MSW 

, welcome to MSW

2 hours ago, Landlubber Mike said:

Good thing I'm not going to be buying any more kits so that should no longer be an issue...famous last words 🤥

Resistance and futile come to mind🤔

26 minutes ago, Egilman said:

... and get us to believe it....

We all know....😁

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 

Denis, welcome to MSW.

Do please set up a build log when you start your steam launch.

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

Looks great! Very nice planking Indeed.

Another Winnie to aspire to. 

57 minutes ago, scrubbyj427 said:

Next time I build gun ports I decided that I will do them during the planking process and use the same planks as I'm using on the hull so they match better.

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🤔

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.

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

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

I'm with EG, the lighter one, I think  the darker grey is too dark for a sea grey.

Thank you very much for this very timely post! I'm just starting to make some the many eyebolts and split rings.

Some very nice work on the seats and seatbelts Craig!

Michael, welcome to MSW 

and welcome to MSW 

and welcome to MSW 

Your finish looks very nice Gary.

and welcome to MSW.

It would be nice to see what you do with the model.

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😉

Ralph, welcome to MSW

Your Bellona model looks great!!