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Model is 1/72, a Fujimi kit. Thanks for the offer, but I am quite happy with the empty cockpit.

Your work always amazes me Dan. And you make it look so easy.

I’d say not wrong, but I’m not in charge. Do as many as you can! Like you I need multiple models going to fill in the time when glue and paint is drying or I get bored with something. Currently I am building the C W Morgan, City of Pekin, A6 A Intruder, Amelia Earhart’s Lockheed Electra (incidentally a horrible poorly fitting kit I have been messing with for ages) and a Guillows de Havilland Beaver stick and tissue kit. I am only doing logs for the two ships as this is after all a ship model site. I will post the occasional non ship kit progress in the Shore Leave section

Very clever clamping idea for the stem. I’ll have to remember this!

The wale is also a problem. It is not consistently proud of the upper planks. Probably can fix this with very careful sanding.

Thanks for the advice. I had pretty much decided to sand the plankshear down and put on a piece of strip wood. I tried just building up the low sections with smaller lengths but it looks messy. Better to sand it all out and add a new piece.

Planking is progressing nicely.

Hmmm. A bit out of focus. I will have to try again.

I recently started my Fujimi A 6A intruder Knight Riders kit that has been on my shelf for at least 25 years. This is the seat module. The kit included pilot and navigator figures but I lost the head of one 😯. I decide just to omit them.

Finished captain’s cabin/galley waiting to be glued into place.

Right on! I doubt that anyone who looks at the model will have a set of templates to check that the hull exactly matches the prototype. If it looks good it is good. Don’t obsess over the exact shape. When I made my Young America, Newsboy, and the Essex, once I had a smooth hull I was happy. I never worried if the shape was exact.

Fantastic detail!

When I started my Caldercraft Granado several years back I had the same impression. This is just a plastic kit made of wood instead of plastic. I built the Young America, Newsboy, and Essex from yellow box kits. Much more satisfying than today’s laser cut kits, though I’ve done my share of those! The instructions in the yellow box kits were like: take the pieces of wood and turn them into a ship. Refer to the plans for hints. Also be prepared to purchase 1000s more blocks as we don’t give you nearly enough.

Yes, I agree. I haven't seen a build log for it before. It is a model I've wanted to build for a long time; mainly because when I first discovered Model Shipways around 1966 or so, the City of Pekin was about the only kit I could afford. Never did purchase it though since I was lusting after the Young America kit. My new wife got me the YA as a wedding present! I found the current CoP on eBay a couple years ago and it has in my stash daring me to start it.

That is a good idea. I used a thin brass strip, rounded the edges and gave it a twist. I think I will try your wire idea.

Looks like I need to touch up some of the paint.😑

Starting the deck cabins. I made a half dozen forward cabins before I was happy with result shown here. The port and starboard walls of the captain’s cabin are shown under construction.

I would never guess that this is a plastic model.

looks great. Paintwork is so clean and sharp!

I started this kit a while ago and have postponed starting a build log for no particular reason. I am a professional procrastinator. This is a very old kit with minimal parts. A machine carved hull; some blocks of wood for the deck cabins, some strip wood; and various white metal castings. There are 2 sheets of plans. One for the original tow barge and a second set showing the conversion to steam power. When I took the contents photo I had already started to lay out some reference lines on the deck. Some observations: 1. I discovered that the blocks for the deck houses were sized totally different from the plans. I planned to scratch build these anyway 2. The strip wood were of sizes that were way off scale for their required application. 3. The bow shape did not agree with the plans; hence all the plastic wood. As in all solid hull kits I've seen, the bulwarks are oversized by design and have to be shaved down to the proper thickness. The kit included scribed sheetwood for the decking but i decided to lay individual planks with 1/32x1/32 stripwood. Initially I varnished the deck and then later decided to paint it deck grey. After installing the decking one has to cut a bazillion little notches in the bulwarks. Most recently I test fit her on a walnut base. At this stage I installed the rudder. This was a bit of an issue. The casting included had no resemblance to the rudder in the plans. Also, the drawing was too small to really understand what the rudder actually looked like. Thanks to Google, I found an archeology study of some sunken barges of the same period as the CoP that had a good drawing of a typical rudder. I scratch built a reasonable copy for my CoP. I also had to scratch build 2 props as these were not provided in the kit. The result is passable, but they are not very visible anyway. Next step is to start making the deck houses. Final note: I am building the CoP at the same time as I am planking my Charles W. Morgan. I need to do something as the glue dries or the planks soak. LOL

and myself also. I organize stuff and then I can never find anything.

PS. It’s nice to see a work are as messy as mine😂

Interesting aircraft. I have to admit I had never heard of it. Nice job on the shark nose painting. Was that freehand?

Nice work. Both cases are very nice.

Perhaps I should make the tow barge version showing it prior to the conversion to steam.