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Brilliant work Alan, those figures really bring the diorama to life.

Hi David, I’ll be interested to see how you get on with the boats, I have an old CC project to do next and it didn’t come with any boats, so I will be needing to add some.

Hi Dave, if you’re referring to adding a grating floor or bench seats I’d just try some medium or thick C-A, or some epoxy if you want more working time. I made a little boat for my Nisha that was resin, just used C-A and can’t think why a 3D hull would behave any differently.

Looking forward to seeing another “Nisha” join the MSW and your Vanguard fleets!

A very neat looking boat!

Net completed and installed today. I decided against adding any of the interior details; like the pocket and flappers in the Bating and exterior rubbing pieces on the bottom of the net, as one, you wouldn't see them and two, the net was already quite bulky and difficult to compress in order to stow it on the side of the trawler, But I did add the end Cod and codline (which I then had to cut off in order to roll up the net, oh well at least these pictures proved I tried! 😂) Compression of the net was achieved with a few interior stitches to pull it all together, the hardest part was getting the various lines to lie correctly, so they looked to have some 'weight' in them. This involved a fair bit of soaking and dilute PVA and dots of C-A. I did toy with the idea of showing the warp attached to the bridle ropes, but after a few dry runs I decided against, mostly for lack of space and the little deck already looks very crowded. So I have added the coiled Bridle ropes (2x main bridles and Dandy bridle) and not coiled them up too neatly; many of the pictures in Edgar J March show the rope coils on trawler decks and they are more "workman-like" than "military" in look. Also it would have meant taking up the main hatch to show the warp going down into the hold and I couldn't face risking popping that off and making a mess of it! So my narrative for the scene on deck is that the trawl beam and net have been made fast, the warp stowed down in the hold, so the crew can race back to port to sell their precious cargo of "Cocktail stick" fish. Well that's my story and I'm sticking to it! I will however add a bow roller on the port side of the stem to hint at how the trawl gear all worked. I did add rows of holes in the rail to show where the "Thole pin" could be located and stained the holes to show a bit of 'wear and tear'. I may yet add a few more marks on the deck for the same reason, but don't want to over do it at this scale. Overall I’m pleased I added the trawl net/beam to add a little sense of "Nisha" being at work. Also just shows the scale of the gear and how obviously dangerous it would be trying to handle that lot in anything more than a gentle swell! 😨

Yes, hope you are okay Moonbug and one day can continue your wonderful build log.

Making steady progress on the fishing net now, though only in short sessions, as Covid is still giving me a kicking on and off. Using Edgar J March as a reference for dimensions and detail, I'm using some camo netting as a base, this was originally black, so I sprayed it a rusty brown, to tone it down. For those of you who know how to sew, or enjoy seeing that fine craft in practice, may I advise to to skip along to the next "unread thread" in your feed! 🤣 My efforts at making a net leave much to be desired and I think whole catches of my notorious "Cocktail stick" fish would have no trouble in eluding this trap. My only consolation is that it is going to be rolled up on deck, so most of it will be hidden. 🎣 I've to sew up one side still and then decide if I'm to add all the external details like rubbing pieces or the inner bag and flappers, what's on my mind is that the mesh is quite 'springy' and it might not compress properly and look anything like 'scale'. Might just try the net as is and see how it looks. Thanks all for looking in and the comments and likes. 😁

Happy New Year to you Brian and thank you, I had forgot about the Mutt! - maybe a good old cork life vest for him... 🤔 😂

Looking very good Sam, lots of well made details.

Great job Glenn. Nisha is another lovely little build.

Nice one Jack, glad it all came apart okay. Onwards! 😁

A gentle rock back and forth might loosen them okay, C-A is not always rock solid with dissimilar materials. Finger’s crossed 🤞

Happy New Year to you Graham, your workshop is coming along nicely!

Hi Jack great to see you back model making and with new toys to play with. Looking good, just a quick check on the anchor stocks with your nice brass strip additions, are these just dry fit? The stocks are on upside down I think, they should be ‘flat’ on the top side near the anchor ring and the ‘taper’ faces down towards the flukes, if I’ve made myself clear 🤔

How rude! 🤣🤣🤣 (he says rubbing a bruise from a recent fall!) You go for it Andy, rightly so it’s your kit! 👍

Shipman is right, the predominant standard for the fabric wing Hurricane’s was silver undersides; quickly being replaced with varying schemes of black/white emergency identification schemes. The fabric wings versions did not last long and were lost in large numbers either in the air or on the ground. If you are set on Duck-egg underneath then you would be on safer ground with an all metal winged, three bladed prop Mk.1 kit. Or do the initial silver underneath without the black/white for a Summer ‘39 version. I have built this kit a few times and it is a nice easy build. I did a set of Battle of France models including a Hurricane.

Thanks B.E. “Nisha” is my first Vanguard kit, a world away from the Caldercraft ones I have built prior to this. I think the fact the “kit building” part of these go as smoothly as they do, means the modelling “effort” can be put into any creative elements you wish to add yourself. A double edged sword, as if I’d just built it “out of the box” it would have been finished months ago! 🤣. The effort in learning my way around Edgar J. March’s books (I love looking through musty old books and doing a bit of research) finding details I want to add, easily outweighs the actual “kit” work, a testament to Chris’s design, the way good kits should be. The newcomer and the more seasoned amongst us can derive equal pleasure from building them. 👍

Ahem, well, apologies whilst I blow the dust and cobwebs off this build log! 😂 I have been successfully 'prevaricating about the bush' with this build for a good six months now, so high time I strapped back in and did some more before the calendar changes! One of the things that has been bothering me since I decided to add a trawl beam is that I had already glued down a load of fish in creates and crew members, well I've bitten the bullet and decided to move them, to make way for the trawl beam and netting. This has left some marks on the deck, but these will be covered by the stowed fishing net and beam - see the mock up of the positioning where I'm holding the beam in place. I have also, whilst relocating the crew, realised I have been neglecting their "Elf" and Safety and so made amends with the addition of a life ring attached to the companionway. Next up I think need to finish the net and just see how it behaves when I try and scrunch it up into the space available, my gut is telling me there might be too much material for it to look 'right' at scale, so I may need to modify it - we shall see! 🤔 Other tasks to do, finish the sails with addition of bolt ropes and the boom, then it is time for rigging I believe. 😬 I Think I need to do the standing rigging first in order to be able to lash the forward end of the trawl beam. Still feeling my way back into this one, so other items may also crop up I have forgotten about...

Nice work on the Stencils and airbrush camouflage. Happy New Year to you also Mike! 🎉🥳

Yes it is an impressive kit (from a distance 😉). I built the Sea Harrier conversion years ago and had it until my young Son took it flying one day and it fell victim to his rough style of ”flying” around the house…. To mashup the well known journalistic quote from the Falkland’s war “I counted them all out, but unfortunately not all back.” 🤣

I do indeed need some AV8Bs Alan, the Harrier is a plane that invokes pride (it was an export success in the opposite direction than usual across the pond for a change!) and a bit of shame (for we no long operate it, when other nations still do 😏) F35B is now our mount, well it is when we launch it without the FOD covers on the air intakes! Doesn’t make for a good submersible! 🤣

Love the way this diorama is looking now, great attention to the details.

Final update, finished this little Sea Harrier off, not a great build, but it is now off the shelf! Thankyou all for following along and the comments and suggestions regarding primers and decal solutions etc. very helpful. Hope you are all having a good Christmas break; we have been indoors having caught Covid-19, first my mother in-law, then my daughter and now me have it; nothing too bad more like a bad cold or mild flu, but breathing becoming a bit laboured this last day or so. Final pictures include the Harrier GR.1a I built about four years ago (a much better kit.) alongside the Granddaddy 1/24, the venerable 1970's vintage Airfix for scale comparison! Now back to the boatyard for a bit to finish off my "Nisha" and Bounty" - but don't worry non-ship builders, I'll still be lurking around here, besides I have a 1/24 Typhoon (Car-door version) and 1/24 Spitfire IXc that are calling to me.... 😆

An amazing build, an inspiring log to follow.