Paul Le Wol

Hi Ian, < offshore-vessels-drawings.com > has quite a few ships listed. My browser keeps complaining about the site not being encrypted so use your own discretion.

Harvey, glad to see that you are able to get some more work accomplished on this beautiful model! Very nice.

Bob , congratulations on finishing this beautiful Pegasus. Excellent work!

Craig, happy to hear that the second sea trial went well. Looking forward to seeing her again!

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Hi J, thank you very much for your nice comment. I do like the the look of these boats fully loaded in the old photos. Gives you a sense of how hard they had to work for a living. So yes I would like to load up the deck.

Keith, maybe you could try making the L s a bit heavier. Looking excellent!

It’s good to dream.

Yes indeed John, it is good to see you back in the museum! She is looking great.

Roel, I hope you will be doing a build log. That would be something to see!

Hi Keith, thank you so much!

Roel, congratulations on completing this beautiful and very interesting vessel!

Absolutely superb Roel!

Hi Keith, it’s a shame that in this day and age they can’t make them more reliable.🙂

Thank you very much Ian. 😀

Thank you very much Roel. I have the feeling that the engineers lost countless hours of sleep on this one. Thank you very much John!

Hi wefalck, thank you. When I was painting the hull I mixed the bottle of USAF Grey with the Steel Grey and am still using the same bottle. Should have just enough to finish the model. Actually I think that I’m finished with that colour. Sorry if I didn’t explain that very well

Hi Everyone, I hope all is good. Thank you very much for the Comments and Likes. This update starts with preparing to mount the next subdeck. Iron braces were added aft of the main mast. They are made from .020" brass rod with a piece of brass tube to represent a turnbuckle. Didn't get too fancy because they too will be hidden under the Boat Deck. The forward end of the subdeck was cut from 1/32" plywood and a receiver was made for a tongue that will be glued to the underside of the next piece of subdeck to slide into. The rest of the subdeck was made a while ago and I decided to cut the center portion out of it to make it easier to install. The first piece was glued in place You can see where my ruler messed up while laying out the holes for the main mast and funnel. Might have to get a new one. The pieces that support the deck where it offsets out to go around the cabins were glued in place. Two pieces of 1/32" plywood were made to represent the coamings for the wheel house and iron casing for the funnel. The forward end of the deck was canvas over tongue and groove planking so it was painted with Vallejo Model color Deck Tan ( 70.986 ) . The coamings were painted and then glued to the subdeck. The Main mast was tapered with a mini plane and painted. It is held in place by friction The center section is painted the same as the hull which is one full bottle of USAF Light Grey darkened with 6 drops of Steel Grey. Here is a photo of the paint used for the main mast. The trim between the stanchions was painted and glued in place Braces were added port and starboard. They are the same as the first two and will be hidden under the ladders The hatches for the cargo winch cables were framed and pained The timbers that the forward cargo winches are mounted on were painted at glued in place And lastly the samson posts were made from 5/16" basswood that was tapered, painted, glued and pinned in place Next there are four ladders that need to be made. Take Care.

Great fabrication and use of available materials Phil !

Much nicer Keith, especially the shade!

A fine job on the buildings Eric. The tarpaper and weathering look great.

Great start to the deck structures Keith and what a wonderful photo in Post 123

Keith, my mind keeps going back to that rear axle gear oil pan. Would it be possible that other parts of that tractor were put into service? Motor/transmission, steering wheel, springy seat?

Keith, great to see you posting again! Your planned upgrades to Cangarda will make for some wonderful viewing experiences.

Amazing looking planking Jacques!