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  1. Thank you Bob, your compliments are very well received. Small progress on the living quarters and kitchen. That view will most likely be no longer visible once the front bulkhead is in place. So enjoy that nice genuine poster, sitting on top of the auxiliary fridge: Some of these parts are not provided in the kit, but taken from the extra set of parts I have. The kitchen sink (below). The sink was equipped with a small basin and four taps: two for cold-warm/fresh water for cooking or drinking and two for cold-warm/salt water for washing the dishes. When not in use, the sink was covered with a large wooden board (depicted here), used as the only plane of work for cooking. The size of that board was 83 cm x 45 cm. It is no wonder the cook was revered more than the officers, in most cases. On the left wall, a cold storage was used as a fridge, and below another storage area was available as well. Trumpeter did not represent the faucets in detail as well as the large cock located above the sink because it is not visible once the module is assembled. Right above the kitchen is also a hatch (Kitchen hatch or cook hatch) that we will see when we put together the roof/pressure-hull element. That hatch was used to pass small food supplies. Yves
  2. Bob, this is so realistic, it almost hurts the eyes. Actually, it is beyond realistic... It allows you in one glance to encompass what human vision could not grab at once. Yves
  3. That pre-former plate is really clever. Very very smart to offer this kind of tool in the kit. Yves
  4. I am doing some woodwork, building partitions, bed bunks and remodeling my kitchen: Lots of saw dust around here..... Yves
  5. Beautiful construction. I will be following with interest as Syren is one of my favorite ship. Yves
  6. We are quite numerous to suffer from the same debilitating disease. Yves
  7. I suppose, this submersible is more or less the equivalent of the American Turtle: Yves
  8. A few details for tonight. The rear bulkhead is pretty much completed. I still have to paint the outside of the pressure hull: The stove to prepare food for 44 people, three times a day ..... I decided to close the door to the diesel engines room, to allow a better view of the Galley. The noise was preventing the cook to do his job, anyway... Yves
  9. Great project. I have done similar builds but in O-Scale, with LaBelle kits. Working in HO scale is a serious challenge and I am curious how you will be doing it. yves
  10. Very nice. That will be a big cross-section. Yves
  11. This is the only type of surgery I enjoy watching. Yves
  12. Fantastic work Kevin. I love that beaten appearance that you are giving it: it looks so much like a real trawler which is seeing a lot of services and fish.... Yves
  13. HOF, I thought about it for half a second ... and then decided against it 😉 Yves
  14. Small progress on something that will never be seen again: The batteries!!! I did not install the last row as it would prevent all visibility into the compartment. A tiny LED has also be mounted on the bulkhead to provide some light and attract the interest of the audience. Once the deck is in place, that vision of a large number of cells all lined up will disappear. The Trumpeter approach is to tilt the floor of that compartment and show three rows of batteries, leaning dangerously to starboard. I guess, they made the decision to show in a simplistic way what each compartment was used for. It is commendable but I am looking for something slightly more realistic with my model. Yves
  15. The Bismarck Log on Flory's Model has been taken down. You may be able to access it if you become a Flory's member..... or you may try writing to Flory's and see if he can send you a copy. Yves
  16. Excellent review and pictures, James. Yves
  17. Chris, Once you have been successful with this kit at 1/64 scale, please produce it in 1/32nd scale. It should not be too difficult to go from the small model to the larger one. By the way, excellent choice of materials and variety of woods. And a nice departure from period military ships, too. Yves
  18. I wish this kit would be offered at the scale of 1/32nd. It would go so well with many other fishing boas such as Emma C. Berry from Model Shipways and many more from European manufacturers. Yves
  19. Beautiful model. I can smell the fish, shells and seaweeds already. Very very nice. Yves
  20. Very nice start. It is always exciting to discover a new model from Chris Watton. Could you post a picture of the finished model, or at least what it is supposed to look like? Thanks Yves
  21. I have finished working on the fuel tank, located on each side of the Officers/Kitchen compartment. The goal is to create a tank which is as close as possible to the prototype and that will reach under the Control room, as indicated in the blue-prints. It is a tedious work with a lot of adjustments. The bulkhead is completely opened and a round enclosure is fabricated: The module is dry-fitted into the hull: I have created a cut in the side water tank, to allow a better view in the kitchen, pantry and toilet room. Batteries will be sitting underneath. On the picture (above), you can see the round enclosure that will extend under the control room, to form the largest past of the fuel tank. Now, to paint everything and start installing all the batteries.... Yves
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