Adrieke

thank you Popeye, Dragzz and Robert

Popeye not sure what location pins are . will look it up thanks for the suggestion

Dragzz , i have thought about velcro but there is only minimal space between the deck and the celing inside . thats why i had to insert the magnets into the deck

the problem is that although the front and back have a magnet to stick the middle bit is loose.

in the end i might have to just gleu the deck down and not worry about ever opening her up

i l be following closely too

thank you John . i am still learning to be more patient and take more time .

thanks Dragzz but when i started the lights i didnt know anything about it myself.

she is about 95 cm just over 3 feet

i have glued the first 2 painted parts on to the deck. they still need a lot of work.

i am adding all the detail to it now (doors,windows,handrails) instead of following the instructions as i think it wil be more difficult

i am slowly getting back to the king . cleaned up my desk so i can work on both my current builds

i have sorted out the big steam stacks. they wil lfit nicely now.

the deck with the steering cabin is giving me a bit of trouble as the idea of holding it down with magnets isnt working out too well.

I l be joining in too

hello Dragzz

it looks good but it is actually not a window but a vent . the 2 big steam stacks will be right on the inside of them

either color looks good to me Robert

no building update

worrying about my mother in laws place . (she passed away last year but my brother in law is still living there) its at Lake Munmorah and they are trying to contain the fire there just behind the house

also other relatives of my wife live in Winmalee and we are trying to get to know if there place is ok (we know they are alright since we saw them on TV when they where interviewing some of their neighbours)

looks really good . the extra framing of windows and doors makes it look so much better

first of all thanks all for the comments. no bushfires near where i am at this moment so i am safe

but keepign updated on the rfs website

Wayne. i think i confused you i was talking about the part i was painting . i will take a picture soon so i can show you what i meant

hello Popeye they sit on top off the deck the 2 side bits is where 2 off the lifeboats will fit on. there is no cutout for it

finished more of the gratings tonight

i am still practicing the spray painting. i was going to show some parts but the photo turned out blurry. i cheated with this part as instead of removing the previous paint i just turned it over (the back wont be seen once the model is finished)

I am sure most of you are aware of the devastating bushfires raging on at the moment

properties are lost but hopefully no lives

some pictures I took from my place of work this afternoon

the sun barely visible as a red circle

rising smoke from one of the fires near the blue mountains (far far away)

the smoke cloud drifting towards the centre of Sydney

when i was in the early stages of building my kom i got lots of help from people here on the forum so i am happy to help out where i can

you have tackeld the warped deck pretty good . i cna see this is goign to be a very nice model when you finish it

Had been a while but here again a few pictures of the progress.

 

In this deck the veneer applied to the wall and the recesses for the windows made ​​smaller because the windows are much smaller than the recesses.

 

better check the doors too as with mine the openings where not high enough

hello Richard

you l need to submit a post for every 10 pictures

hello Al

i varnished the lower 2 decks after adding the rooms. i marked out where anything need to go and drilled some holes they give more grip when gleuing them to the deck

for the top one i am waiting til i have the furniture inplaces as they are too small to use this method

hmm i saw your post Popeye when i put my last one in  (and yes it was a hoot )

no this is the paint work on the structures that need to be in place before the top 2 decks can be atached ( ill take a picture of it when i am home )

hmm seems Ferits last post is gone

i am totaly not satisfied with myu painting efforts so far. i thought i sanded the piexes well enough before spray painting but there are too many irregularities. i am seriously thinking of removing all the paint and starting again

the gratings on the other hand are going well

wow Ferit beautiful pictures of a beautiful build

looking very good

very nice work on the masts Sjors

i wonder if there is a website that can pronounce ducth words  or maybe find one of the old SJors and Sjimmie movies :P

thanks Ferit

the instructions only say to cut off the corner but it might look better if i do what you suggest . i might have a look doing that on the other piece and if i am satisfied with it i can redo the other one

thanks Mick

they where actualy easy to make . OcCre instructions make you assemble them first then apply glue with a brush on top. this makes the glue soak into the cracks. when cutting to size i used exacto knife to carefully cut them then apply some more glue with a brush on the sides to keep it all together

Sent from my work computer coffee next to me waiting for the daily mayhem to start