puckotred

Looking good as Bob said. I never thought much of the gap between the planks. I sanded them before I glued them down... Did the gratings the same way as Bob. Still have not glued them in place.

Ok, I see what your problem is now. I didn't care too much about that. I hid the gap from the hull planking and the frames with the gunport framing. 

The plans show the deck butting up to the hull, but all the pics in the manual (and my build) have the hull planks on top of the deck planks. I would butt the deck planks up against the hull. Looks better imho...

I had 4 or 5 planks that where quite bad but fortunately I managed to either fit them with the bad side down or use them around the grating cutting away the worst parts. One was warped but I force glued it (almost) straight...

I don't think that this kit is that hard actually. Having checked out the official build logs from DeAgostini of Victory and SoS etc the kits and the instructions seems well suited for builders with one or two models behind them. 

Hello Mike,

I also used the supplied strips. Mine where dark enough to simulate nicely caulking. When I varnished the deck they darkened a tiny bit more

Incredible. Thanks for letting us follow this build!!!

Thanks Paul

Wacko: Yes, one can really tell the difference...

oak for the deck and mahogny for the rest. Both Admiralty stains.

Thanks Bob 

I found the last picture I took of Bohuslän.

I'm going crazy waiting like this. Hopefully there will be a longer building period when I get 4 issues a month...

In the meanwhile I have had some fun with Chuck's blocks:

Also tied ratlines on Amphion. Not as awful task as I remembered actually 

Bob,

Maybe this place?

Hello Jan,

36 shipments.

2 first shipments with 2 issues each, the rest 4 issues in every shipment.

That would be 132 issues all together.

Hi chborgm,

Look ahead yes, in this case that translates to foreseeing every part and its place and what parts are meant to be near any other part. And measure EVERYTHING before construction. You should not have to worry that walls have different sizes or that a 50 mm tall door is 8 mm too high and wide to fit the door opening. 

Hello Peter. 

Not beyond repair. But after all the trouble with the build I just couldn't be bothered fixing it.

As Captain Slog said above: "Its fun putting to together new parts not so much redoing them."

The wood is kind of OK. The laser cut hull frames fit like a dream but then the laser cut parts on the thinner vener of the superstructure was way off. one wall 5 mm higher than the other etc. And the thinner vener was very bristle. Instructions worst than those from plastic kits.

So, no not really worth the money.

BUT in the end she looked pretty good (before the dive to the floor) so if one really have a fetisch towards these old steamships one should go for it. And there is room ready for radio controlling her. Türkmodel sent me the broken/mismatched parts at once when I contacted them. And it's fun with all the chairs and tables and curtains. 

Well, I was almost finished with Bohuslän, only the lifeboats to go when I decided to put her in my youngest kids room as a nightlight. My youngest daughter got a little too excited and managed to topple the model down from the shelf and most of the protruding stuff went off. My own fault and no big loss actually. The kids where more upset than me cause their nightlight was gone. 

So the story of Puckotreds "Bohuslän" ends here. She is somewhere deep in a wardrobe now.... (The ship, not the kid...)

Wacko: I also have a half built Pegasus and the Pinco Genovese (hull built), and a "Section Deck Between Gun Bays"

going, so busy I am indeed...

Peter: yes I know. I got the Amphion and Pegasus more or less half built at the cost of picking them up. Since I knew a little of the history of the real Amphion I was quite surprised at what the kit actually was. But as you said, still a nice model of a yacht.

Another tiny update:

Some color on the decorations

It's place:

Bronze cannon and ebony stain on the carriage

And while I'm waiting for the next parts to come I have some time with one of the other projects

Corel's Amphion

This is also on my next-to-do list. Will follow with interest! 

Peter, thanks for the pic. A black stain (maybe ebony?) would do the job I see. Will have to scrape the red paint off from the tight little corners since the carriage is quite small...     

We'll hope that the quality of the kit will continue. 

...so far you have not had to do much of anything to get them to fit together. ...

Here's a zoom in of Part #5 and #5a:

No sanding. That's a nice fit!

Hi and welcome Peter. Thanks for the info on the carriages. I already painted the damn thing red but will paint black tonight.

I will post a pic of the cannon when I've painted it...

Zoltan; why do you need permission? 

Joe & bob, Thanks

Torbogdan, I have been thinking about it and will decide after I painted the details. But I'm worried that the parts are so finely detailed that it will be difficult to wipe off the wash...

Small update:

Constructed the cannon:

Gun carriage to be painted red:

Tamiyas Gold leaf worked as a charm:

One more coat and I will paint the red, green and blues...