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Incredible Work Nils, Beautifully done 
 
Best Regards,
Pete 

She looks great Patrick, Nice work 
 
Best Regards,
Pete 

Incredible Work Nils, Beautifully done 
 
Best Regards,
Pete 

Incredible Work Nils, Beautifully done 
 
Best Regards,
Pete 

Pete,
 
thanks for looking in, your compliment, and for catching up.....
I just had a look at your RC racer, a grand boat
 
Nils

She looks great Patrick, Nice work 
 
Best Regards,
Pete 

Incredible Work Nils, Beautifully done 
 
Best Regards,
Pete 

Hi folks
 
I hope you're all going well.  Meanwhile, back on Shadow's Sun Deck, I've added a bit more stuff, principally the bar that sits just aft of the spa, as well as some assorted cabinetry for the guests.  At the aft of the deck, I've added a tiny round gold coloured table, adorned by two chairs for guests to sip cocktails as Shadow sails off into the sunset.





 
 
 

Lastly, I've added some 'artistic' shots of Shadow; you know, just to get the imagination flowing...




 
I hope you enjoy the remainder of your weekends.
 
Cheers
 
Patrick
 
 

Hi everyone
 
Thanks for your Likes and following along.  Greatly appreciated.
 
Over the past few days, I've continued to add a bit more to Shadow's Sun Deck, principally, the large white sun baking settee situated on the aft of the deck.  To add further interest, I've added some different coloured scatter cushions.  I've also started to flesh out a bit more of the detailed work surrounding her spa, situated at the forward end of the Sun Deck.
 

 
Lastly, I thought I'd take some photos of Shadow alongside photos of the real ship that Shadow is based upon (i.e. Mary Jean II). As you can see, I've got a long way to go before I can truly say that Shadow's finished.
 



 
I hope you have a great week, folks!
 
Cheers
 
Patrick

Hi folks
 
Thanks for your comments and Likes!  Much appreciated as always.
 
A quick update:  It seems that after a crappy day at work today, I'm now having way too much fun working on some of Shadow's deck furniture.  In particular, I've created another 12 seater table that adorns Shadow's Sun Deck, (this deck is her uppermost deck).  Also located on the Sundeck are three of those luxurious sun lounges, you know the ones in which the bikini-clad super models drape themselves over.
 
I hope you all have a great Friday and weekend.
 
Cheers
 
Patrick

Beautiful work Patrick,
 
Nils

Build log part 60...
 
Update,
making the "collapsible" lifeboats...
These are shorter, flatter and a bit narrower than the larger lifeboats. The appearance is more that of a "river barge", but the capacity is just like the that of the larger boats. The hardshell-part untill slightly above the waterline is made in wood, and clinker planked. The side flexible textile / canvas bulwark is shown in collapsed mode, in order to staple two or three boats under the last pair of davits in the total boats row.
 
The raw mini models (I´m doing 6 of them) are made in the well proven way with silicone mold and resin castings......
 
Nils
 

Shape of the collapsible boats, (here still without shaped interior area)
 
 

"Clinker planking" resembled with 3mm wide stripes of aluminium foil
 

tapering the the overlapping stripes to the ends
 

making a mold for the outer shape hull
 

here the plug for the outer shape
 

Here the plug for the interior shape
 
 

This is the second plug for the interior contours of the boat, resin cast in between outer skin and interior plug
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

raw, collapsible boat compared with the size of the the larger boats
 
 

 
result : raw cast boat hull....
 
 

three story high, will put some additional spacer / supporting lugs under second and third boat
 
 
 
 

Build log part 59...
 
Update :
 
for those fellow builders who frequently catching up on the status,.... I put in some overall shots....
The 4 open lifeboats are rigged, they are also equiped with oars (only rudderblades still missing). The two smaller boats will be in the same paint scheme, but without lifelines, as that is too much straining for eyes and hands. The remaining closed boats are waiting for the lifelines to be attached, refer to the pic for one first sample. I decided not to lash on seperate protection covers (canvas)
 
Nils
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

the oars are stored on the oposite side to where passengers would step into the boats
 

The two open boats on the left of the pic have appr. 5 mm less length and a lower sheerboard, they will match in color scheme
The "hard cover" shown here on the sample "closed boat" will be the protection canvas, no seperate lashings under and around the boat.
 
 

 
 

these are the two smaller (shorter) open, also clinkered double ender boats, that fit into the row of 10 boats per ships side with the others. These boats claim to be 1:144 scale, the figurines are 1:160, but I feel they match together perfectly
 
 
 
 

Very Nice Marcus, I will be pulling up a chair and watching this one, as well 
 
Best Regards,
Pete

Looks great Michael, I like the reworked hatch area, beautiful boat . Nice watercolor pics 
 
Best Regards,
Pete

Beautiful Work, Hats off to a job well done 
 
Best Regards, 
Pete 

Very Cool, I built the billings kit years ago, and Have scratch built the Etchells several times, I look forward to watching this build 
 
Best Regards, 
Pete

Beautiful Work, Hats off to a job well done 
 
Best Regards, 
Pete 

Beautiful Work, Hats off to a job well done 
 
Best Regards, 
Pete 

Beautiful Work, Hats off to a job well done 
 
Best Regards, 
Pete 

thank you  Sal,  Carl,  and all you fine folks who hit the like button.   the clean table......yea,  there's a reason for doing it.
 
in putting the last few pieces in place,  I feel this would be the best time to call this build finished.   oh,  I'm sure that there are a few more aspects I could add,  but confinement of space is beginning to be a problem.   some of the aspects I've added,  and some that I still had in mind,  would have been better done,  if the trawl rig wasn't in place.
 

 
I did some modifications that wasn't on the actual boat,  but they are minor,  considering how close this build looks compared to the kit build.  I'm pretty amazed how close I got.   it's too bad I couldn't find the rigging directions for her....I could have gotten closer to that as well.   what the heck........I muddled through 
 

 
Frank......if your looking in......I tried.......I really did.   I guess George Clooney is too busy    I got the addresses for his agent and publisher,  and sent them a letter along with pictures.  I haven't heard back thus far.  I'm still holding the candle though,  perhaps I may hear something down the road......if I do,  I'll post it 
 

 
these are just a few pictures of the finished boat.  I will do some more for the gallery.......even some of the Lobsie twins.....they're about a year overdue.   I'm so very glad that you folks enjoyed the build.......I had an absolute blast in doing it!   should I add any more to her,  I will be sure to post it as well.
 
thanks for looking in and showing your support and suggestions!

thanks Augie........as Mark wrote.......the times that try men's souls.   mine is  'nuth'in to get hung about........' 
 
 
so anyway........the preservers were set aside for a short time.......and then cemented in place.  as I mentioned,  the one with the minor defect  {really minor} was put on the bulkhead wall.
 

 
the holder for this one was painted flat white.
 

 

 
I had one more plastic single block left over.  since the bead string is done,  I cut the excess off and seized the block to it.  it was then wound up in a coil and cemented with white glue to keep the coil together.   it was then cemented on the main deck under the podium.
 

 
then......something amazing happened.......all the clutter disappeared!   the several months of dust and stuff......gone!
 

 
the buoy string was cut into three sections.   the first section had a stub of rope sticking out.........white glue was squeezed into the hole,  and the stubble was tucked in to create a rope eye loop.   this one was to be placed in the top of the podium.
 

 
the other two were of equal length.  for the ends of these two,  I did something a bit different.   trimming the rope stubbles off,  metal eye bolts were cemented in.
 

 
the first one was laid lengthwise along the starboard side.
 

 
the other one was laid down however it wanted to..........
 

it's 1 Am........been quite a day.   actually......the last couple days have been busy...but.........I managed to get some table time in..........here's what I did Tuesday   { I'll do the rest tomorrow......or later on today,  whichever way you want to look at it}
 
the rest of the beads were cemented in place on the rope {string......thread......imaginative descriptions}
 

 
while I was milling about,  I caught this view of her..........had to snap a picture.
 

 
now.......for some strange reason,  the ca wouldn't stick,  as I attempted to put the rope on the preservers.  tried a few times, but heck no.......   rather than get frustrated,  I thought up a different method.   taking smaller thread,  the rope was tied to the preserver {no knot}.....kind of like the first binding when you tie your shoe.  the thread was wrapped around one more time,  and the same tie was done  {no knot}.   this allows the thread to lay flat on the preserver,  and not become too thick.  the rope being tied on,  was then adjusted,  and a tiny bit of CA was applied to the tie.  I had just enough time to make a last adjustment,  if needed.
 

 
it also helped to have the  'helping hands'........don't know how I got along before without it      great little tool!   this is the first one I did......in finishing it,  I pulled too much and pulled the rope out.  rather than redo it,  I just fixed it and left it at that.  I'll make sure this one goes on the bulkhead wall.
 

 
the other two came out good......actually have some nice loops.  this method looks better too....the rope bindings make it look a bit more real.   I don't think I'll be slapp'in 'em together any more the way I used to.
 

I ran across this when I went online this morning.
 
http://my.xfinity.com/articles/entertainment-movies/20170412/US--Perfect.Storm-Ship.Reef/?cid=featuredmovies_media_perfectstorm
 
the Coast Guard ship Tamaroa is being sunk.   not much news to the article,  but there is a link to another news article.   perhaps there is more.
 
 
here's a picture I use as a desktop wallpaper.......

Very Cool, I built the billings kit years ago, and Have scratch built the Etchells several times, I look forward to watching this build 
 
Best Regards, 
Pete