Kevin

the wife does a lot of the decorating, wallpaper doors and frames i do the big jobs, she also cleans up behind me we are going to do the kitchen this month i think, keep the cabinets, new lighting, floor covering and paint the walls/ceiling this summer is going to be the conversion of 1/2 of the garage into a model display room to get all the builds out of the house, as part of that plan the garage roof has just been replaced from cement/asbestos corrugated sheeting put down in the 60's to a nice resin roof

im following along, good luck with the build

sorry i am one of those very late to the party, what a lovely and unusual project

can you please edit the post and rotate the photos

some lovely detail there, such a shame our newer new builders have to make do with the poor substitute now provided, lol we are not all @DORIS

Lovely work

is this the Bellona you are going to share with us

lol, dont feel sorry for me, she has a point and i have several projects on the go

i have the time, only wish i now had the skills

the admiral caught me reading your log- NO she said - i hadnt said anything

just found your build and love the project you are undertaking, good luck with the rest of the build, i will be happy following along behind you

those resin bits look stunning, but like you said you are left with nothing to do other than paint and add, thats not so much a hobby, i suppose the fun bit would be designing your own, but that opens another can of worms doesnt it, love the build

good evening everyone well most of the port side accommodation ladders are in, another couple of fittings to sort out and then paint then in relevant black or white im struggling with the rung ladders, making them out off paper staples, getting them to look tidy and inline and as for the white painting to do the touch ups i may take the white one back out redrill and paint them before placing on the hull

you will be finished by Christmas this year

i think that is 100 times better than i could do Mark

it does look very good though

good evening Dennis, she is coming along a treat, i would however thought the planks would have been longer and in a three plank butt system at least

good evening everyone felt like pants today, so not much achieved. might be due to 2nd covid jab i had yesterday, but i did get some of the after port side accommodation ladder made up and changed the build title pending a name change at present my fancied re-name is TS Nivek Sira (im sure most of you will work that one out)

stunning work

i like that, the green merchant sound a bit eco frienfly

def no green on the AV never has been in the 90 years she has been on the water

Good afternoon everyone i was asked by a MSW member to put this out its a podcast by the SNR ( The Society for Nautical Research) Iconic Ships 3: HMS Hood with Eric Grove A very special episode in our new Iconic Ships series, published on the anniversary of the loss of HMS Hood in 1941. HMS Hood is without doubt one of the Royal Navy’s most famous ships. A battle-cruiser, laid down in 1916 and launched in 1918, she was the largest battle-cruiser ever built and the largest warship of any type in the world for twenty years. She enjoyed a correspondingly high profile which rendered her loss, with all but three of her crew, particularly potent. On this day in May 1941, whilst hunting the mighty German battleship Bismark, Hood was struck by several German shells, exploded, and sank in just three minutes. This week is special not only for the subject but also for the historian who makes the case for Hood being an Iconic Ship - it is a contribution made by the late Eric Grove who so sadly was recently lost to us. Eric was one of the UK's most important naval historians; a magnificent personality, a brilliant teacher and a formidable scholar. He was a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, a Member of Council of the Navy Records Society and most importantly of course, he was a Vice President of the Society for Nautical Research. This recording was made just the day before his death and was the last piece of work he prepared for publication. HMS Hood was the subject that Eric was most passionate about and in this episode you can hear him explain why she was so important, in his own words, and in his own voice. You can find the podcast via any podcast app on a smartphone, on the publisher's website and now on our own website on the new dedicated podcast page. How can you help? Please share links to the podcast on all social media - if you do we will give you a shout out on the next podcast! If you have an iPhone please 'rate' the podcast with lots of stars on the Apple podcast app/iTunes and if you have time please also leave a review. You can find the podcast here on iTunes. It is enormously important at this stage to get as many ratings and reviews as possible! Best Wishes, Sam

happy birthday Vanguard Models

lol thinking hard about re-naming her, the green is just not working for people, any suggestions?

very nice i found the same issue on my Victory with the channels and mouldings, it might be worth considering pinning the channels, as they will be getting in the way from now on,