Kevin

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will never ever be happy with the shaft/rudder area, as she is designed to be an RC kit, so rightly or wrongly i added a rudder post, the gap looks far to large, between the prop and post nothing i can do about that deck fittings are generic and oversized, and not many of them

bilge keels and below waterline coats sorted

at this point i still could not get the shaft are right the deck is planked and painted messy but fill sand and repeat s eventually i got the shat entry area looking tidy, and first coat of black on the hull

the Laser cutting is good, with very small tabs to be removed, but right from the start you quickly realise, there are just not enough frames for a vessel this size, it needs at least another 5 frames to allow fairing, and possibly adapting the area around the prop shaft area, as you are pretty well left to sort it out for yourself planking is shown as laying one plank next to the other, NO TAPERING, and filling with scrap wood, i did it that way, but after building a decent kit like the Vanguard Models Indy, i was never going to be happy with the results

good morning everyone, im back (less boo's from the back of the room please) loosing my best friend really took it out of me, and i made the decision to just go quiet on the forums and Facebook, although i do miss him so much, life does go on. Having said that i have still been building, Indy was put to one side and i got the tug out What ever people feelings are about Occre Kits are, i want to build OOB, no lighting, weathering etc and see what i could do with one of their kits, she will be complete within a day or so so this will be a short log, but may be of interest to a couple of people, OOB for me also meant i did no historical research for building, and she was done in my paint scheme

1/50 Hercules Tug Boat- Occre - by Kevin - REVIEWS: Model kits - Model Ship World™ above is the link to the kit i reviewed November 2023

welcome @JFM hi Jim i just used a gloss varnish on the wood, the spirit based, you could use shellac, the paint work was just rattle cans and then left

this was my attempt

fully agreed,

all in all this kit will make a very nice build, the overall quality looks ok for the asking price pro's advertised at £199, as of today i have not found anywhere that is selling it other than AL sails entry level, museum quality (whatever that means) cons no instructions optional light set is available Thank you again Artesania Latina for the donation of this kit

Thank you to Artesania Latina for the donation of this kit for review, along with a paint set and rivet marker comes in a dedicated printed box which is also poly wrapped to stop unwanted peeps into the box, and the potential loss of items box opening not a fantastic amount of contents, but what there is looks like quite decent quality NO INSTRUCTIONS AT ALL, everything is online, im not sure what to do if you dont have a pc, but then i doubt you will be reading this anyway looking online there are over 20 tutorial for this build, from unboxing to completion there are two large 1/1 posters of the completed build, on the reverse is the kit contents everything in the box is well secured, and i found nothing that looked damaged at all no tiles, but a large roll of 5mm copper tape not a lot of PE, will please some we have a full sail set, these look very nice indeed and a crew of 7 very little flash but look smaller than 1/64 anchors, shooty things and oars also look ok box of fittings, blocks and tackle look reasonable quality, thread seams fluff free, printed flags (do i ever get that far to put them on) whats left in the box is all the laser cut wood, which looks very nice indeed

Taken from the AL website. HISTORY OF HMS SUPPLY: ARMED VESSEL OF THE 'FIRST FLEET' TO COLONIZE AUSTRALIA Discover HMS Supply, a wooden model ship of the English armed brigantine sailboat from the 18th century that was an essential part of the so-called 'First Fleet' of the Royal Navy that colonized and founded Australia. HMS Supply was their oldest, smallest and fastest ship. Built in 1759 as a 175-ton armed vessel, it became the colony's only link to the outside world after the loss of HMS Sirius in 1790. HMS Supply, precisely, was intended to be a support ship for HMS Sirius (1786). The HMS Supply was a brigantine or brig, that is, a ship that has two masts and square sails. In addition, it was also a sloop, that is, a small ship with a single gun deck. It had eight small three-pounder guns and carried 50 men. Its dimensions were 70 feets in length and 26 feets in width. From 1759 to 1786, HMS Supply was used to transport naval supplies between Thames and English Channel ports. During this period, it was docked at Deptford Dockyard, where it needed minor repairs as necessary to maintain its seaworthiness. On May 13th 1787, the 'First Fleet' left Plymouth – England – heading towards the antipodes. Under the command of Commodore Arthur Philip, the convoy of 11 ships carried 1,500 sailors and officers with their families, as well as 732 convicts. They were heading to the great land of the south to establish the penal colony of New South Wales - a coast previously explored by James Cook -, which would later become the first state of the Australian Commonwealth. On January 19th 1788, eight months and a week later, the fleet arrived at Botany Bay, with HMS Supply being the first to dock. On January 26th 1788, seven days later, everyone arrived at Port Jackson – the future Port of Sydney – and Philip disembarked to proclaim on Australia's first national day and becoming the first governor of the new nation. The HMS Supply was the fastest sailing ship in the 'First Fleet' and served as explorer and messenger during the voyage. HMS Supply rivals Sirius as the most famous historic ship of the new Australian nation. On 26th November 1791, it left Port Jackson and sailed via Cape Horn, arriving at Plymouth on 21st April 1792. It is, therefore, an essential ship in the history of Australia, the United Kingdom, Europe and the world.

another project for my bucket list, Thank you @James H great review

i will tag along, and learn from you

unfortunately i have put my indy on a short hold, here is the reason why, copied from one of my many FB Cocker Spaniel sites Dobbie Pingate Periscope Blogg Day 3159 aged 8 years 8 months Two weeks ago during a referral ear infection check-up, I mentioned that the boi was a bit grumpy, and out of sorts, and I suggested it might be a flare up of his pancreatitis, the Vet examined his tummy area and suggested that it should be looked at again at his next visit, his ear infection had not improved so another course of antibiotics and Metacam for his tummy problem Two weeks passed and another vet visit Wednesday 3 April, took a fairly happy boi into the vets What she felt previously had grown and it was decided to leave Dobbie in for a ultra sound, this detected a large mass on his spleen, He was booked in for a general anaesthetic, Xrays and spleen removal yesterday, 4th April but a phone call after the x-rays confirmed the dreaded news that he had tumours throughout his body and classed as stage 4 cancer, We have been given 3 to 6 weeks life expectancy 6 to 9 months with surgery and chemo Dobbie is showing very little signs of being ill and that helped us with the decision we as a married couple made, that hardest decision was to cancel surgery and bring home our boi and let him enjoy his time with us Perhaps not written very well, and maybe against many others’ views, I felt it was important to let others know what is happening, after all, a lot of members have been seeing posts of him for over 8 years now Please don’t flood this blog with hate messages, the quality of life for a short period of time outweighs the slightly longer time he possibly could be given with all the surgery and drugs, we will let Dobbie enjoy his remaining time with us, and not allow him to suffer From a devastated Dobbie owner Kevin, Ruth and puppy Apollo i will of course return to my Indy when i can and feel up to it,

wonderful work well done

i have learnt loads, just don't remember any of it

very nice indeed, love her shape

She looks fantastic

so much going on, lovely work

wonderful

Thank you BE, Appreciated

Day 384-50 good afternoon everyone, thank you for likes a lot of tidying up has been done on the foremast, and a lot of lines have now been added to the main, hence the clips just taking the weight few extra lines are and a few photos of how she looks this afternoon