St Nectan by Kevin - FINISHED - Mountfleet Models - 1/32 - Steam Trawler - Completed June 2020

[Kevin]

Good evening everyone

 

back to the after part of the superstructure getting the derricks done and main mast, god knows why the mast is so tall can only presume it is for reception

 

mast is in two [arts and requires little tapering, most of the work is cleaning up the metal parts, everything is pinned for security

 

 

[Old Collingwood]

Very nice work mate.

 

OC.

[popeye the sailor]

looking great Kevin    doing a swell job fitting her out!

[ESF]

Very fine progress Kevin.  Looks terrific.

 

Steve

[Kevin]

Good evening everyone

 

I have a weeks holiday, so back to the trawler, started to paint up the steam winch 

[Kevin]

Good afternoon

Still wip, what a fun, enjoyable project

[Mirabell61]

Great looking winch Kevin,

 

Nils

[Jim Lad]

Just catching up, Kevin - she's looking good, mate!

 

John

[Kevin]

Good evening everyone

perhaps the best days modelling i have done for some time

 

The more i do on this winch the more i find to do, not from instructions but from real life photos and other build logs, lots of anti twist/bracing bars to go in still

[Old Collingwood]

Your doing some great work mate.

 

OC.

[Landlubber Mike]

Looks fantastic Kevin, nice job!

 

[Kevin]

Good evening everyone

 

with the exception of weathering, the steam winch is now completed

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited October 14, 2019 by Kevin

[Old Collingwood]

Looks superb mate.

 

OC.

[Red Rhino]

Beautiful workmanship. It looks ready to get to work

Dave

[Kevin]

Good evening everyone

 

work on the stern around the cod liver house, 

 

the rudder chains pass along the superstructure and then through a block along a skid and dissappear under the cod liver house. thats fine, BUT the superstructure is removable the chains on the blocks are not, so i had to think of a way to allow that

i have created a dummy tubes that passes over the one fixed to the superstructure

then made up the hans rail on top of the cod liver house

[Jim Lad]

Looking good, Kevin!

 

John

[Old Collingwood]

I like your workaround with the chain divertors  - really well actioned, its coming together so  nicely.

 

OC.

[popeye the sailor]

great job so far Kevin............the winch looks superb........and the mod for the rudder chains certainly solves your problem.  looks really good  

[Kevin]

Good morning everyone

 

fitting the Whale Back

 

this is one of those jobs where i could have done with being outside with plenty of space and another set of hands, but it was pouring with wain and on me own

 

lol thank god for superglue and activator/accelerator

 

i had earlier fitted a sheet  roughly the right shape to the underside and strip wood on the inside of the hull to double the amount of contact area   i spread ca on the white plasticard and held it against the hull and bonded it with a quick spay, 1/2 hour later all done,

 

the sanding down has revealed a gap at the bow, other than that im very happy with it 

more hand rails made ready for painting, if u ever decide what could to finish the build in

 

[Kevin]

good morning everyone

 

well i enjoyed my week off and managed to progress on the St Nectan, but non of the outdoors jobs that needed doing, due to the very wel November Somerset weather

 

the bulkhead are nearly ready for the whale back, still to be adapted to accept the deck, Hawse hole for the single anchor and now making the bulkhead stiffeners 

[Kevin]

WOW two updates in one day

 

good evening everyone

 

i finished the supports to the port side bulkheads, i will prime these and then paint red orche later

 

typical not wained today and high pressure moving in, lol im back to work tomorrow

 

any way time to dust the build off and let her get some Vitamin S

 

[Jim Lad]

She really looks the part all cobbled together like that, Kevin.

 

John

[yvesvidal]

What a beautiful trawler. Very British in appearance and timeless in its lines.

 

Yves

[FriedClams]

I’ve been following along on your build and enjoying watching your progress Kevin.  Very nice work you’re doing here and boy she is big model isn’t she!  I really enjoy these working boats - especially fishing boats.  Excellent job on that highly detailed winch.  Looking forward to future updates.

 

Gary

[Kevin]

On 10/25/2019 at 10:31 PM, FriedClams said:

I’ve been following along on your build and enjoying watching your progress Kevin.  Very nice work you’re doing here and boy she is big model isn’t she!  I really enjoy these working boats - especially fishing boats.  Excellent job on that highly detailed winch.  Looking forward to future updates.

 

Gary

Thank you Gary, i do love big builds but she is a big lump, hopefully i can make a nice job of her,

[Kevin]

good evening everyone

 

well i finished the main deck bulkhead braces

 

 

 

this weekend was spent working aft, the stern light white metal moulding has been adapted to accept a 3mm led

 

 

the boat deck supports have been adapted to fit and removed again, as they will be getting in the way, but they are marked where they fit as they are all slightly different, and have finally decided what colour's the build is going to be other than the hull

boat deck edges being fitted now i have an idea of end colours

lifeboat stations are pinned and marked out where the final position will be

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited October 27, 2019 by Kevin

[Old Collingwood]

Very nice complex work there mate.

 

OC.

[Kevin]

Spent hours making this look ok, struggling with stable doors, nothing is fixed in position

Edited November 3, 2019 by Kevin

[Kevin]

Good evening everyone

 

Anchor winch

the casting of this was quite bad in places so i will be doing a lot more work on it prior to primer

 

Otterboards

6 of these are have to be made up, basicly two halves sandwiching a plank of wood, these have been cleaned up during the week after work primed with rattle can grey then being painted with the IDF Green (bought for the D9R)

the boards is 2mm ply scored to represent planks and a Flory Grime wash to age it

 

some are better than others, but all required cleaning up

some of the cleaned off swarf

ready for primer

the paint gets darker as it dries

various stains to find one im happy with

 

 

 

[Old Collingwood]

Very impressive work mate  - its more like an actual ship build than a scale replica.

 

OC.