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Steam Ship Naparima by Kevin Kenny - FINISHED


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Happy birthday, Kevin! Many happy returns of the day!

The boat looks good, show us the cake.

 

Edited by bruce d
bungled name, maybe I've had too many birthdays...

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STAY SAFE

 

A model shipwright and an amateur historian are heads & tails of the same coin

current builds:

HMS Berwick 1775, 1/192 scratchbuild; a Slade 74 in the Navy Board style

Mediator sloop, 1/48 - an 18th century transport scratchbuild 

French longboat - CAF - 1/48, on hold

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Happy Birthday, Kevin.  I'm with the others, she looks great.

Mark
"The shipwright is slow, but the wood is patient." - me

Current Build:                                                                                             
Past Builds:
 La Belle Poule 1765 - French Frigate from ANCRE plans - ON HOLD           Triton Cross-Section   

 NRG Hallf Hull Planking Kit                                                                            HMS Sphinx 1775 - Vanguard Models - 1:64               

 

Non-Ship Model:                                                                                         On hold, maybe forever:           

CH-53 Sikorsky - 1:48 - Revell - Completed                                                   Licorne - 1755 from Hahn Plans (Scratch) Version 2.0 (Abandoned)         

         

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                

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She's certainly coming along nicely! The new davits are much better. The old ones wouldn't have allowed bringing the gig inboard up over the railing. Even now, though, it would be difficult to bring the gig inboard between the width between the davits, although that may just be a factor of the photograph's perspective. 

 

And happy birthday. My 70th was a few months ago. Kind of scary, isn't it? :D 

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Kevin; the lifeboats look great and...... Happy Birthday and many more. Also, thanx for all your great videos...Moab

Completed Builds:

Virginia Armed Sloop...Model Shipways

Ranger...Corel

Louise Steam Launch...Constructo

Hansa Kogge...Dusek

Yankee Hero...BlueJacket

Spray...BlueJacket

26’ Long Boat...Model Shipways

Under Construction:

Emma C. Berry...Model Shipways

 

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7 hours ago, Bob Cleek said:

She's certainly coming along nicely! The new davits are much better. The old ones wouldn't have allowed bringing the gig inboard up over the railing. Even now, though, it would be difficult to bring the gig inboard between the width between the davits, although that may just be a factor of the photograph's perspective. 

 

And happy birthday. My 70th was a few months ago. Kind of scary, isn't it? :D 

Bob

what is interesting is that the lifeboats were never designed to swing in. They were simply pulled up and let down.  The back deck was covered with a canvas roof making it impossible to do so any way. This was a water taxi moving from bay to bay picking up and dropping people and freight in the life boats. See her in the the picture below .

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1 hour ago, Kevin Kenny said:

what is interesting is that the lifeboats were never designed to swing in. They were simply pulled up and let down.  The back deck was covered with a canvas roof making it impossible to do so any way. This was a water taxi moving from bay to bay picking up and dropping people and freight in the life boats.

Aha! That occurred to me, but then I thought, "Naw, they'd never do that in open water. It'd be too cumbersome and "sloppy." However, if the boats were used regularly for shore access, it makes a lot of sense. It also occurred to me that if she were carrying a lot of passengers, would those two gigs be enough to carry them all?" Oh well, ours is not to reason why. :D  I love vessels like these. They have such great character and detail to them.

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Wonderful build, and belated Happy Birthday

Its all part of Kev's journey, bit like going to the dark side, but with the lights on
 

All the best

Kevin :omg:


SAY NO TO PIRACY. SUPPORT ORIGINAL IDEAS AND MANUFACTURERS.
KEEP IT REAL!

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On the build table

HMS Indefatigable 1794 by Kevin - Vanguard Models - 1:64 - Feb 2023 

 

 

HMHS Britannic by Kevin 

SD 14  - Marcle Models - 1/70 - March 2022 -  Bluebell - Flower Class - Revel - 1/72   U552 German U Boat - Trumpeter - 1/48  Amerigo Vespucci     1/84 - Panart-   HMS Enterprise  -CAF -  1/48     

Finished     

St-Nectan-Mountfleet-models-steam-trawler-1/32 - Completed June 2020

HMS Victory - Caldercraft/Jotika - 1/72 - Finished   Dorade renamed Dora by Kevin - Amati - 1/20 - Completed March 2021 

Stage Coach 1848 - Artesania Latina - 1/10 -Finished Lady Eleanor by Kevin - FINISHED - Vanguard Models - 1/64 - Fifie fishing boat

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Excellent video, technique, and results on the life boats Kevin, thanks for taking the time to share.   When I last worked on my America, I got a bit sidetracked trying to do a couple small boats to place on her deck.  I was using a similar technique with a mold and holes drilled to hold the frames, though I had not thought to cut slots into the mold as you did.  I probably started 4 or 5 of the little buggers before I completed one that I liked, then I decided it was too large.  I am now working on another project but hope to get back to that one soon.

- Gary

 

Current Build: Artesania Latina Sopwith Camel

Completed Builds: Blue Jacket America 1/48th  Annapolis Wherry

 

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