Mississippi by Vicnelson - FINISHED - OcCre - 1:80

[Vicnelson]

Hi everyone

 

Been off forum for  awhile as I hit a mental block with my Agamemnon build.  Got to rigging stage and lost my get up and go.  It will come back eventually.

 

Meanwhile for a significant birthday (I can now get a bus pass) my family gave me vouchers for Cornwall Boats from which I bought the Occre Kit for the Spirit of Mississippi.

 

A nice kit but with a few issues.  A lot of the supplied metal parts required some work to fit (or the wood parts to make fit) like the window frames.  The paddle hubs in particular needed drilled out to 6mm (supplied 4.5mm!!) see photo.  Annoying.  I also didn't like the pins to be used for railing supports.

 

Hasn't taken too long to get to nearly complete (awaiting better looking rail supports). 

 

A few errors made such as assuming the precut slots for structure and deck were accurate but they were off by a couple of mm so later on in the build the external stiffening ribbing on the port (display) side had to be finessed. 

 

Enjoyable few weeks doing this and has resulted in getting some of my mojo back.  Moving onto Occre cross section of Santimisa Trinidad next and then hopefully back to Aggie.

 

As said nice kit but not sure about the historical accuracy (if any) of the model.  Perhaps the title "Spirit.." gives that away.  I installed some left over Christmas lights to provide internal illumination.  It should display well.  More photos later once paddle wheel and rigging complete.

 

Day 1.

 

 

Moving along nicely.

 

Hull complete. Iplanked under the overhang deck rather than just painting it as given in the instructions.

 

Getting gtehre but didn't notice that upper decks were ever so slightly off to one side.

 

 

Built my own lower deck ladders as not enough metal parts provided.  Also upper deck ladders finished with wood to covers the metal joins.

Nearly there.  Christmas lights working well.  I also used eyelets in removable sections to give me something to grip with but will probably display with the  interior exposed all the time.

 

Very carefully drilling out paddle wheels to 6mm.

 

Edited March 17, 2021 by Vicnelson

[Cathead]

Are you still adding details, or do you consider this done?  If the latter, you might consider changing the title to mark this as finished, so folks know you're not still working on this. Otherwise, let us know how it's going.

[Dsmith20639]

I'm in a similar situation , I consider my ship finished but haven't figured out how to edit the title to add the word FINISHED. Any clue on the steps to do that?

[Cathead]

You can edit any post you make by clicking on the three black dots in that post's upper-right corner (next to the post number), then select edit. To change the title of a log or any other thread you've started, go to the first post and select edit; you'll be given an option to alter the title.

 

The  standard on  MSW is that you placed FINISHED after your username. So in this case, 

 

Mississippi by Vicnelson - OcCre - 1:80

 

would become:

 

Mississippi by Vicnelson - FINISHED - OcCre - 1:80

[Vicnelson]

Wasn't quite finished as I was waiting on railing stantions to arrive.  I think this looks much better than the pins supplied by the kit. However now complete and on display in my cabinet.

 

 

 

As stated before I'm going to display with interiors exposed. No point doing all that work to hide it.

 

 

 

 

All done onto next project.

[reynard]

Hi Vicnelson, A great looking finish to your kit. I have just started with the kit (which was short one spru of bits so had to wait for delivery from Spain) just a couple of questions if I may, to help me a bit. when you fitted the deck to the false keel did you notice a dip in the deck. and where did you source the stantions from, they look great?.  I have attached a photo of how mine is.

cheers Reynard.

[Vicnelson]

HI Reynard

 

Sorry for delay as I haven't been on in a while.

 

Yes slight dip which I took to be for natural curve of deck. The structural pieces for the "casino" went on with no glaring gaps: I just ensured that when I mounted the walls that I used plenty of clamps and elastic bands to make sure that I got closure with the deck.

 

The stanchions I got from Cornwall model boats.  Link attached.  Showing out of stock today but I imagine that they'll get more soon

 

https://www.cornwallmodelboats.co.uk/acatalog/Caldercraft-Model-Boat-Fittings-2-Hole-Brass-Rail-Stanchion-Ball-Type-10mm-C66210.html#SID=2482 

 

Regards

 

Ian

 

 

[reynard]

Thanks Ian, I have been ill as well, only just finished the deck and hull planking, found that pins in first layer gave bulges in second so removed them on second side. when I sanded it down the pins started to show through on the side that I had left them.

Dave