ccoyle Posted Monday at 12:01 AM #1 Posted Monday at 12:01 AM Did you think I was going to take a break after finishing my Bf 109 last night? Ha! That is where you'd be wrong! Of course, you are also wrong if you thought I might be going back to work on Phoenix. The reason I'm not is because I only have a month before I'm taking a long-ish Christmas break, during which there will be no modeling. 😒 So I've decided to tackle a small project that I think I may be able to finish within four weeks. That project is the Norwegian excursion steamer DS Børøysund, currently home-ported in Oslo. She began life in 1908 as the Odin. She went through a number of owners over the years, all of whom it seems didn't care for whatever the ship's previous name was, so they changed it. She became the Børøysund after being acquired by the Norwegian Veteran Ships Club in 1968. Børøysund is 33.1 m long with a beam of 5.5 m. Her triple expansion steam powerplant can whisk 100 passengers along at a breathtaking 9 knots. At 1/250 scale, the model consists of only two pages of parts and when completed will be a shade over five inches in length. I also have the laser-cut detail set. Look for first cuts soon! Paul Le Wol, Old Collingwood, yvesvidal and 5 others 7 1 Quote Chris Coyle Greer, South Carolina When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk. - Tuco Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix, DS Børøysund
GrandpaPhil Posted Monday at 12:30 AM #2 Posted Monday at 12:30 AM Looking forward to this build! AJohnson, Old Collingwood, Ryland Craze and 3 others 6 Quote Building: 1:200 Russian Battleship Oryol (Orel card kit) 1:64 HMS Revenge (Victory Models plans) 1:64 Cat Esther (17th Century Dutch Merchant Ships)
yvesvidal Posted Monday at 03:25 PM #3 Posted Monday at 03:25 PM Another Norwegian marvel. Count me in !!!! Yves Ryland Craze, Paul Le Wol, ccoyle and 2 others 5 Quote
ccoyle Posted Tuesday at 01:04 PM Author #4 Posted Tuesday at 01:04 PM And here is the completed internal framing. For anyone unfamiliar with the process, the hull base plate is temporarily glued to a piece of glass to keep the hull flat during construction -- just a small spot of glue at the bow and stern. This is typical "egg crate" construction, but this newer design has two additional longitudinal frames (older kits typically only have the center-line frame), which should greatly aid in construction. To provide additional strength, I soaked all of the frames in thin CA -- before adding them to the base plate, obviously, otherwise the hull and glass plate would be mated for eternity. king derelict, yvesvidal, mikegr and 6 others 9 Quote Chris Coyle Greer, South Carolina When you have to shoot, shoot. Don't talk. - Tuco Current builds: Brigantine Phoenix, DS Børøysund
Veszett Roka Posted Tuesday at 03:24 PM #5 Posted Tuesday at 03:24 PM Another follower Chris. ccoyle and Old Collingwood 2 Quote
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