DS Børøysund 1908 by ccoyle - HMV - 1/250 - CARD - Norwegian Excursion Steamer

[ccoyle]

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!

 

[GrandpaPhil]

Looking forward to this build!

[yvesvidal]

Another Norwegian marvel. Count me in !!!!

 

Yves

[ccoyle]

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.

 

[Veszett Roka]

Another follower Chris.

[ccoyle]

Step 2 in the build sequence is complete, consisting of the amidships main deck structures.

 

[Canute]

Sign me in, Chris. Interesting little build.😁

[ccoyle]

Work on these small models progresses pretty quickly. Next we have the hull plating. I'm not completely satisfied with my work on this part, but as you'll see shortly there's a way to deal with this -- kind of.

 

 

P.S. While I was trying to get the port-side plating on, the model popped off its glass plate, which actually made the job easier, thankfully.

 

Next we start attaching the laser-cut railings. These add a substantial amount of 'wow' factor to the model and help draw attention away from less expertly done parts of the model.

 

 

Moving forward, we install the inner bulwarks, stanchions, foredeck railings, and caprails.

 

 

That's all for now!

 

[ccoyle]

Some aft bits.

 

[ccoyle]

The bridge has been added. The kit includes optional parts for the bridge interior. I decided not to add these, because that would require cutting out the many printed bridge windows and then glazing them. It's a difficult task to do neatly, nearly impossible actually, and the finished interior would be difficult to see -- just not worth the extra effort IMO.

 

[ccoyle]

All the foredeck bits have been assembled and added. As you can see, the winch is about the size of Abraham Lincoln's head.

 

[ccoyle]

Finished the bridge deck today, including the dreaded cowl vents (**shudder!**).

 

 

[AJohnson]

That is so neat Chris! 

[Mirabell61]

excellent work Chris, well done

 

Nils

[jerome]

A beautiful little ship.

Edited yesterday at 11:42 AM by jerome

[ccoyle]

Started work on the poop deck.