Newport by Jolly Jo - Mamoli - Scale 1:57

[Dr PR]

I recommend you glue the hatch gratings in place after all the work around them is complete.

 

I left the hatch gratings loose on a model I built back in the 1960s, with just gravity and a tight fit holding them in place. Decades later, having forgotten the gratings were loose, I was dusting the model with a soft brush and a vacuum cleaner off to the side when suddenly the hatch grating popped up and went into the vacuum cleaner.

 

Digging through the dust, hairs and miscellaneous bits of this and that is not something you really want to do!

 

The gratings have since been glued in place.

[Jolly Jo]

Thanks for the advice, Phil!

 

I don't even want to dust off the model and planning on making an display case for it 🙂

Edited July 26 by Jolly Jo

[SaltyScot]

On 7/25/2025 at 3:10 PM, Jolly Jo said:

As the gratings fit tightly they are not glued fast and the hatch is an actual hatch. Will be helpful when adding the funnel and I like pieces which are functional, even if they don't have to be on a model.

 

Fine work indeed buddy. It was worth the time and effort.

[Jolly Jo]

Ahoy everyone,

 

I built the loading hatch from scratch. Below you can see the one provided with the kit and where it should have been placed according to plan. It was to large to fit between the deck beams and I didn't want gratings anyway as a smuggler essentially is a merchant vessel.

 

 

A hatch as the fore one was out of the question for being to small. Making it small but wide I was afraid it would compromise the stability of the ship so I opted for a long version of the same width as the fore hatch.

 

 

 

The space between the hatch and the fife rails is quite narrow but after all that's the most plausible solution I could come up with.

 

Of course there will be rings on the cover boars but these will be made at a later stage.

 

 

[SaltyScot]

You're making a good job of this buddy. Keep it up!