Brannaren by drobinson02199 - Caldercraft - Scale 1:48

[drobinson02199]

I've installed the first lifeboat.  There are three options:  upright (then you have to fit out the interior with wood seats), covered (you need to find some covering material and somehow color it), or inverted, the way I've done it, which also seems to me the most logical way to store a boat to keep the inside dry.

 

The boats are molded styrene, and when you paint them, the paint mars REALLY easily, so after multiple touch-ups I varnished it to protect the paint job.

 

The davit rigging assumes that the falls are attached inside the boats, and that on launching the boat would be flipped over so the falls could then be used to lower it.  

 

Finally, the manual calls for double block rigging, but I got lazy and used a single.  

 

Regards,

David

 

[drobinson02199]

I've finished the stern structures, with the exception of one fitting (see below).  Since my last post, added the rear railing, plus wire winders, life rings, chocks and fairleads, as well as the second boat with davits and rigging.  Also added tall vents and the mast.

 

The one fitting I haven't added goes in front of the capstan housing at the rear.  The problem is that I can't figure out which of the cast parts to use based on the plans, and the instructions (which just have a numbered part listing).  My pictures from the internet shed partial light.  So I'm going to wait to the end and see what cast parts are left over, and see if that sheds light on what to install.  🙃  This one of the continuing challenges of working with the instructions for this ship -- but it's still an interesting build.

 

Regards,

David

Edited Saturday at 09:01 PM by drobinson02199