S/S Bohuslän by puckotred - Nordic Class Boats/Türkmodel - Scale 1:45 - abandoned

[Mirabell61]

Hi Mr. Pucko,

 

the benches are good looking.....

 

Nils

[puckotred]

Thanks Nils 

[Nirvana]

Puckotred, Bohuslan is turning out beautiful. Great job. Did you sew the curtains?

[puckotred]

Thanks Dr. Per.

No, the curtains was provided in the kit. Just had to colour the fringes gold. 

[Jim Lad]

Just catching up with what you're doing - she's coming along really nicely.

 

John

[puckotred]

Thanks John 

[uheynitz]

Hello, Mr. Pucko, you are glad to live in Gothenburg. BOHUSLÄN arrived at packhuskajen…
For all BOHUSLÄN Lovers who do NOT live in Gothenburg: There is a Facebook-Group with a lot of Detail-Fotos:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/105318641847/

Best Regards, Uwe

[puckotred]

   

[burnside63]

Glad to see after the initial frustrations that this beautiful ship is coming along so well.  Cannot wait to get back at the Marie Fred in the coming weeks.

[puckotred]

Thanks Burnside. There's still a lot of frustration concerning scale and accuracy. I've decided to try and not think about it and just go on building. 

 

 

 Lightning for second deck:

 

 

I suck at soldering but the wire is secured and glued to the wood. It isn't going anywhere...

 

 

 

Done at last

 

 

Awaiting third deck. 

 

 

[puckotred]

The saga of lost proportions continues.

 

Stairs

 

 

 

Started the railing. The "Guardrail vertical parts" as the parts list state them, are made of really soft white metal. the wire is extremely hard. probarbly the best quality of the whole mess. Impossible to cut with pliers smaller than medium. 

 

 

 

 

Guardrail primed. Stairs totally out of proportions.

 

 

Roof attached, LED's working..

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The LED's shine through the roof plywood so I'll use sandpaper (grit 800) to simulate tarred paper that the original has.

 

 

Hull bottom first stroke of paint.

 

[puckotred]

I have not had the time to update the log lately, but here's some progress:

 

 

bottom finished.

 

 

 

Nice warped roof there.

 

Warping fixed with the vertical bits of Pianowire.

 

 

 

The bridge.

 

 

 

 

 

Bridge with LED's

 

 

 

Funnel. The metal sheet supplied was a very thin piece. Impossible (for me) not to buckle it.

Did my own extra pipes as none was supplied in the kit.

 

 

This build will be suspended until late autumn as I have other ships to build now that the weather is warmer. Sanding must be done outside. I'll try to up a log of the Pinco Genovese later.

[Mirabell61]

Nice Progress to be seen Mr. Pucko,

 

the funnel also Looks great...

 

Nils

[puckotred]

Well, I was almost finished with Bohuslän, only the lifeboats to go when I decided to put her in my youngest kids room as a nightlight. My youngest daughter got a little too excited and managed to topple the model down from the shelf and most of the protruding stuff went off. My own fault and no big loss actually. The kids where more upset than me cause their nightlight was gone. 

 

So the story of Puckotreds "Bohuslän" ends here. She is somewhere deep in a wardrobe now.... (The ship, not the kid...)

[Captain Slog]

Hi Puckotred,

 

Sorry to hear of your mishap.  Its a shame you have put it away as was enjoying the build and it was looking very nice.  But I know where you are coming from as doubt I would have the heart to repair major damage either.  Its fun putting to together new parts not so much redoing them.

 

Cheers

Slog

[Nirvana]

Puckered, ouch!

I read about Chuck's incident while trying to get rid of a wasp.

[baskerbosse]

That's sad,

Beyond repair is it?

I have been looking at the Mariefred and the Bohuslän, but hard to find either an Australian supplier or a webshop that ships here.

What's your opinion on the kit?

Value for money?

 

Thanks,

Peter

[puckotred]

Hello Peter. 

Not beyond repair. But after all the trouble with the build I just couldn't be bothered fixing it.

As Captain Slog said above: "Its fun putting to together new parts not so much redoing them."

 

The wood is kind of OK. The laser cut hull frames fit like a dream but then the laser cut parts on the thinner vener of the superstructure was way off. one wall 5 mm higher than the other etc. And the thinner vener was very bristle. Instructions worst than those from plastic kits.

 

So, no not really worth the money.

BUT in the end she looked pretty good (before the dive to the floor) so if one really have a fetisch towards these old steamships one should go for it. And there is room ready for radio controlling her. Türkmodel sent me the broken/mismatched parts at once when I contacted them. And it's fun with all the chairs and tables and curtains. 

[chborgm]

I am building the Mariefred by the same company.

 

http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/12589-ss-mariefred-by-francesca-nordic-class-boats/

 

So far I am still building hull. I find the the lazer cut part are very accurate, and the quality very good..You can see more comment on my build site.

 

One problem I am having that I can't explain is that I have had trouble with the CA glue holding at times.  It appears with this wood you really have to sand the burnt edges very well. Something I have not had the problem before.

 

I agree with the comments on the instructions, byut the plans a clear. YOU JUST HAVE TO LOOK AHEAD.  

[puckotred]

Hi chborgm,

 

 

Look ahead yes, in this case that translates to foreseeing every part and its place and what parts are meant to be near any other part. And measure EVERYTHING before construction. You should not have to worry that walls have different sizes or that a 50 mm tall door is 8 mm too high and wide to fit the door opening. 

[puckotred]

I found the last picture I took of Bohuslän.

 

 

 

[chborgm]

what stain did you use?

[puckotred]

oak for the deck and mahogny for the rest. Both Admiralty stains.

[puckotred]

 

 

This is The final picture of Bohuslän in her new home out in the shed.......