What have you been building and current projects
Colin Bishop | 04/01/2021 18:27:43 |
![]() Moderator 5152 forum posts 6118 photos 419 articles | This is a general thread for snapshots of our projects this winter while we wait for better times as suggested by Ray. I will kick off with mine. 1. Carrying on with my Edwardian liner model Miltiades. 2. And my Chania Greek fishing boat kit from Navarino Models of Greece. I have now planked the deck but no photo yet. Colin Edited By Colin Bishop on 04/01/2021 18:28:30 |
Colin Miller | 04/01/2021 23:51:08 |
73 forum posts 18 photos | I have been working on my US Coastguard Cutter Bertholf it’s getting almost complete not long until it’s done and the next one is on the bench
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neil howard-pritchard | 05/01/2021 01:54:54 |
![]() 2173 forum posts 2477 photos | lovely models Colin and Colin. its lovely to see unusual and interesting different models being built. i still have my lifeboat to build and my friends lifeboat to finish........but then i am stumped. i have been given a kit of the new Metcalf Models Liverpool class lifeboat which i designed 16 years ago, and would dearly love to build that. however a friend has developed lines for a very unusual tug which i want to build and fit a Cheddar Gemini steam plant in to. that another friend gave to me some time ago as long as i put it into a working model and sail it, and as he was staff coxs'n on the lifeboat i did some crew training on years ago with intent of joining before i stupidly married and moved out of town, i think i owe him that one.................and i really am looking forward to building. so maybe that model first...........something unusual, but can't say what, until my friend has built his model at a larger scale. but, i think 2021 will keep me busy and out of trouble, lol. |
Richard Simpson | 05/01/2021 08:50:36 |
![]() 957 forum posts 255 photos | Beautiful models from Colin and Colin, both unusual subjects and both superbly built by traditional craftsmen. I'm looking forward to seeing your lifeboat-tug coming together Neil, particularly regarding that fantastic steam plant you have for it. I'm always available for any assistance you might need to help get it together. As for myself I'm afraid all my time recently has been put into model railway related activities so the question for Colin has to be "Do you only want model boat projects?" |
Colin Bishop | 05/01/2021 09:57:15 |
![]() Moderator 5152 forum posts 6118 photos 419 articles | No problems Richard. I think we all appreciate other areas of modelling besides model boating. Colin |
Ray Wood 2 | 05/01/2021 10:18:13 |
![]() 2789 forum posts 970 photos | Hi Colin, Your liner is great and will need quite an amount of ballast to get down to her marks ? the ships are so majestic from that era, masses of derricks etc? Regards Ray |
Colin Bishop | 05/01/2021 10:35:57 |
![]() Moderator 5152 forum posts 6118 photos 419 articles | Yes Ray, ships in those days were very deep draughted. I had to check the scale very carefully but I had the National Maritime Museum plans (on photos) and the official statistics to draw upon. Once the centre superstructure is on it will look more in proportion. There is an interesting article on the ship and her sister Marathon here: The ships were later lengthened and a second (dummy) funnel added but they stil looked good. Some of the NMM plans show the inserted central section. I preferred the original design but Robert Wilson has posted photos of his miniature of Marathon in her lenghenrd form. Colin |
Richard Simpson | 05/01/2021 10:56:36 |
![]() 957 forum posts 255 photos | Colin she reminds me very much of the General Havelock, built by Bryan Young a few years ago from nothing more than a profile in a book. Sadly Bryan's eyes started to fade quite significantly to the point whereby he had to give up modelling so I consider myself to be very lucky to have bought the model from him. Back to the stability question, Bryan had stripped the internals so when I first sat her on the water she wanted to completely fall over and I was lucky I didn't let go! It took a lot of weight to get her to sit down at her marks and by then she was getting a bit heavy. I decided that the best way to ballast her would be to use two 7ah lead acid batteries but the project got shelved and she has sat on the shelf for a few years now. Lovely looking ship on the water though!
Edited By Richard Simpson on 05/01/2021 10:58:17 |
timg | 05/01/2021 11:49:43 |
47 forum posts 24 photos | Hi All Hopefully pic attached
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Colin Bishop | 05/01/2021 12:00:21 |
![]() Moderator 5152 forum posts 6118 photos 419 articles | That looks a neat job Tim, an interesting subject. Colin |
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