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Just superb! So atmospheric... :thumbs_up_1: :thumbs_up_1: :thumbs_up_1: :thumbs_up_1: :thumbs_up_1:

Thanks for the new photos Jim!

Hallo EJ Foeth! :wave_1:
I am very pleased to see you cruising MW.com-- how goes your Hood, ETA Telford et al best wishes JIM B :cool_2:


in the meantime --

herewith a few pics of the Ben my Chree

regards to all JIM B :wave_1:

Once more stunning and brilliant, excellent build. :thumbs_up_1:

Hi Jim

I will leave this here:
- If I could, I would buy a ticket to sail in it!

Congrats, my Friend!
Another odd beauty in your collection!

:thumbs_up_1:
Rui

Congratulations Jim!

What an atmospheric model! The sea, bowwave and paddle wheel wakes all have a perfect feel, as do the passengers on deck. And the ship itself is as beautiful and elegant as the prototype. :thumbs_up_1: :thumbs_up_1: :thumbs_up_1: :thumbs_up_1: :thumbs_up_1: :thumbs_up_1:

Thansk you chaps for your encouraging and heartening words :wave_1:

--I am excited to see what she look like when photographed properly in daylight

will post here as well as Gallery

regards
JB

Another gem - absolutely stunning in the workmanship and atmosphere conveyed!

I've reached the end of my list of superlatives...

So, simply: Bravo maestro!

Beautiful little steamer. I'm looking forward to seeing the SLR pictures.

Beyond beautiful! Congratulations on completing another amazing project. :thumbs_up_1: now, what's next? :cool_2:

She is magnificent. Well done.

One feels the breeze in the hair (though at that time gentlemen certainly would have worn a hat ...).

What always amazes me is, how long paddle-wheels were used in the waters around the British Isles. In continental Europe most seagoing vessels had screw-propulsion at that time. Mentally, I associate paddle-wheels mainly with rivers and lakes.

Hello Gentlemen ( and anay Ladies ?)

so with some long evenings at the bench the model is essentially completed

herewith 4 x " work-bench-snapshots "

formal proper SLR photos
( without the distortions of the point and shoot and with depth if field ! )
will be taken in near future
Hull length is 135mm ( 5 [size=50]1/2 [/size]inches)
Humbrol pint tinlet gives a scale

herewith

Kind regards
JIM B

Awesome doesn´t halfway begin to cover it ...

Jim, congrats on this little gem! Your build reports are always entertaining and educational.
The ingenious use of PE is so characteristic of your builds.
Your ability to find a suitable PE part for every little detail seems supernatural!

Jim, this is an inspiring build, like all of your work. Those details...

here is a small self-explanatory image based update !

The only clear image of the anchors is this one; I cropped and zoomed in on the image and lighted it brutally
in order to discern the size and layout

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The 2 x anchors were cut out of 1/350 handrail fro the stock and cross-bar,the curved base was thin curved PE strip
and paper flukes

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chain was made by twisting wire

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anchors installed

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Incredible progress and most inspiring scratchbuilding. What i admire most is your ability to add-on structures and details over a pre-painted and
very fragile model, crowded with tiny figures, without wrecking havoc on the already assembled and finished areas. Like building a house of cards. it requires a careful planning and an incredible steady hand. The most difficult part of small scale modelling in my opinion. Great solution for the funnels. The decal-effect is superlative. Looking forward to the rigging phase. :thumbs_up_1:

Ahoy 1/6000

Good find --for future reference !

yes--that is exactly the the kind of thing :wave_1:
--though both the the clerestory and consequently the seating in BmC was rather higher


meanwhile progress is afoot!
more passengers -now fwd of the bridge with the odd crew-member amongst them

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with the davits now installed , and seated and standing passengers installed below the boat deck--
it was time to create said boatdeck

from the few images I have I could ascertain that there were longitudinal members and athwarships intermittent ' gapped' planking
where the boat chocks were--thereby allowing light, drainage and access to boast below--without an enclosed deck

These decks had a slight camber athwartships --- and interestingly the longitudinal members had a slight deflection

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I implied/ modelled the former camber and ignored the latter sag!!

Using assorted elderly ' scrap' PE from my boxes

I was able to construct something in the 'spirit of...'
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at laaast... I could install the funnels that I made months ago !
however... interestingly the funnels an masts do not have the same rake
--I noticed that before when I built the Normandie--the funnels and masts had disparate rakes !

so I double-checked side elevation images

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getting the funnels to align was tricky!

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meanwhile-after endless eyeballing the funnels-and double checking the model in a mirror
( a sure-fire way of dispelling any doubts about alinement's!) an awaiting the slow set glue to set...

as the custom 3-D printed boats had arrived
need 2 x 29 ft whalers and 4 x pulling lifeboats ( and a skiff--I am carving that at the moment!)

said boats were painted

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and installation could begin

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The time had come to install the- previously custom made paddle box decals

for that I needed the paddle boxes to be near horizontal-- and steady

a hand holding the baseplate would not do!

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Phew !!!

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it all came out well!

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now for final installation of bridge furniture, additional crew, additional small bollards,
stowed gangways, making anchors , chains fairleads and many many more small parts !
before the more interesting parts of the build; the rigging and finally sea colouring!

More soon

Jim Baumann

Look what I found!
[img]https://www.norwayheritage.com/gallery/gallery/Steamship_Companies/Norddeutscher_Lloyd/01461-02mosel-ndl.jpg[/img]
An aft deckview of S/S Mosel of NdL, built at Caird & Co. / Greenock in 1872, thus in a similar time and area and with maybe similar installations regarding the benches.
Good luck with Your build, I greatly enjoy it! May You never choose a subject past 1905!