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At long last I have finely glued in place the last bulkhead for the stern section which is 537.5 mm's in length, x 4 times give the length of ship, also finished the stern rope room that has one triple winch, details to come later.

Next step is cut and glue in place the 2 mm thick hull sides, have worked out the the height on both sides, will then start looking like the stern of Corona Sea the ship I am modelling .

Pics one and two the rope and stern winch room, where the access door from steps is the floor I be gluing in place so I can fit the steps which works out to be 12 mm high at 3 mm steps. I will work out the height of the hand rails , the middle of the second rail to the top of the rail is the height of the black rope supports at the entrance to to rope room .

Third pic of the starboard side rope room windows , forth pic she has her fist three containers, the container on the to deck close to where I have started building the section the funnel sits on.

A lot of work still ahead, once done as far as I can go will start on the next and final section to the ship, be the easiest section to build.

Tony from warm down under.

AN HI Tony i'll also have a look through your RO RO build when I get time but I think ive had a look some wks ago as you are fittin in not only lorryises an such but trains as well earn't you
anyway all best
chris

Its really looking good Tony, very impressive, how did you go with the ramp mechanism - looked like a complicated job from here, hope you are staying safe and well in the current climate,
cheers, Will

Hi Chris, thanks, yeah will have trailers containers rolls of paper and other bigger loads like locos and trams, wind turbine parts and so on.

Take care Tony

Hi will, hope you are copping well with those restriction in NSW, won't be lifted for at least an another month .

Many thanks, haven't done much progress on the ship's stern for a couple of weeks, back on it tonight want to finish gluing the second side sheet on the port side and same on the starboard side then cut the upper deck.

Then the main hull of the stern section is finished, yes I have done so was easy used tooth pics for the shafts worked out well, big job to build working hydraulic rams.

How is your destroyer build going is it fished yet.

Tony take care

Has being awhile since last update, at long last I have finished the stern hull build and ready to make a start on the third and final section that will make up the hull.

First two pics and the last pic Corona Sea's sister ship leaving port, is what my model will look like when finished not far away, third and forth pics the stern rope room windows, as close as I can get, still more work there, I may just blacken out the smaller rope holes, cardboard doesn't drill well .

Pics five and six, I am looking at using a pulley system to open and close the stern ramps, plenty of room for the motors and gear boxes on the single stern ramp, longer shaft to the double stern ramp, will that work I still will have the hydraulic rams for show, need some advice on how to tackle that.

It has at least being four years since I started planning the ship, never thought I would finish the stern hull section, one more section to build, during the day
I am working on the railway bridge that the ship will sit, which now has a underneath water line clearance of 2 feet.

The bridge being the main feature of the layout, will have an above arch 2 feet high from rail deck with 14 foot main span, be a stunning site indeed, I am planning a Ro, Ro port as well for two ships.

Tony from sunny down under cooling down fast

HI TONY about how to work your doors look on my tiger site
chris

Hi Chris I have being pretty busy starting construction on the forth section and test joining of the forth hull section, first three pics of first two bulkheads in place that has the end section of the single ramp from main deck to upper deck .

Next four pics of the forth hull section test joining. I forgot to check the squareness of the last bulkhead of the stern hull section, the forth hull section isn't joining up will has a gap, not to worry easy fix and won't see once the side hull panels are glued in place.

Saturday night I will work on gluing i place two bulkheads on the other end so I can join up the rest of the ship hull.

Tony form cold down under

Here she is all four hull section joined up at last, the second stern hull section not yet finished but well under way, I glued in the two bulkheads at each end, she looks stunning indeed, when finely finished will be be mind blowing.

I am itching to glue in place the next bulkhead that will start off the top deck, where the white meets the blue line , probably have to glue in the next bulkhead as well , I am hopping to get the scale letters for the side of the ship, the logo on the funnel be easy to copy.

At long last she is looking like the ship I am modelling, on a very big high.

Tony from down under

It sure has being a while since last update with some very good news indeed, the hull construction has now being completed and moved onto the funnel deck and funnel construction which is finished, yeah has taken 3 years to get this far, I thought I wouldn't there.

Now I am working on the bridge, finished the ships accommodation block, haven't being on it for a week now, being working on my layout during the day and the bridge is also completed ready for painting tomorrow , that has being a struggle indeed, changing different designs and came up with my own which worked pics to follow.

First two pics of the last bulkhead in place, 30 bulkheads later and the final hull panel being glued together, wow couldn't believe I finely did it was on a high that night.

Third pic of the funnel deck and funnel base glued in place, fourth pic of the front round shape of the funnel was not an easy task but got there, fifth pic of the real funnel, I haven't done any work on the detail of the top of the funnel as yet, wanted to move onto the bridge.

Sixth pic of the back of the funnel, will have panels to build, final pic of the funnel deck got a lot of detail to do there, be a while off .

Corona Sea is now looking like the real ship I am modelling, in some ways I wish I started on the R/C version .

Tony from down under.