Model of ps Waverley

Thanks gents, sorry, the Waverley did not carry a swimming pool so not penguin friendly! (anyway, my missus would not let me bring the penguin handler on board anyway!).
Wanted to stock up the bar, but having trouble decanting my whisky into bottles 3mm high! high rate of spillage, so have developed a technique where I hold the two bottles over my mouth so as not to lose any!
The curtains were made from toilet paper, managed to find some blue rolls in our supermarket. The forward end has cream curtains, so be getting overloaded with spares, as only need less than a foot for a set!
Will have to clear up my work place (using the dining room table for this one as my proper workbench has the Bismarck on it). Got the family coming down for Easter and they will need to eat somewhere!

We use the coffee table. (but to do any modelling on the new dining room table would make my life not worth living !!)

Coming along nicely, Don. Would love to see a video of the paddlewheels and gears in action.

Thanks for the comments folks. The paddle wheels are going to take a long time to get going, I want to get the bulk of the hull finished first, and now we have decent weather I shall be spending more and more time outdoors, with gardening, routine maintenance and carrying on with my other big project, the restoration of Annabel, our railway carriage workshop.
It was very pleasant working on the carriage today, with warm sunshine, and steam trains going past every half hour.
The carriage has been resited and turned round (resited to clear the site for a new station building we are hoping to start later on this year. Talk about versatile, one minute models less than 4 inches long, then station buildings 100 ft long!!). Turning her round lets me work on the tatty side in relative comfort!
Tell you, retirement is much more hectic than when I was at work, used to get tea/lunch breaks then, not enough time now and the pay is poor!!!!

There is no reason why you cannot Paul. firstly, get a plan of a model you wish to make, (do a search on the web for ship plans), if possible, get photos of the real thing (easy with the Waverley).
Construction is virtually the same as Bismarck, except that you have to cut all the bits out yourself, not laser or etched as the Bismarck is! (all plans show the frames and keel, so you can hand cut your own).
I use scrap wood whereever possible, this includes rocket sticks gathered every November, especially the big ones! improvisation is the rule of the game and can lead to a lot of joy and satisfaction. Harder bits can often be bought from model shops, such as propellers, prop shafts, ruddsrs etc.
My British Chancellor was almost entirely built from scrap wood, and the total coast some 20 years ago was about £50 to include all except the r/c gear (though it did include servo and speed controller!
The Waverley is going to cost me about £300 because, being older, I am buying more exotic things like high quality modellers ply, precut planking, etc. This speeds up the job but obviously costs more! The ships rails for example will be made from brass wire, whereas the Chancellor they were made from stripped down copper cable and cost me nothing, as they were scrap off cuts from wiring jobs around the house (those days you were allowed to add extra sockets, etc to your home, now frowned on).
So pick on something simple, give it a go and then see how easy and satisfying scratch built can be, as per the other lads who are doing just that!
(Model Boat mags often give away free plans, mostly very simple models but at least a start)

She is coming on a treat Don. Looks like Bertie & Gertie have had a few already

I love the working deck lights - very neatly done.