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Post by swanrail on Dec 19, 2010 23:47:48 GMT 1
Latest update on my model Waverley:  The after deckhouse is virually complete now, except for lots and lots of bench seats!  Aerial view of the deckhouse, note that the masthead flag was put on the wrong side, it has now been moved to the aft side as its should hasve been!  Now working on the forward deck house again, here are the four davits ready for the lifeboats, and I have also fitted the steps leading to the boat deck.  Same area, but from the other side. Whilst there, I also fitted the fiunnel illumination lights on the aft side of this deck house.I have now completed all the lights, except for the foremast running light. Still plenty of work ahead of me, all the deck seating, the lifeboats, the main deck pllanking, lifebelts, ventiltor cowlings, the paddlewheels, the list goes on and on! (problem is, every time I look at one of my photos, I find even more work to b done!!) We recently bought two Yorkshire terrier puppies, so my home life is even more hectic than usual. so being slowed down again, especialy as they nick any parts that fall on the floor, found one of the cylidrical liferafts in one of the mouth this am, thankfully, still in early build so any damage minimal! |
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Post by markus on Dec 21, 2010 19:09:31 GMT 1
what a superb model ! it should be displayed in a showcase on board the real one....  |
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Post by swanrail on Dec 21, 2010 22:55:13 GMT 1
Thanks Marcus, in reality, I am building the model with a view for the curator of the Paddle Steamer Preservation Society (of which I am a founder member) to use it for publicity purposes.
With luck, if my metalwork skills are upto it (and I am not very good with metal!), I am hoping that the paddlewheels will work correctly with feathering,,etc, and providing there is not too much weight, to sail her. She has already been in the bath early in the build, and I estimated then that I have about 2.5 kg in hand, but a lot of top hamper has gone on since.
Best wishes for a Happy Christmas to you and your family, and successful building in the New Year!!
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Post by Mark on Dec 24, 2010 21:30:31 GMT 1
Nice to see how this is progressing Don, she is lookign better and better in every picture.
Merry Christmas, and good luck with the puppies.
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Post by swanrail on Feb 17, 2011 14:32:42 GMT 1
Latest update, Feb 2011 Have now been working on the forward wheelhouse complex. Davits and their auxilaries now fitted, both lifeboats made from solid beech, rigged and fitted with puley blocks. Start made on ventilators (2 fitted to cabin roof), plus shipsbell and sound speaker. Work on telegrpahs in progress as well as the buoyancy aids.      Getting there, slowly!!! |
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Post by Mark on Feb 18, 2011 21:31:57 GMT 1
She is looking very impressive Don. Hard to believe she started life as scrap wood !
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Post by eric on Feb 19, 2011 14:43:37 GMT 1
I agree, I wish I had the ability to make such a fantastic model from scratch!
I guess your Bissy is on hold just now?
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Post by swanrail on Feb 21, 2011 23:40:53 GMT 1
Thanks Eric and Mark.
If you have built kit models before, then scratch building should come easier!!
It is a much more satisfying way of building, as you know that your work is unique.
My Waverley has taken a lot longer than expected, some due to my eyesight problem which delayed me for 6 months, but the rest is because there are no plans, all my detail work has had to be taken from photos, of which I have amassed probably over a hundred!(or even more, including video) Each part needs to be looked at in 3 d hence photos from many angles. unfortunately, particularly in the bridge area, there is a dearth of either other person providers or my own photos, so here I am having to rely on my own memory when I served in the merchany navy, a little bit of licence!
I know to from our forum that a lot of interest has been taken in the official Bismarck photos in order to improve our models. So my efforts are another step up!
It is also fascinating to see that over 50 years of existance how the ship has changed, almost beyond recognition from when she started, so on this basis, almost anything I do is "correct" because at some time or other that part was!!
I was lucky to have the hull plans for the 1947 version, and so assumed that the hull would not have changed to any extent, the rest as I said is from photos taken by me over the last 10 years and provided byothers on the Waverley web sites.
If you can ever find the time, then try scratch building, who knows it might bring a new dimension to your abilities and I can assure much satisfaction knowing that you, and not some great manufacturers team did it for you!!
My Bissie has now been on hold for some 2 years, must admit it was a relief to get away from all the fiddly bits, as Waverley being 64 scale things are much larger 9but of course goes to juch finer detail).
My work has improved thanks to this forum as I can now print out very tiny notices via the computer and also make my own decals, thanks to one of our members who pointed me in the right direction with the necessary links.
So it is just not the Bismarck which the forum has helped but specialist building techniques hand across the board was well, without Mark starting the forum, none of this would have been possible!!
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Post by morrigan on Feb 22, 2011 8:00:52 GMT 1
Wow! She is looking truly magnificent!
Every time I look at the photos a new detail pops out.
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Post by swanrail on Jun 30, 2011 23:15:51 GMT 1
Things have been fairly quiet recently, I have been heavily involved with helping to build our new railway station building on the Swanage railway at Harmans Cross. This building is about 60 feet long and a very big undertaking with mostly volunteer work with some professional builders involved as well. My model of the Waverley has slowly progessed, most of the bow section is now almost complete, since my last report, I have added the foremast (with its PSPS flag), the liferaft/seats, the ventilators, the fire hydrants, the fire hose pipe holders, the paiting platforms,and more work on the bridge roof, with its signal light and (workng) radar. Pictures below:      I am a founder member of the Paddle Steamer Preservation Society, we have just received news that, due to the last 3 seasons being very poor for the Waverley (mostly due to bad weather) there is a need to raise about a third of a million in oder to lay up both the Waverley and her sister ship the Balmoral. To date, about £110,000 has been found. If the remainder is not found, then the ships will not be able to be winterised, and this will lead to such detioration that neither will be able to go out to sea again. A lot of the trouble is due as well to the escalating fuel costs, which in the case of the Waverley have increased by 60% in the last year. So, if anyone in or visiting the UK can help us by at least doing one trip aboard either vessel, perhaps we can keep Waverley, the laat sea-going paddle steamer, going for a bit longer. We will greatly appreciate any help youcanoffer us. |
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