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The portholes have transparent styrene sheet glued inside.
Not a perfect solution - I know - because the holes are too deep in this scale.
However in old shipyard models the portholes were commonly only painted or glued on the bulkheads and sometimes you see those unpleasant brass eyelets.
So I found this a satisfiying compromise.
At least when looking from the distance I find it rather realistic.

Hello everybody,

here some photos of my latest progress:
Booms and boom rests including paintwork.
3d-printed bollards and fairleads on fcsle and poop.

Greetings Stefan

Looking good! It is a very neat build.

Phil

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A collision at sea will ruin your entire day. Aristotle

Hi everybody here!

Just finished stairways (3d-printed) and railings (brass wire):

I love it!

Remembers one of my projects I never completed...

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Scared of Nothing , Always Thirsty

Just call me the "Cereals Box Killer" , I guess

That's the Problem: The more complete a model is looking, the harder it becomes to motivate oneself for all those time-consuming details.
And by the way: Amazing project.
It's a pity, that you didn't complete.

Best regards
Stefan

Hello everybody,
after long time here comes another update.
Just finished the framework for the awnings over poopdeck, bridge deck and flying bridge.
I made it from 1mm plywood and steel pins because stanchions from brass wire proved to be too limp.
Best regards
Stefan

Stefan,

Are you sure this thing is real? Were it not for the normal workshop background I would think it was a 3D CAD model because it has such clean and crisp lines! Very nice!

Phil

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A collision at sea will ruin your entire day. Aristotle

I'm with Phil on this one. That's one sharp looking build and paint job. Love the subject as well!

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The merchant shipyard

Thanks a lot both of you!
Unfortunately the construction time of my model exceeds already by far that of the original, a hundred years ago
OK, they had some more helping hands...

Here are some more fotos of the funnel, which I had forgotten to show earlier:

To prevent my model from collecting any more dust, I decided to complete the showcase.
With increasing details, cleaning would become more and more difficult otherwise.
Made it from cherry wood bars and foundation plate.

Also started with cargo winches, which I manufactured from styrene.
Brgds
Stefan

Hello everybody,

Just finished anchors, windlass and cargo winches.
All made of styrene sheets.
Have a look:

Wow!

Stunning job you did on her...

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Scared of Nothing , Always Thirsty

Just call me the "Cereals Box Killer" , I guess

Very nice, sharp work!

Phil

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A collision at sea will ruin your entire day. Aristotle

WOW amazing project. i haven't seen it.

Thank's very much everybody for your kind comments.

Here are the lifeboats and one workboat together with davits.
Boats are 3d-printed, the davits made of styrene sheet.

Best regards
Stefan

Hi Stephan, what a nice work!
I wrote you a private email but did not know if you received it, anyway, could you upload the hull lines or the 3d model? I want to make a three island tramp steamer very similar but only have the profile of the ship and a deck view. We would be very grateful, I've tried using delftship but I couldn't get a model as perfect as yours,
Best regards

Very sorry, but haven't been online for long time and so I found your request just now.
Unfortunately I didn't receive your email, no idea what went wrong.
If you are still interested, please let me know.
I also can send you the delftship file.

Best regards
Sefan

Hello everybody,

sorry for long absence - in between I've completed my ship.
Not everything 100% to my satisfaction but I decided to keep it like this.
Still haven't found a place in our house and so she's still waiting in my workshop...

Best regards
Stefan