Battlefleet models produce a delightful little kit of the little coastal steamer SS Pearl
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This kit was reviewed right here at MW.com
http://www.modelwarships.com/reviews/sh ... eview.htmland a fine rendition of this diminutive ship was built by modelchum Peter Fulgoney
Peter's SS Pearl
http://www.modelshipgallery.com/gallery ... index.htmlNow then...--and having read contemporary descriptions of these vessels and having studies countless photos of early steam driven merchant ships- and having studied the fine and inspirational models of merchant ship master Bob Wilson
viewtopic.php?f=12&t=38508 It is my contention that .....
although the General Arrangement ( GA) plasn often show these vessels with sailing rig... that in reality sails were seldom used for actual propulsion.... steam having quickly becaome reliable by this time.
HOWEVER... I reckon that in a rolling beam-on swell sails would often have been used for their steadying effect to inhibit excessive rolling....
I used this valid (in my view!
) pretext when I built the BFM Trap steamer Drumgeith
http://modelwarships.com/reviews/ships/ ... index.htmlThis little project is also intended as a distraction from the 'serious' business of trying emulate every minutia on some obscure warship-- ....as is my usual wont...
So rather than slavishly building a replica of SS Pearl--which Peter Fulgoney already has done rather well ... I shall use the kit as my basis for a bit of freelancing--or in common parlance:
.....making it up as you go along!!
Firstly I reshaped the stern with filler to make a more elegant counter; and also will induce a more pronounced sheerline; this has been achieved by gluing small blocks of styrene for and aft--when pulled done in the centre with the to-base securing screw it will give a more accentuated and in my view rather pleasing sheerline...
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Not working to exact plans and photos to try and recreate a 1:1 scale ship, but rather giving reign to my whims is a new experience for me ...( in modelshipbuilding anyhow ..
!!
we shall see if this will all work out!!
JIM B
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