We could do with a harbour and jetty's and cranes now..........
A wonderful collection, in such a small scale, you should be well chuffed with your efforts.

Quote from: Bigkev on August 07, 2025, 08:18:33 PMWe could do with a harbour and jetty's and cranes now..........
A wonderful collection, in such a small scale, you should be well chuffed with your efforts.

Or a Mulberry harbour, don't tempt me.....................

Trying out some methods of basing these small ships/boats.
This is on a sheet of clear plastic card, painted sea blue and the Mod Podge added and this ship set in this. Then white paint for the foam.

Remember how small these are!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The ships is not quite level and some more stuff is needed at the bow.

Looking great Dave.
When do start Mulberry harbour?

Quote from: chriswil42 on August 08, 2025, 02:46:14 PMLooking great Dave.
When do start Mulberry harbour?

I would have to buy it first and I am not sure about it!

Al mounted on mini-bases.

All looking very nice Dave.

All shipe shape, and Bristol fashion.
Very nice indeed.

Now that Sandra is back home and I am not travelling to Scarborough every day, I am able to get back to some modelling.

I always find it odd that when you essentially build the same kit, it is never the same experience, whatever the reason, worse moulding, a later production run, me, and so on.

Anyway here is the Hikawamaru as a Japanese ocean liner.

It is the same kit as the hospital ship but it seems to be fighting me all the way, Nothing is going as it should. It is probably me!
I believe it is also available in other form - submarine depot ship and others.

Progress so far.

Looks good though.

Thanks Chris.
Here it is rigged and based.
Rigged with stretched sprue, tightened with the smoke from a joss stick.
The two ships together.

My next built will be HMS Hotspur, an H class destroyer completed in 1936, she is tiny compared with the merchant ships I have been building.
This is an IBG kit, complete with etched brass.

You certainly like your small ships Dave.
The two versions of the same ship make for a good comparison. They look great.

The 4 x 45 calibre, 4.7 in guns are each made up of 3 parts.

Lots of progress today as an enforced BBQ miss, I thought I would get ahead.
Lots of sub-assemblies and brass to bend.

I think there is almost more etched brass than plastic in this kit.