peterbro
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Chief Petty Officer 2nd Class · 441 pts
Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Member since Jan 2025
Last online 8 hours ago
Age 53
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Re: build blog
@luckyduck Thanks! I’m really pleased with how it turned out.
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Test Run
I'm not part of a club or anything and there is no boating pond nearby, but the Union canal runs though Linlithgow and I found a spot with a jetty for canal ba…
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Forward Deck Locker
I've been putting off doing the deck locker for a long time because of the odd shape. I decided to try and 3d print it with each layer of horizontal planks don…
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Mast and Rigging Completed
Some more good progress despite a trip back to Alness last weekend (the home of 1100 MCU, where 2757 was initially based). I decided to try and make the egg be…
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Main Mast
Some very quick progress this time. for a change. I've been thinking about the main mast for a while now as it's quite a complicated structure and changed over…
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Superstructure Detailing
I had to pause while I got some more thin sticks of wood delivered, but I've completed the detailing of the main superstructure. For the window frames I used 3…
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@ColRay The very same. I think these plans were originally a freebie in a model boats magazine in the late 50’s https://www.modelboats.co.uk/forums/topic/vic-s…
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Superstructure and Wheelhouse Roof
It's been a while since my last update, but there's been some quite major progress this time. I decided to use balsa wood for the roofs because it would be eas…
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Deck Fittings Complete (at last)
This has taken a very long time, but I’ve finally added the last of the deck fittings to the model. They are a mixture of mouldings from Cornwall Model Boats a…
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Re: build blog
@EdW Thanks, that’s a name I’ll look out for. I’ll definitely need to look at tutorials as I try to do more.