Beautiful brackets along with the other work Graham.

Cheers,
Stephen.

Hi JB,
Your fire wood is very convincing, and the bollards look great as well.

Cheers,
Stephen.

Hi JB,
I probably couldn't ever use the winter snow excuse in Melbourne, shoveling snow is quite foreign to me. There has simply been other jobs to do that have a higher priority than building model boats.

Cheers,
Stephen.

The short answer JB is I am not progressing with my build very much, although I probably should pull a finger out and post something. 😁

Looks like she is nearly ready for launch, great work JB.

Cheers,
Stephen.

Mast lights look great JB,

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Stephen.

Looking very smart JB.

Cheers,
Stephen.

Great progress JB,
Looks like you have a good supply of lights for the future.

Cheers,
Stephen.

Nice progress CB90,

Pity about the Black acrylic, if you get some clear acrylic then paint the inside with Tamiya Smoke out of their clear range of paints, preferably sprayed, you can produce the desired tint.

Cheers,
Stephen.

Looking quite smart JB,

Cheers,
Stephen.

Coming along very nicely JB,
Your fenders look good.

Cheers,
Stephen.

Looking quite workman like JB,

Cheers,
Stephen.

Hi Graham,
Your rudder has come up very nicely.

Cheers,
Stephen.

Looks great JB,
I am staggered at the price for brass rod that you mentioned, 3mm dowel makes sense as a replacement.

Cheers,
Stephen.

A great result Brightwork,
Beautiful looking model.

Cheers,
Stephen.

Lovely work Graham,
Am I right in saying that you will remove all of the mechanism to charge the battery?

Cheers,
Stephen.

Nice resalt JB,
Maybe the bilge pump needs to be automatic.

Cheers,
Stephen.

Well done Trev,
That's a very nice looking plant, nothing wrong with a meths burner imho.
It would pay to do a hydraulic pressure test before running it, just to be sure there are no problems with the boiler.

Cheers,
Stephen.

Hi Graham,
Cannot really add to what others have said, but great work.
Looking forward to the next instalment...

Cheers,
Stephen.

That's one nice looking V twin Gary,
Looking forward to hearing how it runs, I am guessing that you might buy the electric boiler.

Cheers,
Stephen.

Hi Rick
Sorry to hear of your "retirement" I hope you manage to find some sort of space to build once more even if it isn't quite what you did before.
All the best wishes.
Stephen.

Hi JB,
You can get a pump switch like this one, from Ali express though I am not sure how quickley it would get to you.

https://nl.aliexpress.com/item/1005001678223970.html?pdp_npi...

Cheers,
Stephen.

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Looks very promising JB,
I would think an automatic system for the bilge pump would be the go.

Cheers,
Stephen.

Hi JB,
Great work.
That's a lot of linkages, will the bilge pump be running while the main motor is running or all the time?
Great little video, clearly shows the servo savers working as intended.

Cheers,
Stephen.

Thanks ChrisG,
I am happy you and others enjoy my blog.

Cheers,
Stephen.

Good to be true to prototype JB.

Cheers,
Stephen.

Thanks JB.

Cheers,
Stephen.

Thanks Gary,
I have been looking at the steam winch among other fittings on and off for a while thinking about how I will make it.

Although I am looking forward to making it I won't be doing so for a while, the next priority in general is to finish the Bulwarks, so I can paint the hull and get her in the water.

Although that is not what I am working on at the moment.
I am working toward making some solid carbide micro carving tools which involves rebuilding an old tool post grinder to make it safe and reliable, and a jig for producing custom wood moldings.

Cheers,
Stephen.

Thanks Trev,
It will probably be a while before I get to doing actual work on the Bulwarks.

Cheers,
Stephen.

As pointed out my original Fish Port surrounds were not quite right due to only being one piece instead of 4 so I decided to re-make these, anyway how hard could it be, shouldn’t take long.

Well it took a while, with a few disasters along the way needles to say it was a learning experience.

I thought it would be a good idea to glue the 4 parts together then drill the hole, using a simple jig on my drill press to help with consistency.
I found out this didn’t quite go as planned, and after 2 failed attempts I looked for another way.

In the end I altered the original idea by gluing the part using normal PVA to a sturdy piece of cardboard then drilling the hole, most of the time this worked.

I have also chemically treated the brass fish rings and lids using the JAX Flemish Grey Black, funny on my test piece the colour was quite different.

I have packed these parts away as I don’t need them for a while and I will decide if they need more attention before fitting.

Next up is to get back to working on the Bulwarks, although I will take a sideways step and work on making some solid carbide micro carving tools and a jig for producing custom moldings.

Thanks for having a look, more to come.

Again I welcome constructive comments.

Cheers,
Stephen.