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10 boats(Naval Ship) HMS Illustrious
Waterline model to scale 1/192. Model is really a hybrid of the ship during her commissioned lifetime (1939…
(Other) MV San Demetrio
Model was built waterline to 1/192 scale as wedding present for daughter. Now has pride of place atop piano…
(Other) MV San Demetrio
Model was built waterline at 1/192 scale as a wedding present for my daughter. Now pride of place on piano …
(Other) SS Ohio
This is a waterline model, now in our loungeroom. Built to 1/192 scale, using very basic drawing and photos…
(Naval Ship) HMS Erebus
Scratch built using Admiralty drawings from Greenwich and miscellaneous photos. Hull carved from basswood, …
(Ketch) Irene
Scratch built using drawings in book 'Goodnight Irene' by Leslie Morrish, who restored the vessel which had…
(Naval Ship) HMS Nelson
Scratch built using Admiralty drawings from Greenwich and miscellaneous photos. to 1/192 scale Hull carved …
(Naval Ship) HMS Ceres
Scratch built using Admiralty drawings from Greenwich and miscellaneous photos. Hull carved from basswood a…
Gdaynorm’s build blogs
5 blogsJust starting on 1/96 waterline model, as she was at the Yangtse incident. Have good drawings from two sources - N A Ough and Les Brown b…
This project proving tricky, as drawings I have and photos tend not to agree. I think the ship had some major alterations with each re-fi…
Decision made. 1875 battleship Dreadnought to 1/96. Hoping for NMM drawings. Have two photos so far off Wikipedia. Wish me luck.
Aerials and signal halyards fitted to main mast etc. My Norman Ough drawing shows aerials strung between the four a side masts. Would the…
Royal Navy Erebus class monitor, launched 1916. Decided on this ship as rather a strange looking ship. Scratch build, hull carved from ba…
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♥ 6 likes5 replies508 viewsHMS Amethyst😭still have problem, as my model is of the ship as she entered the Yangste. If the structure is for gun crews, there must be guns, so probably more oerlikons. War museum never very cooperative I have found. No…♥ 4 likes622 viewsHMS AmethystHi Everyone, Have a problem. Have many photos of HMS Amethyst, but not one of them is clear enough to see just what is on the platform aft of the funnel, apart from what i think is a huge locker or small possi…♥ 4 likes655 viewsDetailHi, Christmas and travels finished. Tried photobucket but came up 'cannot open'! Have no info as to ringed sections in attached pic. Anyone have ideas please? Will make another launch!
♥ 3 likes884 viewsRe: BoatsHere is how I hope i have depth charge racks and throwers in place. Lot more detail to work out, control cabinets etc.
983 viewsRe: BoatsThanks again. But I am still puzzled! See the pic I am attaching, and you will see what I mean about depth charges, racks and throwers. Definitely before they started work on her. That pic of yours makes the s…
1,054 viewsRe: HMS AmethystHi Damon, Should have got back to you ages ago. Yes, I am currently building, though have been rather inactive through the summer. I am trying to show her as she was as she went up the Yangtse Kiang before bei…1,058 viewsRe: BoatsThanks Doug. That pic is a beaut. I think it must have been when she was first commissioned? I modelled that launch from the Ough book page of detail boats etc. Took a while! Your pic doesn't show the minelayi…
1,056 viewsBoatsHi everyone. Does anyone know what boats Amethyst actually carried? I have assumed she probably had a motor launch - 24 foot, and a couple of whalers. She had davits for four I think, from various photos. I do…
♥ 3 likes1,066 viewsRe: Lattice mastsHaving a real problem with windlass, mainly size as do not have any drawings, only indistinct photos. I have made as per picture, but it seems a bit large, but to get the chain realistically around the drums, …
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