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Gaarrrggghh, HMCS Bluebell took up dry dock all over my workbench much of last year - I bought a slightly started original Matchbox kit from the Bluebell railway swapmeet for the princely sum of £15, it had lost the stand, and had the portholes glued in (badly) and the four quarters of the hull glued together.

 

I bashed out the portholes and eventually replaced them with laser cut acrylic

Filled the bottom of the hull with resin then de-keeled the hull - its not often you go at a plastic kit with a surform!

Deck mostly de-planked, and plate scribed

all the ventilators were thinned at the exposed edges

the funnel had a plasticard wrap with the correct rivets

all the handrails were whitemetal and thread

gun emplacements had anti-slip flooring ribs.

the nameboards were laser cut Mahogany veneer.

the whaler boats all gained inner hull framing

By the time I'd finished it had cost me £100 in parts, and I had no space at all - I had to sell it in the end because it took too much space - alas I seem to have not taken 'finished' photos 

 

27 minutes ago, jonhall said:

Gaarrrggghh, HMCS Bluebell took up dry dock all over my workbench much of last year - I bought a slightly started original Matchbox kit from the Bluebell railway swapmeet for the princely sum of £15, it had lost the stand, and had the portholes glued in (badly) and the four quarters of the hull glued together.

 

I bashed out the portholes and eventually replaced them with laser cut acrylic

Filled the bottom of the hull with resin then de-keeled the hull - its not often you go at a plastic kit with a surform!

Deck mostly de-planked, and plate scribed

all the ventilators were thinned at the exposed edges

the funnel had a plasticard wrap with the correct rivets

all the handrails were whitemetal and thread

gun emplacements had anti-slip flooring ribs.

the nameboards were laser cut Mahogany veneer.

the whaler boats all gained inner hull framing

By the time I'd finished it had cost me £100 in parts, and I had no space at all - I had to sell it in the end because it took too much space - alas I seem to have not taken 'finished' photos 

 

 

Nice work there