1/16 BARGE FOR CANAL PROP.

[eddiesolo]

Sorry to read things have been bad for you Si.
The fact that you still have an interest and some great skills is good .
This getting old and finding things harder that we just took for granted is hard !
Love the decking colours, most realistic.

Cheers John, I have been getting worse for years, just this last couple have started being worse. Like you said, getting old and health issues rob us of what we used to do for granted, I know we change and adapt but somethings end up just a no-no-braille scale is beyond me now and even 1/35 is cutting it fine.

So, it is larger scale and although I can detail better it is a trade off that I get knackered more. Still, keeps out of the missus way for a while.

Glad you like it, hopefully, will do another update today.

[JR]

Cheers John, I have been getting worse for years, just this last couple have started being worse. Like you said, getting old and health issues rob us of what we used to do for granted, I know we change and adapt but somethings end up just a no-no-braille scale is beyond me now and even 1/35 is cutting it fine.

So, it is larger scale and although I can detail better it is a trade off that I get knackered more. Still, keeps out of the missus way for a while.

Glad you like it, hopefully, will do another update today.

Yes please do Si.

[eddiesolo]

UPDATE

Mast light painted and a new lens made from some clear acetate.
Another wood storage area made just in front of the main hatch.
Side window made, this a oval, non glazed type-works like a porthole, just unlocks and lets fresh air in, closed when at sea.
Started to make fit stanchions and looking at how to string them using some thin wire.
Weathered the mast and lamp and have sanded the gloss red back and started to weather the fuel tank and crane.
Fuel tank is fixed in place with a brass cap fitted.

More soon.

[Tim Marlow]

Looking better and better Si.

[Jim R]

Hi Si
That's very good and all made from bits and pieces. Very skilled to build from scratch.
Jim

[Guest]

Great progress Si. Love it.

That crane & the fuel tank. Very nice indeed superb effects.

Take it Si you have manufactured the stanchions for the guard rail.

Laurie

[eddiesolo]

Looking better and better Si.

Cheers Tim, so far so good.

Hi Si
That's very good and all made from bits and pieces. Very skilled to build from scratch.
Jim

Thank you Jim, to scratch build is to not think about something that has to be 100%, until you know how to do that, I like just throwing stuff together and see what works and what doesn't. Barry the

Great progress Si. Love it.

That crane & the fuel tank. Very nice indeed superb effects.

Take it Si you have manufactured the stanchions for the guard rail.

Laurie

Thank you Laurie, I wanted a used, worn look but not rusted to bits, something subtle.

I managed to find the stanchions in a bits box, left overs from when I did model boats, glad I did not get rid of them.

[JR]

Looking good , nothing's better than being able to use something you've kept cause " it might come in handy one day "
Love the wear on the crane esp Si.

[eddiesolo]

Looking good , nothing's better than being able to use something you've kept cause " it might come in handy one day "
Love the wear on the crane esp Si.

Thanks John, she is taking shape. Arthritis playing up at the moment so going to let that settle down a bit.

[eddiesolo]

UPDATE

Finished the other stanchions and started on some painting and started on the weathering, just top deck so far.

I have also done some barrels as cargo, painted but need weathering.

She is called Joanne-my wife, a boat/ship has to have a name right? After thinking about it I realised that my wife's name is on a old, battered, rusty barge...I could be living in the workshed soon.

Still loads to do.

[Mini Me]

That's the "Dogs" Si.......she's looking just the way I imagined it. :thumb2: Well done Sir. Rick H.

[eddiesolo]

That's the "Dogs" Si.......she's looking just the way I imagined it. :thumb2: Well done Sir. Rick H.

Thanks Rick, she is looking a dirty girl now.

[JR]

Agree with Rick SI, this is certainly a contender for the award.:thumb2::thumb2::thumb2::nerd:

[eddiesolo]

Agree with Rick SI, this is certainly a contender for the award.:thumb2::thumb2::thumb2::nerd:

Glad you like it so far John, taking a break for a few days to let my hands recover.

[JR]

Take it easy then Si.