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| k1w1bob |
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 Registered Member #169 Joined: Sat Aug 01 2009, 04:25amPosts: 19 | MV STORM Built 1961 by Scott and Sons Bowling for Canterbury Steam Shipping Co New Zealand Length = 214.8 ft X 32 ft X 16.8 ft Line Drawings from publication Canterbury Coasters by Gavin McLean on behalf of the NZ Ship and Marine Society. ISBN09597834-0-7 Model scale = 1/300 Build time about 3 months but had a break in the middle to build another ship Finished Storm today 11th Feb 2016 A couple of bits of interest the 6 cargo winches are 6 mm X 6 mm all hand built, the anchor chain is at 40 links per inch. Ex model railway suppliers The anchor winch is also hand built 7x7 mm. All the vents I have had to make. This is one ship that has been a joy to build so now looking into the next piece of NZ history  | ||
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| Gary M |
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 Registered Member #4198 Joined: Tue May 07 2013, 10:50pmPosts: 904 | Bob, nicely done and at such a fine scale. More pictures if you get a chance. G | ||
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| k1w1bob |
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| Registered Member #169 Joined: Sat Aug 01 2009, 04:25amPosts: 19 | Hi Gary, Here are a images Bob  | ||
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| Registered Member #169 Joined: Sat Aug 01 2009, 04:25amPosts: 19 | And another | ||
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| Gary M |
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| Registered Member #4198 Joined: Tue May 07 2013, 10:50pmPosts: 904 | Hi Bob, I appreciate the added photos. Nice work. It's good to have a variety of models here and this is a great example. G | ||
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| Winston |
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winston  Registered Member #1 Joined: Sat Jun 13 2009, 02:08pmPosts: 2556 | Ditto what Gary said. | ||
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| Donald Wilson |
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| Registered Member #4806 Joined: Sun Jul 24 2016, 05:41pmPosts: 96 | Very nicely done, I like the idea of the hand built winches...they always look better than a cast piece of plastic...☺ | ||
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