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Robert Hornby:
I am well into the build of Columbine, I guess I should have started this log earlier but better late than never. The prototype (the real boat) I am basing my model on was built in 1890 in Portsmouth for the Royal Navy as  tender to convey Commodores and Admirals from ship to shore. She was converted to diesel some time after the 1st world war and used as a work boat. Around 1970 she was brought up to the Lake Windermere in the north of England and had a steam engine and boiler refitted. She is still active on the lake.
My model will be 1:7 scale being 1 metre long, I chose this size as it will fit into my car boot. I built the twin cylinder reversing engine a couple of years ago and the boiler was finished last year. The hull is fibre glass from a mold I shaped out of surfboard  foam. I was doubtful of my skills in making the hull from timber with the quality I demand of myself.



















Robert

DamienG:
Really nice Robert  :clap :bravo :clap

Delaunay:
 :) Hello ;
Jolie faux couples !
Pretty false couples!

Robert Hornby:
Delaunay,
I guess something is lost in the translation but I do not understand what your comment is.
Robert

Eddy Matthews:

--- Quote from: Robert Hornby on November 20, 2016, 07:11:07 AM ---Delaunay,
I guess something is lost in the translation but I do not understand what your comment is.
Robert

--- End quote ---

Basically he's saying "pretty false frames" in your hull ;)

Regards
Eddy

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