P.S. Waverley --- My Build

[Tug--Kenny]

                   The Home straight

Well, here we are at the end.  She is finished.

Although there are a few minor details to complete, the actual building work has come to an end.

Thank you all for your kind comments. It was a thoroughly enjoyable build.

If you remember, all I bought was the bare hull and a kit of paddle wheels. The rest was scratch built using only the drawings and loads of photographs. She is, after all, the most photographed ship in the UK, so no problems there with details.

Having re-read the complete posting, it was quite a journey, with many ups and downs. Corrections were made as we went along, and now we have a model to be proud of. Where on earth am I going to store her?

Work has started on the You Tube video and I will let you know when it’s up and running. I seem to have taken over 400 pictures, which now need sorting and collating into some sort of order, so I still have something to occupy my time.

Here are the final pictures of her in the workshop.  (260-265)

Catch you again

Ken

[Eddy Matthews]

Absolutely magnificent Ken.... Certainly a job well done, and although you probably want a break from paddlers for a while now, I hope you'll consider another one in the future?

Now you need to pray for some fine weather so you can fully appreciate just how relaxing a paddler is to sail

If your stuck for somewhere to store it, I have a free shelf here - Of course I would never dream of actually sailing it when you weren't around 

Regards
Eddy

[Dinosaursoupman]

Hello Kenny,

Wow! What a trip. It seems like only yesterday that you began the build and here you are with it complete! Beautiful job. As far as storing her, I do recall someone here on the site who's wife has lots of room on top of her new piano.

Randy

[derekwarner_decoy]

Hi PD's.......& Tug Kenny asks........

Where on earth am I going to store her?

Pride of place in the lounge room Ken ...on top of the television ....on top of the grand panio? 

Not only a build... to be proud of...but also a great thread.... & well done  ...regards Derek

[Tug--Kenny]

Thank you everyone.

She was a real pleasure to build. I'm working on the finer points at the moment. (couldn't put her aside yet !!)

As regards to storage, I shall have to build a bigger rack, as we don't have a piano.

What next I wonder, as my fingers are itching allready.

ken
 

[Daryl]

Wonderful build thread I have enjoyed reading it and looked forward to the next installment. Marvelous model and full credit to you for sharing with us a marvelous build.

I do hope you start another one soon.

Daryl

[kno3]

Kenny, your Waverley turned out very nice. When are you going to shoot a video of it on the water?

[Tug--Kenny]

Wonderful build thread I have enjoyed reading it and looked forward to the next installment. Marvelous model and full credit to you for sharing with us a marvelous build.

I do hope you start another one soon.

Daryl

Thanks, Daryl.  I'll see what come up.

ken

[Tug--Kenny]

Kenny, your Waverley turned out very nice. When are you going to shoot a video of it on the water?

Thank you, Kno3.  I'm working on it at the moment. I want to get the lines and lettering on her first.

I've slowed down a bit at the moment. The 'Old back', you know, makes flitting around a lot slower. 

cheers

ken

[flusherx]

very nice

[sandystrone]

Well done Ken,
love to see it sail up in the northeast sometime
Whats the next project! or does she who must be obeyed have a work list for the house!
                                            Sandy

[Tug--Kenny]

Hi Sandy & PD's

The world tour starts next year. 

I have been beavering away. I have the lining strips on and thinking about how to remove the letters previously stuck on. I don't want to ruin the paint work so have been putting it off. The weather has turned in very cold, so visits to the workshop are governed by the temperature!! The trapped nerve in my back doesn't help either.

I've started on the 'Movie' and it's turning into a 'Warner Bros special' It really is very complex with 300 pictures and 2 hours of 'Digital film'. I shall have to edit it strongly to get within 'You tubes' space limit. My computer is struggling to process the amount of information, so I'm considering upgrading that as well. Busy busy, I'm working harder than when I was employed. Great fun. Time is rushing by.

I'm also working on a 'secret' project which will be released in a 'one go' blog. 

all the best

ken

[derekwarner_decoy]

Hi PD's...&  ...as Ken talks about ....a 'Warner Bros special' ...we must not forget that the same Irish Samuel [Sam] Warner was my 24th removed great geat uncle....... the trials & transcripts from the Olde Bailey would not tell a lie ...would they?............. ...........Derek

[Eddy Matthews]

Hi Sandy & PD's

The world tour starts next year. 

And of course, the Darlington Paddler Day will be on the list?

I'm also working on a 'secret' project which will be released in a 'one go' blog. 

Hmmm, keeping secrets from us now eh? 

Eddy

[Tug--Kenny]

Hi Sandy & PD's

The world tour starts next year. 

And of course, the Darlington Paddler Day will be on the list?

Eddy

The pinicle of the tour    I've saved up enough for an hotel already.

ken