Princess Elizabeth build...

[mjt60a]

thanks for the encouragement! I do like to make this stuff and I do think it looks good - even though it won't be seen on the water 

[Eddy Matthews]

I have to say that I love all the interior detailing Mick - But it's not something I would have the patience to do!

Regards
Eddy

[djcf]

Yes very nice indeed and well worth all that effort....those seating bays look quite comfortable I must say!!

Clark

[mjt60a]

 thanks everyone, though I have to say I've no idea what it should really look like, the only times I saw this ship it had already been converted into a bar and restaurant - with a flat floor where the boiler and engine room should have been - so what I'm aiming for is that what little can be seen through the windows should give the impression of a bar/canteen area with some passengers using it...
...I like making this part though 

[Don]

Very impressive!  Thanks for sharing your techniques.  I'm picking up a lot of great pointers here reading through your build.  There's a lot here that a novice can pick up in a few minutes of reading that would otherwise take years of trial and error to learn.

Don

[mjt60a]

a little bit more progress...
made and fitted tabletops, figures and 'things' on the tables plus styrene wood panelling (just couldn't paint a straight line onto the walls), still to finish the kitchen/bar at the back.
added a strip around the edge to fix the deck onto when it's ready. started on the promenade deck, it's cut to shape/size and planks drawn on and stained and coated with sanding sealer...

[Eddy Matthews]

It looks superb with all the detailing Mick, but I think you've got too much time on your hands!

Regards
Eddy

[mjt60a]

sorry for the lack of updates (here or anywhere else!) had no internet for the last month, just spent four days gatting all the (apparently compulsory) updates as the broadband is now slower than when I had dial-up service - and still keeps cutting out during use, need to speak to BT.....

[mjt60a]

still having problems, called bt yesterday and they did some tests, should be calling back today. seems to work a lot better with the phone unplugged so I think it may be the ADSL filter got damaged by a thunder/lightning storm the other week (that happened before)
anyhow, I was looking through all these cds' I made should the worst happen and I need to re format the hard drive (  ) and copy all the stuff on the computer first - and found a disc full of pictures that I didn't know I had.... I'll show the relevant ones....

[mjt60a]

... for some reason I was thinking it'd have a more modern-looking 'all metal' one but that's all I could find (and anyway,no photos to confirm what type should be there)...

(referring to the steering wheel by the way)
....well, I must have remembered seeing this some time earlier... I'm not going to try to change it now though (and couldn't find a suitable size one at the time anyway)

[mjt60a]

....made a couple of 'double' telegraphs for the bridge wings, I don't know if that's correct for the ship but as there's a capstan* both ends (so far as I can tell) and I only see one** telegraph each side of the bridge....

*capstan both ends.... as there are 'holes' for anchor chains, I guess it's a windlass at the bow but on photos there seems to be a capstan on top of it (some type of windlass I hadn't seen before maybe, with an extra vertical winch drum ?)
**one telegraph each side... or is there? I've only seen one photo showing the bridge wing in any detail (last edition of paddle wheels) I only see one telegraph and there's a 'tube' under it which I assume has the mechanical linkage inside, but looks like there's another tube next to it so maybe they had an engine room tele on there also for ease of mooring? can't really tell as there is a crew member in front of it...

the 'recently discovered' pictures show the forward capstan in reasonable detail and suggest there are two telegraphs on the bridge wings - from the angle the photo was taken I see one to the right of the staircases both sides and assuming the two bridge wings would be a mirror image of each other there must be one on the left of the stairway also....
first picture also shows what is behind the funnel (pressure cylinder/fire extinguisher thing) in better detail than I've previously seen

[mjt60a]

....I've no idea what it (interior of the main saloon) should really look like....

....I do now! only big error in my opinion is having the staircase in the middle of it. Waverley has one but the lower deck is separated into two rooms, the other staircase is next to the door, as the photo shows one door not two as I have in the model, I suspect the stairway should be as for waverleys lower bar. This also meant I have the ventilator shaft further forward than it should be.... still, it took me this long to find out so who'd know 

[Talisman]

Hi Mick,
 There is an interesting picture on Ebay at the moment showing double Telegraphs
A link -


http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/PHOTOGRAPH-BRIDGE-PADDLE-STEAMER-/110659431271?pt=UK_Collectables_Postcards_MJ&hash=item19c3d0eb67

That is an interesting pic of the Capstan you have posted. Not an 'off the shelf' style ... nothing is ever easy

Looking good.
Regards,
Kim

[mjt60a]

No, I'll have to try to build that myself!
final picture shows a view of the promenade deck and is similar to one in the book I have but without passengers, also seems to be some kind of sheet over the landing platform...

[mjt60a]

I don't know where the time goes, has it really been nearly 3 months since my last update???
anyhow, haven't made too much progress in that time but what I have done is...
Made the forward part of the main deck, drawn planks on and stained and sealed it..
Started to construct 'a representation of' the forward winch/windlass/capstan, this is the second attempt as the first was rubbish - no matter how carefully I tried to make two identical sides. This time I glued together two strips of styrene (glued at the ends only) then drilled the holes using one of the failed ones as a template and cut them out together. It will probably look better when it has the cylinders and other details added and gets painted... but I'll need to find some of the gears for it if it's to look 'proper' (old personal cassette player that's no good would do for those)