Wee Lorne Build

[Talisman]

Hi All,

I have included a few pics of a model on display in the museum next to  Braehead shopping centre.

Tomorrow construction begins ....
Regards
Kim

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some more...

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sorry there to big to post in a single attachment......

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Funnel....

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Bow...

[sandystrone]

Good model.
I've just remembered the steel wind breaks at the entrance to the for'd saloon - nostalgic!

A piece of useless information - we used to get our daily bread brought by the LORNE.

On her 9am run into Strone, she brought the bread supply from Beatties Bakery in Glasgow, in cardboard boxes, to the shore side grocers who would collect it at the pier.
They had to fold up the cartons and return them to Beatties by steamer, as there was a deposit on them.

[Talisman]

Hi All,
Now the fun begins

Hull No.1 has arrived and needs only light sanding to remove flash along the parting line.

Today's  jobs -
Mark all windows for cutting
Split the bow for brass stem
Mark and drill for rudder shaft
Mark Waterline

Sandy i like the info on the bread ... will see if i can find some 1:48 scale bread.
Cheers,
Kim

[PeeWee]

looking good, can not wait.

however dose this mean i am going to have to actually do some modeling    theres me thinking everything was pre cut

[sandystrone]

Another piece of useless information!

My mother was post mistress at Blairmore for 35 years.
The last collection from the shore was 5pm, and then it had to be all sorted and bagged, ready to go to the main sorting office at Greenock, on the 5.30 sailing from Blairmore, of the MARCHIONESS OF LORNE.

I used to help the postie and my mum, load the mail bags down the pier and on to the steamer.
This service continued after the LORNE was succeeded by the MAID OF ASHTON. (the MAID is now the HISPANIOLA on the Thames embankment).

The photo was taken from my mother's house at Blairmore.

So now you have to put mail bags on your model, Kim!                   Sandy

[Talisman]

looking good, can not wait.

however dose this mean i am going to have to actually do some modeling    theres me thinking everything was pre cut

Hi Ian,
You only need to do the hull windows. the windows in the superstructure will be pre cut.
I hope that is a bit of a relief to you.

Maybe in the future i will have windows moulded into the hulls but to keep production costs to a reasonable level this is one are which we couldn't do for you without making the kit financially unattractive.

Sandy the mail bags are easier - i have a couple of sack trolleys and flour bags painted allready

Cheers,
Kim

[PeeWee]

Its OK Kim, i was jesting.  I'm looking forward to the challenge.

[Talisman]

Phew 

[djcf]

Looks like a lovely hull, Kim. Thats the first time I have seen the paddlebox/sponson house area moulded with the hull.   

That museum model looks very good also, a handy reference.

[Talisman]

Hi Clark,
I would like to do the sponsons on all my hulls as the strength / time saving / ease of build warrant the extra time on making a plug....
Anything to try and take a little of the pain out of paddlers has got to be a good thing for most modelers i would have thought.

The likes of Waverley 1 is going to take a bit more toll on the grey matter lol

Yep the model is certainly going to be used as my benchmark / reference.

Cheers
Kim

[sandystrone]

Not very clear in the photo but I used car trim stripes to represent the gold/yellow lines around the hull.

I manage to get a twin stripe at the right scale size from a car accessory shop, much cheaper than the modelling stripes.