P T Dromedary

[Delaunay]

  Hello ;

A great adventure with a tour of its construction, bravo!
cordially
François

[Mike]

   Thanks Francois.

 

    Mike.

[Mike]

  Hi All.

 It is some time since I have put news of my build here. But I have been working at it from time to time.
It is nearly finished so will put some of the latest photo's here now.

  1st. photo, Vent pipe and locker on rear deck. I am not sure what the locker should be used for
so I have put some rope in , I hope ok.
  2nd. Mostly finished.
  3rd. The crew on deck.

  To be continued:

   Mike.
 

[TailUK]

I want to be rude but I hope you'll take in good part  The work you're doing on the boat is beautiful.  Woodwork and brass is top notch.  However (this is the rude bit)  those crewmen could do with work. Royal Navy uniform from any distance except close up would appear to be black.  It's a common fault that spoils so many models.  I recently did two crew for a boat and started by painting the Jumper and Bell bottoms black with just a tiddy bit of blue added.  I then "dry brushed" them with black with just a tiddy bit more blue added. The effect was a lot more realistic than the mid blues a lot of people use. Then give a coat of Matt varnish,  people from any distane tend not to be shiney.    Sorry for the niggling but I groan sometime when I see top flight model boats spoilt by figures.
I've attached a pic of the boat I mentioned.  Sorry again!

[Mike]

 
  Hi Tailuk.
  Sorry , Yes you are right. The photo's do show the crew very bright blue. Its mostly the colour of the photo , they are a reasonably quite a few shades darker when you look at them on the boat. But yours are superb and I am going to try and make them like yours as it is much more life like.
 Thanks for bringing this up. It's made me look at other colours in the photo's.

  Mike.

[Mike]

  Hi Tailuk.
  I have been trying different camera settings, On this one colours are a little better.
 Previous photo's did have a quite a blueish tinge.
 Thank you for bringing it up.

  More to follow when I have retaken them and hopefully some new overalls ? for the crew.

  Mike.

[TailUK]

I'm so glad that my comment didn't offend to much.  I tend to get a bit hyper about figures on boats.  You see some many beautiful model boats let down by the figures.  A few minutes looking at You Tube can make all the difference between a helmsman worthy of your magnum opus or a poor rendition of Popeye.  My Steam Pinnace figures must be of a very similar size to your as both boats are 1/48th scale.  The blue in the later photos is a darker shade but perhaps still just a bit bright.  It doesn't help that accurate colour reference for uniforms of this era may be based on hand tinted "colour" postcards and heavens forbid that the Royal Navy should look funerial.   I must have looked at dozens of old photos on google before approaching my figures. Good luck with yours.

[Mike]

  A new coat of paint on the crew. Now in grey with a little darker under the arms etc.
  1st pic. from google search a Victorian crew.
  Next one , My men. !!

  To be continued with more photo's when I can get the colour balance right in my photo's.
  Tailuk, You are right about colours being right. Thanks.

  Mike.

[TailUK]

Very nice!  The Bosun would be proud!

[Mike]

   Some more photo's.

   More to follow.

   Mike.

[DamienG]

A really nice model Mike I love it. 

[Mike]

   Some more photo's.

   Mike.

[derekwarner_decoy]

Beautifully crisp detail Mike......she looks superb.....Derek 

[pete]

Beautiful - Well done Mike!
Regards,
Pete.

[Mike]

   Thanks Damien, Derek, Pete and TailUK. for your kind words.
  I may not put a motor etc. in this ship as I want to keep it looking good.
  But maybe one day I can make a small harbour paddle tug to pull it along
for a photo show.?
  I am making a glass case with wood base to keep the dust off.

   Regards.
   Mike.