...PD's ........your painter man will probably expect overtime rates during the Easter period Stuart... ....but brilliant as usual  ....Derek

Thank you Sir!~

Stuart

such a great idea and very well executed.  i had a paint run on Glasgow and spent 2 days trying to get rid of it.  its these little things that are making this such an intresting build. 

Thanks very much PeeWee!

Stuart

A stroke of genius Sir but make sure that the lady in the long flowing coat doesn't get too near that paintbrush. We don't want a compensation claim.

Thanks All and Hi PDs!

Well, it's the big festival of the year here - Easter. We have been decended on by hords of Greek visitors all day so workshop time has been limited - but I did manage to get the deck bilge pumps made.

More later

all the best
Stuart

Ah, the finishing touches!

This picture was new to me, so I thought I'd share it. Not sure which of the four provinces is arriving at Carlisle Pier in Kingstown here, but probably not Connaught. It looks like the aft deck is built over, which we know at least Leinster had (together with a square stern). It also looks like the decorative flares on the funnels are missing, or at least are much smaller. Even though these ships were billed as "the same", they have quite a few distinguishing features. But you can see the Captain standing on the paddle-box, just like it was described in the article!

Cheers,

Oliver

Hi PDs!

and thanks for the picture Oliver - I had seen it before but the one I had was much smaller. So I thought after a day of eating lamb and wishing every one happy Easter I should sit in the workshop and put Captain Kendall on Connaught's Paddle Box. As I haven't been able to put a full day in I decided to do some little bits to avoid fiddling about later when I should be concentrating on the mechanical bits (I have been putting that off I admit!).
So - I have mounted the pumps, built the false cabin rear under the turtle deck (you can no longer gaze at my internal 'messy' work! and I have made the booms for the masts and just laid them in place till I rig her.
Tomorrow I MUST clean and tidy the workshop - I know Connaught is a big model but she really is starting to disappear under heaps of debris.
Hope you enjoy the pics and thanks for the encouragment!

all the best

Stuart

Hi PD's....one point on full sized vessels such as .....Irish Royal Mail Steamer Connaught....is  why they installed the bilge pumps on deck level when clearly they would have functioned more efficiently at a below deck level.... .......Derek

why they installed the bilge pumps on deck level when clearly they would have functioned more efficiently at a below deck level.... .......DerekI guess the reason is Derek - that the water had to be discharged at the lowest dry level, which in heavy weather would have been the deck. A pump has to lift water either from above or below but the important thing is the HEIGHT the water has to be lifted and not the positioning of the pump. So the deck is the logical place for the pump in terms of accessibility. Also if the ship is filling with water I'd rather be up top than down below!

All the best

stuart

How original.   

I'd need a few on my boats. 

ken

just a little more detail today PDs!

having disposed of about 25 Easter visitors by One O Clock I FINALLY managed to at last put back the paddle box decoration and fit the City of Dublin Steam Packet Company crest. So the only really fiddly bit left is the stern decoration!
all the best

Stuart

Beautiful, or as they say here in Cornwall, - 'Proper job boy'

such allot has happened since i last popped in.  those paddle boxes are a triumph..

Thanks for all the compliments guys! - Now come on, there MUST be something that you think could have been done better - I don't bruise easily you know!

all the best

Stuart