Nice models of the "Maid". I must say that I don't mind the black hull, if they got rid of the thick gold stripe. (and give her a nice buff/black funnel!) I'm sure she had a black top to her funnel as built, but it was changed to all buff before she entered service.
Clark

Quote from: djcf on November 21, 2010, 11:01:54 PM
Nice models of the "Maid". I must say that I don't mind the black hull, if they got rid of the thick gold stripe. (and give her a nice buff/black funnel!) I'm sure she had a black top to her funnel as built, but it was changed to all buff before she entered service.
Clark

Couldn't agree more about the funnel but the present colour scheme is more tourist and publicity friendly apparently.

Out with Lachie and his friend Ian yesterday on a perfect sunny and calm day at Lomond Shores. Couldn't resist posting this shot which I think highlights how good this model is turning out.

Andy

Awesome photo :-D

Much prefer the white/buff/green colours, all the others preserved ship in the UK have black hulls, this gives the Maid something special all its own....

Lachie was up last week to show me progress on the spiral staircases. His original plan of extending the treads to place on a mandrell has proved not practical as the staircases are apparently not a concentric spiral. He has warped the sides by hand to fit and then glued in chequer plate treads. Looks good to me and I look forward to seeing them complete and in position on the model.

Andy

A nice bit of work there....I find normal stairs hard enough

Those damned spiral staircases are the one thing that's always put me off building a model of the Maid....

Lackie has a lot more patience than I have!!

Regards
Eddy

Not specifically Lachie's model of the Maid but it does feature prominently. A perfect day's sailing in November..... a distant memory in recent conditions.


Andy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4Q2id-soh0

Some recent photographs. Lachie, perverse as ever, decided to go sailing on a morning dominated by freezing fog. The album contains some shots of the frost on the rigging.

He has cracked on and the model is all but finished. The spiral staircases are fabricated and in place, lighting installed and working and a full complement of passengers and crew. Some rather sinister looking characters on board and turns out they are from a set of Gestapo figures.

Click on the URL below to access the album on Photobucket, the index picture itself is not itself is not 'live' link.

Andy

http://s669.photobucket.com/albums/vv59/carmanmole/Maid%20of%20the%20Loch/January%202011/

Some more photographs of Lachie's Maid sailing at Lomond Shores before the current 'greyness' set in. His KG V also appears in several of the shots. The model is essentially finished but he has added some more passengers recently.

I know I've said it before but it gives an added buzz to sailing with the full size Maid as a backdrop.

Andy