Andrew's Minor Victory **Finished**

Our 2nd sea-going GB, for any ship, any scale, etc. Does not include amphibious aircraft or vehicles - the medium is water.
Runs 6 weeks, 2 May - 13 Jun; your host is Dazzled. Extended to 28 June.
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Dazzled wrote:
Marek wrote:As long as you are not going to furnish captain's cabin, it is OK, we understand :)
He might, you know ;-)
Dazzled, it's a pandora's box, you know. Once captain has a proper cabin, then we move on below decks and ... we won't see Andrew for months. :)
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Dazzled wrote:
Marek wrote:As long as you are not going to furnish captain's cabin, it is OK, we understand :)
He might, you know ;-)
I already did the curtains... :ha:

Just kidding - the stern just has a bit of paper to stick on. More modern boxings have a decal.
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Poiseidon Adventure

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Try tapping on the hull. Gene Hackman might be in there :ha:
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Dazzled wrote:Try tapping on the hull. Gene Hackman might be in there :ha:
He's going to be a bit cramped, if he is! :ha:
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Dazzled wrote:
AndrewR wrote:
Dazzled wrote:It looks very nice anyway. I can't imagine that the original part looked better 8-)
It would have saved a few hours work though! Tonight I've been sawing off cocktail sticks to make the shortened masts.

Will you be putting sausages on the ends of them? :ha:
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The catapult for your air component in the top of the shot will be longer than the ship.
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jamesaw wrote:The catapult for your air component in the top of the shot will be longer than the ship.
:razz:
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Here's the real air component

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My son got that far with his and then got scared when he realized how big it was! Still sitting unfinished.
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The Banana boat

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The deck was sprayed Sand too!
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Great progress Andrew. Does it need that outrigger behind it? ;-)
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a hundred little gun ports to paint .... just sayin' :)
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jRatz wrote:a hundred little gun ports to paint .... just sayin' :)
Felt-tipped pens :-D

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Quite a lot of progress. Not complete yet!

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Some slightly diluted grey applied with a sharpened toothpick around the cannon ports

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I may have to redo some of the black - these are allegedly permanent markers, but I'm dubious! :omg
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