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Tramp steamer Framlington Court.
Bob
 

Tramp steamer Framlington Court.
Bob
 

I have now found the photograph.   I completed this model in 1995.
Bob
 

Hi Jersey City Frankie,
I saw your post on Model Ship World about the Wavertree.     Glad to hear she is being restored properly.     I agree that it is very sad that hardly anyone builds models of this type of ship.    I have built Wavertree from the plans you posted, but can't lay my hands on a photograph of it at the moment.   But here is the sister ship Fulwood that I built some years ago.  
Bob
 

I have now found the photograph.   I completed this model in 1995.
Bob
 

Hi Jersey City Frankie,
I saw your post on Model Ship World about the Wavertree.     Glad to hear she is being restored properly.     I agree that it is very sad that hardly anyone builds models of this type of ship.    I have built Wavertree from the plans you posted, but can't lay my hands on a photograph of it at the moment.   But here is the sister ship Fulwood that I built some years ago.  
Bob
 

Moving along slowly, but surely.   18 winches made and fitted, two more warping winches to make and fit, and then onto more deck details - lifeboats, ventilators, ladders, rails, samson posts, mast, derricks, rigging, names, anchors, mooring bits, navigation lights.
Bob
 

Moving along slowly, but surely.   18 winches made and fitted, two more warping winches to make and fit, and then onto more deck details - lifeboats, ventilators, ladders, rails, samson posts, mast, derricks, rigging, names, anchors, mooring bits, navigation lights.
Bob
 

I have now made the 14 small cargo winches.   It took about three hours, spread over three days to do this.   They look a bit rough close-up, but on the model, they look fine.    I now need to make two large winches, two warping winches and the anchor windlass.   Not very difficult, but a bit tedious making all those small parts, and then assembling and painting them.   In the image above, I have not yet fitted the winches.
Bob

Moving along slowly, but surely.   18 winches made and fitted, two more warping winches to make and fit, and then onto more deck details - lifeboats, ventilators, ladders, rails, samson posts, mast, derricks, rigging, names, anchors, mooring bits, navigation lights.
Bob
 

Moving along slowly, but surely.   18 winches made and fitted, two more warping winches to make and fit, and then onto more deck details - lifeboats, ventilators, ladders, rails, samson posts, mast, derricks, rigging, names, anchors, mooring bits, navigation lights.
Bob
 

Moving along slowly, but surely.   18 winches made and fitted, two more warping winches to make and fit, and then onto more deck details - lifeboats, ventilators, ladders, rails, samson posts, mast, derricks, rigging, names, anchors, mooring bits, navigation lights.
Bob
 

Moving along slowly, but surely.   18 winches made and fitted, two more warping winches to make and fit, and then onto more deck details - lifeboats, ventilators, ladders, rails, samson posts, mast, derricks, rigging, names, anchors, mooring bits, navigation lights.
Bob
 

I have now made the 14 small cargo winches.   It took about three hours, spread over three days to do this.   They look a bit rough close-up, but on the model, they look fine.    I now need to make two large winches, two warping winches and the anchor windlass.   Not very difficult, but a bit tedious making all those small parts, and then assembling and painting them.   In the image above, I have not yet fitted the winches.
Bob

I have now made the 14 small cargo winches.   It took about three hours, spread over three days to do this.   They look a bit rough close-up, but on the model, they look fine.    I now need to make two large winches, two warping winches and the anchor windlass.   Not very difficult, but a bit tedious making all those small parts, and then assembling and painting them.   In the image above, I have not yet fitted the winches.
Bob

I have now made the 14 small cargo winches.   It took about three hours, spread over three days to do this.   They look a bit rough close-up, but on the model, they look fine.    I now need to make two large winches, two warping winches and the anchor windlass.   Not very difficult, but a bit tedious making all those small parts, and then assembling and painting them.   In the image above, I have not yet fitted the winches.
Bob

I have now made the 14 small cargo winches.   It took about three hours, spread over three days to do this.   They look a bit rough close-up, but on the model, they look fine.    I now need to make two large winches, two warping winches and the anchor windlass.   Not very difficult, but a bit tedious making all those small parts, and then assembling and painting them.   In the image above, I have not yet fitted the winches.
Bob

The white side plating round the sides is white sytrene sheet stuck on.    The accommodation is wood, faced with white styrene sheet so I don't have to paint it.
Bob

The white side plating round the sides is white sytrene sheet stuck on.    The accommodation is wood, faced with white styrene sheet so I don't have to paint it.
Bob

A bit more progress.
Bob
 

A bit more progress.
Bob
 

I have now made more progress with the hatches, deckhouses, and after accommodation fitted.    Also fitted the side stanchions on the port side of the after accommodation this morning.     This one is taking an age to build - have been at it since November, but didn't do anything at all on it for over three months
Bob
 

I have now made more progress with the hatches, deckhouses, and after accommodation fitted.    Also fitted the side stanchions on the port side of the after accommodation this morning.     This one is taking an age to build - have been at it since November, but didn't do anything at all on it for over three months
Bob
 

I have now made more progress with the hatches, deckhouses, and after accommodation fitted.    Also fitted the side stanchions on the port side of the after accommodation this morning.     This one is taking an age to build - have been at it since November, but didn't do anything at all on it for over three months
Bob
 

I have now made more progress with the hatches, deckhouses, and after accommodation fitted.    Also fitted the side stanchions on the port side of the after accommodation this morning.     This one is taking an age to build - have been at it since November, but didn't do anything at all on it for over three months
Bob