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[B.B]

Hi there, Showing the base for the top w-house, marking and cutting the window sections and assembling it.    ,,,,,Cheers.

[B.B]

Hi there, with this next lot of photo's mainly the construction of the top w-house, I put a lift out section in the top of the w-house to be able install the windows once she is painted ( only because I messed up and didn't do as i would normally do and have the opening in the top of the deckhouse ?? ) so will be attaching the exhaust stacks to this lift out section.   .....Cheers  ........

[mrzippy]

Dremel getting another good hammering Brian !

[B.B]

Hi there , yes I think I'm onto my 3rd Dremil ( 2 cheaper models before the Dremils).  After finishing off the top w-house started on the exhaust stacks etc. ...Cheers  ....

[B.B]

Hi there, this section, the  light and sat frame then into the hand railing around top w-house top deck area and front raise deck area.   cheers..

[B.B]

Hi there,,With this section a bit of brass work, marking and cutting out the board post , with the rudder the plating wasn't quiet wide enough so had to splice a section in on the 6 inch rudder, then then the2 aft ladders were made from ply , beech and brass.     cheers 

[B.B]

Hi There , decided to make the front trawl block anchor point from brass .after shaping the base plate to fit the curved section made the same shape from scrap wood ,but still ended with a bit of distortion from the heat , strayed from the wood to some polystyrene sheets to make the cable boxing guides. ,.... cheers .

[steve mahoney]

You're a machine!

[B.B]

Hi Steve, more mad than machine  . Couldn't purchase the size or shaped blocks I need so had to make them up, I got a bit slack they were to be made from brass but decided to make them from Styrene. If I had a lathe, would if I could ?? turn the wheels from brass ,haven't so made them from good old wood.   Cheers  .

[B.B]

Hi there , Some more of the blocks, then making the trawl arm swivel points from brass.  ......cheers    ..

[Mark T]

Hi Brian just catching up mate with your build 


This boat just looks like it's on an industrial scale and looks quite different to your other builds. As always carpentry that I aspire too but what a beautiful looking boat.


Fantastic     I still think you need to build a naked unpainted version - I dare you 

[Mark T]

Sorry should have said I hope all is good down in Australia with you and the other lads     Mark

[B.B]

Hi Mark, all is fine down here, can't complain as no one will listen  , geez no paint how do I cover all the plasti-bond ?? I will have to leave that to you with your beautiful model you are building  .......With the fish hopper could have made the holding bins directly on the deck but decided to go this way, made her from Styrene , Red cedar & brass, then the main hatchs and all the w-tight doors.. ....Cheers. ..

[Mark T]

That fish hopper just looks amazing 

[wbeedie]

I would maybe have changed the fish hopper slightly, most I have seen have been flush to the deck, with rams to tilt them upwards so the fish can tumble onto the conveyor belt in the middle, certainly that was the case on any beamer I have worked on, but apart from that, this model is amazing

[B.B]

Hi wbeedie, I will be the first to admit , what I know about beamers and their gear I could fit in a matchbox ,there will probably be quiet a few mistakes anyone with knowledge will pick up, I probably should have made the hopper system traditional  flush to the deck , I seen a couple systems like this and  thought why not :), spent a few hours going through photo's of Breamers trying work out their pulley system :) slightly different to our fishing gear set up we have down here.......These next section of photo's painting the hull and bits n pieces most of the model will have 2 coats of gloss when finished, slowed up on the painting stage, as have been working on the beam trawl and nets , , cheers 

[1967Brutus]

Wow... what a massively impressive build!

[Akira]

Seriously impressive!

[tigertiger]

Wow! Lovely.