Hi Folks, I reckon if she was put on a good stretch off open water the steam plume would look great too.
She does ride a little high in the water but I will leave any Ballast sorting to the new owner as everyone is different.
I think she has less drag in the water as she is with the backend sat low down making the bow ride a little higher than normal, however if you saw the cavernous interior
of the Bow section you'd be amazed at what you could get in there.
Water Tanks to name but one 1 off each I guess to feed the boiler and another to take the excess exhaust etc etc. Plenty of space under the Cabin and under the stern hatch to do things with.
Thats the good thing with a slightly bigger boat, it leaves any other items that folks want to add in as and when they get them or even change the spec/design after it is a Model.
Yip the bids have risen a little since last post so that is good, I know what I have in her in regards to Plant etc so we'll see how much further it goes as my last one which I sold on ebay last year early part fetched just short of 900 and the chap wanted it posting to him in Liverpool. He hadn't told his wife of the purchase so when this massive parcel landed whilst he was at work, he told me she wasn't best pleased. At 48inches long he was going to display it on the mantlepiece
but she had other ideas
and said if it went on the Mantlepiece he would be going out the door to live onboard
so he moved it to the SHED a mans sanctuary when the weather is good
He has since sailed her and is very happy indeed as it drew a small crowd around him as some had never seen a scale steam launch on the pond, mostly electric so he had a good interesting session as did the onlookers.
Ok folks, not long now and with just under 200 people watching its progress it should be interesting to say the least. It is their to sell and sell it will as I have to move on. I am in the loft right now doing this post amongst accumulated items which I am sorting out to clear the decks. I have a mountain of Old Blue and White Pottery to get rid off from Large Meat Plates down to small Jugs, there's loads of it and I ain't relishing the job ahead. I have a full size eight day working Grandfather clock with painted dial along with an Amercan Wall clock which all have to go. The list goes on and on..............so back to it I'm afraid..........
Cheers for now
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