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[JohnD]

I did wonder about that bulkhead and the rear canopy. I'll be getting a set of plans from the NMM anyway, so will work to them. The rear shelter is in such poor condition I had decided to replace it anyway. Fry's drawings in his book show a bulkhead in one continuous piece, like mine. Other boats had a bulkhead with a fairly vertical lower part and a quite shallow slope on the upper part, with an angle between them. I suspect that unless one has plans and preferably photos of one boat on a specific date, there is a risk of getting a sort of composite of the features of several boats at different times, even in whatever reference books one consults.

One thing that does grieve me a little; The Rankin seems to have had non-slip decks pretty much from the very beginning. I'd hate to paint over those nicely planked decks on my model, so it may be a choice between authenticity and personal feeling for what looks nice. Not sure which way I'll go on that one yet. Lots to do before I get that far, anyway.

[Neil]

I am very pleased and very happy to say that I am now the very proud owner of this beautiful model, and once EVRI DEAM IT PROPER to get their act together and deliver it to me, rather than someone else by "mistake"..........rather than as I would call it incompetance, I hope to restart this thread and build it to a conclusion and as a working model, like the first one I built over 14 years ago.
And boy, oh boy am I looking forward to it.
Thank you John for all your help and support,
Neil.

[Neil]

i am now swapping over from this original plee for help and information to a build log of my own as the model has finally arived home.
follow it here,

"Neils Stromness class Barnett 51' build..... a continuation"