Right, today I have finished my barge-renamed her 'ALMA' after my Grandmother. Fitted two masts (old plastic paintbrush handles), tops of masts are made from plastic shelf supports (drilled and painted), made two large lamps, one on the cargo area and the other on the rear cabin area ( these are two plastic screw cap covers with the lenses out of a couple of old brass door peepholes, painted white from behind then silver), added 'ALMA' name, added some metal hand rails and painted, added a galley flue/chimney, added the other ladder part, weathered the hull and the wheelhouse slightly (not gone overboard this time), added a dashboard with a wheel, some small bolts (painted), a LCD screen off a broken digital watch and a small plastic steering wheel, not truly to scale but just gives something interesting to look at and fills the empty void.
What's it cost: model was £60 and that's it. All others parts are scratch made or spare boat parts, oh, aye...and two sliced fingers...she really has had my blood, sweat and tears
Motor cleaned up, contacts cleaned and installed, just need to repair the broken wire from the motor to the ESC and then install that. She is going, hopefully to have her first wetting a week on Sunday.
Si:
Some piccies of her finished.