hi ya there
Thank you very much Jay for that confirmation of the stern flap - now I can rest at ease Captain
To get back to the build and shall we say enlighten some of our readers about the age of this model and the style it was made in; I must have been one of the first to receive a set of plans from Jacobin for this particular vessel. At the time I built my model there werent any commercial hulls available and fittings were few and far between. Sirmar fittings were around, but when I made my model one used to get a printed off catalogue, with no pics just numbers and I spent many a happy hour on the phone to the original owner of Sirmar trying to locate fittings for the vessel. The only things at the time that were compatible were the bollards, anchors and fair leads along with a grill set. Therefore 90% of the fittings were homemade. So compared with today's standards they may have looked rubbishy.
Now moving the clocks forward to the present day and we have a lot more suppliers of hulls, fittings and information which I intend to use on my model's refit which it is undergoing
Now I am using 3 companies to supply fittings, Sirmar, for the majority of fittings, Scale warship for the brass etchings, Fleetscale stores for some other white metal and resin fittings.
Going back to Sirmar, Barry, who runs Sirmar now, was left with a lot of work to recoup the Company etc. and build it up - and several times on different forums we have heard some negative things against Sirmar due to the length of time/ lack of response from Barry. But. in the month or so that I have been contacting Barry - he has always answered his phone/rang me back/answered all messages and it is usually after 6pm when he comes home from his day time supporting role. The fittings I have received are second to none and excellent quality.
Fleetscale fittings are of good quality too, very little flash to clean off and little distortion.
Photo etched stuff from Scale Warship - has to be seen to be believed.
Thank you all suppliers.
Remember if we dont use our good suppliers we will lose them.
aye
John
ps couple of pics of the fittings here