Attached are some photos of my last project – an SDM Mark I. I've seen several MkIIs on various sites and was one of the UK magazines featured a MkI made by Steve Cox. I was inspired by Umi and JPCat from RCGroups to have a go at an earlier MkI. My model is an amalgam of the 4 Seabulk MkIs working in Florida: Escambia, New River, Suwanney River and St Johns. They are all slightly different in their equipment so I've taken elements from each of them. Scale 1/50.
I actually had the whole thing finished but an incident after a night out with the boys, tripping over the dog in the dark and putting an elbow through the superstructure set things back a bit. The wheelhouse, funnels and all railings were totalled and required a complete rebuild. I was so annoyed (to say the least) that I put repairs on the back burner for a few months. Every time I looked at the damage I lost heart. It had been finished and I had already lost interest in it when the accident happened so it took some time to get back onto it.
Then work and stuff got in the way and after a 6 month break I could eventually get it back on the bench.
I didn't photograph the damage – too embarrassing, but I'll bring this build up to date. The complete build is on
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