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[Hesky]

And lastly with a 1:35 scale figure from the MK35 range

IMG_6248 by Mark Hesketh, on Flickr

IMG_6271 by Mark Hesketh, on Flickr

Thanks for looking at my canal boat build, please feel free to ask any questions, will probably become a kit in the next few months if I can fit it in around the model locos,

Mark

[Netleyned]

Enjoying the thread Hesky.
Keep the weathering to the hull.
These were home to the family
running the boat and they kept
them as shiny as they could.


Ned

[Hesky]

Thanks Ned,

Quite right, the locos I do are usually very dirty and battered but canal boats in most cases were kept pristine.

I was at the boat museum at Ellesmere Port a few weeks back and took a lot of pics and measurements of the inside of the living quarters, so may do something for the interior next. With the hatches modelled open the inside is quite visible.

[ballastanksian]

It is the same with military vehicles. Yes, they get filthy, and in times of intense combat, they get battered and chipped etc, but once there is a lull in the fighting, the crews were expected to maintain and look after their charges. My friend Norman said that the designated driver or commander of the vehicle (British army, I am not so sure about other nations) could be put on a charge if the vehicle was rusty or in any other way unusable for duty not caused by enemy action. So, I don't doubt that the decks of those coal barges were scrubbed clean after loading and unloading.