The hull is now all painted and pretty much completed. That can sit on the side for a while.
I've been slowly plugging away and my 'box of bits' is starting to fill up. The ER vents, ER skylight, hatches, ventilator, life buoys, funnel vents and fender tires are done and painted. 15 tires needed for this one. They are made with my usual method laser cut ply doughnuts glued together, shaped and painted. Yes, I know that you can buy perfectly good scale tyres but I like to make as much as possible on each model. Saying that, I don't make the propellers I might be crazy but I'm not an idiot.
The superstructure base is also finished and painted. The hatch base, life-buoy brackets, wheelhouse steps, ladder rungs, portholes, downpipes, and water pipes are all in place. I can now start to attach some bits that would have been difficult to paint if attached earlier. Hopefully there'll be more parts coming out of the box of bits than going into it.
The all-over blue is exactly as it is on the real boat but it does tend to make the model look very 'plastic toy-like'. Hopefully that will change when the railings, lights, mast and flying bridge equipment goes on.
The doors won't be attached until the glazing is done and that won't happen for a while we are still in lockdown and I can't get any suitable plastic for the glass. Plenty more to do and I might dust off the Maui hull I started last year and get that back up to speed again.