Well I finally got this off the bench.
The old Airfix Vosper. A 73ft boat that saw plenty of action in the coastal waters of the English Channel.
More or less OOB, just a few bits replaced and added. The gaff's and hooks on the deck, a couple of grab handrails, knocked up from brass wire, the wires on the outside of the wheel house and up to mast being single strand copper wire.
The cover for the windows of the wheel house was also chopped off and replaced with a rolled up bit of tissue soaked in pva.
Wires for the rigging and rails are fly-tying tread.
Paint was Vallejo model color.
Hope you like her and believe it or not I still have one more in the stash!
Comments welcome.
The old Airfix Vosper. A 73ft boat that saw plenty of action in the coastal waters of the English Channel.
More or less OOB, just a few bits replaced and added. The gaff's and hooks on the deck, a couple of grab handrails, knocked up from brass wire, the wires on the outside of the wheel house and up to mast being single strand copper wire.
The cover for the windows of the wheel house was also chopped off and replaced with a rolled up bit of tissue soaked in pva.
Wires for the rigging and rails are fly-tying tread.
Paint was Vallejo model color.
Hope you like her and believe it or not I still have one more in the stash!
Comments welcome.
I think I still have a couple of her crew figures somewhere in my spare parts box.
