Stage 7 completed the model
So we have reached the final stage in this build namely finishing off and recalling
Added the lifeboat canisters and added extra detail by wrapping paper flower wire around the canisters to represent the metal banding I couldn’t do the longitudinal ones so gave up with those after adding the ladders to the upper deck all that was left to do was the recalling 2 of which totally disintegrated one of the engine pylon which I managed to salvage half of it and both the Seaspeed’s you’ll see one is missing from the clear side the other I made up a replacement using a drawing program on the pc and printing it out on white paper which was then trimmed as close to lettering as I could get the clear side one proved impossible represent without it looking awful so I left it out
The other thing is their is 1 handrail missing from the painted side no idea where that went or whether it was in the original box and finally the roof fit disastrous would be an understatement but as this is a cutaway type model I’ve just placed it on the top of hull as is no point trying to force it into place it has a longitudinal warp so it’s higher in the middle than at the ends which would place both parts the hull and the roof under a lot of pressure
All that leaves are the cars to be added and I might scratch build an observation booth for the car deck although I can’t seem to determine was this only added to the series 400 stretched versions which this not
Anyway I hope you like it as I always it’s not perfect but it’s the best I can manage given my skill set
Regards
Colin