Fire Island Lightship
The "Tub"
This kit is based on the Nantucket Lightship. Serious scratchbuilding of the bridge and new deck houses are needed to portray the Fire Island Lightship
New bridge underway...
Bridge and deckhouses coming along. The kit supplied parts for the Nantucket are in the foreground. The kit's rear cabin is acceptable but will be modified.
Construction in-progress of middle deckhouse
Middle deckhouse coming along...
Railings on the bridge are done.
Bridge doors made from plastic sheet.
Door attached to bridge. Notice the "gingerbread" trim that has been added to the bridge.
Plastic rod for door hinges.
Plastic strip for hinge tines.
Wire door handle.
Finished door with kit ladder.
The kit's rear cabin has been striped and sanded down. A couple of the portholes have been filled.
More details added to the bridge, including brass handrails.
Re-building the rear cabin.
Making hinges for the mid cabin skylights.
Finished hinges on the skylights.
Replaced the chunky plastic cable on the hoist with nylon string.
Making a new smoke stack out of rolled plastic sheet.
Added trim from half-round and flat plastic strip.
Added stack cap from plastic sheet.
Adding deck features. The brown wood block is from the spare parts box.
Finished and attached the smoke stack.
Getting closer to being ready to paint.
Had to make the four top funnels for the foghorn out of plastic rod and tube (curved by melting), and filler. The main-stem funnel is a modified kit part.
About ready to start painting!
The hull is primed with oxide red, which will also be the base color below the waterline.
Paint: gray deck and cabin roofs; red hull
Masking the gray cabin roof areas with Silly Putty so white paint can be applied.
The dirty yellow color now being applied is called "spar".
Printed from WordArt in Word on white decal paper using pink ink so any edges wouldn't show too bad after I cut-out the decals. Happily, the ink washes off!
Starboard side done.
Ship's bell in place. The dirty looking spots on the bridge are black oil-paint wash for weathering that has not yet been "rubbed-in" to the latex base.
Boats are done; light prisms added (bare metal foil)
All finished except for the rigging!
Komentáře
1 11 May 2014, 10:44
George Bacon
Back to building after a little hiatus of a few weeks. Update on the Fire Island Lightship is posted.
Back to building after a little hiatus of a few weeks. Update on the Fire Island Lightship is posted.
5 June 2014, 20:10
Jonathan Llewellyn
Great admiration for scratch building. Something I've never attempted.respect
Great admiration for scratch building. Something I've never attempted.respect
9 June 2014, 08:00
George Bacon
Thanks H K! Building ships is a tank-less job 🙂
Thanks Jonathan. I like kit-bashing and scratch-building 🙂
Thanks H K! Building ships is a tank-less job 🙂
Thanks Jonathan. I like kit-bashing and scratch-building 🙂
10 June 2014, 18:09
George Bacon
All finished except for the rigging, which can't be done until after she is mailed to her new owner...
All finished except for the rigging, which can't be done until after she is mailed to her new owner...
3 August 2014, 21:29
Acki
Very kind George, but the Biber can´t match with your light ship. Du sollst dein Licht nicht unter den Scheffel stellen! No idea what the translation is.
Very kind George, but the Biber can´t match with your light ship. Du sollst dein Licht nicht unter den Scheffel stellen! No idea what the translation is.
5 August 2014, 11:10
George Bacon
Finally finished with the lightship LV-114, Fire Island! Some new pictures up.
Finally finished with the lightship LV-114, Fire Island! Some new pictures up.
5 September 2014, 17:52
Ron Janard
Great job! Quite a bit of alterations for the Bridge, Horn Room etc.
Great job! Quite a bit of alterations for the Bridge, Horn Room etc.
17 November 2014, 13:45
Hanno Kleinecke
I admire your scratchbuilding skills ! Great result, nicely weathered !
I admire your scratchbuilding skills ! Great result, nicely weathered !
17 November 2014, 20:48