I see from the comments on the last post that It's been assumed that the ship was 1:200 (like it says on the cover). I'll point out that while I'm a bit nuts, I'm not completly insane.
Its been scaned at A4 and then printed at A3 (so again 1:140 ish). The bits are then glued to card of varying thicknesses and assembled. The bits are all numbered and you start at 1 and go from there. All rather sensible. A couple of hours over the last 2 days have got me to the basic frames and decks.
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A fun couple of nights (apparently a couple is 3 or more according to google) has seen almost all the rigging done. This has sucked quite a bit as I have large sausage fingers that while being somewhat heat resistant, are not designed for tying knots in thread in confined spaces.
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I used up my remaining stock of Peco track pins to the point of resorting to using bent pins for the last couple of stays.
With puting the rigging on it's become clear that the module won't be able to be operated from behind the ship. Its not that I don't trust the crew not to try to reach through the model to poke a retralcicant loco or fix a derailment but.... Maybe if I replace it all with razor wire as a warning to the uncoordinated. And at least it simplifies the point operating mechanism.
So having not really enjoyed this part of the build, I'm now contemplating something even worse.
The Bark Theone (which I think is now out of production as it's not in the catalog any more).
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At least its not as big as the previous model and I don't have to do the sails if its docked.
While setting up the models for previous post I came across the following in the bottom of the wagon storage. The top is a Bond original. The bottom was Peco with Parkside Dundas wheels
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