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As promised, the second crane will be shown "in action". Seems that I will have to put some weight in the boat to keep the ropes tight... regards, Michael

Hello, just a few tipps for avoiding wrinkled hulls: * Glue some 6-8mm wide strips of thin paper onto the sides of the formers - these give the hull sides a little more area to rest on. * NEVER glue the hull planking to the formers - do this only when absolutely necessary at complex...

...and last but not least, here's an overview from the bow. This one's for you, Jim... best regards, Michael

...the mast dry-fitted. First bits of the rigging to be seen here...

...one more of the boats completed and a little bit of railing fitted on the flybridge...

Hello friends, progress has been slow lately, those railings are killing me ;) But at least the foredeck is complete now.

I am thinking about showing one of the cranes "in action", hoisting a boat. Let's see how that could work out. Anyway, I am about two winches, one crane and a lot of railing away from completion. Starts looking like a real ship. Here's an image shot by aerial reconaissance;) best...

The first railing for the flybridge stairs was added and the "flap" glued down. Now the first boat crane can check out its position - not glued down yet.

Hello friends, today I added the fore funnel. Built as designed, plus a steam pipe and a whistle, derived from original images.

Hi friends, I couldn't accomplish a lot in the past days, but at least all the searchlights are now in place (not in the picture) and the ship can't go adrift anymore ;) Thanks for all the info on where to get reference materials. regards, Michael

Also, I have built the mast. The top portion is made from Evergreen strips, diameter 1.2mm to 0.5mm. To keep it straight, there is an additional former in the bottom of the lower mast and the plastic strip extends down to it. The thinner upper portion is a 0.8mm strip, glued into a hole...

Hello friends, I started adding the missing bits to the foredeck. The chain stoppers were only rectangles glued to the deck, so I enhanced them a little bit.

and finally a detail shot of a 8" turret, the newly fitted steam pipe at the funnel (hey, that one needs another dab of black paint...) and some more railing ;) regards, Michael

stern...

Bow

... port view (or was it still larboard at that time?)

Hello friends, it's been a while since the last progress pics, but I wasn't sleeping ;) All the turrets are now finished - and the ship finally got a decent stand. Here's a view from starboard.

Hi Brad, thanks for the images. It shows me that there were at least some white railings, so I'm not completely off. All, I am looking for images of the Oregon in the early configuration (no raised smokestacks, no cage mast) that show the rigging. If anybody has something like that...

Finally, here's an overview from bow to stern. Stern is done, amidships some progress is being made and the bow looks still a little bare... thanks for stepping by, Michael

Also, I went a little further with the railings. Somebody at kartonbau.de pointed out that the railing on the superstructure should probably be painted buff - the same color as the superstructure itself. While photos of the original seem to support that opinion, I think the railing looks...