Quote from: BriansBrain on April 10, 2021, 04:32:18 PM
Fantastic Dave ..... it looks great 

I can see a lot of work went into all those details 

Lets hope the maiden voyage goes well 

Thanks very much John. 

The maiden voyage went fine thank you, a few friends came to see 

It's now on ebay for sale. I think I said it once before but it's the making of the models that I like, I cant stand round a pond just watching it go back and forwards. 

Fantastic Dave ..... it looks great 

I can see a lot of work went into all those details 

Lets hope the maiden voyage goes well 

It's finally finished.

The only thing I'm not happy with is the decals on the cabin. I tried to feather in some neat Gloss Cote around the edges to try and get rid of them showing before I gave it it's final 2 coats, it seemed to work immediately after I did it but after it had all dried the edges of them are still visible. I could remove them and repaint those areas but to be honest I can't be bothered for the amount of work it will take.

At least I have now learnt that the type you soak off in water before applying them would have been better.

It's had it's bath test the ensure there are no leaks and I made up small sealed bags of sand to put inside as ballast which works very well.

So tomorrow (Sunday 11th April) I am going to take it to Kearsney Abbey near to us and try it out on the water.

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Wow, there's a lot on there. They should keep yoou going for a while 

 

We have some little Bananas 

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Lady Jane 

Now that's sad 

I cheated in the end and bought a bespoke name from an online company

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Quote from: Dave on March 21, 2021, 06:38:39 PM
I meant to ask before; is the plant a native of GC or the islands, or is it another variety?

Don't know it's name but the standard one the farmers grow in Gran Canaria 

Good news John.

I meant to ask before; is the plant a native of GC or the islands, or is it another variety?

Bananas are on the way - we have a pod 

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