2003-2020

[Simpo Two]

Chaps,

I am proud to unveil, at last, the hardest model I've ever made. Started in 2003, stuck in 2004, restarted in 2019 and finally completed in Jan 2020.

http://www.blokewithacamera.co.uk/CMB/

(The last page is empty as I can't take good photos until I can get my lighting back)

I make no claims to be a web expert but hopefully the content is worth it

Thanks for looking.

[smifffymoto]

That is project of love and dedication. When can we see the finished pictures?

[NumBMW]

Proud to unveil...nothing!!
What a tease!!
Looking forward to seeing the completed, that's a fantastic little (big) project.
Congrats

[Simpo Two]

Thanks guys, it's hard to express in a few photos how damn difficult it was! Scratch-building is a challenge in its own right but in this case the plans were for the real boat not a kit, metalwork is an alien language and I couldn't use paint so everything is on show. It didn't help that some of the brass was as hard as steel; it was only thanks to someone here that I eventually found out about annealing which made the impossible just about possible. God knows how many scroll-saw blades I got through!

Most of my studio lighting is stranded 20 miles away where I left it in March, hence the lack of 'finished' photos, but they will be done when I can.