The model is scratch-built on a wood
carved hull with styrene , brass and stainless steel
super-structure.
The wood paneling is individual brass squares applied
individually , cut from ladderstock PE
4 x funnels and cowls were made of aluminum tubing that had the
top edges drilled and ground out to make near-scale thin.
The Paddle box running legs logo and decoration and
stern scrolls and name were drawn for me especially and
printed as a decal numerous times (!) on A4 sheet , giving
lots of spares in varying sizes of 0.1mm increments larger and
smaller.
The unique ships boats were custom designed and 3 D
printed by a friend in France.
Passengers and crew were 1/700 3-D printed civilians from
German firm Modellbauray.com.
- a full summary of the quite involved build process
can be read here;
- The rigging is all stretched sprue--the step-by-step
for this can be found here
- The water is my usual water colour paper method --the
step-by-step for this can be found here
I have not been able too find another model--evena
builders model of her ;-so everything was based on the stated
dimensions, as we all
photo extrapolation and interpretation,
measuring from scaled to 1/700 photos
In conclusion;
I am happy to have researched and created this
model--I have not been ablle too find another model--even
builders model of her which would have been rather too
easy!
