Severn Wheelhouse

 Not untypically for me, I've lost track of time and can't quite believe it's been 3 months since my last post.  I've also realised that I have far fewer photos of the build than I thought.

Having finished my mods to the wheelhouse subassembles, I moved on to add some extra detail.  This has mainly been to add to the navigator's equipment but also to other bits and pieces not least the hot water boiler for hot drinks!

 

I've also added a few extra details to the seats, such as seat belts and the adjustors as well as various electrical boxes.  As well as adding detail, they add a little colour to the black white and grey interior.

Severn - wheelhouse main mods

Having looked at the reference photos that came with the kit, and visting Weymouth lifeboat, I decided that some of the wheelhouse subassembles needed a few substantial modifications. 

 Starting on the port side, the kit has simplified to build an approximation of the various storage boxes and trunking and vent housing.  So I set about cutting down the sub assembles to shorten the forward portion of the vent housing and completely removing the forward part of cabin sub-assembly.

Moving to the starboard side, I lowered the blanking panel over the cabin vents and behind the stretchers and added a recess in the vent trunking for the stretcher supports.  Also, as a result of the mods to both sides, I had to lengthen the supporting frames.

At the front, I altered the raised floor as it's not raised on the starboard side and built up the port side for the crew seat bases - there's also a recess within the seat base.

With that done, next time will come the start the the cabin detail.

Severn Beginnings

Of course I knew that I'd been building my Severn along side my Tamar for sometime - I just hadn't realised just how long the builds had been going together until I checked the photo dates!  I started building the wheelhouse in September 2015!!

Here's a few photos to show the main wheel house components;

 One thing that concerned me from the start was making sure I could paint all of the various recesses properly.  With everything assembled I though the paint might not cover inside them properly.  So, I masked up the cabin floor and painted the recess bases orange as well we the recess/vent hosuing sub assemblies.

 These are most of main cabin sub-assemblies before I started modifying them.  That's for another post!

I've got a long way beyond this and so am along way behind with this blog.  Next time, I'll look at some of the mods I made to the wheelhouse interior and some of parts I scratch built.