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11-29-2022, 03:41 AM
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Photos enclosed   I'm surprised how well these little boats built up. Tim 
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11-30-2022, 01:15 PM
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Tim – Many thanks for the fast response. I have been trying to learn about Royal Navy (and Empire and Commonwealth) ships’ boats, and so I was interested in the models of the two Dido boats that you have modeled so well.
I suspect I am ploughing old ground. Please forgive me for ill-informed errors or restatements of things that are obvious to you and others with knowledge of ships and the sea. Next under this post is a list of the sources I have been pursuing. Most useful have been Norman Ough’s Model Maker articles collected in Allistair Roach’s Ough biography, The Life and Ship Models of Norman Ough and E.J. Foeth’s website, “On the Slipway.” Foeth also posts in Britmodeler and The Ship Modeler Forum. I think most of the plans at Foeth’s site were drawn by John Lambert and Norman Ough. Allowing for the oversimplification inevitable with scaling down, the boat to starboard looks to me like a 36-foot motor and pulling pinnace, which seems to have been a standard ship’s utility boat of the time. See Image 1 (36 ft Motor & Pulling Pinnace – On The Slipway).  I have been unable to identify the starboard boat, but from the hull shape and size, it could be a 36-foot harbour launch, which was based on the 36-foot motor-and-pulling pinnace. The harbour launch does not have cabins in the images available to me, but I suspect there were variations in the superstructures and temporary awning-type fixtures. See Image 2.  I also found an image of a motor launch from one of Dido’s sister ships. Image 3.  It looks similar to the 35-foot motor pinnace. Image 4.  In any event, your artisanship on Dido and its boats and fittings is up to your usual exceptionally high standard and a joy to the eye. Don References: Britmodeller.com, “Royal Navy vessels and boats,” available at Royal Navy vessels and boats - Maritime WWII - Britmodeller.com E.J. Foeth, On the Slipway: “Royal Navy Ship’s Boats of WWII,” available at Royal Navy Ship’s Boats of WWII – On The Slipway Naval Technology and Life On Board: “Steam Pinnacles, Pickets, and Tenders,” available at Steam Pinnacles, Pickets and Tenders Norman Ough, “TN Service Boats,” in Allistair Roach, The Life and Ship Models of Norman Ough, Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 2016, pp. 54-64. The Ship Model Forum, “Royal Navy Ship's Boats of WWII,” available at The Ship Model Forum • View topic - Royal Navy Ship's Boats of WWII Torpedo Bay Navy Museum NZ: “Ship’s Boats,” available at https://navymuseum.co.nz/explore/by-...s/ships-boats/
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12-01-2022, 12:52 PM
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I would be glad if you find the info at the links useful, Tim. I was hesitant to make such a major intrusion into your build thread, but hoped that you would be interested in the topic.
There is a typo in para five of my post, which should say "port" instead of "starboard." Don
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12-11-2022, 01:31 PM
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Railing and rigging time:
 Used thread and super glue to make up the railings.  Once dry, they were painted and any excess trimmed off.  Railings were then cut to size and glued in place.  Always used to struggle fixing thread into place. Doug from Highway Models told me about running straight through the model with a long needle and fixing to the underside. It works a treat.  I use a pair of tweezers to tension the thread till the glue has dried Just minor fittings left Tim
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