https://www.stevesshipmodels.com/portfolio daily 0.75 2025-06-01 https://www.stevesshipmodels.com/portfolio/turbinia monthly 0.5 2025-06-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b9e25f8b6d63797ecdddd5/526baab0-60ac-47c3-9c08-a0fc43ec6117/Turbinia+at+spithead.jpg Portfolio - Turbinia - Make it stand out The Royal Navy never again commissioned a capital ship with a triple expansion engine. The age of turbine driven warships had begun. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b9e25f8b6d63797ecdddd5/cc45ac65-9687-43d3-ab6f-0e25019db243/49146445983_1a0b68235b_b.jpg Portfolio - Turbinia - Make it stand out Various plans are available and can be found on-line. The model is based on a combination of these, plus careful study of the museum ship https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b9e25f8b6d63797ecdddd5/e0f02801-3855-4388-b105-a35ce41c7f64/49146934091_87d5136e66_b.jpg Portfolio - Turbinia - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b9e25f8b6d63797ecdddd5/ad242b90-78b3-487f-952d-d9dd8b658b5e/Turbinia+3.jpg Portfolio - Turbinia - Make it stand out This excellent picture of her in dry dock after being hit by another ship was the inspiration for the way the model is presented. Note the complex shape of the transom, designed to hold the bow down at speed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b9e25f8b6d63797ecdddd5/60ec3e8d-ec3e-4476-bbfc-f0d8089ce28d/Turbinia+5.jpg Portfolio - Turbinia - Make it stand out The model is presented in a simulated dry-dock, with the figure of a painter just finishing up to help the viewer understand the size and scale. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b9e25f8b6d63797ecdddd5/f5784c5a-46e2-4dba-b284-403ddbc46213/Turbinia+4.jpg Portfolio - Turbinia - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b9e25f8b6d63797ecdddd5/6be7df6d-5cf9-42d8-b050-64543a9c3937/Turbinia+7.jpg Portfolio - Turbinia - Make it stand out The steering quadrant was built up from etched components https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b9e25f8b6d63797ecdddd5/95ffc205-3ebc-4b60-aa3a-94b1dac84195/Turbinia+8.jpg Portfolio - Turbinia - Make it stand out Note the coffer dam sides to the tall control deck-house to prevent flooding (or try to). The boat was controlled with a large steam valve wheel located in this deckhouse https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b9e25f8b6d63797ecdddd5/3e8084e0-a24c-4b9d-b063-ad260c9087a8/Turbinia+10.jpg Portfolio - Turbinia - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b9e25f8b6d63797ecdddd5/9a54b260-0bec-417e-b5a6-c8ea1d6f1d65/Turbinia6.jpg Portfolio - Turbinia - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b9e25f8b6d63797ecdddd5/cd2df30d-8c10-495c-acf3-e67252578752/Turbinia+11.jpg Portfolio - Turbinia - Make it stand out Showing rivet detail on the funnel. When she was running, a lookout stood on the roof of the round forward deckhouse, which would have been both exhilarating and wet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b9e25f8b6d63797ecdddd5/1d886415-9935-419b-92f7-d6077ddbbd34/Turbinia12.jpg Portfolio - Turbinia - Make it stand out Close-up of the name badge and some of the dry-dock detailing https://www.stevesshipmodels.com/portfolio/customs-cruiser-amapa monthly 0.5 2025-06-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b9e25f8b6d63797ecdddd5/114b7286-031f-48dc-bd47-45a0dbc64bfe/amapa+1.jpg Portfolio - Customs Cruiser Amapa - Make it stand out This pretty little vessel has all the hallmarks of a late Victorian cruiser on a small scale, even a nod to the ramming bows that became popular after the Russo-Japanese war. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b9e25f8b6d63797ecdddd5/cb8ff099-47a2-4208-89fe-cd8771506dbb/amapa+2.jpg Portfolio - Customs Cruiser Amapa - Make it stand out I painted her grey overall but a year after I completed the model, the Brazilian embassy replied to a letter I had sent them 2 years before asking for information on the vessel and enclosed pictures showing she was in Victorian white with mustard funnel etc, what a shame as I love that colour scheme. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b9e25f8b6d63797ecdddd5/c1d5b120-3471-47a8-85f8-2e057f5ea911/amapa+3.jpg Portfolio - Customs Cruiser Amapa - Make it stand out The wheelhouse is mahogany with a fully fitted interior https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b9e25f8b6d63797ecdddd5/34c4d2db-8037-4835-8994-075ed71547eb/amapa+5.jpg Portfolio - Customs Cruiser Amapa - Make it stand out Her limited armament was a Hotchkiss 3pdr QF gun mounted on the foc’s’le https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b9e25f8b6d63797ecdddd5/f3edaa41-6d26-482d-9eb5-d849a7e6a748/amapa+4.jpg Portfolio - Customs Cruiser Amapa - Make it stand out The entire welldeck is built as removable tray that provides access to the batteries and control gear https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b9e25f8b6d63797ecdddd5/2ef85d8d-5fea-45fe-af13-5560bd4d3574/amapa+6.jpg Portfolio - Customs Cruiser Amapa - Make it stand out The galley is fitted out with an iron range and shelving etc https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b9e25f8b6d63797ecdddd5/d564d8ea-b6b3-40f3-a44a-9057a4cc7c4a/amapa+7.jpg Portfolio - Customs Cruiser Amapa - Make it stand out She has three boats, a whaler, a cutter and a dinghy. These were my first papier-mâché hulls build over a mould. The whaler has it’s masts and sails aboard. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b9e25f8b6d63797ecdddd5/d031d871-3cb2-4d7a-97ca-653f5020bcc8/amapa+8.jpg Portfolio - Customs Cruiser Amapa - Make it stand out The quarterdeck has the aft steering position, companion way and deck food casks. The well-deck above has two chicken coups https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b9e25f8b6d63797ecdddd5/f914bf1f-93a4-44cf-90b8-77e19ac587f8/amapa+9.jpg Portfolio - Customs Cruiser Amapa - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b9e25f8b6d63797ecdddd5/8ec6e0f0-f532-4cec-8e79-fa11c9f9bbe0/amapa+10.jpg Portfolio - Customs Cruiser Amapa - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b9e25f8b6d63797ecdddd5/6ca03536-88e5-49e8-8d6f-4be0e5db22c2/amapa+11.jpg Portfolio - Customs Cruiser Amapa - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.stevesshipmodels.com/portfolio/type-38-schnellboot monthly 0.5 2025-05-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b9e25f8b6d63797ecdddd5/a5f63198-a987-4839-8c44-60dafe4e1635/reference+material.jpg Portfolio - Type 38 Schnellboot - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b9e25f8b6d63797ecdddd5/4e0015cd-4a7d-489d-a93a-a66679f3b3ef/drawings.jpg Portfolio - Type 38 Schnellboot - Make it stand out As ever, they disagree in minor areas but when combined with many photographs, a reasonable representation can be achieved. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b9e25f8b6d63797ecdddd5/70e30e21-1281-4b08-b828-9e964a0589ad/s-boat+1.jpg Portfolio - Type 38 Schnellboot - Make it stand out The model is mounted on turned brass pillars on an oak base. A single crewman keeps watch to help viewers understand the scale https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b9e25f8b6d63797ecdddd5/e2291f05-fece-4a22-b889-ae46bdb0b9ff/s-boat+2.jpg Portfolio - Type 38 Schnellboot - Make it stand out The mines are Kriegsmarine EMC mines, 3D printed https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b9e25f8b6d63797ecdddd5/a134aa72-015e-4644-831b-0f1882845922/s-boat+3.jpg Portfolio - Type 38 Schnellboot - Make it stand out An interesting point to note is that the long engine room vents, seen here amidships, have weighted canvas skirts to help prevent spray entering the engine room. These are almost always omitted from models. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b9e25f8b6d63797ecdddd5/8f4ea614-ff11-40ef-8b8a-b920f4c24fc7/s-boat+4.jpg Portfolio - Type 38 Schnellboot - Make it stand out Note the life-buoy has a central cylinder. This contains the rope that is used to pull the crewman back to the vessel. A very distinctive feature of Kriegsmarine life-buoys https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b9e25f8b6d63797ecdddd5/8ac0a07b-0b80-44c1-90f2-ff42054284e4/s-boat+5.jpg Portfolio - Type 38 Schnellboot - Make it stand out The wooden duck-boards on s-boats were painted the same grey colour as the deck. In use, they wore down on the well used areas to expose lighter wood below. They were never a shiny dark wood colour. She is lightly weathered and dirty, the waterline shows oil stains and algae growth. Weathering is an area where I still have much to learn. When models take months or years to construct, you don’t get much practice painting. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b9e25f8b6d63797ecdddd5/68c25e71-e123-4ab9-a154-635854562614/s-boat+6.jpg Portfolio - Type 38 Schnellboot - Make it stand out The 40mm Bofors is all brass, a fun little sub-project. In this shot above you can also see the ladder stowed against the railings that was used to access the rubber dinghy. The ensign is hand-painted. Clean view from above https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b9e25f8b6d63797ecdddd5/6e3d66f8-4cb9-4742-a51d-f5cd7e90cb93/s-boat+7.jpg Portfolio - Type 38 Schnellboot - Make it stand out And finally a couple of pictures of her alongside HMS Grey Fox, for comparison https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b9e25f8b6d63797ecdddd5/b7156d17-dc44-4dcd-9466-e6021d3c7431/s-boat+comp+1.jpg Portfolio - Type 38 Schnellboot - Make it stand out The RN vessel looks more imposing, but was actually very easy to defeat due to the ease with which a shell from that Bofors could fracture a steam pipe to leave her dead in the water. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b9e25f8b6d63797ecdddd5/4b58f216-c171-4904-8ec0-86c18d2ccda8/s-boat+comp+2.jpg Portfolio - Type 38 Schnellboot - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.stevesshipmodels.com/portfolio/saunders-roe-seaplane-tender monthly 0.5 2025-05-31 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b9e25f8b6d63797ecdddd5/cb3462f7-4167-4551-af8d-f9cb8824e32f/Seaplane+tender+1.jpg Portfolio - Saunders-Roe Seaplane Tender - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b9e25f8b6d63797ecdddd5/063133c9-e555-44b8-8f85-3fd1e4a3cd2c/Seaplane+Tender+2.jpg Portfolio - Saunders-Roe Seaplane Tender - Make it stand out Similar fast tender of the same period https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b9e25f8b6d63797ecdddd5/dd00f504-7b0c-40ea-8e77-de19115ceadb/Seaplane+Tender+6.jpg Portfolio - Saunders-Roe Seaplane Tender - Make it stand out The model is displayed in a Perspex mount to show the lines and on a clear base containing pictures of Saunders Roe flying boats of the interwar period. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b9e25f8b6d63797ecdddd5/e4765e19-b8da-4f5b-8ae8-59c9c346ac84/Seaplane+Tender+7.jpg Portfolio - Saunders-Roe Seaplane Tender - Make it stand out I love this anchor, all scratch made from bits of brass, the flukes fold and the cross bar slides to it fully folds per full scale practice. It was based on this illustration from Davy’s ship fittings catalogue https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b9e25f8b6d63797ecdddd5/25de1068-c258-44a8-973a-59d0cdbf86b0/Seaplane+Tender+4.jpg Portfolio - Saunders-Roe Seaplane Tender - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b9e25f8b6d63797ecdddd5/98d23902-18a0-4c79-b562-9dd432b314b7/Seaplane+Tender+8.jpg Portfolio - Saunders-Roe Seaplane Tender - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b9e25f8b6d63797ecdddd5/0570ac2b-e0ca-4b93-a64a-cd4d506928cc/Seaplane+Tender+9.jpg Portfolio - Saunders-Roe Seaplane Tender - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b9e25f8b6d63797ecdddd5/a1c560d5-b354-412a-932e-be1fa412cc0c/Seaplane+Tender+11.jpg Portfolio - Saunders-Roe Seaplane Tender - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b9e25f8b6d63797ecdddd5/d160de4b-bf71-4500-a0aa-a73bfcf55436/Seaplane+Tender+12.jpg Portfolio - Saunders-Roe Seaplane Tender - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b9e25f8b6d63797ecdddd5/3e55e40f-1462-43fa-adc8-085df5747033/Seaplane+Tender+10.jpg Portfolio - Saunders-Roe Seaplane Tender - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b9e25f8b6d63797ecdddd5/da4c7cf9-cb7d-4d03-bf2f-f6ff88cea7f1/Seaplane+Tender+13.jpg Portfolio - Saunders-Roe Seaplane Tender - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b9e25f8b6d63797ecdddd5/5a91301b-d410-4420-94e4-321c5750c024/Seaplane+Tender++5.jpg Portfolio - Saunders-Roe Seaplane Tender - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.stevesshipmodels.com/portfolio/hms-grey-fox monthly 0.5 2025-05-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b9e25f8b6d63797ecdddd5/5a0d53c2-2521-4876-a90d-c891668d99eb/Grey+Fox+Source+material.jpg Portfolio - HMS Grey Fox S304 - Make it stand out The model shipwright plan in particular is very good and contains a lot of detail. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b9e25f8b6d63797ecdddd5/ff506f23-d4fd-4a6c-8507-04d0c4736eac/HMS+Grey+Fox+3.jpg Portfolio - HMS Grey Fox S304 - Make it stand out The completed model is displayed on brass pillars mounted on an oak base https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b9e25f8b6d63797ecdddd5/6024f67c-1841-45ba-bf6e-537b9aea4fff/HMS+Grey+Fox+4.jpg Portfolio - HMS Grey Fox S304 - Make it stand out She carried 9 guns in 7 mountings of 4 different calibres plus 2 torpedo tubes and a Holman projector. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b9e25f8b6d63797ecdddd5/97d4cb9b-99a2-4d55-beaf-536daf13f799/HMS+Grey+Fox+5.jpg Portfolio - HMS Grey Fox S304 - Make it stand out The bow 2pdr in particular must have been a very difficult gun to man https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b9e25f8b6d63797ecdddd5/8ba1352c-4da8-484a-9ab7-9f386bbd0580/HMS+Grey+Fox+6.jpg Portfolio - HMS Grey Fox S304 - Make it stand out All guns, and the torpedo tubes are made in brass, the smaller calibre guns were cast brass, the 3 inch was turned on the lathe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b9e25f8b6d63797ecdddd5/4ab8d3fc-fb52-48fc-8c65-38e3c93a3589/HMS+Grey+Fox+7.jpg Portfolio - HMS Grey Fox S304 - Make it stand out The propellors are cast brass, using a 3D printed lost wax technique, from my drawings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b9e25f8b6d63797ecdddd5/21eb0323-92cb-4758-8482-c7ca98ce007b/HMS+Grey+Fox+8.jpg Portfolio - HMS Grey Fox S304 - Make it stand out Foc’s’le detail showing the Holman projector and the ships 10’ dinghy made from a card-lined papier-mâché shell. The 2 x 2pdr mountings were constructed from brass turned and etched sheets. The anti-slip deck covering is fine sand-paper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b9e25f8b6d63797ecdddd5/5a93b646-0cb0-4b54-b74b-4ebdd1caeb93/HMS+Grey+Fox+9a.jpg Portfolio - HMS Grey Fox S304 - Make it stand out A size comparison of her next to my earlier model of ML188 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b9e25f8b6d63797ecdddd5/c94dc3de-9376-4727-9b6e-11b95103fb90/HMS+Grey+Fox+2.jpg Portfolio - HMS Grey Fox S304 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.stevesshipmodels.com/portfolio/vosper-70ft-mtb monthly 0.5 2025-03-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b9e25f8b6d63797ecdddd5/0899ac1a-fc1b-401d-b309-a161af8c52de/Vosper+MTB34a.jpg Portfolio - Vosper 70ft MTB - Make it stand out Illustration from Coastal Forces book https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b9e25f8b6d63797ecdddd5/9ab4a621-60aa-4fbd-84ea-5fd28791b049/Vosper+MTB34b.jpg Portfolio - Vosper 70ft MTB - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b9e25f8b6d63797ecdddd5/961c31e8-5855-4daf-ae08-a7e227577b0f/Vosper+MTB34c.jpg Portfolio - Vosper 70ft MTB - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b9e25f8b6d63797ecdddd5/1097dfd1-a3a4-44ac-9599-a2b43a9b1b45/Vosper+MTB34d.jpg Portfolio - Vosper 70ft MTB - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b9e25f8b6d63797ecdddd5/0f3de823-4180-4efa-b25a-8216ede5f6e8/Vosper+MTB34e.jpg Portfolio - Vosper 70ft MTB - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b9e25f8b6d63797ecdddd5/1c8b4de7-74ee-4ee8-92c9-2e84432b0f51/Vosper+MTB34f.jpg Portfolio - Vosper 70ft MTB - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b9e25f8b6d63797ecdddd5/59a9276d-680f-4f4d-add8-fe1bed38fc5e/Vosper+MTB34g.jpg Portfolio - Vosper 70ft MTB - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b9e25f8b6d63797ecdddd5/98bbe2df-3fc2-4f59-87c1-e0cae38b4d9e/Vosper+and+sboat.jpg Portfolio - Vosper 70ft MTB - Make it stand out The nemesis, a Kriegsmarine S-boote in the backgro9und https://www.stevesshipmodels.com/portfolio/british-powerboats-mgb75 monthly 0.5 2025-03-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b9e25f8b6d63797ecdddd5/2bbf94e7-b100-4b4b-bcc7-c1c90467f9de/MGB0.jpg Portfolio - British Powerboats MGB75 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b9e25f8b6d63797ecdddd5/cc4297bc-cb39-4452-b30a-06cc0c7d1780/MGB1.jpg Portfolio - British Powerboats MGB75 - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/66b9e25f8b6d63797ecdddd5/1c076359-32e9-4ff8-bb26-9c7b3f04fe25/MGB2.jpg Portfolio - 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