So we are now under way with my latest of many projects. The hull and wheelhouse has come from Speedline models and it is another fine example of workmanship.

As you will have seen in the photos I have installed the prop-shafts and brush-less motors which I will do a full write up about them later, manly because its new to me and possibly other's.

I have now made up the skeg which is used to help line up the Tamar hull when she is pulled back up the slipway from 2 pieces of 5mm thick perspex them covered the sides with 2 mm plasti-card to get to the same thickness as the keel Next job will be to machine up a solid brass bar which fits between the underside of the keel to the top of the skeg.

When this is made and test fitted it will be bolted in place.

Theres a lot of work involved in making this right, one of the main deference to the Severn one is it has a small davit fitted for lowering the delta anchor over the bow.

I cant take all the credit for this as my best mate Kim started it of for me on one of his many visits to the workshop, it is made from 4mm dia solid brass bar.

Kim made up the main loop first which took some time to get it right, he then bent the two downward ends which through no fault of his own the brass Barr broke!! he is such a strong boy!!!. So we had a cup-per to decide best course of Acton and decided that he would bend up the two ends independently, and then silver solider them on to which he did and a fine job it turned out.

I then added the rest of the supports and made up the working davit, in total this has taken 3 days work, but it looks good and works, seems a shame to paint it black!!! at the end of each mounting post I have tapped a 4mm thread on the end so as when this pass through the deck it can be held in place with a washer and nut.