2 hours ago, stagedamager said:

Hi David, they are a documented Anderton style, there were quite a few different ones, we have one photo of an unknown Anderton motor with a drop counter showing this style of door so thats what we went with! I think it's important to show off these different styles and bring history back to life a bit, and, photos don't lie!!

 

Northern narrowboat painting was influenced by the painting on boats from the Mersey area, so had scrolls and high-quality scumble-work not found in the south. The scumble-work in my short boat cabin, painted in the early 1950s, was very similar to that on SUC narrowboats, judging by photos.

thanks Pluto, its always good to fill blanks in knowledge, i find the northen fleets' history fascinating and end up losing myself for hours in books and on websites..

 

 

In other news....

 

she's going in the water in October!!

 

i have to set a deadline.... it focusses the mind.

 

Caveat....... Although theres alot to do and a few theatre jobs have cropped up so dont hold me to it....🤣🤣

It's amazing what a bit of sunshine can do, the late winter / early spring sunny warm days are good for the mind and soul, and help to get out of the winter doldrums.... with this in mind we thought we'd have a break from welding for a bit and very much in earnest slap a bit of paint on. Psychologically this has massively helped, it very much spurs us on to push towards the October launch date........

Edited March 6, 20251 yr by stagedamager

Wonder full work and moving along fantastic please keep the photos  and process coming 

G

23 hours ago, jacko264 said:

Wonder full work and moving along fantastic please keep the photos  and process coming 

G

i certianly will. not much done today, a splash of primer and a couple of other bits...

44 minutes ago, stagedamager said:

i certianly will. not much done today, a splash of primer and a couple of other bits...

How are you preparing that steel before priming?

1 hour ago, David Mack said:

How are you preparing that steel before priming?

Welding it...

1 hour ago, David Mack said:

How are you preparing that steel before priming?

with an awful lot of elbow grease, linishing, sanding, and more of that, back to bare steel. The reason we didn't prime it to start with is we wanted the millscale to rust off, which is pretty much doing. still a lot of work to get back to bare steel but if we'd have paid for blasted and primed, it would have been rusty by now due to other work commitments.

 

To add.... the large panel absolutely hasn't been prepped yet! 

 

Edited March 7, 20251 yr by stagedamager

3 hours ago, stagedamager said:

i certianly will. not much done today, a splash of primer and a couple of other bits...

A great photo - going to be a stunner!

a bit more colour today, 1st layer of Undercoat is on one side, more linishing of the cabin tomorrow whilst the sun is out!

That's a damn fine boat!

On 09/03/2025 at 09:29, Bee said:

That's a damn fine boat!

thanks Bee, i'm quite fond of her too!! the other side has been primed today, the weather isn't great for the rest of the week and i'm moving Hamilton to Southampton next week, but the week after is looking nice so maybe some gloss work might find its way on.....

this'll do for a bit, cabin sides and rear bulkhead undercoated with their first coat, and here's a comparison of paint styles nearly 100 years apart, with this rear bulkhead style only seen on those with drop counters. I guess its nice to bring back old styles not seen for years.....

Where does rainwater (or top gate leakage) go from the stern deck?

5 minutes ago, David Mack said:

Where does rainwater (or top gate leakage) go from the stern deck?

good question.

drain holes into the weedhatch.....

You are making the most wonderful and beautiful job  and am looking forward to seeing it finished 

keep up the great work 

Graham

36 minutes ago, jacko264 said:

You are making the most wonderful and beautiful job  and am looking forward to seeing it finished 

keep up the great work 

Graham

thanks Graham. not much will change for a while now as we're back to welding to make the submarine more like a boat............

2 hours ago, stagedamager said:

good question.

drain holes into the weedhatch.....

 

It's hard to really see on the old photo, but looks as if the rudder stock top bush might be flush with the dropped deck, so water drains back out the way it came up?

14 minutes ago, Richard Carter said:

 

It's hard to really see on the old photo, but looks as if the rudder stock top bush might be flush with the dropped deck, so water drains back out the way it came up?

yes, I believe so, amd i suspect the stern deck drained into the bilge. we're trying to avoid that!

On 13/03/2025 at 13:15, stagedamager said:

good question.

drain holes into the weedhatch.....

You have a weedhatch? I bet the original Norway didn't!

On 08/03/2025 at 19:55, stagedamager said:

a bit more colour today, 1st layer of Undercoat is on one side, more linishing of the cabin tomorrow whilst the sun is out!

 

Great progress 😊is it two years since you started welding? What’s left hull wise to prevent launching or is it easier doing more fitting out before launching 
 

Glad to see Norway already tied up at the stern though, are floods expected soon ? 😉

3 hours ago, David Mack said:

You have a weedhatch? I bet the original Norway didn't!

didnt have gunwhales either..

8 minutes ago, stagedamager said:

didnt have gunwhales either..

Large cetaceans with firearms -- now that would be scary for boats, if only they could pull the trigger... 😉

 

Reminds me of this...

 

Edited March 16, 20251 yr by IanD

8 hours ago, David Mack said:

You have a weedhatch? I bet the original Norway didn't!

I dont think it had a tin bottom ether 

54 minutes ago, ditchcrawler said:

I dont think it had a tin bottom ether 

 

Or a Kelvin K2! *

 

Or maybe it did. ISTR Mr Fincher suggesting that despite Kelvins being excellent NB engines, none was ever used as power for freight narrowboat traffic, back in the day. I could be wrong though.

 

 

 

 

 

* Excellent choice though all the same.