I Can See Clearly Now

I just wanted to do a quick entry show you a product I have been using for quite a while now.  The Optivisor magnifier fits over your head and the lens flips down when needed.  I have two pairs with different magnifications.  I wear eyeglasses and it doesn't interfere with them at all.

There is no way I would be able to work on a 1/600 scale model without a visual aid like this.

They cost about $50 each or so and are widely available. Get yours today!

Boats Away

The lifeboat davits have all been installed as have the lifeboats. The davits are thicker than I would have liked, but they were too fragile to thin down.

The davits were resin copies of a modified davit from the Airfix 1/600 Queen Elizabeth ocean liner.  The arms are photoetched pieces.  The complete photoetch davit was too spindly to use, so I used just the curved arm section glued to the resin copies.

The lifeboats are from the original Queen Mary kit.  I had planned on making resin copies of the Queen Elizabeth lifeboats, but changed my mind as I wanted the boats covered as is normally seen.  The kit lifeboats were too wide so I filed the sides and changed the shape to more closely match the original lifeboat.

This picture also shows that I have started to add the railings to the sides.