averoff-350-jb
Please find attached herewith the first batch of photos of the 1/350  model
of the (Giorgios)  G.AVEROFF built from a kit by Y S Masterpieces of Greece

I made the mistake of not being specific about wanting a waterline model;
hence had the fun of removing a solid resin lower hull....  This was done
using a benchmounted high speed  beltsander  (which has waterlined many a
resin 1/350 ship...)

I discarded the railings supplied and used a combination of White Ensign
Models and GMM rails which were a little finer than the originals.The
remainder of the
Photoetch was Firstclass in concept and quality. I made my own new awning
stanchions and supports . Figures are GMM . I chose  to make my own
Hellenic Ensign
from single layer paper masked with tape and  and coloured in with Caran d'
Ache  coloured pencils and fixed with hairspray. The cage ariels nearly
drove me to distraction.....BUT there they are .....they were not part of
the kit and were made up using the Lycra Thread available from WEM

I cannot reccomend this kit highly enough!   It built up beautifully out of
the box with no problems of fit or sequence as the instruction are quite
superb in booklet form;an excellent idea  keeping all the bits together and
being a good read whilst at work....!!

I am looking forward to building the YS 1/350 OREGON....

Thank you very much for continuing to post pictures of my Toyboats....
There is another batch to follow of some more varied subjects.....

Incidentally HMS Kashmir has not made it to my page....

Did you EVER get the photos of HMS SUSSEX? I sent them twice...


HAPPY NEW YEAR

JIM BAUMANN