'WIDE A WAKE' a steam launch tale

[PortugueseBob]

This is a fantastic model..it's something i plan to do soon..the plans are on order. Ramon has set the bar high with the rove detail..

Does anyone have anymore information on the copper rivit ..rove stamp detail ?. I am looking to copy this detail if possible.

[Ramon Wilson]

Hello Bob, My friend Chris contacted me  to say you had recently posted a new thread on here regarding this model but that now seems to have disappeared - I don't know why that should be but am happy to help if possible.

If you have followed the thread you will know that the roves and rivets are dummies - in reverse to the original in fact. I made tooling to create the effect from annealed 1/16 copper round head rivets - a slow process but an effective one. The smallest available roves and rivets purchased at the time I first considered the project (1972) were overscale hence the decision to try a different method.

After a big restructure of my workshop at this point in time I am not sure if I still have the tooling but if I do you are more than welcome to have it. I will see if I can lay my hands on it for you.

I will certainly help you if I can

Best - Tug

[Jo]

Hello Bob, My friend Chris contacted me  to say you had recently posted a new thread on here regarding this model but that now seems to have disappeared - I don't know why that should be but am happy to help if possible.

Bob posted on page 52 of your original thread Tug. 

Jo

[Ramon Wilson]

Thanks Jo, Chris said he thought it had been a separate thread with some copies of the previously posted images. Must admit I thought I had received an email saying I had had a PM from Bob but the last one listed was 2021! and I could not find it in my emails this morning. Just have - it was in my spam folder but there's no record of in in 'my messages above'. Doesn't matter though.

Bob - I have found the tooling and you are welcome to have it. I see you are in Ipswich so I'm 45 miles away - if you want to visit you can see the boat and how I went about forming the roves/rivets, just send me another PM for my address

Tug