Anteo Harbour Tug. Panart [COMPLETED BUILD]

[fourseas]

I must also pass along my congratulations Ken for a job well done on your beautiful tug. It has been a joy watching your progress all through this build.
Jim.

 

[Dgraham]

Nice build. I am just starting one of my own. I will be referring to this build quite often. Looks really nice.

 

[Gilbertm]

Hello fellow modellers, welcome to my final post on my Antio build and thank you for following, it's encouraging when other modellers are looking over your shoulder.

My first impression of this kit were a bit mixed, inside the box was mainly white wood strip and ply, all the fittings were in a plain cardboard box, not the presentation that one expects these days. I started but wasn’t initially overly enthusiastic about it. First impressions are important as they set the initial tone of the build, but how wrong I was as this turned out to be one of the most enjoyable models that I have ever built. The plans were excellent, they left you in no doubt what you needed to do and in detail how it was to be achieved, no ambiguity to stress you out like Chinese kits, it was just old school building the only difficulty being the pressure that you put on yourself to get perfection, it was quite therapeutic to build. Antio is not a supper finely detailed model like many of the sailing ships shown in member’s logs but I have grown to love its lines and functional simplicity and at this scale it has real presence. I think that I’ve successfully achieved the look that I set out to create and couldn’t be happier with the outcome.

So now the final pictures, I wasn’t sure how to photograph it so I’ve just shot it from all directions and included the lot. Enjoy.

I’m now at a complete loss as what to build next.


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Hi Ken
Splendid work indeed.
Congrats

 

[Colin Turton]

Hi Ken - wonderful finished model of the Antel. I need advice if you don’t mind sharing you knowledge.
I have been given a started kit from a member who has passed away. He’d started planking with the wrong strips. He was using the 6 x 1mm for the planking which I would have thought was for the decking
There is 170 off balsa strips measuring 1.5 x 7mm which I would assume is for the hull planking then same size in Limewood which I assume is for the second layer of planking. I would appreciate any advice
Regards Colin

 

[Ken]

Hi Ken - wonderful finished model of the Antel. I need advice if you don’t mind sharing you knowledge.
I have been given a started kit from a member who has passed away. He’d started planking with the wrong strips. He was using the 6 x 1mm for the planking which I would have thought was for the decking
There is 170 off balsa strips measuring 1.5 x 7mm which I would assume is for the hull planking then same size in Limewood which I assume is for the second layer of planking. I would appreciate any advice
Regards Colin

Hi Colin. My kit didn’t have any balsa in it, I believe for a short period they supplied balsa for the first planking. I think that it is too soft for anything else. My deck planking was done using 6mm white wood strips which I stained using a light oak spirit dye which I then varnished using Matt. I’m pretty sure that I used the wrong strips for the second planking but as it was going to be painted it didn’t matter, any size strip or even a mix could be used, but not balsa as you won’t get a super smooth finish.
Good luck with your build, as I mentioned it’s a really enjoyable build. Ken

 

[Colin Turton]

Thanks Ken - I think I’ll used what I think is balsa for the first planking then use what I assume is lime wood for the second. Hobbies UK sell 6 x 1.5mm lime wood but it’s really expensive but at least I can get it.
Regards Colin