Progress on both corvettes has been made, detail down on the after deck, one slight slip up I have only just noticed on Mimosa, I had omitted the pair of mooring bits on the after-deck, that has since been fixed.
HMS Mimosa
HMCS Sackville.
The pair together,
All the railings are on, just the masts and rigging to fit, and a few figures on the bridge, and maybe the gun platforms, plus finish, the sea bases for them. Still very much enjoying the builds.
Cheers, 
Si
lovely work Si 
Thanks for looking Russ, and your kind comment, They are a real pleasure to build, All I can add to them is a few crew on the bridge, and on HMS Sackville some oars in the whaler, and the rigging, and a sea base.
Cheers, Si
A small update, the masts have gone on both ships, and I have started the rigging.
K181 HMCS Sackville.
HMS Mimosa
And as is my usual, both ships together.
The parts fitted need painting, quite a bit still to fit, and I need to get working on the bases.
More soon.
Cheers, 
Si
They are looking fantastic Simon!
Kinda makes me want to break my Mirage 1/350 HMS Anthusa out of the stash and get cracking on her.
Thank you Rory,
They are very nice kits and real pleasure to build, The rigging to finish, and the rest of the work is on the seascapes. That may take some time as I have been studying some pictures of various rough seas for inspiration.
Thankyou for your kind reply.
Cheers, Si
Hi Guys sorry for the slight hiatus, but all back on track. The rigging on both ships all done, a few more small details added two.
..HMCS Sackville, apologies for the slightly blurry effect, should have slowed down the shutter speed and opened the aperture a couple of stops. A couple more crew have been added to the bridge team.
HMS Mimosa, the K11 is on the bow, but doesn’t show up very well, neither does the rigging on the dinghy davits.
An overall view of HMCS Sackville.
An overall view of HMS Mimosa.
And finally, the pair together.
The weathering needs some tidying up, and a touch more adding. I have very much enjoyed building the two very different corvettes together. One seascape is progressing quite well, I have barely started carving the second one. Might be a while before I get those finished.
Next update on the bases might be a while coming on.
Cheers, Si
Nice work, Si. Sharp builds. They look so clean for Flowers!
Thanks Tim, I agree, they are a bit clean, as hinted in my previous post. I will be studying some real corvette photos, all I can find.
Mush appreciate you looking in.
Cheers, Si
Depends on when a picture was taken,
fresh out of overhaul or after two winter
crossings of the North Atlantic.
Sailors are kept busy repainting and
scraping rust when the weather and
tactial situation permits.
Maybe there could be a bit more clutter
on the decks BUT loose items on deck
at sea very quickly becomes a hasard
to life and limb.
Hi,
Thank you for your comment, I get what you are saying, ships come out of drydock all pristine and shiny, first time they drop the anchor or put out a mooring wire or two they will scrape the paint.. Clutter on deck, not very seaman like at all, might add a few more crew on deck, as the seascapes I am working on will not be calm weather. So I don’t think any of the boys would be chipping and painting, more like checking every thing on deck was properly secured, hatches, lockers, ready use depth charges etc.
HMCS Sackville will get the lighter touch and HMS Mimosa will look like (I hope) she has been out of the yard for a while.
Cheers, Si
Story from a Swedish shipping line, I think it was Broströms:
Their offices were on the south side of Gothenburg harbour, the harbour opens to the west
so ships come in with the starboard side towards the shipping line offices.
Captains obviously wanted to present a tidy ship for the owner who was known to examine
each arrival with binoculars. The sailors were tasked with painting the starboard side before entering the harbour. The port side got painted later while they were tied up at the quay …
When they left the harbour again the ship showed the port side to the offices …
I like that story, I have worked with Brostroms in my time shoreside in the tanker business, as a ship operator. a very professional outfit to deal with, when I had enough of days with two three o’clocks in them and was offered a job with the same outfit as a demurrage analyst. I was told a similar tale in a meeting with the marine assurance manager of a major oil company; involving the Sydney Olympics, they also had Bulkers as well as tankers was moored not far from Sydney Harbour Bridge, I can;#’t rembeber which type it was. The company had the seaward side of the ship painted and didn’t move her until several of days after the closing ceremony. 38 years in the business shoreside in London, I reckon that is enough for anybody.
Cheers, Si
