Meccano: model 10.3: Cargo-boat. Personnal addons (1/6)

Here are some pictures of the 10.3 model (other pictures are also available), as well as some add-ons to the Meccano manual. The modifications I brought are mainly on the front hatch covers, the funnel and the front deck. I also added a floor in the cockpit, and a corridor along the hull, so that the model looks less skeletonal in the middle.

Here is a detail of the model before the add-ons:

22 - 1 9 - 1a 6 - 1b 36 - 2 6 - 2a 13 - 3 11 - 4 48 - 5 15 - 6 10 - 6a 8 - 7 8 - 7a 15 - 8 8 - 8a 7 - 8b 12 - 9 7 - 9a 5 - 9b 2 - 9d 8 - 9e 9 - 9f 20 - 10 7 - 11	2 - 11a 47 - 12 5 - 12a 8 - 12b 8 - 12c 2 - 13 4 - 13a 4 - 14 5 - 15 1 - 15a 3 - 16 2 - 16a 1 - 16b 5 - 18a 4 - 18b 1 - 20 2 - 20b 8 - 22 3 - 22a 2 - 23a 4 - 23b 1 - 24 2 - 24c	1 - 25 1 - 26 1 - 27 2 - 30 2 - 31 6 - 40 2 - 44 5 - 48 4 - 48a 4 - 48b 2 - 48c 8 - 48d 2 - 51 3 - 52 6 - 52a 5 - 53 4 - 53a 2 - 54 2 - 55 2 - 55a 1 - 58 1 - 58a 20 - 59	4 - 62b 8 - 63 1 - 63d 2 - 64 4 - 69 5 - 70 2 - 72 2 - 73 2 - 76 2 - 77 1 - 79a 2 - 81 1 - 82 4 - 89 6 - 89a 4 - 89b 2 - 90 1 - 94 4 - 100 4 - 102 3 - 103 6 - 103a 6 - 103b	4 - 103c 2 - 103d 7 - 103f 4 - 103g 6 - 103h 5 - 103k 4 - 103l 2 - 108 3 - 109 10 - 111 28* - 111a 47* - 111c 8 - 111d 4 - 115 2 - 116 2 - 116a 2 - 124 2 - 125 8 - 126 3 - 133 4 - 136 2 - 136a 2 - 140	4 - 142c 4 - 146 1 - 146a 1 - 148 2 - 154a 2 - 154b 2 - 160 4 - 162a 2 - 163 3 - 164 2 - 165 1 - 166 1 - 171 4 - 176 11 - 188 12 - 189 19 - 190 4 - 190a 16 - 191 32 - 192 4 - 194 4 - 194c 3 - 194d	4 - 194e 4 - 196 20 - 197 3 - 199 12 - 200 4 - 201 2 - 213 4 - 214 11 - 215 6 - 221 2 - 222 2 - 223 2 - 224 2 - 225 2 - 226 2 - 235 2 - 235b
The number of bolts/nuts is about 800. (*) I use a lot of washers (~600) to protect the plates, so very often classic bolts are not long enough. If you don't use much washers, you should have twice less 111a/c bolts.

The parts in addition to #10 set:
(coming soon: a page to make a very close model with only the 10 set; I think it will only lacks the corridor inside the model)

3 - 1a 3 - 6 2 - 8a 3 - 8b 4 - 9e 1 - 9f 1 - 11a 1 - 48

4 - 48d 1 - 63d 1 - 70 2 - 100 2 - 103a 2 - 103b 2 - 103c 3 - 103f

2 - 103g 2 - 103h 1 - 103k 4 - 103l 10 - 111a 23 - 111c 2 - 111d 1 - 154a

1 - 154b 2 - 162a 3 - 190 2 - 192 2 - 235b

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Following the Meccano manual: (click on images to enlarge them or remove the drawings)

The hull

The hull is easily contructed from the manual. The bow is made as shown in the opposite picture. The chain for the anchors passes between two flat girders of 3 holes (103h) linked together by a narrow strip of 7 holes (235b) and fixed to the strip plate of 5x25 holes (197). The bottom of the hull is tightened thanks to two reversed angle brackets of 25 mm (124) linked by a screwed rod of 25mm (82).

For all the remainder, see the manual.