The second shot shows the tender to better effect. Dave first made cuts in the basic tender hull he fashioned via files and other micro-tools, and then added bits of material as the tender’s various superstructure elements were formed. The result speaks for itself, but is now even more detailed.

In the third and fourth photographs, Dave has used a detailed plan of the tender to add the keel plate, rudder, prop skegs, and even prop head guards. This was all done using bits of plastic.

Cradles will be fitted to the bottom of the ship's boats as opposed to being attached to the ship’s decks. Dave feels this will allow the boats to be more firmly attached to the deck than if the cradles were placed in the deck and the boats then affixed to the cradles. The boats themselves have assumed an unusual level of detail. There are a few portholes evident here, as are laid out in the plans. At this level of magnification most fine details tend to fall apart, but that is not the case here. As noted at the beginning of this series, Dave uses a high-impact styrene plastic throughout because this very fine-grained and relatively dense material is ideal for machining into all manner or shapes. 12 boats of various types will be fitted. The detail on these tiny boats is excellent.