These are quite fun. Began life as a Melanie and ended up as something rather different.
The main problem was the research. At the start of the project all that was available was one postcard view. But I think that while the result is almost certainly not a 100% accurate model, it is certainly closely faithful to the original. Research sources included both volumes of PN Thomas' tramp steamer books, which included drawings of ships built by the same yard around the same period, Malcolm Darch's "Modelling Maritime History", alas long out of print but available second hand and a complete jewel of a book, particularly his chapter on modelling the "Chelford", as well as his advice about research. Online it turned out that while the local museum in the town where she was built did not have a photograph of this particular ship, they did have a selection of ships of very similar dimensions by the same builder around the same time and bless them, they had put their photos online.
This was the first tramp steamer model I have built. I expected her to be simpler than a warship, without the latter's plethora of fittings. In fact she proved surprisingly complex. In general if a fitting is in a particular place, it is often because that is the only place for it to be and it cannot be moved without interfering with several other things.
Best of luck with your project.