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- Birthday 10/14/1947
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thank you for that tip Veszett Nils
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many thanks John and Veszett, John, I`m pleased that you like it Veszett, right, it should have been a wire mesh around the platform, but I just used what I still had in material box. The idea with the cavas is worth taking it up, thanks on the enclosed pic you can see the original (right hand side) and as modeled by Helmut Thomas, a wonderful detailed gem Nils
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Update further progress in planking and lighttower in raw build. I`m just thinking how to build the vertical climbing support ladders with their back safety harnesses, its probably going to be a trick soldering job Nils aft rounding with vertical planking prior to trimming both sides with each 7 planks a soldering job metal combined with wooden supports, the conical part after trimming to the cylindrical housing the railing is a "leftover" of my Ergenstrasse build
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Many thanks Mike, exactly, these lightships have an own attract, I wanted to build the Elbe 1 since several years and always thought that it would be too ambitious for my capability, so now I`m going for it, inspired by the beautiful model built by Helmut Thomas, in scale 1:50, which brought the kick-off (see my introduction posting) allthough his project went over 4 years with many trials, ups and downs ..... My chosen scale 1:87 is smaller because the size of the neccessary display glass case for it afterwards. Nils
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Update the first 7 planks (stb side ) as well as the build in of the bilge keel on that side are on, and the light-tower is further in process, the "glassing" still has to be shortend a bit. I`ll continue with the port side planking to this degree, before moving to both bottom sides. The bilge keel cuved flats are cut from 1,5 mm aluminium flatmaterial with an electric jig saw and glued in with CA, interlocking appr. 2,5 mm depth into the frame contour as well. So far I`m pleased with the planking process, I think the hull will require a bit of "scratch-shaving" the surface instead of only sanding it afterwards, relating to the rather thin single layer planking. Nils a combination of 8mm and 10mm wide planks, all 1,5mm thick. The prior placed stringers are very helpfull for clamping the planks during assembly, and for keeping the hull-skin to true form. the tower and the top cover are made from brass, the platform will have a ballustrade with wire-mesh. I intend to build the main light lenses from a glass honey-dip spoon.
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Thank you very much John, I`ll make a sigh of relief, if the planking works out well later on Nils
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Update slow but steady, all stringers are on, I received the prop, and the "glassing" of the light-tower is fitted in to the top cover. One side of the hull has been sanded flush with the frame-contours. Nils the upper stern rounding will be vertically planked the 4-blade brass propeller the glassing per plexiglass tube fitted in to the top cover all stringers on today
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Update have just received the wooden liners for the stringers and for planking. Also the plexiglass tube material for the light area on the mid mast has arrived. The the top cover for the light tower I made from brass sheet. Nils The planks are 1,5 x 8 and 1,5 x 10 mm, The stringers are 2 x3 mm this will later on be the light on the lighttower, the cover I cut from brass sheet beginning with the portside stringers. all frame top-sides have been glued to the lugs of the base board. before planking the frame edges will be carefully sanded flush with the hull outer contour
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many thanks Sascha, sure, I`ll try to keep up with the detailed reporting. I also love to read and see detailed process of fellow builders projects, I think that is a splended and appreciated feature of this MSW forum. Nils
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Many thanks Keith and Michel, Keith, this was the easy and many times approved part of the early hull making ... Michel, now starts the part where I have to add balsa blocks or so, for doing the stern-roundings. Also some of the slots for the stringers have to be tuned for better and more accurate alignment. Nils
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