SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse-(short KWdG)-1897-1914-by Nils Langemann - scale 1:144 - POF - first German four stacker of the Norddeutscher Lloyd line - FINISHED

[Mirabell61]

Hi Carl,

Thanks for your comment...

 

some of the making of details depend on the available material of the fore-products I use. The vent scoops (bag feet)  are of thin pressed nickel coated steel plate, which is easy for soft soldering together with brass. In case of brass and aluminiun connections there is still CA allowing a lastable connection...

For the funnels I use Alum. tube OD 26 x 1,5 mm, whereby it was initialy intended to use 26 x 0,5 brass tube, but that supplier let me down. Weightwise it would be round about the same on the ship.

 

Nils

[popeye the sailor]

very nice progress Nils  

[Mirabell61]

thank you very much Denis,

 

Nils

[michael mott]

By following along I see just how much work one of these types of ships are, and all the different ways to accomplish the same task, or effect.

 

Michael

[Mirabell61]

By following along I see just how much work one of these types of ships are, and all the different ways to accomplish the same task, or effect.

 

Michael

 

I agree Michael,

 

Thats exactly what gives the spice into the meal, as well as a good overview drawing / plan and a lot of enthusiastic scratch modeling and fun....

 

Nils

[Jeronimo]

Hallo Nils,

ohne Worte.

Karl

[Mirabell61]

Danke Karl,

 

your compliment is much appreciated....

 

Nils

[rwiederrich]

Dang Nils...looking good.  Love how you utilize wood, metal together.  Very clean.

 

Rob

[Mirabell61]

Dang Nils...looking good.  Love how you utilize wood, metal together.  Very clean.

 

Rob

 

Thank you very much for your nice comment Rob,

 

Nils

[Mirabell61]

UPDATE

 

made some structures and 24 windows, and the first two funnel (raw) sections. The appropriate vents still have to be placed, as well as the quater for the first officer.

 

Nils

 

 

a little paint and gratings on the middle upper structures. The sockets are ready to take up the funnel tubes with 10° backward rake

 

 

 

dry fit of the first two funnels

 

 

 

diagonal its possible to get the total overview on the pic

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[cog]

Looks like you got the funnels covered. Two more to add, a few lines, and a dash of paint ... She starts to look like a ship which can propel itself forward !

[Greg the peg leg sailor]

G'day Nils

Again bloody fantastic is all I can say. Btw 'bloody fantastic' in Australian is the top notch when something is sooooo right.

The diagonal shot is ditto, but can you answer me why a few funnels are facing the other direction? Maybe you answered this before, but I got forgot.

Havagooday

Greg

[Mirabell61]

Many thanks to Carl and Greg,

forr your nice comments

 

Carl,

yes, I`m quite pleased with the progress so far...., in the moment its less pre-planning work

 

Greg,

Trust you meant the direction of some of the vents (not funnels)...

on the actual ship it was also depending on the direction of the scoops to the wind, the ones facing backward are in "exhaust air mode", but all vents can be turned into the desired direction anyhow, so they mussent necessarily all face forward...

 

Nils

[popeye the sailor]

amazing Nils...........I like the gratings.........nice added detail  

[captainbob]

She's a beauty.  I'm always awed when I look at this ship.  She's so much nicer than the 10 story monsters on the water today. 

 

Bob

[flyer]

Hi Nils

 

Excellentissima! (I'm again running out of superlatives...)

This is an intriguing little question about the position of the vents. Do you think some poor sailors had to adjust them frequently or did they just have perhaps one cruise position and then perhaps one according to the prevailing winds at an actual anchorage?

Thank you for inspiring us.

 

Cheers

peter

[Mirabell61]

Hi Denis, Bob and Peter,

for your kind comments....

 

Denis,

I also like those gratings, found them the other day at a web shop, they are made from 1 mm thick hard card, and can be easy cut with a scalpel

 

Bob,

thats a nice word, I also love rather the nostalgic liners....

 

Peter,

thanks for looking in again, its been quite some time......

you`re so right with the poor deck-hands who had to set the vents to position. Those large vents of the KWdG were so heavy that that would not have been possible without gear device, also an access-ladder for greasing the gear...., have a look at the pic I thankfully received from one of member Mr. Holloms posts(showing KWdG vent- gear), but I do`nt know if that was common for ships of that era, to turn the scoop per gear shaft and crank handle on deck level ( too difficult to model detail wise in this case)

You may have noted, that here also some of the vents are turned to exhaust position...

 

Nils

 

Edited February 14, 2017 by Mirabell61

[Jim Lad]

The model looks superb, Nils.  It was quite usual for large ventilators to be turned by a gear mechanism.

 

John

[rwiederrich]

Are those ventilators directional?  Man..what a jumble(Forest) of ventilators on that old steam liner.

 

You/re doing such a wonderful job Nils...love it...just love it.

 

Rob

Edited February 14, 2017 by rwiederrich

[Piet]

Truly awesome Nils and superb craftsmanship.

 

Cheers,

[rwiederrich]

I might have missed it(sure I did).  Where are you going to display this beauty....on a dark wood mantle over your brick fire place..?

 

Rob

[dvm27]

Silly question perhaps Nils, but why were the funnels cast aft by several degrees instead of being truely

vertical?

[Blue Ensign]

I am awed by the sheer magnificance of this build Nils.

 

B.E.

[Mirabell61]

thanks go to - John - Rob - Piet - Greg - B,E. ,

for your kind comments....

 

and also to all the "likes" for clicking in....

 

John,

appreciate your input for the "turning" capability comment, as usual for large vents..

 

Rob,

yes, they were directional...

for future display I am still seeking for an adequate place in my home, would like to place it somewhere within sight

 

Piet,

thanks for your nice words, much appreciated

 

Greg, (dvm27)

with the backward cast of the funnels, I trust it was depending on the construction attitude to have harmonic compliance in rake for masts and funnels of the designers of that era. The 10 ° I measured out of my overview drawing. It could be due to facts I do`nt know by now, or just a fashion of these Norddeutscher Lloyd fourstacker liners

 

B.E.

thanks for your kind compliment, much appreciated

 

Nils

[Martin W]

Breath taking details, Nils!  Peter & Greg's questions about the funnels/ventilation tubes make the whole construction all the more alive, so that it isn't just a power vessel, but an actual working ship requiring labor.  Fascinating.  And your period photos add to the history of the GWdG. 

 

Fabulous --

 

Martin

[Mirabell61]

Martin,

many thanks for your much appreciated words, I`m pleased that you like the build.

I`m still trying to find out where the "Marconi radio booth" was situated on board, as the KWdG was obviously the first German civil passenger ship around 1900 comprising telegram service comunication from high sea, which was much appreciated by VIP passengers

 

Nils

Edited February 15, 2017 by Mirabell61

[albert]

Hi Nils very beautiful work.

[rafine]

Spectacular work Nils. I marvel at it every time I see it.

 

Bob

[Mirabell61]

Thank you very much Albert and Bob,

your kind compliments are much appreciated

 

Nils

[tadheus]

Nils, bravo.

 

 

 

 

 

Pawel