Lake steamer S/S Maaninka by Moxis - 1/25 scale - Finished

[Moxis]

Yes, ratlines is the second difficult task with which I have struggled many many times. Luckily this ship doesn`t have them. But this is how the railings look now. Still not quite perfect but much better than earlier. I won`t change them any more.

 

 

[steamschooner]

moxis, Do overs are the norm around my shipyard, sometimes more than once. Railings look super!

[G.L.]

According to me those railings look perfect. Well done!

 

G.L.

[Moxis]

Thank you steamschooner and G.L. I am glad you like my work. After this it will be easier because I am consentrating into smaller details. Well there are still the lifeboats, but now I know how to handle them.

[Moxis]

Again it is time to update the project. All details coming on the main deck have been made like bollards and anchor winch on the foredeck & ladders, funnel and some steam pipes at the middle. Those latter parts are difficult to photograph because they are situated in the shadows between decks, but I hope something can be seen.

 

 

 

Anchor winch under construction. It has been made of acrylic sheet, sikablock and a pair of suitable gears from which centrum has been turned away and replaced with new parts.

 

 

 

Anchor winch painted and installed on the foredeck together with bollards and smaller components.

 

 

 

Ladders leading to upper deck with handrails. At the background are the funnel & some steam pipes with valves.

 

 

 

Seen from the other side.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[KeithAug]

 Lovely details very cleanly made.

[Mirabell61]

lovely fitting out details Moxis,

 

Nils

[cog]

Your build is astonishing, Moxis. Beautiful details, like those marvelous door, and window fittings, deck "furniture" like the anchor winch ... Your eye for detail, and the need to replace items (e.g. handrail) when you are unhappy with the result ... it blows my mind ...

Edited March 24, 2018 by cog

[paulsutcliffe]

Lovely work, I thought that was a real boat when I saw the first pictures of the deck above

Regards

Paul 

[druxey]

Just came across your log, Moxis. Very, very nice work indeed!

[Moxis]

Thank you very much for your kind words Keith, Nils, Carl, Paul and Druxey, and all the "likes" as well. I am very glad and at the same time very surprised that so many of you are following my humble blog. This gives me a lot of motivation to work onwards to have the project finished.

[Moxis]

Next I was concentrating into bridge items. First the steering wheel & machinery, and it`s movement into rudder. Form of Steering wheel is quite complicated, so the best way to build it was to draw it with CAD and machine from 1 mm thick Sikablock material using cnc router and 0,6 mm dia milling cutter. After trial & error and one prototype here is a machined steering wheel:

 

 

 

Steering mechanism was again build using a pair of module 0,5 gears and parts made of styrene & sikablock. On the top is the upper rudder shaft with middle flange and bearings. Below that the parts for rudder mechanism.

 

 

Parts painted, weathered and waiting installation into ship:

 

 

 

Steering wheel and mechanism with a protective desk installed on the bridge:

 

Upper rudder shaft with bearings installed between main and upper decks. Movement of the steering wheel is transferred from steering mechanism using wires, rods and chains located underneath of upper deck. Chains are taken from a thin necklage and painted dark:

 

 

Next item on the bridge was a searchlight. This was made using common materials styrene and sikablock. Here waiting paint:

 

Painted and weathered:

 

 

And installed onto bridge:

 

 

 

[Mirabell61]

Lovely , the ships wheel, the search light,  and other details Moxis,

 

Nils

[albert]

Your detailing work is fantastic, bravissimo.

[KeithAug]

Fantastic job on steering gear and light. Very impressive.

 

What is silkablock and where do you get it?

Edited April 1, 2018 by KeithAug

[Moxis]

Thank you all again for your kind words and likes!

 

Keith, Sikablock is machinable polyurethane plastics. It is available in different hardnesses, some of them are like wood but without grain. Very easy to work with normal tools. It is sold with different names, I buy it from German company called Modulor:  https://www.modulor.de/en/search/sikablock.html  but I think it is available everywhere. Difficulty is only to find it in small quantities so that you have not to buy the whole big block.

Edited April 1, 2018 by Moxis

[Moxis]

Small update for bridge equipment, a compass, telegraf and ship`s bell. All turned of Sikablock, airbrushed first with gloss black, and when dry, airbrushed with Alclad`s polished brass.

Compass and bell under construction. Pedestal for compass milled octagonal.

 

 

 

Components installed on the bridge. Dials for telegraf drawn with Corel Draw and printed on paper.

 

[albert]

Very very nice.

[Mirabell61]

Compass and machine- telegraph look outstanding Moxis !...

 

just a question.... , have you been working on the lifeboats yet ?

 

Nils

[aviaamator]

Matti! I just found this blog! And I am very pleased with Your work! I'd expect nothing less from You! Quite well!

[Moxis]

Hello Albert, Nils and Aviaamator. I am very glad that you are interested in my blog and like it. Also thank you for all the likes as well, I appreciate them a lot too.

Nils, concerning the lifeboats, my first idea was to build them with plank on bulkhead method, but because there are four of them, it would have ment a lot of work. So finally I decided to carve them from solid balsa, and because they are covered with tarpaulin, there is no need to show the inner parts. I have started to work with them already, and it seems that this continues very fast. The only problem is to show the clinker hull clean enough.

Aviaamator, I am very glad that you are following my work and like it. I appreciate also your skills with your build and workshop machinery, like the milling machine that you have built. That could never have been made by me.

[Moxis]

Project has been a bit slow, due to nasty influenza, which I have had for a couple of weeks.

However some progress has been made, like self made ship`s name wet transfers on the bow, navigation lights, which are just mock-ups and not functional. Also the funnel between upper- and boat decks together with some steam pipes are made, and of course the flag with pole has been added to the stern.

Now I have to concentrate into details on the boat deck like funnel, masts and lifeboats with davits, and then we could call this project as ready.

Of course then starts the interesting part with functional tests like adding some ballast if necessary, and trimming of radio control equipment.

 

 

 

 

[cog]

Slow will do for me. Looking rather good!

[Moxis]

Thank you Carl for your interest to my project, and all the "likes" as well. I am glad that people are reading my blog so that I am not writing this only for my own amusement. This gives me a lot of motivation to have the project finished, which seems to be more and more difficult when years go by.

Edited April 30, 2018 by Moxis

[mtaylor]

Just get feeling better, Moxis.  I hope to see videos of this ship on the water.

[amateur]

On 30-4-2018 at 7:57 AM, mtaylor said:

Just get feeling better, Moxis.  I hope to see videos of this ship on the water.

So do I.

I don't always respond to new posts, but I always drop in to see the pics. She is avery convincing model. Guess you van posts video's of the model in the water, and claim it is the full-size orgininal. No one will notice

 

Jan

[Jim Lad]

How have I missed this?  You're doing a wonderful job on this steamer, Moxis.

 

John

[cog]

Moxis, I hope you are feeling better. Drop us a note ...

 

John,

That's rather easy, considering the number of logs you lot have to check ...

Edited May 27, 2018 by cog

[Moxis]

Thank you all for your kind words & likes. Very motivating to get feedback like this. Updating of the project has been a bit slow, due to nasty influenza, traveling in southern Europe and summer, which has finally arrived here. So there are a lot of other activities outside too, than sitting in the dark and dusty basement building the model.

 

But finally I have made all the details on the boat deck too, like the funnel with steam pipes & whistle, lifeboats including davits, and masts with their simple rigging. So we could consider the model ready. What is still missing are the functional tests and maiden voyage. And if the model is sinking or captisizes immediately, let`s keep it as a static model. But if it behaves reasonably, it may offer nice moments when sailing at it`s own surroundings.

 

A few words about the details on boat deck. The funnel has been made of solid balsa. Spark filter on top of it is made of admiral`s tea strainer. (please do not tell her about that). Lifeboats are made of solid balsa. First I thought to make them with POB method, but that would have taken too much work and time, and because they are covered with tarpaulin, nobody could see the inner parts of them. Davits are 4 mm round aluminium rod, bent and upper parts sanded flat. Blocks for davits are styrene.

 

So here we are. The model is ready and I hope that it behaves nicely on water so that I can make a nice video of it soon. Because I think you all are waiting it very eagerly.

 

[Landrotten Highlander]

Looking forward to see her sail...