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About steamschooner

  • Birthday 10/14/1952

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    Western Washington
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    West coast steamschooners, Tugs, local craft, turn of century vessels

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  1.    Keith Black reacted to a post in a topic: Steam Schooner Wapama 1915 by Paul Le Wol - Scale 1/72 = From Plans Drawn By Don Birkholtz Sr.
  2.    yvesvidal reacted to a post in a topic: Steam Schooner Wapama 1915 by Paul Le Wol - Scale 1/72 = From Plans Drawn By Don Birkholtz Sr.
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  4. steamschooner
    Paul, I have been following along with your build and you are doing a super great job. Not knowing the level of detail you plan I am reluctant to point out a detail as I don't want to sound like I am critizing your build. The bitts that you show in this lastest post had hardwood corners rabbited in. In some cases were capped as well. The post with all the Wapama photos shows the corners having hardwood inserts. Also looks like metal corners were added to protect bitts from chain damage. Here is a shot of what I did on the Willapa. Keep the great work coming. Steve
  5.    steamschooner reacted to a post in a topic: Steam Schooner Wapama 1915 by Paul Le Wol - Scale 1/72 = From Plans Drawn By Don Birkholtz Sr.
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  18. steamschooner
    really great looking model, well done!
  19.    FriedClams reacted to a post in a topic: Steam Schooner Wapama 1915 by Paul Le Wol - Scale 1/72 = From Plans Drawn By Don Birkholtz Sr.
  20.    Harvey Golden reacted to a post in a topic: Steam Schooner Wapama 1915 by Paul Le Wol - Scale 1/72 = From Plans Drawn By Don Birkholtz Sr.
  21. steamschooner
    Paul, As my user name states I have a great interest in west coast steam schooners. Had a two part article in the NRG , fall of 04 and spring of 05 I believe. It is on my build of the steam schooner Willapa built in Raymond Washington in 1908. She was close to the same size as the Wapama. I have collected many photos and drawings pertaining to west coast schooners. If I can be of help let me know. I will certainly be following your build loc. Steve
  22. steamschooner
    very, very, nice! indeed Steve
  23. steamschooner
    WOW, what an amazing build.
  24. steamschooner
    Eric, Good progress on your project. Looking at the first photo I see two built in roller chocks. One on each side of the stem. There is a gap in the cap rail? for a line to drop though and two rollers per chock. Looks like they are still there in the later photo. You may have already noted them so I hope I am not repeating known details. Steve
  25. steamschooner
    Wheelhouse looks great I really like the color of the wood. Did you have to use your big match for decking strips? Looking great Valeriy
  26. steamschooner
    I thought I would show my method of making some handwheels for my project. I start by making some rings of 28 ga brass wire. OD of ring is the size needed for the handwheel I need. I had some P.E. handwheels from a watertight door set. I than drill a center hole for the wheel shaft. The rings and P.E. hw were tinned on one side. I used a jig to center both parts tinned sides facing each other. They were than soldered together in the jig. Once removed from jig they were trimmed up and cleaned up.Only needed a few of difference sizes. Ah the joys of sratchbuilding Steve
  27. steamschooner
    More outstanding metal work to inspire the rest of us. Great job Valeriy! Steve
  28. steamschooner
    Eric, West Coast steamschooners used painted canvas as a deck covering. Many ships did I believe. Tar paper covered decks I would think would be a mess on hot days as the tar melts and is tracked all over the place. Course it may have been a different type of tar paper than we use today. Just my 2 cents worth. Steve
  29. steamschooner
    Thanks Nils, Happy to get some shipyard time in. Your recent build turned out real nice Steve
  30. steamschooner
    Wow, It's been a few months since I have posted anything. Well now that winter is here I can spend some time in the shipyard. Have spent some time making rigging for the boom. With no measurement drawings it is difficult to determine sizes. Using a number of photos isn't as helpful as one might think. But that is the nature of scatch building. So here are a few photos of what I have been doing. I like to leave pivot pins long so I have a way of removing them until final assembly.
  31. steamschooner
    Dave, Thank you for identifying them as planking clamps. Was not too sure on how they worked. Steve
  32. steamschooner
    Well I went back to the little book store this weekend as I knew they had gotten in some more maritime related books. This is what I bought home at 2 dollars each My motorboat series collection is growing
  33. steamschooner
    Couple days ago I bought a small box with ship modeling wood and a few hulls. In the bottom of the box was a mixture of parts and tools. Well I didn't think 5 bucks was a bad deal. Included were some clamp like items. I do not know if they are for model building or not. I have never seen this type before. Any idea's ?

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