steamschooner

Nils, I am with the rest in hoping a speedy recovery, and return to the shipyard.

Add my belated, Happy Birthday wishes.
I too, look forward to updates on your project.
Steve

Nils, I am with the rest in hoping a speedy recovery, and return to the shipyard.

Add my belated, Happy Birthday wishes.
I too, look forward to updates on your project.
Steve

Add my belated, Happy Birthday wishes.
I too, look forward to updates on your project.
Steve

Add my belated, Happy Birthday wishes.
I too, look forward to updates on your project.
Steve

Nils, I am with the rest in hoping a speedy recovery, and return to the shipyard.

One more mini project worked out  still to be touched up and white band painted.

Well it has been raining here for days so I don't feel bad about not getting some outside chores done. So I have been busy in the shipyard and this is what I have put together. Need to blacken the copper, Shorten levers, Paint what does get paint. Glue it all together.
 but pretty much done.

One more mini project worked out  still to be touched up and white band painted.

One more mini project worked out  still to be touched up and white band painted.

Hi Ed,
 
thanks for looking in and for your nice compliment. I was stuck a bit in the winch fabrication, lifeboats and vents, and sorting out the related design, so there is not much progress on the basic model, but following your wish, I`m happy to show the present state (pics taken  this afternoon )
 
Nils
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Nils, here are some pictures of the winches on the steamschooner Wapama.  I don't know if they will help but they are good study material.
Steve

Well, you'll all have to wait a bit yet. 
 
The forward deck/platforms are made and fitted. The same card template strategy was used as for the footwaling and aft platforms. There are a few more details on the thwarts to take care of: iron strap standards that attach them to the side. Then there are small corner benches to make and fit just forward of the coach (cabin).

Thanks again for your encouragement, folks.
 
All the thwarts are now in, along with their longitudinal pieces. Once I figured out my strategy, this was easier to accomplish than I thought. After marking out and cutting recesses in the thwart, a small tongue was glued underneath. This prevents the longitudinal strip from falling through and allows it to sit flush to the thwart. The recesses are carefully marked and cut using a scalpel. The longitudinal is cut to length and the corners bevelled to 45 degrees using a fine sanding stick. I found that using a chisel here was difficult, as I could not cut the corners consistently.
 
Next are the two small platforms or decks forward of the first thwart. That will complete internal work at the fore end of the model.

Thanks Glen,  I can only hope to someday do some beautiful work like your riverboats.

I managed to get another piece of deck  gear done today. Kinda important since this is a tug boat.

Turned some pillars for under the thwarts freehand with files. As there are only five to make, it was not worth the effort to make a contour pattern. The pillars will be almost invisible in the finished model anyway! The stock was 2" square.
 
Started cutting and fitting thwarts. The ensign staff step was also added under the wider thwart before the area became inaccessible. The thwart itself has now been drilled for the staff and installed (third photo).

Thanks Kurt, Steven, Andy and John,
 
John, great idea!  This is how I'll handle the rest of the wheels.  I think I will leave the base cutaway on the port side to see the entire wheel but the starboard paddlewheel on the first model and the flywheel and starboard paddlewheel on the second model will all be recessed like this.  Thanks for the photos.  Do you mind if I ask if you textured or painted the waters surface?
 
Kurt, I'm attaching a couple of photos of my first sectioned diorama to show the extent of the wreck.  I'm also including some photos of the original paddlewheel assembly and associated bearing to show how badly the shaft was moving around in the bearing.  I don't know how they trusted this to hold together!
 
Thanks again for your comments and ideas.
 
Glenn
 
 
My first diorama of the Heroines remains.  At this time the forward half of the vessel hadn't been excavated yet.

 
Close-up of the clutch mechanism.  I will be modeling this next.

 
 
Port paddlewheel before conservation.

 
Outboard port paddlewheel bearing.  Oddly, instead of having bronze sleeves, this was the only bearing cast entirely of iron without a separate bronze lining.  You can even see the part line where the iron should end and the bronze should start.  The shaft also wore away the after edge of the bearing surface.  The shaft must have moved in the bearing with any change of momentum or force on the shaft.  With over a ton of wood and metal bouncing around it must have made for a bouncy ride.

 
Associated bearing cap showing wear to aft side and matching wear on shaft.  All the caps were cast with a grease cup on  top.  This cap was the only one that wasn't bored with a hole in the bottom of the cap.  It appears that they felt no need to grease this bearing.

Thanks Glen,  I can only hope to someday do some beautiful work like your riverboats.

I am thinking oh my gosh he's going to have to cut the bottoms of the paddle wheels off on the waterline model!

Thanks Glen,  I can only hope to someday do some beautiful work like your riverboats.

I managed to get another piece of deck  gear done today. Kinda important since this is a tug boat.

I managed to get another piece of deck  gear done today. Kinda important since this is a tug boat.

Thanks Glen,  I can only hope to someday do some beautiful work like your riverboats.