Piet

Hi all here's the next update done some more to the boiler



Loads more to do to this bit but quite pleased how it's going.

You are making some nice progress on this build. I think I'll stick around to watch it as I always enjoy seeing a model of a ship not commonly shown on MSW.

I made a start on the boiler for this.

Hi all well here is the bit

Thanks Richard
 
Much appreciated!
 
Cheers. 
 
Patrick

Patrick my man, that is one SWEET yacht you have. SHADOW looks absolutely beautiful and amazing. I am so ready for a brief ride post launching
 
Brian

Hi everyone
 
Thanks for your Likes and comments. Much appreciated. 
 
The foreman has taken Shadow back into the Paint Shop to have her underside repainted; especially now that her propellers, shafts, rudders and stabilisers have been fitted. Next on the schedule will be to have her waterline repainted, as well as a few other touch ups around the hull. 
 
I hope that you like these photos. 
 
Cheers. 
 
Patrick
 

thank you so much Christos and Antony,
your words are much appreciated. ...
I`m now trying to find a good solution for rigging the 3 masts, the lateen yard hoist arrangement, and the standing rigging
 
Thanks also to the "likes" for looking in...
 
Nils

Hi Nils.
That is just stunning. The decks are just crammed with guns and furniture. Looks so real.
 
Regards Antony.

Nils..... thats great! Amazing  pictures too!

update :
 
now all guns rigged and in position....
 
Nils
 

the first 3 stb. guns are retracted for cleaning and reloading, the last 4 stb. guns with barrels through the gun ports, all port guns secured with closed gun ports
 

 
 

 
 

Thank you very much Hartmut,
 
Nils

Hello Nils.
 
fantastic work, 
 
I think the last picture of the main deck is particulary impressive. It makes it clear to me what dangerous weapon systems These ship had been.
 
Cheers
 
Hartmut

Thank you Nils.

Hi Jeff,
 
I have the hooks from this web-shop.... (20 per pack)
https://www.voltmaster.de/KRICK-61535-haken-6-mm-messing-geaetzt-ve20
 
regards, Nils

Nils - where did you get the hooks?
 

Thank you Denis,
 
your kind comments are very much appreciated...
 
Nils

looking very nice Nils     canon arrangement looks super.......rigging is very neat  

update:
made the remaining 14 tackles for the stb. side 7 gun carriages....
This is quite fiddely work with the tiny sheave-holes of those 3mm double sheave blocks, and its quite tme consuming
The port side guns are already completely rigged
 
Nils
 

 
 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Many thanks Keith and Piet,
and to all the "likes"...
 
Keith,
am pleased you like it...
 
Piet,
I`ll need to leave away the one or other crew member due to limited space...
 
Nils

I love the realism of your results Ed. Your work is awesome. 

Young America - extreme clipper 1853
Part 275 – Main Yard
 
The main yard was shaped as a two-piece "made spar" by the method used for the fore yard that was described in Parts 247 -248.  After working through the first four foremast yards, the process used here for detailing is now the settled practice I expect to use on the remaining yards. 
 
After shaping and sanding, the yard was pre-finished with a coat of wipe-on polyurethane that was thoroughly wiped off.  Then after complete drying it was buffed with a Scotchbrite® pad.  This helps keep the yard clean by sealing the pores in the wood. 
 
The first picture shows the center sling band and the two truss bands installed.
 

 
All the bands were made from copper strips, about 1/32" smaller than the circumference of the yard. The ends were then butted and silver soldered.  These three and the boom iron bands shown below are .015" thick.  The undersize bands were initially stretched on a tapered mandrel, then pressed to stretch into final position on the yard.  This results in a tight fit that keeps the bands in place.  The bands in the picture were also nailed on the underside with copper wire bolts for additional support, since they have a structural role.  The two truss bands are fitted with brackets for the truss yoke.  The next picture shows the yard with the central array of bands fitted.
 

 
A few of these will be fitted with eyebolts, but most represent heat-shrunk hoops that hold the two spar sections together.  The tapered maple mandrel mentioned above may be seen at the top of this picture.  This is used to shape, file, polish and partially expand the bands after soldering.  This avoids marring and smudging the yard.  In the next picture an outermost reinforcing hoop is shown just inboard of the scarph joint end.
 

 
All of these numerous reinforcing bands and eyebolt bands are .010" thick.  They are positioned to avoid the equally spaced jackstay stanchion holes seen in the picture.  The next picture shows one of the partially fabricated boom irons positioned on the yard.
 

 
This will be removed for further fabrication work.  The next picture shows all the bands out to the boom irons fitted.
 
 
 
 
The picture shows roughed out truss yokes cut out from 1/8" copper plate.  All three lower yard trusses are a standard size.  Making this truss will be covered in the next part.
 
Ed

Some would call playing with wires and stuff fumbling around but somehow a telephone was invented from that fumbling around. Call it what you like, we're calling it testing.

Mark, I would call it more like fumbling around rather than extensive testing.

Thanks, Ed, I knew there would have been some extensive testing involved in this decision. This makes perfect sense.