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Elijah reacted to michael mott in Albertic by michael mott - FINISHED - Scale 1:100 - RESTORATION - Bassett-Lowke Model
Thanks for the supportive comments.
Druxey.... yes its probably going to work out to 5c per hour. But I'm not really counting.
Bob they appear to be a white plastic almost bone-like in color.
Today I soldered the side back together.
This picture shows it just resting in place, I am pleased with the fit.
My third hand became a fourth this morning. I am really happy I took the time to make this tool, the control is beyond what I expected.
Now for the clean up and sorting out how to reassemble back onto the deck, it was originally fitted with small pins, likely pushed in with some sort of miniature pin pusher....... why do I sense another tool needing to be made?
Michael
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Elijah reacted to hexnut in Albertic by michael mott - FINISHED - Scale 1:100 - RESTORATION - Bassett-Lowke Model
Amazing work. What is the material of the blocks visible by your (very nicely) rebuilt aft stairs? (they look almost like mother of pearl/Bakelite in the photo...)
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Elijah reacted to druxey in Albertic by michael mott - FINISHED - Scale 1:100 - RESTORATION - Bassett-Lowke Model
Very nice and methodical work, Michael. When you have finished up, no-one other than your MSW followers will have any idea of the work that will have gone into the restoration.
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Elijah reacted to Mirabell61 in Albertic by michael mott - FINISHED - Scale 1:100 - RESTORATION - Bassett-Lowke Model
good, smart and thought trough tooling Michael,
and nice progress with the repair
Nils
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Elijah reacted to captainbob in Albertic by michael mott - FINISHED - Scale 1:100 - RESTORATION - Bassett-Lowke Model
That just shows how creative the design is.
Hooray no more stiches.
Bob
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Elijah reacted to michael mott in Albertic by michael mott - FINISHED - Scale 1:100 - RESTORATION - Bassett-Lowke Model
Hi Keith yes I am using soft solder, it is what Bassett Lowke used.
I get the stitches out on Thursday.
Michael
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Elijah reacted to KeithAug in Albertic by michael mott - FINISHED - Scale 1:100 - RESTORATION - Bassett-Lowke Model
Michael
Your clamp seems to work well - think I may have to make one if I can find the time.
Are you using soft solder?
You seem to be quite mobile so I assume the leg is hopefully on the mend?
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Elijah reacted to michael mott in Albertic by michael mott - FINISHED - Scale 1:100 - RESTORATION - Bassett-Lowke Model
Bob the tool will serve a number of functions, I used it today to clamp on the strip of wood that is under the metal side piece first.
There was a fair chunk gouged out of the piece so I spliced in a bit of wood first, and shaped it.
The I spent at least an hour walking back and forth from the shop to the clean room getting the large section of the metal side back to conforming to the side sheer of the main deck. All the clamps are set as stops to position the side the important thing was to be able to place it and have it seat properly without any pressure. once the lower section was set then I used a card template to put the proper curve back into the upper piece using the same method that I used to get all the twists out of it in the first place.
Next on the list was to replace the missing posts on the upper part. On close inspection the section that was used looked a lot like some very small nickle silver "N" gauge rail so I cut up some code 70 rail filed off the head of the rail which left a t section of nickle silver basically the same size as the original posts.
I used the new clamp fixture to do the soldering.
Michael
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Elijah reacted to captainbob in Albertic by michael mott - FINISHED - Scale 1:100 - RESTORATION - Bassett-Lowke Model
So you designed and created the tool to repair the part. That's engineering at it's best. Well done.
Bob
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Elijah reacted to michael mott in Albertic by michael mott - FINISHED - Scale 1:100 - RESTORATION - Bassett-Lowke Model
Thank you to all the visitors.
I spent the rest of the afternoon making the top units, they were sliced off some 1 1/2 x 3/4x 1/8th thick scrap channel from the scrap box. The screws are 8x32 and the top wood is 1/4 x 1/2 x 3" Jellutong.
The fracture line is visible at the moment on the dry run assembly, when it is finally tweaked ready for glue the line will hardly be visible.
Have started to do some mix testing for the bottom paint color, it is also a simple way to fill the slight indents with paint
Michael
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Elijah reacted to michael mott in Albertic by michael mott - FINISHED - Scale 1:100 - RESTORATION - Bassett-Lowke Model
Thanks Nils
today I spent some time straightening out the twisted port side sheet metalwork immediately below the boat deck. I used a combination of finger pressure and used the mill drill as an arbor press. I made a small brass yoke for the job.
By using the wide mill vice I was able to flatten most of the rotated twist
Then using the yoke I was able to take out the kinks that were in the vertical direction.
I am going to clean it up I noticed that the paint flaked off easily as if there was no primer on the raw metal.
The next task was to make some special clamps so that the boat deck can be re-glued to the ship. The deck is curved following the lines of the hull so the infrastructure will need to accommodate this aspect. The first part was to make a clamp fixture that attached to the hull, these are large U shaped wood pieces that are covered with 1/8th felt on the bottom and the starboard side to give a large contact on the base and starboard sides. These U shaped clamps have a 3/4 x 3/4 angle attached so that a horizontal bar can be adjusted to match the elevation needed for the boat deck.
The horizontal bar will get some additional elements that will form a series of supports under the boat deck. I am still working out the best way to accomplish this
The bar is locked with some 10x24 screws
Michael
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Elijah reacted to Mirabell61 in Albertic by michael mott - FINISHED - Scale 1:100 - RESTORATION - Bassett-Lowke Model
Michael,
a beautiful fix on that stair, good soldering job !
Nils
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Elijah reacted to michael mott in Albertic by michael mott - FINISHED - Scale 1:100 - RESTORATION - Bassett-Lowke Model
Druxey thanks for your kind comment.
Gary, thanks for dropping by.
This evening I used the new third hand to aid in soldering the aft stairs back together, it took a little while to get the hang of adjusting the fixture, but the control is super, I am pleased with the operational aspects of it.
Did not take any pics of the actual soldering but after washing it off I used the fixed stairs to reshape the starboard handrail, the port handrail is still fixed to the lifeboat deck.
So from here
to here
Michael
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Elijah reacted to FriedClams in Albertic by michael mott - FINISHED - Scale 1:100 - RESTORATION - Bassett-Lowke Model
Hello Michael,
Looks like an interesting challenge. I look forward to watching your restoration.
Gary
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Elijah reacted to druxey in Albertic by michael mott - FINISHED - Scale 1:100 - RESTORATION - Bassett-Lowke Model
Glad healing continues well, Michael. Love the classy wood base on Mark III.
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Elijah reacted to michael mott in Albertic by michael mott - FINISHED - Scale 1:100 - RESTORATION - Bassett-Lowke Model
Wefalck, I have not resolved it yet I am getting the brass wire on Monday, I have to maintain the same color as the other wires.
Regarding the soldering station. I am thinking about some jaws as heat sinks and some not.
Thanks for the links I will have a look when I get back from the city later tonight.
Carl thanks for your feedback on the fixture.
Here is the latest version Mark 3
I made a different base that is a little wider front to back, this one a scrap of fiddle-back Maple I will use the birds eye for some other tool down the road.
This new configuration allows for all the screws to be tightened by hand without the Tommy bar, it also has the advantage of being able to now rotate the set up by loosening the central screws .
Michael
PS The doc says my shin is healing well but I am not quite out of the woods yet.
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Elijah reacted to wefalck in Albertic by michael mott - FINISHED - Scale 1:100 - RESTORATION - Bassett-Lowke Model
Only discovered this most interesting thread today ...
Did you actually resolve your wire-rope problem for the funnel-stays ? There are also tinned copper-wires on the market. Wouldn't know about a source in CND, but here is one in the UK to show what I mean: http://wires.co.uk/acatalog/cu_tinned.html. In this way you don't need to think about painting it in a silver colour.
Very much much like your soldering stand. You knocked this up in no time. Would take me days at least. I also have one of those useless stands with a loupe on. Everyone seems to have, so I had to have one too and almost never use it. One thought: wouldn't the large clamps not be a rather effective heat sink, making soldering difficult ? At least aluminium is probably better than some other metals.
BTW, you may be interested in the Web-Site on the restauration of the ship-yard model of the last austro-hungarian passenger-steamer KAISER FRANZ JOSEPH I (1912), which was undertaken by a friend of mine: http://kaiserfranzjoseph.de/. The site is in German, but has a lot of interesting pictures on it. A similar project is the restoration of the model of the pre-WWI tanker BRITISH EARL: http://forum.arbeitskreis-historischer-schiffbau.de/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=1136 (but it may be that one can see this only as member).
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Elijah reacted to cog in Albertic by michael mott - FINISHED - Scale 1:100 - RESTORATION - Bassett-Lowke Model
I wouldn't know about the central support, it would make turning easier, if you would use a limb like construction as for the arms. Since you get more sides "underneath", you could use three locking screws, which could be used depending on the position of the limb, or the most accessable position of the locking screw. It would give the somewhat heavy limb a bit of (counter) ballance ... just a thought ...
I love the design, it has a very solid quality about it ...
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Elijah reacted to michael mott in Albertic by michael mott - FINISHED - Scale 1:100 - RESTORATION - Bassett-Lowke Model
Thanks for the thoughts about the fixture being art.
Druxey, and interesting thought. The current design was something that developed as a result of the bottom locking screw being on the bottom instead of the side, and the difficulty of reaching in under the unit in the upright position. Like all tools this one is a work in progress. The use of it will no doubt induce further refinements. The first being the way the the horizontal bar is mounted.
Unlike the commercial one I chose to mount the bar with a support at each end. In retrospect perhaps a central support, and higher off the base would be a better design.
The old saying that "form follows function" is clearly being compromised in the present design....... I'm workin' on it.
Michael
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Elijah got a reaction from canoe21 in Licorne 1755 by mtaylor - 3/16" scale - French Frigate - from Hahn plans - Version 2.0 - TERMINATED
Very nice progress Mark! I hope she doesn't get topheavy with the planes on .
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Elijah got a reaction from captgino in Phantom by Elijah - FINISHED - Model Shipways - 1:96 - New York Pilot Boat
Hello again! My boat is now a year old! I got it yesterday one year ago. I have finished the masts and have started work on the stays. Here are the pictures.
Until next time!
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Elijah got a reaction from Piet in USS Constitution by SawdustDave - FINISHED - 1:60th Scale
Count me in! I get a front row seat for once !
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Elijah reacted to HIPEXEC in Phantom by EBEgan - Model Shipways - Pilot Boat - First Ship Build
One thing about this hobby is you get very good at error corrections. I wound up getting very creative in fixing mistakes I made along the way. It keeps the brain from deteriorating. I'm an long time aviator and we used to say "flying is a series of error corrections....the first error you make is taking off...!" The same goes for model ship building.
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Elijah reacted to EBEgan in Phantom by EBEgan - Model Shipways - Pilot Boat - First Ship Build
Thank you for the tips gentlemen. I think I've solved the problem with an excess of wood filler, some re-painting is in order but hopefully this will work.
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Elijah reacted to EBEgan in Phantom by EBEgan - Model Shipways - Pilot Boat - First Ship Build
I've had to put this project on the back burner for a little while due to an insane work schedule. Hopefully be back at it soon!
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