Canute

Quite the show. Somebody was a huge Richard Petty fan, even had the Petty blue paint nailed. 😊

Quite the show. Somebody was a huge Richard Petty fan, even had the Petty blue paint nailed. 😊

It's looking good, OC. As you add more details, you can add additional weathering effects, if you think you need it. Too much weathering now and you'll live with it. Don't overthink it, mate.

Interesting shot. That's some kind of "reacher" car to pull cars from the ferry without getting the engine onto the ferry. Next car is a baggage mail combine. Then two or three coaches, maybe unairconditioned, since there are no extensions off the clerestory roof. next to last car could be a food service car aka diner. Last car is first class, since it does show airconditioning ducts. And the shot is probably mid 30s or later, since that was when Pullman first installed airconditioning systems into passenger cars. I'm another model railroader who wanders into other aspects of modeling.

Quite the show. Somebody was a huge Richard Petty fan, even had the Petty blue paint nailed. 😊

Quite the show. Somebody was a huge Richard Petty fan, even had the Petty blue paint nailed. 😊

It’s coming along nicely!
Rick

The hull is finished.  I discovered that what I thought were portholes on the side are actually for the shaft for the diving fins.  See parts marked D1-D7 on the diagram in my first post.  The fins are not shown in the assembly drawings and are barely discernible in the photos.  I finally figured this out by referring back to some websites of the Nautilus. 

One of the stern turrets.  I found the little railings to be a bear -- the pics in the manual are wonderfully aligned.  Mine are just sort of "there" but the gray paint will cover some of my sins.
 
One tip:  mount the platform with the base dry fitted on the model to get the alignment right so it will fit later on, then do the railings.
 
Regards,
David

They are very nice  paints  even brush  painted  well  last time I used them.
 
OC.

Thanks OC. I bought the Life Colour RN Eastern Approaches set which has all three colors I need. Great suggestion.
alan

Finaly some painting can be done.
 
The metal parts were primed with VMS Metal Prep 4K first.
Then all parts were sprayed with a grey Vallejo primer for plastic and metal.
 
The sides of the deck have been painted Black Grey, in case the wooden deck leaves some edges visible.
The barbettes of the main guns have been painted Insigna White, the base plates for the winches have been painted Deep Green with a drop of Buff and the whole deck has been finished wit a coat of clear gloss varnish. The Pontos wooden decks have a reputation of lifting after some time, but Steve of "The model shed" claims spraying a coat of gloss varnish first has not let him down so far.
 
All bulckheads and the boatdeck are painted Insigna White.
The deckdetails and furniture are painted Black Grey, a personal choice.  😁
The metal decks of the bridges, which have not yet been glued down are painted my special blend of deep green.
The louvres for the vents are painted Red.
 

 
Untill next update, enjoy modelling.

Oups, too late, installed them today, does not look too wrong. I dont intend to position them parallel to the side of the bridge, so only people who have thouroughly investigated this ship will know, and there are not that many around, certainly not in Belgium.  😁
I shall post an update soon.
 
Thank for your comment, I try to consult your build every time I attack a new area.
 
Kind regards.

Grant, the hull and engine together looks like the bee's knees. Did you figure out the engine issues? 

It’s been a little while since the last progress update, but work has continued apace. The first job was to finalise the placement of the steam plant and build a mounting for it, along with a support block for the stern stuffing tube. I used a piece of 7mm thick Queensland Maple for the support base and another to create the support block for the stuffing tube. As the plant is held to its own metal base by screws inserted from underneath, it was necessary to make allowance for the screw heads. With that temporarily in place, the engine drive shaft and the propellor could be aligned, allowing the support block for the stuffing tube to me made and fitted. Once these had both been double checked for fit and alignment, they were fixed in place and the internal surfaces painted using my large airbrush / mini spray gun and Stynylrez White Primer – despite it being a primer, this will be the final colour for the internals.
 

 
In the next photo, you can see that two M3 threaded inserts have been incorporated into the aft end of the mounting plate. These align with two corresponding holes in the metal base plate to secure the plant in the boat.
 

 
Here is an overhead shot showing the steam plant in place along with the complete propellor shaft. Also shown in this photo is the large brass flywheel that my friend made for me, as well as the universal joint (the red piece in the photo).
 

 
The next task was to begin addressing the decking. Having adjusted the plywood sheet as previously described, I decided to stain the plywood to act as the margin plank while additional planking was added for the deck. Here is the plywood after staining.
 

 
To create the decking, I have used a combination of 12mm x 1mm Brown Hornbeam and 1mm x 1mm Black Hornbeam to simulate the caulking. The first task was to create the centreline plank by sandwiching a piece of the Black caulking between two Brown planks.
 

 
The remaining planking was created by gluing one piece of Brown plank to one piece of Black caulking. Once dry, the resultant pair was scraped to remove any excess glue. Rinse and repeat for all remaining planks. Here is what they look like when put together.
 

 
Once all the plank pairs had been prepared, they were applied to the decks starting with the centreline sandwich and working outwards from there. The planks were shaped to fit the outline of the margin plank as I went. Here are some shots of the planking in place – not yet given a coat of finish (which should make it pop a little), and not yet glued down.
 

 

 
Finally, an overview shot of progress to date. Note that the upper deck is not yet glued down – it will sit down on the gunwale around the centre once glued.
 

 
I think the next task will be to paint the external of the hull before proceeding to permanently fix the decks. I will also need to address the small matter of Radio Control in the not-too-distant future. I have a cunning plan………..
 

More lines and cables added and missing stairways on bridge replaced!
 

 

 

 
Hopefully I don’t find anymore to add!???

I think that this old U S Navy expression must apply to you Steven:
 
”If you can’t get your job done during the 24 hour day, work nights!”
 
Or perhaps days are longer Down Under.
 
😀😀😀😀
Roger

As is the case with very many MSW models. Fortunately age is gradually deskilling many of us. Soon authentic representations will become more common.

Thanks Jim Lad,
Actually, I took some liberties with my depiction of the name on the stern.  The model will hopefully represent the vessel as it was in the early 1960's after it was sold by the Lackawanna Railroad to NN Petterson lighterage company.  The decal font is close, but I don't think I should have the underscored 'of' there (or possibly 'New York' as well).  I could not resist the 'of' being so quaint (see pic in 1st post).  I can always paint it out if I change my mind I suppose.
Thanks Keith Black,
The ship's boat is solid styrene, made up bread and butter style, then rough shaped, with a .030x.030 square strip stem, sternpost, keel, finally 'planked' with .010 x .040 strip.  The cover is a piece of masking tape (idea from this forum) lightly painted in the same superstructure color, then cut out from the outline made from the assembled boat.  Tie-down straps cut from the same, laid over the boat, then the cover put over with edges folded over the boat.  A ~8" scale 'hem' or trim strip from the same painted tape was put around after the cover was folded down to hide the rough edges.  Hard part is getting the cover reasonably centered. Tape so far sticks well enough, no need for glue.
BTW, I found the previously mentioned lost little door but it is unpainted so I will have to get the air brush out again.
 
Thanks again for the likes,
mcb
 

Coming along very nicely.

Still adding bits....
 
Just some railings and small deck accessories to go.

The diveplanes, rudder and propshafts have been finished - meaning they are functional and firmly attached, but removable for further sanding and coating. 
one very big risk is that I lack a flexible connection between motor and shafts - the prop - shaft - gearbox - motor turns easily but I’ll have to see if vibrations don’t cause problems.
I’ve assembled the main control components, they slide onto 4 M3 wires to form the “techrack”. This assembly slides nicely into the PVC pipes that keep the water out. The home made bajonet needs some more thought - having only two bolts to connect the two halves of the boat means it rotates a bit too easily.
ive now started on the sail - which will be built of 1mm boxwood on a frame - has some acute curves through. 

I would have never thought of that answer!🤔

thanks Vezett, Keith, Jack and John,
 
You all are right, I was expecting comments on that, but the answer is simple:
I only had one white capital letter "F" so that went to the wallbox at the rear bulkhead, I still had enough small white letters to spell "fire" on the other boxes.  Also the would not have been enough space on the boxes to spell the appropriate German word. In german maritme fitting out the engl. language is international and quite common anyhow. I am OK with that.
 
Nils

I thought the German would be simply 'Feuer'.
 
John