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ancre La Salamandre by tadheus - 1:24
KeithAug replied to tadheus's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1751 - 1800
The fore deck is now looking really nice Pawel, lovely modelling. She was a very strongly built vessel want she. -
ancre La Salamandre by tadheus - 1:24
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Lovely detail Pawel. She gets better with every visit. -
John / Pat - yes I think I will have a dedicated bits box on future builds. The rudder didn't take long to find but I was a bit concerned that it might have gone into the workshop black hole like a couple of other things lately. Thank you for your comments. Thank you Haken / Richard / Druxey - For your comments and support throughout the build. Tom - Maybe its just that memories fade and interest change - but I know what you mean. John - I'm not convinced but it does have few benefits when under engine power. Props produce a component of thrust sideways as well as rearward, (this is usually referred to as prop walk) - depending on the rudder rotation off-setting the prop to port or starboard can compensate for the the prop walk and minimise the amount of rudder needed. It also has mechanical advantages in that the prop shaft can be removed without having to dismantle the rudder. To me it seems like the benefits under power are significantly outweighed by the disadvantages under sail, where it will increase drag and produce diferent sailing characteristics on each tack Also under power the wash over the rudder is significantly reduced which I assume makes slow speed handling a bit problematic. That said all the yachts I have sailed have had axial props, so I don't have personal experience. I bet others will have a better answer???? Thank you for your support throughout the build. When i'm next home I will have a go at a few final photos in the yachts final resting place. My wife has given me permission to have it in the lounge. In the mean time i plan to finish the daughters bathroom.
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Nice doors Kevin, did you make them?
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I had a good rummage through my cupboards and thankfully located the rudder and it’s shaft. A few minutes later and it was fitted. Direction re-established!!
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Pat, Dan, Tom and Bedford - thank you all for your supportive comments. Today I was looking at the yacht thinking “that’s it” when I noticed the obvious omission. Sometimes in life we lose the big picture in all that detail and end up rudderless. I made the rudder in September 2016, now I just have to find it.
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Always a pleasure to catch up with your description Dan
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I really must crack on and get this build finished. At least I have had time to finish the display stand. It took some time to trim the front legs to get Altair to sit with her waterline level. Now all that’s left to do is make and mount the ensign and the Royal Thames Yacht Club flag. Oh and replace 3 stays that have loosened as the model has acclimatised to the house conditions. I must catch up on other people’s logs before I get withdrawal symptoms.
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Hi Brunelrussell - If you look at my Altair Build - top of page 20, this is an option for making a dome.
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Hello Mozatman, nice to see you have taken the plunge into ship modelling. MSW is a great resource and if you need it you will get a lot of encouragement and advice. Start a log so that we can all enjoy your journey.
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Haken, Pat, Richard, Mark. thank you all very much for your kind comments. Michael, an interesting thought. The only photograph I have is one of the smaller dingy strapped to the deck. Here the straps seem to be of webbing. To carry off the leather idea the leather needs to be very thin and i know of a source as my wife is addicted to fine leather gloves. She is also apt to lose one every now and again so next time she does I may do the upgrade. No boat progress this week although I have ripped out tiles, rebuilt walls, plumbed in sinks and radiators, and laid 140 sq ft of ceramic tiles. My daughter is pleased.
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ancre La Salamandre by tadheus - 1:24
KeithAug replied to tadheus's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1751 - 1800
Nicely finished Pawel. Remind me - what wood are you using? -
Dan, I am still wondering how you are able to do this. Do you have an army of nanobots secretly working away? Very informative explanation, thank you.
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Hi Nils I assume the two guns mounted to fire forward over the deck are to keep the crew on their toes?????
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Hi Per I find rails quite tricky. Your approach seems to work well so I may give it a go next time.
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Over the last couple of days I made progress on the stand. Im planning to suspend the yacht on 4 legs and the starting point is to work out the proportions of the legs. This I have done by selecting the frames where the legs will sit and then drawing the adjacent leg to scale. The legs are made from polished stainless steel. Not a material I am very fond of working with. Where the side arms abut the hull I wanted something more forgiving than metal so the ends are machined from nylon. A brass insert between the side arm and nylon end will can be machined to tune final fitting. The top of the legs provide side restraint and where they bear on the hull they softened with "O" rings. The "O" ring grouves could have been machined directly into the stainless but I thought the brass end added a bit of interest. The bottom of the legs are drilled and threaded to take the base attachment bolts. A 1/4 inch thick stap joins each pair of legs. The base board is next.
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Pat, thank you and yes she is a rich mans toy. Hakan, Thank you. John, Thanks. a wee dram sounds like a good idea. The time came to introduce the launch to it mother. I made it cradle from mahogany strip, shaped using the templates for the frames. The holes for the lashings were reinforced with brass rivets (visible in the photos). The cradles are each held down using 4 spectacle repair screws. I made a card template to align the cradles and get them in the correct position. When the launch is on the cradles it fills the available space and must restrict deck operations to a significant degree. Altair actually has 2 other boats, both smaller than the launch. Photographs of Altair frequently show no boats on deck and when they are carried the smaller boats seem to be favoured. In the photograph immediately above I have removed the aft davit to ease access. I lashed the launch in place using a length of twine. Several photographs show the launch lashed in place. Mother is very pleased to have baby on board. I'm going to try and make some progress on the stand this week - before a diversion into refurbishing my daughters bathroom - yuk!!!
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Nils, Nice Pinnacle - although I did wonder how you had managed to build it in a couple of days between posts. Your explanation put my mind at rest as i was beginning to think you had discovered time travel.
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Thank you Tim. The darker mahogany is circa 100 years old. It is quite dense and close grained. It came from a once very nice dining table which i suspect was made from prime timber. Not very much like the mahogany sold today. The lighter mahogany was from block flooring recovered from a old building before being relaid on my daughters kitchen floor. I'm using up the offcuts. I think its about 50 years old. It does have a more open grain and fibres lift when coarse sanding.
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Thank you Pat. John, Sorry, I would have but I could not find spark plugs small enough ( i think in 1931 it was a petrol engine). John, You sound like my wife, have you been taking lessons? Richard - thank you.
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