Roger Pellett

Naval Warfare in the Age of Sail: The Evolution of Fighting Tactics, 1650-1815

A friend of mine, ex professional pilot told me that the reason for the gull wings was to provide ground clearance for the large propeller swung by the huge engine.
 
As a youngster growing up near Akron, Ohio I remember seeing flights of these passing overhead during the Korean War.  It is my understanding the Goodyear Aircraft in South Akron built some.
 
Roger
 

Very nice work, Lupo
 
The hull lines of the two vessels that can be reproduced with a fail degree of certainty- Mary Rose and the Red Bay Galleon San Juan show a “boat like hull” below the upperworks with a relatively fine lined bow.  Your model nicely captures this.
 
Roger

Very nice work, Lupo
 
The hull lines of the two vessels that can be reproduced with a fail degree of certainty- Mary Rose and the Red Bay Galleon San Juan show a “boat like hull” below the upperworks with a relatively fine lined bow.  Your model nicely captures this.
 
Roger

"Whistling Death" 
Those gull wings were designed to give ground clearance for that massive prop. A very impressive machine with a sterling combat record.
 
I assume this is the 1:48 scale version?

Oops...I just saw your post - you already wrote about the big prop. Sorry for the oversight.

Jim,
 
Since you live in the UK if you are adventurous and perhaps well connected you might be able to find some prime boxwood.
 
The true boxwood is used in ornamental landscaping throughout the British Isles and sadly some very old trees are dying from some sort of asiatic pest.  During a visit to one such garden in Yorkshire I asked the gardener what is done with dead trees.  They are cut down and burned.  Maybe you could recycle some?
 
Roger

A friend of mine, ex professional pilot told me that the reason for the gull wings was to provide ground clearance for the large propeller swung by the huge engine.
 
As a youngster growing up near Akron, Ohio I remember seeing flights of these passing overhead during the Korean War.  It is my understanding the Goodyear Aircraft in South Akron built some.
 
Roger
 

Jim,
 
Since you live in the UK if you are adventurous and perhaps well connected you might be able to find some prime boxwood.
 
The true boxwood is used in ornamental landscaping throughout the British Isles and sadly some very old trees are dying from some sort of asiatic pest.  During a visit to one such garden in Yorkshire I asked the gardener what is done with dead trees.  They are cut down and burned.  Maybe you could recycle some?
 
Roger

A friend of mine, ex professional pilot told me that the reason for the gull wings was to provide ground clearance for the large propeller swung by the huge engine.
 
As a youngster growing up near Akron, Ohio I remember seeing flights of these passing overhead during the Korean War.  It is my understanding the Goodyear Aircraft in South Akron built some.
 
Roger
 

A friend of mine, ex professional pilot told me that the reason for the gull wings was to provide ground clearance for the large propeller swung by the huge engine.
 
As a youngster growing up near Akron, Ohio I remember seeing flights of these passing overhead during the Korean War.  It is my understanding the Goodyear Aircraft in South Akron built some.
 
Roger
 

For a luxury yacht like this what marine engineers call “hotel loads” could be quite large, perhaps larger than the load required by the auxiliary engine. As we know air conditioning gobbles up a huge amount of energy.  By splitting generating capacity between two units, one could be shut down when demand is low, more efficient than runnng a large unit at low power?  Since the yacht is of German construction would the electrical system be DC simplifying synchronization problems with two units?
 
Roger

For a luxury yacht like this what marine engineers call “hotel loads” could be quite large, perhaps larger than the load required by the auxiliary engine. As we know air conditioning gobbles up a huge amount of energy.  By splitting generating capacity between two units, one could be shut down when demand is low, more efficient than runnng a large unit at low power?  Since the yacht is of German construction would the electrical system be DC simplifying synchronization problems with two units?
 
Roger

Jim,
 
Since you live in the UK if you are adventurous and perhaps well connected you might be able to find some prime boxwood.
 
The true boxwood is used in ornamental landscaping throughout the British Isles and sadly some very old trees are dying from some sort of asiatic pest.  During a visit to one such garden in Yorkshire I asked the gardener what is done with dead trees.  They are cut down and burned.  Maybe you could recycle some?
 
Roger

Jim,
 
Since you live in the UK if you are adventurous and perhaps well connected you might be able to find some prime boxwood.
 
The true boxwood is used in ornamental landscaping throughout the British Isles and sadly some very old trees are dying from some sort of asiatic pest.  During a visit to one such garden in Yorkshire I asked the gardener what is done with dead trees.  They are cut down and burned.  Maybe you could recycle some?
 
Roger

For a luxury yacht like this what marine engineers call “hotel loads” could be quite large, perhaps larger than the load required by the auxiliary engine. As we know air conditioning gobbles up a huge amount of energy.  By splitting generating capacity between two units, one could be shut down when demand is low, more efficient than runnng a large unit at low power?  Since the yacht is of German construction would the electrical system be DC simplifying synchronization problems with two units?
 
Roger

Looks like a nice solidly built piece of machinery that should work fo most applications.  In my opinion tilting blade is subject to the law of dimishing returns- a lot of money being spent on a feature that is seldom used.
 
Roger

Methinks water discharge above the water line? other may be for an additional seawater pickup not related to engine, but used as an adjunct for washing down the boat and seawater baths to preserve the fresh water, unless there is a pump on the motor for this.
 
As Keith knows this comes from an individual that does not trust in the wind to take him where he is going. Which means my offered  suggestion comes from someone that knows very little about the art of sailing or sailboats.

Clark,
 
I agree with you on first time buys. I have shallow pockets and have purchased items at harbor freight most builders scoff at but have served a purpose. In time when my personal wealth improves I will upgrade if I feel the need.
 
I believed your purchase over a Proxxon saved $ 200.00, since I cant afford Chateau Briand and a fine wine that's 175 dinners at McDonalds with a coke. your saw I am sure will fill your needs at this time, happy modeling.

Looks like a nice solidly built piece of machinery that should work fo most applications.  In my opinion tilting blade is subject to the law of dimishing returns- a lot of money being spent on a feature that is seldom used.
 
Roger

Looks like a nice solidly built piece of machinery that should work fo most applications.  In my opinion tilting blade is subject to the law of dimishing returns- a lot of money being spent on a feature that is seldom used.
 
Roger

Looks like a nice solidly built piece of machinery that should work fo most applications.  In my opinion tilting blade is subject to the law of dimishing returns- a lot of money being spent on a feature that is seldom used.
 
Roger

Looks like a nice solidly built piece of machinery that should work fo most applications.  In my opinion tilting blade is subject to the law of dimishing returns- a lot of money being spent on a feature that is seldom used.
 
Roger

For now I have finished with the poly coats. The law of diminishing returns finally won the day. I think in the end it was somewhere between 12 and 15 coats.
 

 
Under the stern are three outlets - one is clearly the exhaust and the purpose of the other two is unclear - at least to me?


I placed masking tape in the position of the nearest frame and then transferred the position of the holes on to the hull. The diameters were scaled from the plan. I forgot that the positions were reversed on the upturned hull and marked the holes as a mirror image of what they should have been. Fortunately I caught the error before I drilled the holes.

I also drilled the holes for the dolphin striker eye bolt and the stay bracket.

Blind ended brass inserts were turned for the holes under the stern and a drop of black paint was placed at the bottom of the hole to hide the end.

The various brass hull attachments were safely collected in jar lid for future use.
 
The next step was to finally decide on the hull paint scheme. Over the course of 2 hours I made four separate decisions all of which were different. Rather than make a decision I started sorting trough my stock of paint pots. At this point my current wife walked into the workshop,  observed what I was doing and commented:-
"You aren't going to paint it, ARE YOU!"
I think I could interpret this as a question - what do you all think?
 
   

When I was a child in the 1950’s my father bought a run down farm near Akron, Ohio.  For many years weekends, holidays, and vacations were spent restoring the land and buildings.  The first problem was clearing fence rows of medium sized trees that had been allowed to grow.  A bulldozer knocked down the trees but there were hundreds of uprooted stumps to contend with.  My father decided to blow them apart with dynamite.
 
In those days dynamite, fuse, and blasting caps were available at our local hardware store, apparently no problem to buy.
 
To use the stuff you actually poked two holes through the dynamite, threaded the fuse through the holes and stuck the blasting cap on one end.  You lit the other end.  The dynamite worked too well!  Huge pieces of tree stumps simply vanished.
 
Somewhere, I have some old movies of this that a friend took.  I have been meaning to get them digitized.
 
Imaging walking into a store today to buy a crate of dynamite.
 
Roger