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I haven't built a ship model of any sort in a number of years, and I want to get back into the game, so to speak. The last several I built were scratch, but I decided to get a kit with some thought in the direction of easing back into the skills required (also, I don't really have a stock of scratchbuilding supplies like I used to). This kit happened to be on Ebay for a reasonable price, and fits in with my interests. I have no comment on the hull; considering the lack of information on the prototype, I will build the hull as per instructions (more or less). The steam plant, however, is another story. Once again, there is a lack of prototype information, but the way the plant is depicted has a few issues I can see right off. For example, the valve handles look modern to my eyes, and I'll need to research them further. I'm also fairly confident that the main steam line would have been lagged. We'll see what I come up with.
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They have many uses, but mostly as stanchions for hand rails and the like. The idea is to fit .008" bronze wire.
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Yeah, I've used PPD for things before; it just would have been easier to click 'add to cart' and then 'checkout', or, I was trying to be lazy
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Does anyone make etched eyes? I'm looking for very small ones, with an ID of the eye itself around .009, .010 inch.
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Steamboats and other rivercraft - general discussion
mdulaney replied to Cathead's topic in Nautical/Naval History
Well, she's entering her 97th year. She's the last of the Puget Sound steamers, and still has her original engine. She was built by Matt Anderson in his backyard for West Pass Transportation Company. She did the Seattle-Vashon Island-Tacoma run for eighteen years, before being taken down to run on the Columbia for a year. From then until around 1980 she worked as a charter vessel, then becoming a museum ship. The engine is older than the ship. The engine is triple expansion and was built in 1904 by Heffernan Engine Works of Seattle. It was originally installed in a vessel known as the Tyrus, which, when bought by WPTCo., was renamed Virginia IV. We still go out; made over 70 trips last year. I guess, from here, what do you want to know? I can tell you in detail how to bring the plant up, but just be warned that I am not a very exciting writer. The photos are the 1922 maiden voyage, 1935, a week ago (with my cell phone as I didn't have any other camera), and me fighting with the vacuum pump.- 269 replies
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One thing that I find interesting is that a lot of the river steamer crews of North Carolina were black. Here, we have the crew of the Hertford, formerly the Olive. She was rebuilt and renamed after seventeen people died when Olive got hit by a tornado and sank.- 269 replies
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mdulaney replied to Cathead's topic in Nautical/Naval History
Admittedly not a riverboat, but, I work in the engineering department of the steamship Virginia V (I say this to establish my credentials, if you will).- 269 replies
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As it happens, a few of the windows survive and I have access to them, if you need measurements.
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Humbrol 31
mdulaney replied to mdulaney's topic in Painting, finishing and weathering products and techniques
Hey, thanks much, that's very helpful!. -
Is there a close match to Humbrol 31 (slate gray) that comes in a larger quantity and is easier to get in the US?
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