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Gerhardvienna reacted to Mirabell61 in SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse 1897 by Mirabell61 - FINISHED - scale 1:144 - POF - first German four stacker of the Norddeutscher Lloyd line June 29, 2017

Hi Patrick,
thanks for your words, but the credit for the wonderful built "Pandora" goes to member Marsalv

Nils
Gerhardvienna got a reaction from Piet in Cutty Sark by NenadM June 29, 2017

Hi Nenad

Not too bad, learning by doing is all we do all the time...............
In that small size it is much harder to make such boats then in "my" 1:50 measure! I KNOW, the next will be alot better!

Regards
Gerhard
Gerhardvienna got a reaction from popeye the sailor in USS CAIRO by Gerhardvienna - RADIO - live steam July 7, 2017

Hi Pat
Thank you again
And many thanks too for all watching, hit the button, or just enjoying it!

The next step I made were the front wheels, just to make some progress.
I printed 2 sheets of the scaled carriage for each wheel, glued them to 2 mm balsa wood, and cut the spoked part out from one of them. The inner and outer radius was then sanded to correct size.

Then I drilled 3mm holes to the centers of both parts, and glued them together to create the form

Then I cut grooves for the spokes

As next I made a ring from 1mm brass sheet, 2mm high, and layed it into the form. The 1mm was a bit too thick, so I used 0,5mm sheet later!

Some spokes are set to the ring, and a piece of 3mm and 2mm brass tube into the center, the inner 2mm tube is around 1mm longer.

First test wheel, a bit too thick I think!

The carriage with new wheels from 0,5mm sheet, barrel still not mounted

There are still 2 parts missing, the endcaps for the axels. I will make them from 2mm brass tube, 1mm logn, and solder them to the axels.

Regards, and thank you for you interest!

Gerhard
Gerhardvienna got a reaction from capnharv2 in USS CAIRO by Gerhardvienna - RADIO - live steam July 4, 2017

Hi Pat
Thank you again
And many thanks too for all watching, hit the button, or just enjoying it!

The next step I made were the front wheels, just to make some progress.
I printed 2 sheets of the scaled carriage for each wheel, glued them to 2 mm balsa wood, and cut the spoked part out from one of them. The inner and outer radius was then sanded to correct size.

Then I drilled 3mm holes to the centers of both parts, and glued them together to create the form

Then I cut grooves for the spokes

As next I made a ring from 1mm brass sheet, 2mm high, and layed it into the form. The 1mm was a bit too thick, so I used 0,5mm sheet later!

Some spokes are set to the ring, and a piece of 3mm and 2mm brass tube into the center, the inner 2mm tube is around 1mm longer.

First test wheel, a bit too thick I think!

The carriage with new wheels from 0,5mm sheet, barrel still not mounted

There are still 2 parts missing, the endcaps for the axels. I will make them from 2mm brass tube, 1mm logn, and solder them to the axels.

Regards, and thank you for you interest!

Gerhard
Gerhardvienna got a reaction from tadheus in USS CAIRO by Gerhardvienna - RADIO - live steam July 2, 2017

Hi Pat
Thank you again
And many thanks too for all watching, hit the button, or just enjoying it!

The next step I made were the front wheels, just to make some progress.
I printed 2 sheets of the scaled carriage for each wheel, glued them to 2 mm balsa wood, and cut the spoked part out from one of them. The inner and outer radius was then sanded to correct size.

Then I drilled 3mm holes to the centers of both parts, and glued them together to create the form

Then I cut grooves for the spokes

As next I made a ring from 1mm brass sheet, 2mm high, and layed it into the form. The 1mm was a bit too thick, so I used 0,5mm sheet later!

Some spokes are set to the ring, and a piece of 3mm and 2mm brass tube into the center, the inner 2mm tube is around 1mm longer.

First test wheel, a bit too thick I think!

The carriage with new wheels from 0,5mm sheet, barrel still not mounted

There are still 2 parts missing, the endcaps for the axels. I will make them from 2mm brass tube, 1mm logn, and solder them to the axels.

Regards, and thank you for you interest!

Gerhard
Gerhardvienna got a reaction from JerryTodd in USS CAIRO by Gerhardvienna - RADIO - live steam July 1, 2017

Hi Pat
Thank you again
And many thanks too for all watching, hit the button, or just enjoying it!

The next step I made were the front wheels, just to make some progress.
I printed 2 sheets of the scaled carriage for each wheel, glued them to 2 mm balsa wood, and cut the spoked part out from one of them. The inner and outer radius was then sanded to correct size.

Then I drilled 3mm holes to the centers of both parts, and glued them together to create the form

Then I cut grooves for the spokes

As next I made a ring from 1mm brass sheet, 2mm high, and layed it into the form. The 1mm was a bit too thick, so I used 0,5mm sheet later!

Some spokes are set to the ring, and a piece of 3mm and 2mm brass tube into the center, the inner 2mm tube is around 1mm longer.

First test wheel, a bit too thick I think!

The carriage with new wheels from 0,5mm sheet, barrel still not mounted

There are still 2 parts missing, the endcaps for the axels. I will make them from 2mm brass tube, 1mm logn, and solder them to the axels.

Regards, and thank you for you interest!

Gerhard
Gerhardvienna got a reaction from Canute in USS CAIRO by Gerhardvienna - RADIO - live steam June 30, 2017

Hi Pat
Thank you again
And many thanks too for all watching, hit the button, or just enjoying it!

The next step I made were the front wheels, just to make some progress.
I printed 2 sheets of the scaled carriage for each wheel, glued them to 2 mm balsa wood, and cut the spoked part out from one of them. The inner and outer radius was then sanded to correct size.

Then I drilled 3mm holes to the centers of both parts, and glued them together to create the form

Then I cut grooves for the spokes

As next I made a ring from 1mm brass sheet, 2mm high, and layed it into the form. The 1mm was a bit too thick, so I used 0,5mm sheet later!

Some spokes are set to the ring, and a piece of 3mm and 2mm brass tube into the center, the inner 2mm tube is around 1mm longer.

First test wheel, a bit too thick I think!

The carriage with new wheels from 0,5mm sheet, barrel still not mounted

There are still 2 parts missing, the endcaps for the axels. I will make them from 2mm brass tube, 1mm logn, and solder them to the axels.

Regards, and thank you for you interest!

Gerhard
Gerhardvienna got a reaction from johnhoward in USS ST LOUIS by thorn21g - 1:24 - POF - Civil War Ironclad - Gateway Model Shipcrafter's Guild June 28, 2017

Hi johnhoward

Thank you! But I have only four of these rings , because I had no 1,5mm brass tube. But as this wheel is almost invisible, I will go with it.

Regards
Gerhard
Gerhardvienna got a reaction from popeye the sailor in USS CAIRO by Gerhardvienna - RADIO - live steam July 7, 2017

Hi johnhoward
Thank you!
Have seen it in an earlier post in your build thread, wonderful workpiece! Now I`m working on the soldering form for the front wheels, will take some time to solder 14 spokes as shown in all old drawings to center and outer tyre ring.
For the "nonmetric" folks here, the diameter from my rear wheel is 0.2362 inches (6 mm)!

Regards
Gerhard
Gerhardvienna reacted to Torbogdan in Fokker DR 1 by Torbogdan - FINISHED June 28, 2017

The wingspars are of different length for the different wings. If all the wing spars (all six, three left wings and three right wings) are of equal length maybe you have gotten a "bad" kit where they have put three sets of one wingspan for one wing instead of one set each for the three wings?

My guess is that you have taken the wrong wing spars (for example the lower wing spars instead of the upper wing spar) and built the upper wing with the lower wing spar.

I built it on my table and had the drawings to my side but I checked frequently against the drawings. I checked, double checked and triple checked and then glued. Still I made mistakes and sometimes were saved by dumb luck...

So my only advice is to really check carefully and measure everything before gluing. Also to keep the building area clean of other parts.

But what ever mistake you did don´t worry, I´m sure Model Airways will help you and your building skills are very good. Even if the wing is wrong it looks very good!
Gerhardvienna reacted to NenadM in Cutty Sark by NenadM June 28, 2017

Step No.2.
Fine works started
Gerhardvienna got a reaction from johnhoward in USS CAIRO by Gerhardvienna - RADIO - live steam June 28, 2017

Hi johnhoward
Thank you!
Have seen it in an earlier post in your build thread, wonderful workpiece! Now I`m working on the soldering form for the front wheels, will take some time to solder 14 spokes as shown in all old drawings to center and outer tyre ring.
For the "nonmetric" folks here, the diameter from my rear wheel is 0.2362 inches (6 mm)!

Regards
Gerhard
Gerhardvienna got a reaction from popeye the sailor in USS CAIRO by Gerhardvienna - RADIO - live steam July 7, 2017

Just working on the bigger front wheels, lets see how many times I will have to make them. But as you said, try and error is what we do until we got it right

Regards
Gerhard
Gerhardvienna got a reaction from popeye the sailor in USS CAIRO by Gerhardvienna - RADIO - live steam July 7, 2017

Hi Carl

Thank you! Took me more than one attempt to make it, the first tries were absolutley bad. Did not photograph them, but in the end it worked out fine.

Regards
Gerhard
Gerhardvienna got a reaction from JerryTodd in USS CAIRO by Gerhardvienna - RADIO - live steam February 19, 2019

Back to the 12pounder carriage, I made the small rear wheel. I used 6 mm brass tube for the "tyre", 4 pieces of 2mm brass tube for the rim, and 1 piece of 1mm brass tube for the hub. I had no 1,5mm tube, so i had to use the 2mm, and could set only 4 instead of 5 pieces for the rim, but it looks good, I`ll keep it.
All the little pieces in the soldering form

After soldering.....

Filed to correct width, and mounted to the carriage

Best regards, thank you all for watching, thanks for comments, hitting the button,
Have a nice day!

Gerhard
Gerhardvienna got a reaction from mtaylor in USS ST LOUIS by thorn21g - 1:24 - POF - Civil War Ironclad - Gateway Model Shipcrafter's Guild June 28, 2017

Hi johnhoward

Thank you! But I have only four of these rings , because I had no 1,5mm brass tube. But as this wheel is almost invisible, I will go with it.

Regards
Gerhard
Gerhardvienna got a reaction from JerryTodd in USS CAIRO by Gerhardvienna - RADIO - live steam February 19, 2019

Has been some days till my last report, heer comes the news. I could set some timbers to the inner structure, just to make the walls look a bit better than they were from plywood. Cut a lot of 2 x 3 mm pinewood strips, and glued them to the walls. And I made 2 crossways from port to starboard, there I used 5 x 5 mm pine wood.

Timbers glued into the gas tank room

All internal walls related to the engine compartement are glued in, all unnecessary frame parts are cut away.

The crossways from port to starboard side

Thank you for watching, and comments or critics too!
Regards
Gerhard
Gerhardvienna reacted to vossiewulf in Fokker DR 1 by Torbogdan - FINISHED June 27, 2017

The way to avoid that problem is to build the wings and tails over the plans, that is what I have always done. Tape plans or a copy of them to your building board taut and flat, repeat with some plastic wrap over top to prevent any problems with glue sticking to plans, pin or clamp spars in the correct place and off you go. No way to have a problem unless the plans themselves are wrong.

Andrew, I recommend you contact Model Expo, they have a free replacement for broken/missing parts policy. I cannot see any reasonable way to fix what you have or use it in the finished model as is - explain to them what happened and see if you can get replacement parts for the wooden parts of the top wing.
Gerhardvienna got a reaction from popeye the sailor in USS CAIRO by Gerhardvienna - RADIO - live steam July 7, 2017

Back to the 12pounder carriage, I made the small rear wheel. I used 6 mm brass tube for the "tyre", 4 pieces of 2mm brass tube for the rim, and 1 piece of 1mm brass tube for the hub. I had no 1,5mm tube, so i had to use the 2mm, and could set only 4 instead of 5 pieces for the rim, but it looks good, I`ll keep it.
All the little pieces in the soldering form

After soldering.....

Filed to correct width, and mounted to the carriage

Best regards, thank you all for watching, thanks for comments, hitting the button,
Have a nice day!

Gerhard
Gerhardvienna got a reaction from mtaylor in USS CAIRO by Gerhardvienna - RADIO - live steam June 28, 2017

Back to the 12pounder carriage, I made the small rear wheel. I used 6 mm brass tube for the "tyre", 4 pieces of 2mm brass tube for the rim, and 1 piece of 1mm brass tube for the hub. I had no 1,5mm tube, so i had to use the 2mm, and could set only 4 instead of 5 pieces for the rim, but it looks good, I`ll keep it.
All the little pieces in the soldering form

After soldering.....

Filed to correct width, and mounted to the carriage

Best regards, thank you all for watching, thanks for comments, hitting the button,
Have a nice day!

Gerhard
Gerhardvienna got a reaction from JerryTodd in USS CAIRO by Gerhardvienna - RADIO - live steam February 19, 2019

Hi johnhoward

Thank you and Cher for that, once more some new views from the engines. Especially the first three pics show the engines from another angle, I`ve never seen in any forum or website! There will be some differencies in my build, due to the conditions for sailing the ship by RC. But most of the components of the engines will be really close to the original one!
Meanwhile I made the drawings and .stl files for the paddlewheel bearing blocks, they will be 3D printed. This saves a lot of working time, and makes it easier to work with.

All measurings on the drawings are in 1/10th mm!

Regarsd; and thank you all for watching!
Gerhard
Gerhardvienna got a reaction from Canute in USS ST LOUIS by thorn21g - 1:24 - POF - Civil War Ironclad - Gateway Model Shipcrafter's Guild June 27, 2017

Hi johnhoward

Thank you! But I have only four of these rings , because I had no 1,5mm brass tube. But as this wheel is almost invisible, I will go with it.

Regards
Gerhard
Gerhardvienna got a reaction from mtaylor in USS CAIRO by Gerhardvienna - RADIO - live steam June 28, 2017

Hi johnhoward
Thank you!
Have seen it in an earlier post in your build thread, wonderful workpiece! Now I`m working on the soldering form for the front wheels, will take some time to solder 14 spokes as shown in all old drawings to center and outer tyre ring.
For the "nonmetric" folks here, the diameter from my rear wheel is 0.2362 inches (6 mm)!

Regards
Gerhard
Gerhardvienna got a reaction from mtaylor in USS CAIRO by Gerhardvienna - RADIO - live steam June 28, 2017

Just working on the bigger front wheels, lets see how many times I will have to make them. But as you said, try and error is what we do until we got it right

Regards
Gerhard
Gerhardvienna got a reaction from Jack12477 in Cutty Sark by NenadM June 27, 2017

Hi Nenad

Not too bad, learning by doing is all we do all the time...............
In that small size it is much harder to make such boats then in "my" 1:50 measure! I KNOW, the next will be alot better!

Regards
Gerhard

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