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Gerhardvienna got a reaction from popeye the sailor in SMS Danzig 1851 by Gerhardvienna - 1:50 scale - RADIO April 26, 2016

Hello again, and thank you for your nice likes!
Today I will continue with some of the fittings. The SMS Danzig had pivot-guns abord so there were a lot of fittings to make. The pivot bolts are turned in the lathe, made fron 3mm diameter brass. The handles are made from 0,3mm coppered iron wire from christmas hooks . So you can see, materials for our hobby are everywhere to find!

Pivot bolts in the lathe, first turn the shaft, then the heads

Then 2 grooves were filed into the heads, and the wire was bend

Sodering the wire to the bolts heads

Then the bolts were filed to their final shape

Also the pivot seats had to be made, I had ordered some photo etched plates, and took a piece of brass tube 2 x 1mm, cut that to a lenght of around 10 mm, and soldered them together, see the pics.....

Photo etched plates and brass tube

Soldering the pivot seats, the lower silver part of the soldering form is made from aluminium, the thorn was made from stainless steel, this will not solder to the brass parts!

All seats are soldered, but OH MY GOD(!!!!! ) All of the small holes are closed now!

So I had to reopen all the holes, took a needle and had work for hours.................

Best regards
Gerhard
Gerhardvienna got a reaction from Canute in SMS Danzig 1851 by Gerhardvienna - 1:50 scale - RADIO March 14, 2016

Hi John

Thank you, until now I have only made the easy things, some more of that is still coming. I have at the time no possibility for the modelships, I`m doing my home improvement. The living room must be renovated, and my store also, so all i can show at the moment is done weeks and months ago. The "hard" stuff will follow, when improvement is finished, then I will start with the hull, deck, masts & rigging. Even the gun barrels must be made, so it`s alot to do still. But I have even more for the review, next things will follow tomorrow.

Regards
Gerhard
Gerhardvienna got a reaction from hexnut in SMS Danzig 1851 by Gerhardvienna - 1:50 scale - RADIO March 31, 2017

As I wrote above, there were more of mass production parts. Next to do were the pivot holders to the lower carriages. I made them from 0,1mm brass sheet.

The holes were marked with a steel needle, and then pierced through

The backside of the sheet lokked like this, the ridges were filed away, and the sheet bend back to flat

Then opened the holes to correct size, bend the flat plates to 90° angle, and filed to rounded shape

As a last step the holders were mounted to the lower carriages. For drilling the mounting holes I use a sawing needle, that does not break so easy like normal drills do.

Front and rear holders have different shapes, but both are made the same way. They all are painted with black "silk type" colour, I paint mostly with Revell colours.

back soon for more, thank`s for watching and your likes............

Regards
Gerhard
Gerhardvienna got a reaction from mtaylor in Greenwich Hospital barge of 1832 by druxey - FINISHED - 1:48 scale February 24, 2016

Hi druxey

This is a great little ship, thanx for showing! Could be a model to build for me too, I`m following. I love all that gold, and the way you build the hull gives me some advise.

Regards
Gerhard
Gerhardvienna got a reaction from Elijah in HMS Snake by Davemc - FINISHED - Caldercraft - 1/64 February 24, 2016

Hi Davemc

You can hide the pinholes by using wooden nails after full planking. This will give the hull a more original look. Using woodfiller is not bad for the first planking, so you can create a very clean surface for the visible planks, well done!

Regards
Gerhard
Gerhardvienna reacted to Jim Lad in SMS Danzig 1851 by Gerhardvienna - 1:50 scale - RADIO February 24, 2016

Beautiful work, Gerhard!

John
Gerhardvienna reacted to Chuck in HM Cutter Cheerful 1806 by Chuck - FINISHED - 1:48 scale - kit prototype February 24, 2016

Thank You....

Its just a matter of slowing down and taking your time. Not rushing is a huge part of it. I think everyone can do the same but I see so many folks running through their projects like they are in a race. Should parts not fit correctly...throw them away and do it again. It took me about 2 hours to paint the stern after making the seats and adding the cleats. It took me about 1 hour to just paint one ladder after making it. Many thin coats being careful not to get any dust on it. Sanding carefully when imperfections and brush strokes take place. The key in my mind is to just slow down....my best advice for any model builder.

Chuck
Gerhardvienna got a reaction from Davemc in HMS Snake by Davemc - FINISHED - Caldercraft - 1/64 February 24, 2016

Hi Davemc

You can hide the pinholes by using wooden nails after full planking. This will give the hull a more original look. Using woodfiller is not bad for the first planking, so you can create a very clean surface for the visible planks, well done!

Regards
Gerhard
Gerhardvienna got a reaction from popeye the sailor in SMS Danzig 1851 by Gerhardvienna - 1:50 scale - RADIO April 26, 2016

As I wrote above, there were more of mass production parts. Next to do were the pivot holders to the lower carriages. I made them from 0,1mm brass sheet.

The holes were marked with a steel needle, and then pierced through

The backside of the sheet lokked like this, the ridges were filed away, and the sheet bend back to flat

Then opened the holes to correct size, bend the flat plates to 90° angle, and filed to rounded shape

As a last step the holders were mounted to the lower carriages. For drilling the mounting holes I use a sawing needle, that does not break so easy like normal drills do.

Front and rear holders have different shapes, but both are made the same way. They all are painted with black "silk type" colour, I paint mostly with Revell colours.

back soon for more, thank`s for watching and your likes............

Regards
Gerhard
Gerhardvienna got a reaction from Canute in Greenwich Hospital barge of 1832 by druxey - FINISHED - 1:48 scale February 24, 2016

Hi druxey

This is a great little ship, thanx for showing! Could be a model to build for me too, I`m following. I love all that gold, and the way you build the hull gives me some advise.

Regards
Gerhard
Gerhardvienna got a reaction from Mirabell61 in SMS Danzig 1851 by Gerhardvienna - 1:50 scale - RADIO February 24, 2016

Hi druxey

YES! ALL of this little holes. They are needed to mount the pivot seats to the deck, and I will do that the right way with handmade nails. But as this is just a review, we will see the production of the nails a bit later, when it comes to present times.

Hi Nils

Thank you
There are a lot more of mass production parts, must sort my pics out for the next posts. Just for the guns were around 200 photo etched parts drawn and ordered, see the drawing in post #10. All the blue marked parts were redrawn by me and ordered at http://www.0mobau.de/index.php?cPath=27&osCsid=6rqn4eikc62e5pqfpjgmc0q033. My lathe is an old Hobbymat from Eastern Germany, works well after about 20 years of use!

Regards
Gerhard
Gerhardvienna got a reaction from ggrieco in SMS Danzig 1851 by Gerhardvienna - 1:50 scale - RADIO April 3, 2016

Hello again, and thank you for your nice likes!
Today I will continue with some of the fittings. The SMS Danzig had pivot-guns abord so there were a lot of fittings to make. The pivot bolts are turned in the lathe, made fron 3mm diameter brass. The handles are made from 0,3mm coppered iron wire from christmas hooks . So you can see, materials for our hobby are everywhere to find!

Pivot bolts in the lathe, first turn the shaft, then the heads

Then 2 grooves were filed into the heads, and the wire was bend

Sodering the wire to the bolts heads

Then the bolts were filed to their final shape

Also the pivot seats had to be made, I had ordered some photo etched plates, and took a piece of brass tube 2 x 1mm, cut that to a lenght of around 10 mm, and soldered them together, see the pics.....

Photo etched plates and brass tube

Soldering the pivot seats, the lower silver part of the soldering form is made from aluminium, the thorn was made from stainless steel, this will not solder to the brass parts!

All seats are soldered, but OH MY GOD(!!!!! ) All of the small holes are closed now!

So I had to reopen all the holes, took a needle and had work for hours.................

Best regards
Gerhard
Gerhardvienna got a reaction from mtaylor in SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse 1897 by Mirabell61 - FINISHED - scale 1:144 - POF - first German four stacker of the Norddeutscher Lloyd line February 24, 2016

Hi Nils
The Kaiser Wilhelm is a really big ship, i would never intend to build that in 1:50 measure. My nonmarried wife would send me far far away with that. Highest length I can build is the DANZIG, she will have around 1,90 meters over all, including all masts. But if I had space eough, I could try..............just dreamin`
I`m just waiting to see more of your build, and will read this report from page 1 to the latest, I need more time!
Gerhardvienna got a reaction from mtaylor in SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse 1897 by Mirabell61 - FINISHED - scale 1:144 - POF - first German four stacker of the Norddeutscher Lloyd line February 24, 2016

Hi Nils

Just "flew" over this report, I see great things and a master at work.
Congratulations, I would be glad to do it that good in 1:50 measure!

Regards
Gerhard
Gerhardvienna got a reaction from Piet in SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse 1897 by Mirabell61 - FINISHED - scale 1:144 - POF - first German four stacker of the Norddeutscher Lloyd line February 24, 2016

Hi Nils
The Kaiser Wilhelm is a really big ship, i would never intend to build that in 1:50 measure. My nonmarried wife would send me far far away with that. Highest length I can build is the DANZIG, she will have around 1,90 meters over all, including all masts. But if I had space eough, I could try..............just dreamin`
I`m just waiting to see more of your build, and will read this report from page 1 to the latest, I need more time!
Gerhardvienna got a reaction from Piet in SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse 1897 by Mirabell61 - FINISHED - scale 1:144 - POF - first German four stacker of the Norddeutscher Lloyd line February 24, 2016

Hi Nils

Just "flew" over this report, I see great things and a master at work.
Congratulations, I would be glad to do it that good in 1:50 measure!

Regards
Gerhard
Gerhardvienna got a reaction from kees de mol in SMS Danzig 1851 by Gerhardvienna - 1:50 scale - RADIO March 15, 2016

Hello again, and thank you for your nice likes!
Today I will continue with some of the fittings. The SMS Danzig had pivot-guns abord so there were a lot of fittings to make. The pivot bolts are turned in the lathe, made fron 3mm diameter brass. The handles are made from 0,3mm coppered iron wire from christmas hooks . So you can see, materials for our hobby are everywhere to find!

Pivot bolts in the lathe, first turn the shaft, then the heads

Then 2 grooves were filed into the heads, and the wire was bend

Sodering the wire to the bolts heads

Then the bolts were filed to their final shape

Also the pivot seats had to be made, I had ordered some photo etched plates, and took a piece of brass tube 2 x 1mm, cut that to a lenght of around 10 mm, and soldered them together, see the pics.....

Photo etched plates and brass tube

Soldering the pivot seats, the lower silver part of the soldering form is made from aluminium, the thorn was made from stainless steel, this will not solder to the brass parts!

All seats are soldered, but OH MY GOD(!!!!! ) All of the small holes are closed now!

So I had to reopen all the holes, took a needle and had work for hours.................

Best regards
Gerhard
Gerhardvienna got a reaction from popeye the sailor in SMS Danzig 1851 by Gerhardvienna - 1:50 scale - RADIO April 26, 2016

So well, here comes a bit more to watch
How did i keep the lifter mechanics work? I use a small piece of baking paper between the brass parts, so I can avoid, that the parts I need to move free are solderd to the fixed things. But see the pics.............

One set for one lifter, just the wheel missing

Lifter mounting plate before soldering

All 8 plates soldered

Lever soldering to the axle, the axle is "invisible", it sits deep in the balsa wood plate

Soldering the lever to the lifter arms, use baking paper between arms and mounting plate!! Best to use double sided paper, no need to search for the "right" side!

Lifter completed for one side of carriage

Mounted lifter on gun carriage

Best regards
Gerhard
Gerhardvienna got a reaction from GrandpaPhil in SMS Danzig 1851 by Gerhardvienna - 1:50 scale - RADIO February 26, 2019

Back again for a bit more review
First of all, THANK YOU for your so many spended Likes
Next things to do were the gun carriages. The DANZIG had 12 pivot guns of three different weights on board, all in 20,4cm caliber. The weights were 95 - 60 - and 52 hundredweights.

First to build was the upper carriages, they are made from birch wood of 3mm thickness, milled as 4 pairs at once, and then glued together in a glueing form

After glueing this parts I drawed some photo etched parts and gave them to the etching fabric, all blue drawn parts are for that.

When the etched parts were ready, I had to bend some of them for mounting them to the carriages, most of the parts were for the largest upper carriages. They have lifters at the rear, and they even work in my model carriages.

Also the pivot carriages are "ready for use" on deck, when this is built, some brass parts are not etched, but handmade. All eyelets are made from 0,5mm brass sheet, or from 0,3mm brass wire. Every single part that is shown in the drawings is mounted to the carriages, so I can rig them in original way at the ship.

This was only shown in a very short form, requests and critics are always welcome!

Best regards
Gerhard
Gerhardvienna got a reaction from popeye the sailor in SMS Danzig 1851 by Gerhardvienna - 1:50 scale - RADIO April 26, 2016

Ready for a bit more??
Take your seats, no belts required! But food and drinks should be there, this will be a long way .............
You`r all welcome

One important step was to turn the spokes for the steering wheels, I did it with Archjofo`s trick. http://modelshipworld.com/index.php/topic/1029-la-cr%C3%A9ole-by-archjofo-scale-148-french-corvette-of-1827-scratch-build/page-29and I have made a short video to this method. SORRY for the not so great quality, this is done with a very cheap camcorder from TV-commercial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaSHWI8qp8s
And the steering stand was done as well, the wheels will follow the rudder when the ship turns! I will have to make some kind of mechanics! But that is for the future..........

The guiding tube, one cutout is measured for better understanding

All 16 spokes turned

The steering stand is made from 4 pieces of 6 x 5 mm oak wood. They were glued together in pairs, and turned in the lathe.

turned to round, and the slightley grinded with a file (sorry again for bad pic quality)

The turned stands, holds removed and axle holes drilled

The stand completed

See you soon, there is even more to show!
Best regards
Gerhard
Gerhardvienna got a reaction from popeye the sailor in SMS Danzig 1851 by Gerhardvienna - 1:50 scale - RADIO April 26, 2016

Back again for a bit more review
First of all, THANK YOU for your so many spended Likes
Next things to do were the gun carriages. The DANZIG had 12 pivot guns of three different weights on board, all in 20,4cm caliber. The weights were 95 - 60 - and 52 hundredweights.

First to build was the upper carriages, they are made from birch wood of 3mm thickness, milled as 4 pairs at once, and then glued together in a glueing form

After glueing this parts I drawed some photo etched parts and gave them to the etching fabric, all blue drawn parts are for that.

When the etched parts were ready, I had to bend some of them for mounting them to the carriages, most of the parts were for the largest upper carriages. They have lifters at the rear, and they even work in my model carriages.

Also the pivot carriages are "ready for use" on deck, when this is built, some brass parts are not etched, but handmade. All eyelets are made from 0,5mm brass sheet, or from 0,3mm brass wire. Every single part that is shown in the drawings is mounted to the carriages, so I can rig them in original way at the ship.

This was only shown in a very short form, requests and critics are always welcome!

Best regards
Gerhard
Gerhardvienna got a reaction from ianmajor in SMS Danzig 1851 by Gerhardvienna - 1:50 scale - RADIO February 25, 2016

Hello again, and thank you for your nice likes!
Today I will continue with some of the fittings. The SMS Danzig had pivot-guns abord so there were a lot of fittings to make. The pivot bolts are turned in the lathe, made fron 3mm diameter brass. The handles are made from 0,3mm coppered iron wire from christmas hooks . So you can see, materials for our hobby are everywhere to find!

Pivot bolts in the lathe, first turn the shaft, then the heads

Then 2 grooves were filed into the heads, and the wire was bend

Sodering the wire to the bolts heads

Then the bolts were filed to their final shape

Also the pivot seats had to be made, I had ordered some photo etched plates, and took a piece of brass tube 2 x 1mm, cut that to a lenght of around 10 mm, and soldered them together, see the pics.....

Photo etched plates and brass tube

Soldering the pivot seats, the lower silver part of the soldering form is made from aluminium, the thorn was made from stainless steel, this will not solder to the brass parts!

All seats are soldered, but OH MY GOD(!!!!! ) All of the small holes are closed now!

So I had to reopen all the holes, took a needle and had work for hours.................

Best regards
Gerhard
Gerhardvienna got a reaction from dgbot in SMS Danzig 1851 by Gerhardvienna - 1:50 scale - RADIO February 25, 2016

Hello again, and thank you for your nice likes!
Today I will continue with some of the fittings. The SMS Danzig had pivot-guns abord so there were a lot of fittings to make. The pivot bolts are turned in the lathe, made fron 3mm diameter brass. The handles are made from 0,3mm coppered iron wire from christmas hooks . So you can see, materials for our hobby are everywhere to find!

Pivot bolts in the lathe, first turn the shaft, then the heads

Then 2 grooves were filed into the heads, and the wire was bend

Sodering the wire to the bolts heads

Then the bolts were filed to their final shape

Also the pivot seats had to be made, I had ordered some photo etched plates, and took a piece of brass tube 2 x 1mm, cut that to a lenght of around 10 mm, and soldered them together, see the pics.....

Photo etched plates and brass tube

Soldering the pivot seats, the lower silver part of the soldering form is made from aluminium, the thorn was made from stainless steel, this will not solder to the brass parts!

All seats are soldered, but OH MY GOD(!!!!! ) All of the small holes are closed now!

So I had to reopen all the holes, took a needle and had work for hours.................

Best regards
Gerhard
Gerhardvienna got a reaction from mtaylor in SMS Danzig 1851 by Gerhardvienna - 1:50 scale - RADIO February 24, 2016

Hello again, and thank you for your nice likes!
Today I will continue with some of the fittings. The SMS Danzig had pivot-guns abord so there were a lot of fittings to make. The pivot bolts are turned in the lathe, made fron 3mm diameter brass. The handles are made from 0,3mm coppered iron wire from christmas hooks . So you can see, materials for our hobby are everywhere to find!

Pivot bolts in the lathe, first turn the shaft, then the heads

Then 2 grooves were filed into the heads, and the wire was bend

Sodering the wire to the bolts heads

Then the bolts were filed to their final shape

Also the pivot seats had to be made, I had ordered some photo etched plates, and took a piece of brass tube 2 x 1mm, cut that to a lenght of around 10 mm, and soldered them together, see the pics.....

Photo etched plates and brass tube

Soldering the pivot seats, the lower silver part of the soldering form is made from aluminium, the thorn was made from stainless steel, this will not solder to the brass parts!

All seats are soldered, but OH MY GOD(!!!!! ) All of the small holes are closed now!

So I had to reopen all the holes, took a needle and had work for hours.................

Best regards
Gerhard
Gerhardvienna got a reaction from druxey in SMS Danzig 1851 by Gerhardvienna - 1:50 scale - RADIO April 4, 2016

So well, here comes a bit more to watch
How did i keep the lifter mechanics work? I use a small piece of baking paper between the brass parts, so I can avoid, that the parts I need to move free are solderd to the fixed things. But see the pics.............

One set for one lifter, just the wheel missing

Lifter mounting plate before soldering

All 8 plates soldered

Lever soldering to the axle, the axle is "invisible", it sits deep in the balsa wood plate

Soldering the lever to the lifter arms, use baking paper between arms and mounting plate!! Best to use double sided paper, no need to search for the "right" side!

Lifter completed for one side of carriage

Mounted lifter on gun carriage

Best regards
Gerhard

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