Gerhardvienna

Hi Popeye, Thank you1
 
I`m tryin hard, much more to come next days. Momentarily I`m working on some inner structures to fit the whole drivetrain. Pics will come soon!
 
Regards
Gerhard

So, let it be ...

an honor and a great day...can't even beat that.......although getting to meet John {Jim Ladd} and his admiral was mine.   it's a great achievement winning a medal.....a testament to your ability my friend   

Thanks for nice words. I just concluded that doing this kind of work, my hands have to be absolute clean
 
 
 
 
Thanks Patrick. It is really nice to be in shipyard again
 
 
 
Hello Mark! Yes, pretty small ... 
 
Welcome to my log Jay and thanks for nice word
 
 
 
Thanks Gerhard. I think I can do it better ...
 
 
Wait a second or two Patrick ! My appetite just has grown, and I am thinking about, to hollow inside of boat, and to plank it inside and make benches and other things inside ... to cover it to half and expose another half ... just opportunity to ruin what I have done for now, and to start over
 
Obviously, you have a bad influence to me
 
( Everlasting modelers question: Can it be smaller? Oh, yes! How much? We`ll see ...)
 

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
 
 
 

Hi Nenad
 
Great job, perfect done! In that small measure not easy.................
 
Regards
Gerhard

Hi johnhoward
 
Great progress! And nice work on the wheels too!
 
Regards
Gerhard

Today I found time for the comparison of the carriages, my version fits almost to the drawings johnhoward showed earlier. It`s a matter of a few 1/10mm so I will lwt it as it is.
The red drawn parts show how I made them.

 
Regards
Gerhard

Hi johnhoward
 
Thank you, great pics, and many thanks to Cher too. NOW i know, why I`m a Cher-Fan
For smoe reasons I found no time to compare my version of the light carriage with your drawings, these photos show a lot more than I had before from the original thing!
 
Best regards
Gerhard

Progress on the superstructure ...
 

A short update from the beach, well almost
 
The pilots seat is in place. I have also done all of the wiring (except one cable!) for the engine and the controls. Lots of wires going here and there and not much space to work in. Sometimes I would have needed a mutated third and fourth hand. But now it is almost done. Just one cable from the engine to the magneto left! The fuel gauge "face" will be added to the fuel gage itself on the tank. it can be seen in the top picture, a grey round thing on a rod so to speak. The grey boxes in front of it are the ammo cans and spent cartridge cans.
 
 

 

 

Hi Nenad
 
Great job, perfect done! In that small measure not easy.................
 
Regards
Gerhard

Today I found time for the comparison of the carriages, my version fits almost to the drawings johnhoward showed earlier. It`s a matter of a few 1/10mm so I will lwt it as it is.
The red drawn parts show how I made them.

 
Regards
Gerhard

Hi Nenad
 
Great job, perfect done! In that small measure not easy.................
 
Regards
Gerhard

Only a very knowledgeable person would pick up those differences Gerhard; you did very well with the info you had on hand at the time.
 
cheers
 
Pat

Another side done
 
 

I addition to the "engine discussion" I finally found the site I was lokking for:
http://thevintageaviator.co.nz/projects/oberursel-engine/oberursel-ur-ii-rotary-engine-build-history
 
 
Regards
Gerhard

Today I found time for the comparison of the carriages, my version fits almost to the drawings johnhoward showed earlier. It`s a matter of a few 1/10mm so I will lwt it as it is.
The red drawn parts show how I made them.

 
Regards
Gerhard

The top wing has been polyurethaned (silk finish without color). I am now starting the arduous work of capping the wing ribs, lovingly, one by one. This will take some time. Please stand by ;-)
~john
 
 

Today I found out how the winches work, like a tju tju train :-)

Calling Captain Bob. Calling Captain Bob!
 
Hi Bob.  I've become a bit concerned that you haven't been posting for quite a while. I've sent you a PM a while back, to check to see if you were ok, but I've not had any response so far.
 
I hope all's well with you and your Admiral and that you're able to rejoin MSW soon.
 
All the best!
 
Patrick

you can do it if you have the mind to   one would never evolve,  if the envelop is never pushed.
 
I wanted to post this last evening.....but I never got back to the computer.   substituting the rings for blocks,  and plotting them out took a lot of thought.  the mast trees are done now,  and they have been cemented in place.

Since I trimmed the root of the fore mast,  it required being propped up to align it.   it also gives you  good idea,  with the scale of the blocks.


I let this dry for the day.......did some stuff outside and replaced the stereo in our car.   the next day,  came the installation of the lower rat lines.   with the ratlines the way they are....they do not fit.....they are too long!  they need to be shortened,  and the most logical place,  is at the bottom.   Ratz!   I thought I had a picture of the process,  but no.......   what I had to do,  was cut the bottom off,  leaving a stub at the base of each dead eye lanyard.   you need to be careful,  because the plastic is somewhat brittle {trust me}.   after doing this to both sides,  the mizzen lower shrouds are in place.

I will have to do something with the lower part of the channels....there's more to do there anyway.   the main mast shrouds were next.


I will reestablish the grooves in the channels when I complete them......something simple {I hope}.   the fore mast shrouds were done last.....carefully because of the past damage.

the port side is the damaged one.........noticeable,  but it passes muster    all this will sit for another day.......I want them to fully dry.  trivial,  but the fore mast did come loose during the fit.....it needed to be cemented back in place and rejigged for alignment.  the fact is.....they are done!......and once dry,  I can begin with the standing rigging.

while waiting,  I gave the yards the flat black wash.

I'm debating........sails.......or no sails.   it's not going to make a difference,  since one......maybe two sets of lines hang in the balance here....clew and sheet lines {I lumped the tack lines in with the sheet lines.....clever huh?!?!}.   they supply what amounts to black sewing thread........in the instructions,  they tell you that the thread is not to scale,  and to make the model look better,  thicker thread must be used {not supplied in the kit}.   I get it........plastic genericide!   that's OK.......I'm ready for ya!    I have some thicker thread.   more soon my friends 

Sorry, did not want to offend the DOG!!!
Why dont you file a bit away from the lower end of the mast to fit it into the hole? If its only the lower hole, noone will see it after.
 
Regards
Gerhard

Today I found time for the comparison of the carriages, my version fits almost to the drawings johnhoward showed earlier. It`s a matter of a few 1/10mm so I will lwt it as it is.
The red drawn parts show how I made them.

 
Regards
Gerhard

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