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    Gerhardvienna reacted to archjofo in La Créole 1827 by archjofo - Scale 1/48 - French corvette   
    Hello Thomas,
    Hello Carl,
    many thanks for the interest and the nice words.
    Also thank you to all for the LIKES.

    Here is an update:
    The wood processing for the top of the foremast is finished.
    Now the fittings are made.




     
     
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    Gerhardvienna reacted to archjofo in La Créole 1827 by archjofo - Scale 1/48 - French corvette   
    Hello Greg,

    here are two images of drilling a 0.6 mm hole in the ball of the stanchions.


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    Gerhardvienna reacted to amateur in HMS Victory by dafi - Heller - PLASTIC - To Victory and beyond ...   
    No harm done: you never use the parts from the box
     
    Jan
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    Gerhardvienna reacted to dafi in HMS Victory by dafi - Heller - PLASTIC - To Victory and beyond ...   
    Not too much time to tinker lately due to my working scheme and other private commitments.
     
    In the meantime I was already looking for my cat for quite a while. 
     
    And how do you know, that you found the new daytime hideout of this feline creature?
     
     
    Next modeller´s meeting there will be a lot of chilly con cat ;-)
     
    XXXDAn
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    Gerhardvienna reacted to uss frolick in The "Trucker's Hitch" knot-tying video   
    From the makers of "What does the Fox Say". This video will help with your rigging ...
     
     
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    Gerhardvienna got a reaction from mtaylor in USS CAIRO by Gerhardvienna - RADIO - live steam   
    Hi Carl
    Thank you! And many thanks to all interested for watching in & likes!
    The insides will be whitewashed, as all inside walls will. Engines and boiler parts will be blackened, as the original parts were. I HOPE, I can make the boilers as the 5 tube boiler that was there, but must calculate how much water volume they will have, and build a feeding pump to them for longer driving!
    Still grinding the core for the cutters at the time, no grinding machine in my shop, so I have to do it all by hands only!
     
    Regards
    Gerhard
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    Gerhardvienna reacted to clearway in HMS Warrior 1860 by Philg88 - Billing Boats - 1:100 - First British Ironclad with scratch built side heads per prototype   
    From Victory to Warrior- that's some form of sado-masochism phil. looking good though.
     
    Keith
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    Gerhardvienna got a reaction from popeye the sailor in USS CAIRO by Gerhardvienna - RADIO - live steam   
    Hi Carl
    Thank you! And many thanks to all interested for watching in & likes!
    The insides will be whitewashed, as all inside walls will. Engines and boiler parts will be blackened, as the original parts were. I HOPE, I can make the boilers as the 5 tube boiler that was there, but must calculate how much water volume they will have, and build a feeding pump to them for longer driving!
    Still grinding the core for the cutters at the time, no grinding machine in my shop, so I have to do it all by hands only!
     
    Regards
    Gerhard
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    Gerhardvienna got a reaction from mtaylor in USS CAIRO by Gerhardvienna - RADIO - live steam   
    Worked a bit on the core for the cutters, and painted the skylights with flat black. Looks a bit better than the brown colour, thanks for giving some advise go to @johnhoward

    Regards, Thank you all for watching!
    Gerhard
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    Gerhardvienna got a reaction from archjofo in USS CAIRO by Gerhardvienna - RADIO - live steam   
    Worked a bit on the core for the cutters, and painted the skylights with flat black. Looks a bit better than the brown colour, thanks for giving some advise go to @johnhoward

    Regards, Thank you all for watching!
    Gerhard
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    Gerhardvienna got a reaction from Cathead in USS CAIRO by Gerhardvienna - RADIO - live steam   
    Hi Carl
    Thank you! And many thanks to all interested for watching in & likes!
    The insides will be whitewashed, as all inside walls will. Engines and boiler parts will be blackened, as the original parts were. I HOPE, I can make the boilers as the 5 tube boiler that was there, but must calculate how much water volume they will have, and build a feeding pump to them for longer driving!
    Still grinding the core for the cutters at the time, no grinding machine in my shop, so I have to do it all by hands only!
     
    Regards
    Gerhard
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    Gerhardvienna reacted to Philg88 in HMS Warrior 1860 by Philg88 - Billing Boats - 1:100 - First British Ironclad with scratch built side heads per prototype   
    Hi All,
    Internal gunwales and deck channels added ...

    Propeller and rudder completed. I modified the hinge of the latter using 5mm brass tube fashioned into faux hinges with the horizontal supports cut from .5mm plasticard and run over with a pounce wheel to simulate rivets. The porthole surrounds are 4mm eyelets painted gunmetal and glued in.
     

    And a couple of general views showing the paintwork.
     

     
     
     
     
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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   
    Thanks Rob,
    no worry , I do`nt and never take any suggestions by fellow members as criticism, I am so thankful and much appreciate all inputs as this enriches this forum and makes it so interesting.
    Do you perhaps have a pic of the "wore loops" and glued rope ends you mentioned ?
     
    Nils
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    Gerhardvienna reacted to cog in USS CAIRO by Gerhardvienna - RADIO - live steam   
    You are creating some fine details, Gerhard. Will you paint the insides flat black too?
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    Gerhardvienna got a reaction from popeye the sailor in USS CAIRO by Gerhardvienna - RADIO - live steam   
    Worked a bit on the core for the cutters, and painted the skylights with flat black. Looks a bit better than the brown colour, thanks for giving some advise go to @johnhoward

    Regards, Thank you all for watching!
    Gerhard
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    Gerhardvienna got a reaction from mtaylor in USS CAIRO by Gerhardvienna - RADIO - live steam   
    Hi johnhoward
     
    Thank you, so I will change colour to flat black for the skylights, no big deal to make it. The ship will get LED lights in it, so all visible interior will be seen well, but I will have to search for flickering lights to get a real effect. The inside of the superstructure will be painted light grey or dark white, the way you mentioned as "whitewashed".
     
    Regards
    Gerhard
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    Gerhardvienna got a reaction from mtaylor in USS CAIRO by Gerhardvienna - RADIO - live steam   
    Hi johnhoward
     
    I will stay with hinges, too much work to break them out of the frames. Breaking out the "glass" would be easier, but as I will let the windows open for sailing, this will not be necessary. I need good ventilation for the boilers and engine as this ship will get life steam, and I like to close such skylights when the model is set in the showcase. Much interesting is the question for coluor of the skylights, I found nothing about that! Shall I keep them as they are, or would (flat) black be correct?
     
    Regards, and thank you all for watching
    Gerhard
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    Gerhardvienna got a reaction from mtaylor in USS CAIRO by Gerhardvienna - RADIO - live steam   
    Hello again, and so many thanks for your likes!
     
    Before I continued with the cutters core, I had to finish another work I`ve started earlier. The big skylight had no window glasses and no hinges, so I decided to make them first. If the coluor would not be correct, please dont be shy and give some info about the paint of this parts!

     

     
    After the skylight I made the core for the cutters, must be grinded to shape now. Then I can start with the frames and planking.

     
    Regards
    Gerhard
     
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    Gerhardvienna got a reaction from hexnut in USS CAIRO by Gerhardvienna - RADIO - live steam   
    Hi again, and many thanks for you interest & likes!
     
    madt the barrel for the boat howitzer today, turned a small piece of brass, drilled the barrel, and soldered some small parts for the visor and the holding parts. Barrel fits well to the carriage.

     
    And I did cut out the frames for the cutters, and prepared the parts for the core of the boat. I will make the boats as Johann @archjofo  did, just hoping I get them done as well!
     


     
    Best Regards
    Gerhard
     
     
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    Gerhardvienna got a reaction from johnhoward in USS ST LOUIS by thorn21g - 1:24 - POF - Civil War Ironclad - Gateway Model Shipcrafter's Guild   
    Hi johnhoward
     
    I found one phpto at the NPS Site, and searched then for the Southern Belle stove. Was pretty easy to find, and looks like the original thing. Most important is the location for the vent, which is clear now, thank you! Those infos are worthful for anyone who likes to build a City Class ship!
     
    Regards
    Gerhard
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    Gerhardvienna got a reaction from tadheus in USS CAIRO by Gerhardvienna - RADIO - live steam   
    Worked a bit on the core for the cutters, and painted the skylights with flat black. Looks a bit better than the brown colour, thanks for giving some advise go to @johnhoward

    Regards, Thank you all for watching!
    Gerhard
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    Gerhardvienna got a reaction from Canute in USS ST LOUIS by thorn21g - 1:24 - POF - Civil War Ironclad - Gateway Model Shipcrafter's Guild   
    Hi johnhoward
     
    I found one phpto at the NPS Site, and searched then for the Southern Belle stove. Was pretty easy to find, and looks like the original thing. Most important is the location for the vent, which is clear now, thank you! Those infos are worthful for anyone who likes to build a City Class ship!
     
    Regards
    Gerhard
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    Gerhardvienna got a reaction from yvesvidal in USS ST LOUIS by thorn21g - 1:24 - POF - Civil War Ironclad - Gateway Model Shipcrafter's Guild   
    Hi Johnhoward
     
    And....................
    Where was this located??
    I`m ordering all the wood material for the Cairo this upcoming week, so this would be good to know before I continue, dont want to go wrong
    By talking about the stove, found some pics from the Southern Belle stove


     
    Best Regards
    Gerhard
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    Gerhardvienna got a reaction from coxswain in USS ST LOUIS by thorn21g - 1:24 - POF - Civil War Ironclad - Gateway Model Shipcrafter's Guild   
    Hi johnhoward
    Thanks for "lining up" the participants of the project!
    You did understand the request for the steam exhaust system correct. So I dont have to worry about the stacks for the engine, and build some tubes from the engine via the preheater back to the big funnels from the boilers. Paddlewheel icing will be no problem here in Vienna, but the water preheating system will be made.
     
    The drawing for the 12-pdr came from the civilwar-website, I scaled it down to the correct size of the barrel and made the carriage from the scaled drawings. Would be interesting if my scaled drawing will fit to Bob`s TurboCad drawings!
     
    Best regards
    Gerhard
     
     
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    Gerhardvienna got a reaction from coxswain in USS ST LOUIS by thorn21g - 1:24 - POF - Civil War Ironclad - Gateway Model Shipcrafter's Guild   
    Hi johnhoward
     
    Would be great, to know the names behind the project
    Now that we see so many of participants to the project we can imagine the size of the model, really big!
    What I miss in all the drawings is the steam exhaust from the engine. I have read that the exhaust was used for pre-heating the water intake, but steam had to leave the system after that. Had the City class ships usual funnels trough the top of the superstructure? And where have they been placed?
     
    Regards
    Gerhard
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