Gerhardvienna

After a little break, I continued with the keel plate. The groove for the steve tube was cut with a small cutting disc, and then the parts stabilized with 4 x 5mm oak wood strips. Everything fits well to the plans, so I can go on with the cuting for the rudder axle socket.
 
Cut with small disc to approx half width

 
Stabilized with 4 x 5 mm oak wood

 
Full cut and stabilized

 
Tested to the plans, fits well.

 
Thank you all for your interest, and for the many likes too !
 
Regards
Gerhard
 
 
 
 

The model shown below won a Gold Medal at the recent show/contest at the WI Maritime Museum in Manitowoc, WI, and was also the Best of Show  Best Paint and Modeler's Choice winner.  It's over 4' long, fully lit with LED's and the fully detailed walking beam engine would have won a gold medal all by itself.  Alex Deery of Canada is the modeler.  Justthoughthis group would be interested in seeing it.
Kurt

It's Saturday. I'm smiling - again! Lovely work, Glenn.

After a little break, I continued with the keel plate. The groove for the steve tube was cut with a small cutting disc, and then the parts stabilized with 4 x 5mm oak wood strips. Everything fits well to the plans, so I can go on with the cuting for the rudder axle socket.
 
Cut with small disc to approx half width

 
Stabilized with 4 x 5 mm oak wood

 
Full cut and stabilized

 
Tested to the plans, fits well.

 
Thank you all for your interest, and for the many likes too !
 
Regards
Gerhard
 
 
 
 

Hi Glenn
 
I`m simply amazed...........

 
Regards
Gerhard

After a little break, I continued with the keel plate. The groove for the steve tube was cut with a small cutting disc, and then the parts stabilized with 4 x 5mm oak wood strips. Everything fits well to the plans, so I can go on with the cuting for the rudder axle socket.
 
Cut with small disc to approx half width

 
Stabilized with 4 x 5 mm oak wood

 
Full cut and stabilized

 
Tested to the plans, fits well.

 
Thank you all for your interest, and for the many likes too !
 
Regards
Gerhard
 
 
 
 

Sorry for quoting myself, but here is an example of what I meant, The "Alzeda"  an extremley amazing boat
http://www.portcarlingboats.com/tag/alzeda/
BTW: Whoever knows about plans from her please give some information to me.............
 
Regards
Gerhard

After a little break, I continued with the keel plate. The groove for the steve tube was cut with a small cutting disc, and then the parts stabilized with 4 x 5mm oak wood strips. Everything fits well to the plans, so I can go on with the cuting for the rudder axle socket.
 
Cut with small disc to approx half width

 
Stabilized with 4 x 5 mm oak wood

 
Full cut and stabilized

 
Tested to the plans, fits well.

 
Thank you all for your interest, and for the many likes too !
 
Regards
Gerhard
 
 
 
 

This week I started tying the two decks together with the side planking  but, first I had to finish framing out the paddlebox.
 
 
Lighter vertical timbers were added between the main posts to frame out the windows and add support to the planking.

 

 
 
Before I could continue, I had to frame in the stairs.  Since all the stringers were exactly the same, I decided to let the mill do the work.

 

 
 
First stringers going in. 

 

 
 
Second stringers and starting to frame the paddlebox and forward deckhouse.

 

 

 
Planking the paddlebox and deckhouse.

 

 

 

 
Adding the stair risers and starting to plank the paddlebox.

 
 
Detail of the paddlebox planking.  There were three strakes and then a moulding that continued the run of a short rail that ran the circumference of the deck.  The rail, moulding and lower three planks were painted black.  All the planking above was painted white.

Hi Glenn
Was`nt here for some days, beautiful build! Seems to go fast with the side planks..............
 
Regards
Gerhard

Sorry for quoting myself, but here is an example of what I meant, The "Alzeda"  an extremley amazing boat
http://www.portcarlingboats.com/tag/alzeda/
BTW: Whoever knows about plans from her please give some information to me.............
 
Regards
Gerhard

Hi Tadeusz
 
The Jura you showed in your post, was a "sister" of the RIGI, but had an engine from Escher-Wyss, the RIGI had her first engine from Penn & Son, the ship was built from Ditchborn and Mare, both in England. The swiss manufactorer had a fixed contract with the Jura-Company, so the Rigi owners had to order in England.
 
The ship came across the alps by truck, must have been a pretty hard work................

 
More pics from the RIGI are shown in post #38 this thread, the engine is here to find
http://www.paddlesteamers.info/Rigi1848%20Engines.htm
 
 
Regards
Gerhard

Hi Nenad
 
Poor man! This is more than one can take alone. 400 guests, 30plus degrees, no acclimatisation, I can feel your pain. But we have hot weather too today, I`m too lazy to do almost anything. Should cool down on sunday I hope the best for that! Have a nice wedding, friend!
 
Regards
Gerhard

Hi,
Ships models from Bodensee (Constance Lake) Navigation Museum In Kreuzlingen CH.









Paddle wheel from 1892



 
Tadeusz

oh yea John..........cook'in!   the guys won't let me on board with the blow torch though..........I dunno......some crap about no pipes and start'in a fire,  or something.   thanks for looking in.........good ya do,  so I don't hurt myself    
 
Mark.....really?!?!   >look........I'm smil'in<   shoe......that appendage that holds the rudder in place.......that's supposed to be UNDER the boat,  rather than trail behind it like a tail     I saw that,  and I almost busted out laughing.........       I will fix it later,  if I don't break it off first.  funny thing about that too....is all the weird positions I've had this hull in,  and it hasn't broken yet.  now that I've mentioned it....it will break     >like I'm gonna cry<
 
thank to all for the likes.......I should have another update by this evening.

Hi Nenad
 
Poor man! This is more than one can take alone. 400 guests, 30plus degrees, no acclimatisation, I can feel your pain. But we have hot weather too today, I`m too lazy to do almost anything. Should cool down on sunday I hope the best for that! Have a nice wedding, friend!
 
Regards
Gerhard

Sorry for quoting myself, but here is an example of what I meant, The "Alzeda"  an extremley amazing boat
http://www.portcarlingboats.com/tag/alzeda/
BTW: Whoever knows about plans from her please give some information to me.............
 
Regards
Gerhard

If the chine run is fair and true I would keep going as you show and then bring the side panels down (up as in the picture) as far as they will go. Hopefully you will have an edge (of the side panels) proud of the underside panels and then you can sand flush with bottom. If there is not enough side panel depth to do so just fill with your glass compound and fair in.
 
If you believe the bottom PVC panels are the true run then I would carefully sand the chine to conform and keep going as stated above. My guess is this is the more correct reference (i.e.the PVC panels).

Hi Nenad
 
Poor man! This is more than one can take alone. 400 guests, 30plus degrees, no acclimatisation, I can feel your pain. But we have hot weather too today, I`m too lazy to do almost anything. Should cool down on sunday I hope the best for that! Have a nice wedding, friend!
 
Regards
Gerhard

Dear prospective ship modeler,
 
Welcome! If you're reading this, it's probably because you are ready and raring to get started on a first ship model. But before you do, allow me to share the following with you.
 
We get a lot of first-time builders on this forum. People who are eager to build a first ship model are attracted to the hobby for a variety of reasons. Perhaps you were captivated by a stunning model of the USS Constitution or the HMS Victory. Maybe you have a beloved relative who was a modeler. Or it could be that you just have a love of the sea, even if you've never sailed on anything larger than a rowboat. All of us came to MSW with similar motivations. Those of us who have been at this for a while not only love the hobby, but also love passing along our experience to new builders. It's a special treat to see a new modeler persevere through the joys and sorrows (and often tedium) of building a ship model and arrive successfully at the end of a build with a finished model to be proud of.
 
Unfortunately, many of those eager new members also turn out to be last-time builders as well. There are lots of reasons why a first-timer might give up. Building a nice ship model requires the learning of many new skills, a not inconsiderable amount of tenacity, and usually a significant time investment. Some new modelers get bored, others get overwhelmed, and some get overtaken by things like career changes, cross-country moves, babies, sudden illnesses -- that life stuff we all have to deal with occasionally. We understand those things happen. We get it.
 
This post, though, is written for a particular kind of first-time modeler: the modeler who takes on more ship then they can handle. Unfortunately, this kind of modeler is all too common. Bewitched by a clipper ship or sailing man-of-war, this kind of newbie believes that they can jump right in and build something similar.
 
Allow me to use an analogy. I'm not a pilot, but I love old warbirds. Suppose I go to an airshow and, having been awed by the spectacle, decide to go out and buy a P-51 and take her up for a few high-g maneuvers. All with no flying experience, mind you. I don't have to tell you how that first flight is likely to end up.
 
Sadly, many of the newcomers to MSW have a similar experience with model ships. They come brimming with pluck and determination, convinced that they can build a Constitution or Victory. In most instances, these bright-eyed neophytes wind up like the over-zealous new P-51 owner -- dead. Well, unlike the pilot, the would-be modelers are probably still alive, but their dreams of nice model ships have certainly gone to a better place.
 
Now, before I go any further, allow me to make a few things perfectly clear. Am I saying that a new modeler should never attempt a complicated model or that newcomers never finish such models? No, I'm not saying that. There are a few modelers who have attempted such projects and completed them, so it is certainly possible. But those modelers are very few in number. And we don't have any rules about what kind of model you can or can't build around here. If you absolutely, positively have to have a crack at a three-decker or frigate, then have at it. We'll be glad to help you along the way. But just be aware ahead of time how much of a challenge you are getting yourself into.
 
Let me throw some numbers at you to illustrate my point. One of my jobs here at MSW is to comb through old build logs and edit the titles of completed builds to show that the model has been finished (it makes searching for finished models easier). Obviously, as I sift through the builds I find many unfinished ones. On just one page that I was recently checking, I found twelve unfinished build logs started by first-time builders. In ten of those build logs, the new builder never made it past completing the hull of his ship. In the other two, the builder never started the model at all. Nine of those twelve modelers are no longer active on this site. I did not include among those twelve modelers any who gave a life-got-in-the-way reason for suspending their build. They're simply twelve modelers who eagerly started their project and then, usually quite early on, just gave up and quietly disappeared without giving any reasons why.
 
Those twelve builds all had one thing in common: each modeler had chosen a model that posed significant challenges for a first-time builder. Some of those models would have been a challenge even for a skilled builder. Simply put, they doomed their attempt at modeling by choosing a model that was over their head.
 
All of us ship modelers know how real the temptation is to skip an entry-level model and go straight for lots of guns and lots of sails. But here's the whole point I want to make: seriously think twice about caving into that temptation. The evidence speaks for itself - literally hundreds of abandoned build logs begun by modelers who bit off more than they could chew. Many of them not only abandoned their build, they also gave up on the hobby entirely.
 
It didn't have to be that way. Making a good start by honestly appraising your skill level and deciding to go with a simple first model is one of the surest ways to success in this hobby. Most true beginner models -- those actually designed for beginners and not merely labeled as such -- don't require a lot of money, time, or expensive tools. In a few weeks you'll know if this hobby is for you without having gotten yourself worked up over a model you couldn't realistically complete. And you know, most of us here enjoy watching the progress on a relatively 'easy' model, like a small sailboat, just as much as we enjoy watching the progress on an HMS Victory -- especially when we see those models being finished and proudly displayed.
 
And you know what? Success breeds further success. 
 
For more information on choosing a first model, check out the NRG modeling resources page.
 
Choose wisely, enjoy the journey, and I look forward to seeing you complete your first build log.
 
Respectfully,
Chris

Hi Nenad
 
Poor man! This is more than one can take alone. 400 guests, 30plus degrees, no acclimatisation, I can feel your pain. But we have hot weather too today, I`m too lazy to do almost anything. Should cool down on sunday I hope the best for that! Have a nice wedding, friend!
 
Regards
Gerhard

Thank you Piet. If you can remember, there were many experiments finding color for deck. Now, even deck is dirty, and even there are traces on of color dust and garbage on bulwarks, when railings and ( almost all) dead eyes are on place and colored, when inner bulwark content is on place and colored, it seems I hit my goal. It will look more better when I finish dead-eyes, clean deck and start with color correction
 
 
 
Thanks Carl. Looking at Her deck with my new magnyfier, I was open-mounted with amount of collected dust. Add to this garbage from holes I drilled for dead eye holders, and you can get complete dirty picture ... which leads me to serious thinking about way to keep her from dust when rigging time comes ... there are some ideas ... including to occupy Hothead`s room only for rigging purpose, with forbidden entry to everyone, particular to cat.
 
 
 
Thanks Gerhard. Patience please !. It is hard to work when  outside is 33 C with 100% humidity in air and subjective feeling as 39 C last two weeks and next couple of days ... Flat is acclimatized, but shipyard is not.
 
And when you jumped as donkey in downtown whole day in dark colored car without acclimatization, in Courts without it also (?) and if you had afternoon full of meetings, only glass of ... anything wet and cold and nirvana state can be applied successfully on me . To add that Hothead is at short visiting home,  and we are preparing for big weeding ceremony of my niece at Saturday with 400 guests, which, naturally means that -  when princess came home after work, there is chat chat chat chat until  ... I fall down sleeping in chair, and command break for today 
 
 
 
Hello Denis. I noticed your relative absence, following your another logs and posts. Take your time and enjoy in life as much as you can. All builds can wait, life can not 

Bill,
 
I tried your excellent idea straight away,,, it looks much better than with full diam. wire, unfortunately I do`nt have macro focus but I think it shows on the encl. pic...      Thanks again    
 
The next improvement will be to choose thinner wire for those loop-ends, plus flattening...
 
Nils
 

 
stanchion wrap loop flattend......

Shoe?   All I see is a well-done model being built.   I think you did it sir... 

Just catching up again.  Looks like you're really cooking now, mate!
 
John