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Gerhardvienna reacted to NenadM in Cutty Sark by NenadM June 13, 2016

Thanks Omar for nice words

Move forward to final look of dead eyes

CA drop - done. Re-drilling holes - done. Coloring wood - done. Coloring wire - started. Follow nice fiting of holes and applying mat acrylic transparent warnish.

It is raining whole day, and no work in homeyard can be done. After 2+3 hours of looking throught magnifier, my eyes dropped somewhere, which told me to stop.
Gerhardvienna reacted to tadheus in La Salamandre by tadheus - 1:24 June 13, 2016

Continuation.

The beginning of the relation is available at this address:

http://5500.forumact...ndre-1-24#66516

Regards, Pawel
Gerhardvienna reacted to cog in Heroine 1838 by ggrieco - FINISHED - Scale 1:24 - Western River Steamboat as she appeared before hitting a snag in the Red River June 13, 2016

I am a tad on the late side, but she is coming together beautifully. As Mark wrote: "A pity the metal work is over", although, I think a little bit will be left, maybe not so imposing as the engine and the propulsion ... I am looking forward to see your wood skills displayed on the remaining details of the Heroine ...
Gerhardvienna reacted to Elijah in Licorne 1755 by mtaylor - 3/16" scale - French Frigate - from Hahn plans - Version 2.0 - TERMINATED June 13, 2016

I echo what the others have said. Goog luck to Janet with the surgery. Your ship is looking great!
Gerhardvienna reacted to BANYAN in A Lorch Micro-Mill that never was ... June 13, 2016

Very nice Wefalck; I drool every time I visit your tools pages, engineering art!

cheers

Pat
Gerhardvienna reacted to wefalck in A Lorch Micro-Mill that never was ... June 13, 2016

The original bronze spindle-nut seems to have had a left-hand thread of 4 mm x 1 mm, so it was drilled out 3.7 mm for the 4.5 mm x 1 mm thread and the thread re-cut with the appropriate tap. The odd digs and dents were removed by a light cut on both ends in the lathe.

Parts of the spindle and its bearings

A test assembly showed that everything worked as planned. The ball-handle crank has been bought-in and is fixed by set-screws, rather than being pinned as was the Lorch-practice.

Spindle in place, but micro-meter sleeve still to be made

To be continued ...
Gerhardvienna reacted to gjdale in 1949 Chris-Craft 19' Racing Runabout by gjdale - FINISHED -Dumas - 1:8 Scale - RADIO June 13, 2016

Thanks Thomas,

Tom - thanks for stopping by. Yes, there is a little room for adjustment and the photo might not show it very well, but the aim is to have the rudder as a continuation of the line of the prop shaft. In the end, I think the aft lower edge of the rudder will be just below the prop blades. I'll still be trying to avoid any form of grounding or collision! As the saying goes, a collision at sea can ruin your entire day!
Gerhardvienna got a reaction from popeye the sailor in Baby Bootlegger by Gerhardvienna - 1/10 - RADIO June 24, 2016

Thank you all again for your kindness!

Back with overworked plans, the prop and rudder seem to be correct now, as I have redrawn this section

Fell free to use or download the pics for further projects.........

Regards
Gerhard
Gerhardvienna got a reaction from PeteB in Baby Bootlegger by Gerhardvienna - 1/10 - RADIO October 15, 2018

For the rivets I found only this photograph from the original boat
from http://cdn.silodrome.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Baby-Bootlegger-30-Bragg.jpg, the rows of rivets appear as dark points in the shadow

And one more from a model, made in Germany. Here are the rivets good to see, and the pattern seems to be close to the pattern from the photograph above. Pic comes from http://www.miniwerft.de/die-miniwerft/modelle-im-bau/

Regards
Gerhard
Gerhardvienna got a reaction from grsjax in Baby Bootlegger by Gerhardvienna - 1/10 - RADIO June 13, 2016

Hi everyone

As my admiral commanded me, I will have to build beneath my historic old ships another. more modern boat, a BabyBootlegger will be made then. The plans came from John Toms free for download, lots of infos are to find in the internet. I found one really good building report at rc.groups http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1805606think I will try to stay close to this one. But not all that nails the builder used for his model, they were not there at the original boat, as photos from it show. I still have no clue what engine to use, maybe I make it electric at first, with an opinion for fuel drive later .
Here the plans again, 4 mm plywood is at home for the frames and keel works. under planking will be made with 3 mm Balsa wood, visible planking with 1 - 1,5 mm mahogany wood.

And one photo from the original, source was
http://cdn.silodrome.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Baby-Bootlegger-302.jpg

The model will be about 90 cm long and about 18cm wide.

Regards
Gerhard
Gerhardvienna got a reaction from hexnut in Baby Bootlegger by Gerhardvienna - 1/10 - RADIO June 15, 2016

Hi Sailor

If the rivets were, they will be on the model, thats a fact! If someone here has a close shot from them would be nice to show, even the pattern this rivets were set would be interesting then.
The Baby was a really fast craft, no wonder with this giant Hispano-Suiza engine. More than 11 litres must have power....

Somewhere in the internet I found original drawings and the full handbook to the engine, so I might be able to rebuild it in measure, when my new milling machine is on the workbench!

Regards
Gerhard
Gerhardvienna reacted to cog in USCG Pequot (WARC-58) by captainbob - FINISHED - 1:96 June 13, 2016

That's some stunning detail you pulled out of your tall hat, Bob. Very sharp details you managed to create with the brass ... magical ...
Gerhardvienna reacted to kees de mol in Korean Turtle Ship by AntonyUK - FINISHED - Scale 1/32 June 13, 2016

Looks amazing again to me
Gerhardvienna got a reaction from cog in Heroine 1838 by ggrieco - FINISHED - Scale 1:24 - Western River Steamboat as she appeared before hitting a snag in the Red River June 13, 2016

Hi Glenn
Great work as usual! Did they need the forks for steering in close turns?

Regards
Gerhard
Gerhardvienna reacted to Elijah in Baby Bootlegger by Gerhardvienna - 1/10 - RADIO June 13, 2016

She looks fast! And shiny !
Gerhardvienna got a reaction from tadheus in Baby Bootlegger by Gerhardvienna - 1/10 - RADIO June 13, 2016

Thank you all again for your kindness!

Back with overworked plans, the prop and rudder seem to be correct now, as I have redrawn this section

Fell free to use or download the pics for further projects.........

Regards
Gerhard
Gerhardvienna got a reaction from popeye the sailor in Baby Bootlegger by Gerhardvienna - 1/10 - RADIO June 24, 2016

Back again, and almost done with my kitchen renovation. Just a few days more and that is completed!

By taking a good look at the plans I discovered two things to change. The propellershaft is too long, it will be in the final version just about 75 mm instaed of 98 mm lopng. And the form of the rudder is not good the way it is drawn at the plans. The turning point would be much too far in front of the propeller, and the form of the blade is unnessesary large.
I marked the things to change on the photo!

Regards, Thank you all for watching & following& your kind likes.........
Gerhard
Gerhardvienna got a reaction from popeye the sailor in Baby Bootlegger by Gerhardvienna - 1/10 - RADIO June 24, 2016

Hi Nenad

This will be a learning thing for me too! I`ve never made such a shining finish, all boats I ever made were grey fleet or historic, no glossy paint on them!

Hello Kees

Beautiful made botlegger there, I just hope I can get close to this! We`ll see...................
Thanks for showing!

Good Morning Grant
My admiral has indeed a good taste, she choose ME
JUST KIDDING....
To be serious, This will be a new experience for me, there are a lot of things new to me! But I want to make this one as good as ever possible, not to disappoint her.

Hi Mark
Stay in and bring your friends, the more there are, the better will the mood be for all of us

Regards, thank you all for watching and youe kind likes!
Gerhard
Gerhardvienna got a reaction from Elijah in Baby Bootlegger by Gerhardvienna - 1/10 - RADIO June 13, 2016

Hi Bob

Not a really switch, the Cairo stays as my main project. The Baby is "ordered" from my admiral, she likes such fast and sporty boats. And, IF I build something sporty, it must be an eyecatcher! I found John Toms by searching for Steam engines, and found that plans beneath lots of others by coincidence.

Regards
Gerhard
Gerhardvienna got a reaction from Elijah in Baby Bootlegger by Gerhardvienna - 1/10 - RADIO June 13, 2016

Hi Popeye even here!

Take your seat, coffe is in the can, some Sacher Torte on the sideboard too.
The plans are from John Toms http://www.john-tom.com/RCPowerBoats/ClassicModelBoatPlans.html, free for download. There are a lot more good plans to find!

Regards
Gerhard
Gerhardvienna got a reaction from VACorsair in Baby Bootlegger by Gerhardvienna - 1/10 - RADIO March 31, 2017

For the rivets I found only this photograph from the original boat
from http://cdn.silodrome.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Baby-Bootlegger-30-Bragg.jpg, the rows of rivets appear as dark points in the shadow

And one more from a model, made in Germany. Here are the rivets good to see, and the pattern seems to be close to the pattern from the photograph above. Pic comes from http://www.miniwerft.de/die-miniwerft/modelle-im-bau/

Regards
Gerhard
Gerhardvienna got a reaction from grsjax in Baby Bootlegger by Gerhardvienna - 1/10 - RADIO June 13, 2016

Hi Sailor

If the rivets were, they will be on the model, thats a fact! If someone here has a close shot from them would be nice to show, even the pattern this rivets were set would be interesting then.
The Baby was a really fast craft, no wonder with this giant Hispano-Suiza engine. More than 11 litres must have power....

Somewhere in the internet I found original drawings and the full handbook to the engine, so I might be able to rebuild it in measure, when my new milling machine is on the workbench!

Regards
Gerhard
Gerhardvienna got a reaction from michael mott in Baby Bootlegger by Gerhardvienna - 1/10 - RADIO June 13, 2016

Hi everyone

As my admiral commanded me, I will have to build beneath my historic old ships another. more modern boat, a BabyBootlegger will be made then. The plans came from John Toms free for download, lots of infos are to find in the internet. I found one really good building report at rc.groups http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1805606think I will try to stay close to this one. But not all that nails the builder used for his model, they were not there at the original boat, as photos from it show. I still have no clue what engine to use, maybe I make it electric at first, with an opinion for fuel drive later .
Here the plans again, 4 mm plywood is at home for the frames and keel works. under planking will be made with 3 mm Balsa wood, visible planking with 1 - 1,5 mm mahogany wood.

And one photo from the original, source was
http://cdn.silodrome.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/Baby-Bootlegger-302.jpg

The model will be about 90 cm long and about 18cm wide.

Regards
Gerhard
Gerhardvienna got a reaction from Nirvana in 1949 Chris-Craft 19' Racing Runabout by gjdale - FINISHED -Dumas - 1:8 Scale - RADIO March 16, 2017

Hi Grant

Lookin good! But there is a scratch at starboardside to the bow I would fill a bit with wood and filler. To see in Pic "49 Side underplanking 2" in the right low corner. You will have less trouble with the visible planks then!

Regards
Gerhard
Gerhardvienna got a reaction from Canute in Heroine 1838 by ggrieco - FINISHED - Scale 1:24 - Western River Steamboat as she appeared before hitting a snag in the Red River June 12, 2016

Hi Glenn
Great work as usual! Did they need the forks for steering in close turns?

Regards
Gerhard

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