Keith Black
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Thank you to everyone for the likes and for following along. Keith, thank you for the kind comment and once maybe, long ago and far away. Glen, Eberhard, and Eric thank you so much for your input regarding roofing material. I really liked the idea of using sandpaper and played around some last night, thank you for tip, Eberhard. Since I'm trying to shoehorn this project into the early 1880's I'm trying to stay true to the roofing systems of that time period. Asphalt shingles were't invented till 1901 so they're out of the equation. Asphalt sheeting at the time of the 1880's was seen a temporary. The most common roofing for a project of this type at the time was wood shingles with corrugated roofing coming in second. I've placed an order with Wild West Models (see the below link) for their wood shingles and corrugated sheeting. Both are made of paper which is a real selling point as I think ridged 3d printed roofing would be harder to install. It may take a week or two before this order arrives so I'll finish everything on the shed except the roof and hanging the doors. https://www.wildwestmodels.com/index.html -
Valeriy, there are folks that can do that for you. Your work is good enough for a coffee table style book of photos including a description of what ship the part was made for and date that you made the part. Over the years I watched you produce little works of art that are included in your builds. I for one would certainly be pleased to have a hard copy of your work.
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Paul, she's looking so nice. Neat work on the fairlead.
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Glen, the two photos below best show the roof look I'm trying to achieve.
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Thank you to everyone for the likes and for following along. Work continues on the engine shed. Hopefully I'll have the shed's main structure finished in the next couple of days. What remains to be done on the shed is as follows. 1. Roof treatment. I can't decide what to do, paint the wood black with a little grey mixed in or put down masking tape and paint in the same manner? At this scale i don't know that tape would look right?? 2. I'm up in the sir about adding vertical trim at the corners, the cable tower doors, and the cable tower top. I don't want the shed to look like a house but studying the old photos, in a lot of cases vertical trim was used. 3. Hang the five doors. 4. Soot up the interior prior to permanently attaching to the barge. I want to finish the shed real bad because I'm tired of working on it. The number of pieces it's taken to build this thing is absolutely amazing. And the time, heck I've got more time invested in the shed that what I had in the Donkey engine. Thank you to each of you for your support. Keith
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I'd settle for a coffee table book of just photos.
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I have found that going from stern to bow keeps the stays and running lines under tension better, something to consider.
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Great progress, Glen. You now have the model where it doesn't look like it got tossed up on the rocks, it now looks like a model ready to be completed. When you start rigging you gonna work front to back or vise versa?
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An absolutely beautiful piece of workmanship, Valeriy.
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Interesting thought, John. And it could have well been used for task. Tennessee's fairlead wouldn't have been used for that task as the mizzen was on the main deck. I kinda feel we're missing the obvious?
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John, for the heavier craft I'm familiar with it was bollards and not lightweight fairleads plus the hawsers wouldn't fit though the fairleads pictured. At 3,242 GRT the Herzogin Cecilie was a heavy ship.
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The line I'm speaking of is right of ladder's second most upper rung. Andy, I've seen morning lines squeeze the corner dolphin tops on the dock I was standing on till they made the dolphin tops explode.I got peppered with splinters pretty good, luckily I didn't get one in the eye. Granted it was an extreme case but I can't agree regarding running a mooring line (with load at angle) through a fairlead as a general practice.
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Andy The below is a photo of the USS Tennessee showing the poop deck port side mooring line. I'm not saying the Herzogin Cecilie was sent up the same way but to haul a mooring line to a capstan at an angle through a fairlead sounds a bit sketchy, IMHO. Once the load was on the line I can envision that fairlead being ripped from the deck.
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John, I still don't think there was a designed use for the fairleads. IMHO they were there just in case a line had to be run over the poop edge. I know you said the owners were cheap but what could a fairlead have cost back in the day? If they were penny pinchers they were also conservatives and i'm sure they weighed the cost of a couple of fairleads being there versus the deck damage cost due to them not being there.
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Thank you to everyone for the kind comments, the likes and for following along. Thank you, Gary. The roofing took a couple of days to get off the ground. I had to mentally run through every conceivable way of building the roof noting the pitfalls of each method. i was going to try making the roof removable but that failed when thinking through the "how to" process. Yesterday I finally started cutting wood. There's no way in God's green earth I could have made successful progress without the RP cutter. I started with the cable tower. This engine shed sits on a 1.6 x 2.0 inch footprint. The first floor and cable tower opening are a combined 0,80 x 2.0 inches. The pitched roof is 1.6 inches at the peak. The engine shed is very small and very fragile and is a bit like working on an empty eggshell but the more roof structure I add the less fragile it becomes. Then the back gable end was made. This is where I left off for the evening. . I will have to extend the boiler stack. Thank you to everyone for your support. keith
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K, welcome to MSW. Glad to have you aboard. One of the better set of sails, IMHO, was made by Bruma for his Cutty Sark build. His sail making starts on page 6 post #180.
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I first read that as "homeless" and instantly panicked.
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Bob, the Duchess is really coming along nicely. So sorry to hear you and the crew are sick with Covid. Isn't this the second time for you folks? I think Goober and Pile brought it home after a night on the town shore leave.
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Your longhorns must get awfully tired of you jumping on their backs for a romp around the paddock. Wow, wow and wow. Fantastic work on the bowsprit, Glen. Are you keeping Carson updated with progress repots/photos?
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Not so much having a good eye but more due to the fact that we own a iMac27 and I can enlarge photos to a ridicules level.
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Nicely done, Glen. It's already looking 100% better and you just started.
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Lead on Chris "The Card" Coyle.
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Thank you to everyone for the kind comments, the likes, and for following along. Eberhard, thank you for taking the time to explain your process/ A lot of very good useful information, thank you again. Thank you, Dan. I'll PM you regarding wood as I do see a need in the not too distant future. As far as a second pile drive is concerned, I've had such a good time making this one that once the opportunity presents itself I'll be ready to make another one. It would be a improved dual cylinder dual drum Donkey engine. The Alamo! Kidding you, Tom. Seriously, thank you for taking the time to draw that up. Not much happening today as it's a day of recover after a night of pool league play. I'll make my way upstairs after supper and start gathering wood for the roof and making the jig. Thank you to everyone for the support. Keith
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Grant, what a drag. I feel for you and I hope fair skies and clear sailing are just over the horizon.
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