Valeriy V

Thank you all for your attention to my topic!  

   The process of laying brass on the deck continues. Now on the forecastle.

Large body and many small details! It will be interesting, I will watch it with anticipation. Good luck in job!  

Installation and soldering of sheets to bulwarks and bulkheads.

Thanks to everyone who expressed their thoughts about the Kingston box! Now I have plenty to choose from for my grille installation option.

  I continue to work on the Blagoev hull. I'm starting to lay down the deck sheets.

5 hours ago, IronShips said:

 

Again in the realm of speculation: Assuming the steam engine of BLAGOEV was turning right hand (clock-wise) going forward, the prefererred side to go alongside would have been portside. 

It would have therefore been logical to install a sea chest on the starboard side of the vessel, usually facing the waterside when laying in port.

 

 

Daniel!
 I want to clarify, clarify, since the translator did not translate everything clearly for me.
  Do you mean that if the ship had a right-hand rotation propeller, then the water box should also be located on the starboard side of the ship?

3 hours ago, IronShips said:

 

Taking the sideprofile of BLAGOEV (ex. SONGA) profile as published into consideration, a logical location for a sea chest would have been between frame 69 and 72. 

 

Daniel! Thanks for the practical and valuable advice. I will definitely use it.  

21 hours ago, cotrecerf said:

Hi Valeriy,

as concerns Marine-Modellbau forum: I got a email confirming my registration there with mxy user-name and my password. I tried to access the forum right away; the access was denied again. I guess it is a dead site.

 

best regards

Joachim

Thank you Joachim! The worst assumptions were confirmed, alas.  

On 11/10/2023 at 8:48 PM, IronShips said:

Dear Valeriy,

My interpretation of the drawing is as follows: 

Daniel!
Thank you for your interesting and useful information!  

Based on Blagoev’s model, I propose to depict one grate for the water box on the left side.

7 hours ago, wefalck said:

The forum https://www.marine-modellbau-und-mehr.de/  is a bit special. The original owner was a rather strange character, he died a couple of years ago. The guy, who continues it, seems to continue also the rather selective admission policies.

 

Thanks for your story!

This explains a lot about my failed attempts.

8 hours ago, cotrecerf said:

Hi Valeriy,

 I have just visited marine-modellbau forum and found the following:

 

Thank you Joachim!  
If your experience is successful, please let me know.

8 hours ago, cotrecerf said:

The round hole says: "Ventil-Ausguss nur BB (Backbord)"  which means: Valve-Discharge only portside

This means the bottom rectangular hole is for water inlet, and the top one is for outlet.

Most likely, this rectangular and relatively large hole is really for receiving water from the condenser. It is located at the very bottom of the vertical side, at the side keel.
 A little higher to the right you can see one round hole.

55 minutes ago, Javelin said:

Yes, the name is there. It says opening for "wasserkasten", which as far as I know is a cooling water inlet. It does say BB, which would mean it's only on the portside and not on starboard (the note about overlap of plating does mention BB and SB).

 

Great job on that hull so far. Very sharp and professional result! 

Thanks for your help and feedback!  

If this is a hole for receiving water, then a grate should be installed on it.

As usual, there are not enough drawings for the model, so I will use information from other ships.

This is a fragment of a drawing of the outer cladding in German (ss UHENFELS ).

I need your help in determining the name of this rectangular cutout, if of course there is this name on the drawing.

It is located in the underwater part of the ship in the area of the engine and boiler room.

Sasha and Joachim, thank you for your nice reviews!  

By the way, I wanted to look at the work of German modelers and tried to register on the forum a couple of times.

https://www.marine-modellbau-und-mehr.de/ 

But both times they didn’t let me go beyond the security check step. And now I’m at a loss as to whether I’m doing something wrong or whether I’m dangerous in some way (just kidding).     

Photo of the general view of the model hull as of today. I have work ahead of me on deck.

30 minutes ago, wefalck said:

How did you cut the slots for the metal inserts, free hand with a small power-drill and a saw or cutting disc?

Using an ordinary cutter and a homemade depth stop.

43 minutes ago, Bob Cleek said:

Hah! I've yet to see anything in your great posts that I'd consider "unnecessary!"....... Please don't stop sharing your work with us!  

Bob, unfortunately, Google translator distorted my thought a little, but oh well - it doesn’t matter anymore.  

I am grateful to you for your warm feedback about my efforts, thank you!

30 minutes ago, Bob Cleek said:

That's an effect I've never encountered................

Thanks Bob for the useful information. I already realized that my advice is unnecessary for residents of the US and EU.  

  And, as I wrote earlier, I do not have such a choice and I am forced to work with what I can buy.  

It should be added that after adding acetone to the putty, it cannot be applied to metal parts. Only on wood and fiberglass with resin. This putty composition does not adhere to metal after drying.

15 minutes ago, Mirabell61 said:

Valeriy,

I like the surface condition of your spray putty, could this also be applied with a paint brush for acceptable results ?

Nils!

I think yes, you can work with a brush. But we must take into account that the hardening speed of this putty is greater than that of paint and you cannot hesitate. And most importantly, after mixing the two components, the putty must be diluted with acetone until it is very liquid. And you will have approximately 20-30 minutes for the entire operation.

9 minutes ago, Mirabell61 said:

It looks like your deck is from brass plates, its hard to see from the photo

Nils!

  The deck on the model is currently made of plywood and is covered with a protective layer of varnish on top. But everything will change soon...   

Wooden slats were removed from the inside of the bulwarks and a deck was installed.

The photo shows the installation of side keels.

5 hours ago, shipman said:

How did you drill the sternpost 'pintles' in-line?

The holes are drilled with an extended drill bit. First, 3 “steps” were drilled from the top, and then 3 from the bottom.

As a result, the rear part of the model looks like this