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Mirabell61

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  1. many thanks John and Veszett, John, I`m pleased that you like it Veszett, right, it should have been a wire mesh around the platform, but I just used what I still had in material box. The idea with the cavas is worth taking it up, thanks on the enclosed pic you can see the original (right hand side) and as modeled by Helmut Thomas, a wonderful detailed gem Nils
  2. Update further progress in planking and lighttower in raw build. I`m just thinking how to build the vertical climbing support ladders with their back safety harnesses, its probably going to be a trick soldering job Nils aft rounding with vertical planking prior to trimming both sides with each 7 planks a soldering job metal combined with wooden supports, the conical part after trimming to the cylindrical housing the railing is a "leftover" of my Ergenstrasse build
  3. nice work Deckape, do you also posess the red lightmast and the yellow front signal mast ? Guess they should be included in the Billings Fitting set Nils
  4. Many thanks Mike, exactly, these lightships have an own attract, I wanted to build the Elbe 1 since several years and always thought that it would be too ambitious for my capability, so now I`m going for it, inspired by the beautiful model built by Helmut Thomas, in scale 1:50, which brought the kick-off (see my introduction posting) allthough his project went over 4 years with many trials, ups and downs ..... My chosen scale 1:87 is smaller because the size of the neccessary display glass case for it afterwards. Nils
  5. Update the first 7 planks (stb side ) as well as the build in of the bilge keel on that side are on, and the light-tower is further in process, the "glassing" still has to be shortend a bit. I`ll continue with the port side planking to this degree, before moving to both bottom sides. The bilge keel cuved flats are cut from 1,5 mm aluminium flatmaterial with an electric jig saw and glued in with CA, interlocking appr. 2,5 mm depth into the frame contour as well. So far I`m pleased with the planking process, I think the hull will require a bit of "scratch-shaving" the surface instead of only sanding it afterwards, relating to the rather thin single layer planking. Nils a combination of 8mm and 10mm wide planks, all 1,5mm thick. The prior placed stringers are very helpfull for clamping the planks during assembly, and for keeping the hull-skin to true form. the tower and the top cover are made from brass, the platform will have a ballustrade with wire-mesh. I intend to build the main light lenses from a glass honey-dip spoon.
  6. Thank you very much John, I`ll make a sigh of relief, if the planking works out well later on Nils
  7. Update slow but steady, all stringers are on, I received the prop, and the "glassing" of the light-tower is fitted in to the top cover. One side of the hull has been sanded flush with the frame-contours. Nils the upper stern rounding will be vertically planked the 4-blade brass propeller the glassing per plexiglass tube fitted in to the top cover all stringers on today
  8. Update have just received the wooden liners for the stringers and for planking. Also the plexiglass tube material for the light area on the mid mast has arrived. The the top cover for the light tower I made from brass sheet. Nils The planks are 1,5 x 8 and 1,5 x 10 mm, The stringers are 2 x3 mm this will later on be the light on the lighttower, the cover I cut from brass sheet beginning with the portside stringers. all frame top-sides have been glued to the lugs of the base board. before planking the frame edges will be carefully sanded flush with the hull outer contour
  9. many thanks Sascha, sure, I`ll try to keep up with the detailed reporting. I also love to read and see detailed process of fellow builders projects, I think that is a splended and appreciated feature of this MSW forum. Nils
  10. Many thanks Keith and Michel, Keith, this was the easy and many times approved part of the early hull making ... Michel, now starts the part where I have to add balsa blocks or so, for doing the stern-roundings. Also some of the slots for the stringers have to be tuned for better and more accurate alignment. Nils
  11. Update All frames cut out and (dry-fit) mounted with keel bow and stern parts. Nothing is glued together yet. The stringer liners and the pine-planks can be ordered now. For planking I intend to do it with 1,5x8 and 1,5x10 mm planks. The stringers will be 2x3mm Nils frames kept down to the base board with clamps. Note the reinforcement squarebar 13x13mm, this gives a strong hold all 16 frames set up
  12. Update Today it starts with sawdust making. The base construction plate was used fro the "Ergenstrasse", sanded over and fitted with frame-spaced little squarebar pieces that were glued on in place. The keel with bow and sternpost ist cut out and glued together, also the reinforcement 13x13 mm squarebar with pushed in counter-nuts. ( for take up of the stand spindle later on ) is made and ready for assembly. The "raw frames" are cut out from the 4mm ply sheet in order to have more handable "tiles". Then holes were dilled, in to the outcut spaces of every frame. Now the 16 single frame contours are carefully cut out, tile by tile in the good old hand jigsaw manner. I can imagine that those who are assemling kits comprizing laser cut frames are smiling here, but this is scratch-build Nils the shipyard build base with spacer lugs. This one is from former "Ergenstrasse"build, sanded over and equipped with new distance lugs. the frame spaces are taken from the sideview lines / frame plan the reinforcement squarebar with pressed in counter-nuts the lines for stringers were added on the frame plan frame-outlines on transparent paper, with drawn in notches for the stringers later on here the keel with glued on bow and stern. The cut outs take up the frames during assembly rough cut 16 "tiles" for better handling
  13. Thank you Gary, right, it did`nt take long to make up my mind what would be next, because the build of this lightship model is one of my favorites, and as always there will be many details to be carried out along the way. Nils
  14. Thank you Hermann, It shall be great when you start that project. Your offer for possible support is very much appreciated very kind of you and I may come back to it when my own build is further on, and I get to details Nils
  15. first update I got started with the standplate (without staining yet) and the pedestals. Probably the base mounting plate for fixing the framing is next. Allthough there is no hull yet, There are fist evaluations for the later metal plating. As usual for my builds I intend to fix a "backbone" 13 mm beechwood square-liner, (also counterhold for the press-in-nuts for the pedestal spindels) just above the keel, to provide a strong and sturdy setup, as well as stringers appr. 5 per side lengthwise The later has proven to ease the planking afterwards, and to keep the hull in shape, because there will be only one planking layer Nils this is basic for lofting the 16 frames starting with the base plate raw baseplate and pedestals done. Fastening with spindles and press in counter-nuts within the hull made a dummy plating arrangement in order to see if the single plates 15 x 50mm will be OK. Rivets in 2 row lines I think it looks OK with the stagered arrangement. The horizontal line 1,2,3 are put on first with gaps inbetween and then lines 3 and 4 are added by overlapping at the gap. The lines 3 and 4 act like a belt I know that some fellow model builders will comment the "too large" and dominant rivet heads, but these will be at least 50% covered by metal contact agent, the primer- and the final paint coating
  16. Thank you very much Hermann, yes I know that and also saw that it is quite expensive, about twice the cost of the first issue many years ago. Helmut Thomas is taking reference to exactly that plan in his publication (but only 2 plan pages instead of 6) shown there, but many pictures in color and a build log as well). I scaled down the drawings I have to 1:87 instead of 1:50 Without the original plan it will not be easy to build the mid-lightmast and its lenses as well as the foremast and its many signal details. I`ll try to do these from pictures I have, and am still gathering information on those. Perhaps at some degree of building I may regret not to have bought the plan as you have. Are you still intending to build her, or is it she in progress by you already ? Nils
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