Mirabell61

On 11/20/2025 at 5:14 AM, Dr PR said:

I was looking at the photo in post #389 and realized that I had cut the opening in the outer shell more of a "V" shape, and it should have been a wider "U" shape. I modified both units a bit, but still perhaps not wide enough at the bottom of the cut.

 

I also realized I had forgotten to add the cable from the gyro repeater down into the base.

 

The repeater was glued into the shell with super glue, so I just had to soak it in acetone to separate the parts. Looks like I got the repeater in the right hand part a bit misaligned when I glued it into place. I don't know if I will fix it. After it is in place on the model it won't be as noticeable as in this close up photo. (Note: I did fix it so the parts are aligned correctly.)

 

Spendid and fine detailed work Phil,

L love your metalwork, a very fine model !!

Nils

a beautiful piece of work John,

it reminds me of back of the course when my "Pamir" was under progress ( rigging and sails) at that stage as yourè doing....

Nils

Great work Ilhan,

a very nice and precise built ship, als good Photos

Nils

Very nice work Paul !

Your buildlog is very interesting to follow, well done

Nils

Moin Siggi,

its a delight to explore your beautiful work to date on this ship, well done...

Nils

14 hours ago, Canute said:

Nils, glad to read your wife is recovering and you're back in the shipyard. Elbe is looking good.

Thank you very much Ken

 Nils

Many thanks Uwe, Paul and John,

my wife has become a repair of one of her heart valves, and is now, glad to say, on the way of recovery.

For the Elbe 1 I need to sort in the  next steps in progress, there are quite a lot of ends to pick up....

Nils

Hello fellow builders,

after quite some months, due to the aid for my wife, i find some time again to carry on with the build log.

Here some pics of the progress.....

Nils

--the bow sprit in place wit preliminary attached chains

the boats and the boats gear in place, also the raw lightmast in place

the stairs in place and the planked roofdeck of the wheelhouse

I`ll rigg the portside Boat in lowered position

nicejob, well done...

Nils

Beautíful work Yves,

I was allways wondering how the triangle shaped spaces underneath the gundecks were to be cleaned, as there must have quite a smell coming from underneath. I knew thar there were  some triangle shaped scuppers to the hull outside in that area. Probably the cleaning could be done from above, after lifting and removing the appropriate gundeck gratings.....

Nils

looks great Valeriy,

Nils

2 hours ago, Ilhan Gokcay said:

 

 

Beautiful work Ilhan,

I love the techniques you are showing on this build. Very nice painting job, Also great, the aft grating....

in all an amazing build !

Nils

Hi Paul,

very interesting scratch build, good work ! I wish you much fun an good success for the progress

Nils

On 2/26/2025 at 7:57 PM, yvesvidal said:

Thanks Nil. 

 

I know you have built that model too (yours was scratchbuilt, I think) so you know about the lack of straight lines and flat surfaces on this vessel.

 

I am making some slow progress, which I hope to present in a few days. As always, I am moving away from the official "Instructions" and going all over the place, as needed.

 

Yves

Hi Yves,

I have a pic here to show the Eagle of Algier with set sails in a quite broad glass casing. I fitted the starboard side with a set of sweeps whilst the portside is equipped with closed oar doors. A ship`s boat with crew is placed at the waterline, heading for shore

Nils

Good work Yves,

the model lööks great

Nils

Hy Boss,

that kit is a very nice choise and you did a good job on the hull so far. I like the glasfibre reinforced hull with the rivet imitations

Nils

interesting build methode Valeriy,

nice clean work

Nils

Good looking progress John,

I have a question to the boats,.....   are they self made from wood or by resin-casting ?

Nils

15 hours ago, Moonbug said:

Thanks so much @Thukydides and @alde!  I appreciate the kind words.  I've learned a lot from the folks here on MSW, so it's genuinely very gratifying to hear that my build log may be helping others in return.

Great work Bug,

congrats, your ship looks fantastic, did you ever plan in sails with the rigging ?

Nils

Many thanks Valeriy,

for the drawings.....

you`re a lucky guy to have such helpful freinds, together with your input, a well working team, well done !

Nils

Super work Valeriy,

double-ender lifeboat and a workboat shells. Where did you take the hull shaping and the necessary software from for 3_D making?

Do you operate your own 3-D printer ?

Nils

I admire your beautiful work Valeriy,

you are performing in top notch museum quality (and that all from scratch !! )

Nils

Beautiful work John,

I love that reconstruction of your 4 mast barque

Nils

Many thanks Valeriy,

for your answer...., you did a great job there !

Nils

Very nice work Valeriy,

how did you do the railings? are they made from brass wire ? and did you drill thin holes into the deck to press in........, perhaps with a thin glue moisturing?

Nils