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    Thank you very much Geoff, your compliment is much appreciated Nils
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    beautiful rigging on your cutter Tony, it looks super with your sails set, the way you did it..... Nils
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    Hi Bob, thanks for your comment the parts are only small, but quite easy makeable. All 40 bearing parts are done and 20 of them mounted on the port side already. If the CA glued joint holds well, it will be an alternative to soldering. I was afraid to solder so near to the railing. For the deck housing I`m starting with the aft cabin section, in order to get a feeling for the matching of doors, windows, handrails, etc. Also I´m intendind to do some structuring and metal plating. The housings arre from 1,5 mm ply, with rounded corners (like shown in an earlier post of this thread). To suit the decks curvature the fore- and aft plates have concave resp. convex curvature. For the first study, there is again an obligatory hand scetch, so that alterations / improvements can be implemented easily Nils This is a view on a card built (not completed) model, borrowed from the web
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    Hi, press "edit" for your post # 1 then press "use full editor" There you can change the topic name of your thread.... cheers, Nils
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    beautiful build Stripehunter, Nils
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    Fantastic work Karl, and a wonderful ship section. The gun-rigging and -arrangement looks very realistic.... Nils
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    Thank you very much John, its great that certain small profiles are available in these small dimensions as semi material. The ideas come when seeing the profile variety Nils
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    Wishing you much fun with building "Mariefried" a very charming steamboat.... Nils
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    Update.... today started with the lower davit-bearings. There will be 10 boat stations on each side, calling for 40 turnable (360°) davits in total. The davits will be looking like prototype one shown in my post # 1124, slightly modified. The lower bearings I intend to glue against the promenade deck L- rail that already is present for mounting the railing to. The upper double-bearings shall be fastened to the brass framing of the boats deck....., reference is taken to enclosed scetch.... Nils taping the deck for finding and marking (transfer to the sides) the correct davit positions, red markings
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    Many thanks Martin, By switching the camera`s pic quality from "high" to "economy", wich is still sufficiant, I can get 7 pics out instead of only 4 from the built in memory capacity In the meentime I have received the 0,6 x 1,5 mini mahagoni strips. They will be glued to the painted railing later on, trust that will provide a nice nostalgic looking handrail. Nils
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    Carl, Thanks for your comment...... you`re so right with the use of the cable. If I would have done so from begin on, I could have simply left the card in the camera. Actualy since i`m posting in MSW the card was put in and out every time, and so a matter of wear, when the contacts giv e up their life. The new ( 8GB) card was only 5,99 EURO, I`ll save it up till I have a new camera, where it may fit. The railing looks quite good, although its so fragile and takes so much care to get it / keep it straking, when the handrail is glued on (need to get the CA into the 0,5 mm wide slot) Nils
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    Hi Giampiero, your model is a delight to see, I also love the way you incorporated the unplanked deck halves into the overall impression ! Nils
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    Many thanks to - Mark(taylor) - Carl - John - Bob(rafine) - Piet -Greg(peg leg sailor) - Nenad, For the nice comments and appreciations, much appreciated and all the "likes" for looking in.... Mark, that could be the reason, the new card is 8GB (gigabyte), from the outside it looks like the old (2 GB) one, I`ll have to looking out for a new camera. Carl, you`re right, made the check, and the PC does not recognise the new card as a storage card (wasted the money on that investment ) . The old card is still recognised by the PC though John, I`m pleased you like it .... Bob, its of course different to the wooden squareriggers, but I love the technique involved with these oldtimer steamers Piet, yes a relief after all, its good I did`nt rip away the old shrouds while I was still frustrated.... Greg, thanks for your suggestion, I tried it, but no reaction there either... Nenad, thanks for your comment, am pleased you like it.... Nils
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    Thanks for your nice comment Mark, it`s the removable card (was 2 GB together with an adapter-card to slip into the camera). I bought a new one (now 8 GB together with an adapter-card to slip into the camera). Result : the new card will not be activated when the camera is switched on, so I put the old one back in......, and was shocked that the old one also did`nt work any more. Because I always removed the card (when transfering the picture data) when I put it in a seperate adapter for my PC, this wo`nt work any more either, so what to do .... ? I bought a special cable one side plug for the camera, other side for USB stick. Now at least I can transfer the built in capacity data for 4 pics from the camera to the PC. I should have bought that cable years ago already ! Guess the internal interface of the camera for taking the external memory card has somehow suffered contact inside ... Nils
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    many thanks to Patrick - Steve - Gerhard - Bob (Cap`n), for your kind comments.... Patrick, yes, that flash thought came to my mind, when I remembered the supporting wood chock fitted under the shrouds of most 18 th century square riggers at the mast-tops Steve, thanks again,....., there certainly will be many updates to follow... Gerhard, thanks for the compliment... Bob, for the railing handrail I was searching the web for a source that would provide wood in profile 0,6 x 1,5 mm, in good quality, and had luck in finding one... Nils
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    Hi Clarence, you may want to google up Turk Models, they sell (or via local distributers) the beautiful "Panderma Ferry" kit Cheers, Nils
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    Update.... I am having some trouble with my digital camera, the additional memory chip is not accepted any more, and I do`nt know why. So the camera`s regular built in memory capacity only lasts for 4 pics. At least that still works. Will need to look out for a new camera after so many years and thousands of pics done with it... except for the last piece of railing (was about 25 cm too short of material) I have now the railings on the promenade deck. The forward rounded pieces were tricky, because of the outcuts for two stairs and the walkway. The top handrails are made from 1 x 1 mm brass U-profile and glued on with CA. I intend to put a thin strip of mahagony 0,6 x 1,5 mm on the upper side of the handrails later on. I`m most pleased and happy that the oversstressed stb. side shrouds needed not be redone ! (recent accident) with a little trick they could still be spaned properly, a piece of a 1mm diam. round pin was shoved under the shroud wires on top of the spreader plate, before they round the mast. Now there is only one starbord backstay to be redone. Nils the painting of the railings is momentary only in those areas where there is not so good accsess at a later stage refastening of the shrouds by means of a horizontal steel pin on the spreader platform
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    Johann. absolutely WUNDERBAR ...... Nils
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    beautiful ship Toni, and an awsome build, that lovely painted fries makes it unmistakeable your "HMS Atalanta". In all its a pleasure to explore and look at this Swan Class model develope.... Nils
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    beautiful ship Stuart, wish you much fun with masting and rigging (steam / sailship) Nils
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    very nice progress Peter, hull is looking so nice already.... Nils
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    love this cutter under your hands work Chuck,.... WOW ³ Nils
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    Beautiful work Glenn, it looks wonderful Nils
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    Hi Mark, lovely stern rounding of that lower counter. Awsome decoration ! Nils
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    Super work Bob, you`ve been very busy since your last post, and the result is awsome looking !! The stack with whistle and pipes looks great, also the lower deckhousing with door outcuts and porthole (nice round ! ), and hand rails, very well done, its going to be a real nostalgic beauty, when all is mounted Nils

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