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  1. Mirabell61
    very inspiring work Thanasis, Those shackles look super ! Thanks for sharing this...... Nils
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    a very pretty boat Mark !! The hull kooks wonderful.... Nils
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    Danny, I like the way you present the gun positions, looks fantastic... Nils
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    Neat work Bob, lovely planking look Nils
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    Beautiful build Matt the planking job looks very nice... Nils
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    Thanks Thanasis, smart solution there Nils
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    Hi Thanasis, those tackle pics, says it all...... wow ! clean precise work, I love it, how did you do the fill- inforcement in the stropp eyes ? is it anealed u-profile ? Nils
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    Thank you so much John, for enjoying and viewing of the complete log, for your much appreciated comments and compliments, I`m very pleased that you lke it Nils
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    Gerhard, go for it, it sounds great, and all the best for your ambitious project.... Nils
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    Hi Gerhard, I may refer to your offer, if I were to build a steam driven boat again..... A very interesting project you have under work.... What I think should be concidered is, if it will be an expansion type (steam injection, letting the piston be driven by expanding steam), or the full flow type, which works more or less like a "compressed air" driven steamflow, as if it were a turbine. That would have a higher consumption of steam, and require a very efficient boiler to mantain the required steam pressure. Never forget to install a blow off, overflow valve ! When I designed my 6 cylinder engine it was operating with full flow mode, and the size of the boiler was limited to the geometry of the ship`s available boiler room. Besides that the collected "wet" steam from the boiler`s upper steam-dome was led through the firering tube in a coil again and sowith was superheated before entering the engine. It worked like compressed air, and the boiler was capable of delivering about 2 - 3 bar constantly, when using a built in burner torch fired with Butan cigarette-lighter gas. Also the ship needs sufficient openings to allow air to enter for the burner, so it won`nt exhaust the flame in lack of ambient fresh air. Also very important is to return the RC controlled ship to the pier standpoint before the boilerwater reaches minimum level, otherwise you may get unreparable boiler damage Nils
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    Thanks for your compliment Albert, Nils
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    Many thanks Piet, I tried to do the slats halfway in scale (2mm x 144 = 288mm in actual), but that is still too wide I think, being nearly tripple a sailor`s shoe width in actual. When choosing the deck planking slat-width I usualy orientate myself to the scale figures shoe width. Nils
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    lovely work on that cutter Erik, Nils
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    Hi Gerhard, a RC controlled live steam vessel is always something special. I remember when my river tug model was taken to the lake, and there was always an interested audience around. As boiler, oiler, and engine were all mounted to a common baseplate that could be taken out of the hull, the boiler was filled with destilled water and fired up with a different extern larger torch, til I had 3 bar on the gauge, then the complete baseplate was set into the model, connecting the driveshaft coupling, and the servo gear to the stearing slide valve. The burner and the inboard (oneway) gasbottle then took over the firing job. There was that typical steamdrive smell in the air, when she ploughed through the water, the sound of the burner from inside the ship, and the sound of the wake at aft, when the 80mm prop started to propell her along. The engine itself was running silent.... Nils
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    Sorry for that question Gerhard, I forgot that you`re planing a live steam vessel, of course no outcuts ! and the frames will be as much as necessary... Nils
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    Hi Gerhard, good progress there, perhaps I`ve overread it, in case you explained somwhere already......, I`m wondering if there is a reason why you fit the large number of frames. Do you plan to make some outcuts on the outer skin, in order to make the frames visable ? Very precise work indeed Nils
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    Nice model choise Phil, keellaying and a good start. all is under way. The deck planking looks very nice, wish you much fun with the filling blocks and the planking... Nils
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    Thanks for your nice comment Denis, think its better to mend the foremast rigging, after I`m further on with the superstructure....., one of the buckle screw threads also ripped off...., the others were overstressed and are now hanging slack with buckle screws already at tightening limit Nils
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    Greg, many thanks for your nice compliment, greatly appreciated.. Nils
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    Martin, nice deck planking for your HMS Fly... Nils
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    Hi Ed, that CA applicator tool (twisted brass wire) you show in your # post 1828, second last pic, is very inspiring, also the described way of doing it. I remember when I was desperately looking for this sort of (twisted ) brass wire for the gold colored stern decoration of my KWdG. What you did is very in inspiring for me, and may also suit for the detail.... Thanks for sharing.! Nils
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    Hi Martin, thanks for your words, I`m still at the deck-planking job fitting around deck housing contours, etc... Nils
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    Paul, that`s a real beauty, a wonderful built shipmodel and a pleasure to look at. Also very nice Photos ! Nils
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    Thank you very much Kees and Greg, for the nice words, very much appreciated, and to all who pressed the "likes" button.... the result of two days deck-planking is the 98% commpletion of the port side, which I´m quite satisfied with. The first planks for the stb. side have been "caulked" at the edges already..., and ready for mounting. Kees, you`re absolutely right with "so much to build....."), but I have to go step by step and also try to let my thoughts move ahead, how to do details that still may lay several sequences ahead, so there is time enough to consider alternatives... Greg, I`m happy that you like it, it`s been on the slipway one year now, and thanks to busy little workers, slowly looking like it should. I`m glad that plating and portholes worked out well enough. In the beginning I had a bit concern, that the resembled riveting may be too prominent, but that provides the nostalgic touch. By doing all this soldering work to date, trust I`m quite practiced in this technique by now. Thanks for your nice words Nils
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    Fab looking Ed, wonderful work, a pleasure to see... Nils

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