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Update today the stanchions for the hold-sides are done, the first fairlead for the mooring ropes and in combination with a heavy twin-bollard on deck Nils the guiderails for the rudder chain run alon the hold sides, behind the stanchions the Panama fairlead is directly behind the through lead opening in the bulwark bulwark outside view, will probably paint the fairlead black in combination twin-bollard with Panama fairlead mooring rope ( 2 mm polyester) for aft portside welldeck
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Beautiful recovery-work Javelin, after the polyester /glasfibre objection. I can feel with you for all the patience in doing all the sanding work, great look now Nils
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Keith, that`s a good point, funny I was just thinking the same this morning..... the common procedure is now to ask myself a) will the objection be looking at me for all times after ? or b) can I live with it ? (nobody is perfect) If the answer is "a" then it`s a candidate for the bin, or to do it over again for a second run. Much is stored in the box "experience", so that something likewise hopefully does`nt occur again, but I would`nt build the same ship twice. Nils
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thanks for your word Rick, yes, I was much afraid that the cutting out could possibly spoil the sight. I also thought that it would have been of advantage to cut into the bulwarks before they get mounted, but it is not easy to predict exactly where the edge (bulwark to deck edge) will be laying, with freeing ports flush with the deck, at the time the bulwarks were made and mounted. I notice from many ship kits with laser cut panel-parts, that those cut-outs are exactly in place from the beginning onwards, provided the hull is built correctly. Nils
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Smart idea Mobile 1, for putting transp. blue foil to the casing sides below the waterline, good job, the illution of water in the casing is great Nils
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Update cutting out the bulwarks, the last three of 12 freeing ports, 8 mm square, inserting the frames and stiffening out of the inner bulwarks with stanchions. This is what I was a bit anxious about, after all its just getting started, pulling through and now I`m pleased with the result. I had extra bought a new set of keyhole files and some carving chissels. The ship has to be tilted into the correct position on my knees, and carefully avoiding contact distortion with the fragile railing sections during the process. Al uneccessary, removable superstructure parts, masting and hold sections are layed aside for doing so. Before filing out the roughf drilled holes to square close fit, the metal plating bits have to be removed from the outer bulwarks with a sharp chissel. Next will be to cut the holes for the mooring ropes and to place the Panama-fairleads directly behind the bulwarks and place the deck-mooring bollards Nils cutting through the plating metal, removing the small square parts, masking, taping and positioning of the freeing ports. inserting and glueing in the freeport-frames stanchions for stiffening out the bulwarks. the freeports lower side is flush with the deck
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nice work Valeriy Nils
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good looking superstructure Javelin, the windowframes are nice and look like precise cuts Nils
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interesting project Javelin, I`ll be following the progress.... Nils
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thank you John, Andy already mentioned what you said, and I also have these hinged steel plates over the outside bulwarks fitted on my tallships . Those tallships used to have large amounts of overcoming sea on the lee side when sailing hard braced in strong winds. The Corsicana aka Ergenstrasse only had openings though with steelbar slip-through protections. Nils each two hinges on the upper side of the flaps
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Spartacus by Javelin - 1/2000
Mirabell61 replied to Javelin's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1901 - Present Day
phantastic work Javelin, never seen such precise modeling at that scale before !!! Nils -
thank you very much Keith, Update it took me several hours to find a way in doing the freeing ports with adequate size into the well-deck bulwarks. Finally I`ve chosen a version whereby a frame will be inserted and glued into a cut out square opening (in a close fit as good as I can get it done), and soldered-in vertical bars prevent crew being washed through into rough seas. I used a scrap dummy piece of the bulwark 1,5mm ply for doing so Nils there will be 12 of these frames the frame will probably be flush the outer skin
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Valeriy, your deck plating in brass is super, good luck with the further soldering job, I know its not easy th keep the heat away from the wood Nils
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thank you very much Andy, good input, I think I know what you are saying, I had also ordered these Panama fairleads metal-castings together with the cargo winches and strong deck-bollards already some time ago in scale 1:100. Your confirmation on the usage of these devices gives me confidence to install them behind the smaller bulwark openings. Googleing up Panama Fairleads I found this pic, which shows exactly this described arrangement...... Nils the red casting fairlead here is directly behind the railing (resp. bulwark) to lead the mooring ropes from the bollard to the shore bollards
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Many thanks Andy, I know what you mean, I built these "oneway Flaps" into the bulwarks of my tallships Gorch Fock and Pamir, for exactly your described reason. For the Corsicana and subsequently the Ergenstrasse I wish it were so, but there are permenant rectangular shape openings, each 3 in fore- and aft welldeck bulwarks, pls. see encl. pic. I trust that these do not only drain overcoming water, but that they also are openings for the mooring ropes Nils these openings..... (here the Corsicana) under steam with the former masting arrangement, and without bridge wing cabs
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Update I`m doing the vertical ladders and have painted all 18 vents. I think the bridge with it`s wing cabs and the deck over the wheelhouse for taking bearings with landmarks will be next. What I am a bit anxious about is for cutting out the scuppers into the welldeck bulwarks. A mess by doing so can ruin the whole hull appearence. Still the cargo derricks-rigging, the funnelstays and the mast shrouds have to be fitted. The 105 year old laker steamer is being built in the 1955 movie version and therefore quite compact Nils painting all 18 vents. Toothpics are helpfull here. The ladders are chemically blackened The radio cabin has become 2 antenna connection terminals the bridgedeck is held to the supports by means of 4 tiny spindles (through the hollow squarebar profiles) and M1,6 nuts and washers on the deck. open and closed boat under the davits the anchor windless and the chain stoppers are mounted the upward stairs are for dry fit position check. Here the position for the radio-cabin can be seen I think I`ll hang one boat in open version and the other (Stb) one closed with canvas decking. The third closed boat will settle upright on the aft hold #4 the aft portion of the boatsdeck as well as the davits must still be painted
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excellent work Siggi, how did you do the "eyebrow" over the rectangular window? Wood carving or resin casting? Nils
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