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    Hi Ed, I love that beautiful lapstrake planked cutter, what a sight !! Also the tip to solder a small brass plate to the pin and then glueing it to the dowel, thanks for sharing this (more glue area to hold) Nils
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    thanks very much Piet, once the prototype is made, the learning curve sets in and the remaining 5 winches ca`nt go wrong any more. One needs to be mirrored. Nils The horizontal holes for the 3 axis are drilled by means of a template, taken from the prototype The upper side contours still to be filed into shape. For the large gear wheel it requires a little freecut in the front side. I`m so happy that it worked out like it was intended
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    Thanks very much Pete, Nils
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    Hi Gerhard, nice detail work, it seems you are not anxious to do a large variety of soldering parts together. Do you preferably use a das torch or the electric soldering iron ? Nils
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    Thank you Gerhard, for the wheels I applied Humbrol enamel #16 Met, bronze color (metallic, small 14 ml can) Nils
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    Lee, nice to see you posting again, I was missing news on your lovely cutter, it`s so a beautiful ship Nils
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    Thank you very much Steve, John and Patrick, for your appreciations.... Steve, yes now that I know it can be done, it`s a bit more relaxing to do the other 5 winches John, Thanks, I`m glad you like it Patrick, Thanks, I`m satisfied myself with the result, glad you like it too Nils
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    Jcoby, very nice ship, beautiful made hull planking, deckplanking and bulwarks Nils
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    Update Prototyp winch is now complete (requires a few paint touch ups) Two of these winches go on the forecastle deck and one on the forward waist deck, behind the foremast Two reciprocating steam drives mounted, also outer winding drums and brake. The framework was chemically blackend. 2 of these winches go on the forecastle deck and one on the forward waist deck, behind the foremast Nils
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    congratulations Pete, that sight on the water is beautiful, a good feeling for the proud owner I believe..... NIls
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    very nice work Paul, one can see that you have fun in doing that wonderful wood-work... Nils
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    amazing work Clare, it`s card, but looks like a very well built wooden model, a beautiful ship, and respect, all in 1:96 !! Nils
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    Thank you very much Nenad and Denis, for your kind comments Nils
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    Thank you very much - David - Mark - Piet - Michael - Gerhard, for your kind remarks.... And all the "likes"... David, as I posess neigther lathe nor milling machine it is all designed and made with and for my regulary house tooling..., for lathing I use my drilling machine and a sawblade as chissel, nothing special, "K.I.S.S principle" as Piet says Mark, sorry it wo`nt work, but probably it looks as if it could..., the two top shafts bear gear-wheels, but the crankshaft wont, because they would`nt be seen anyhow and I ran out of gear-wheels for to cover those as well Piet, K.I.S.S, yes, that`s the right obligation, there often come some thoughts for improvement while I`m doing it Michael, lucky for me I still had a limited amount of spare gear wheels ( they are usualy used for variating the gear reduction on mini RC servos, ruddermachines), but the Austrian source does not distribute these priceworthy gear-sets any more, and I have`nt found them anywhere else on the web...since Gerhard, thanks, nice compliment, I think I`ll change the shaft from brass to steel, they do`nt bend / distort so easy Nils
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    Thanks for your compliments on the winch Patrick and Michael, that tooth-wheel question did`nt leave my mind cool all the time, here`s what I did with some odd polycarbonate wheels out of my "leftovers" box. Think its better than to quit the toothwheels not showing up.... Further there is a bracket mounted which takes up the two cylinders, one side already bears a piston rod (to be shortend) I`ll try to chemically blacken the winch framework, when the appropriate parts are ready. Up to this stage every part is repeatable Nils the crankshaft is not mounted yet. It will all be a quite compact design.... size relation to the pin shafts and wheels dismounted for soldering the cylinder carrying bracket
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    many thanks to - Grant - Steve - Kees - Greg - Dan - Denis, and all the "likes" Grant, nice compliment, much appreciated... Steve, lovely pics I like, nice sturdy nostalgic equipment, there surely are some details to study, for example the crosshead slide guide only on the underside. I also found some inspirating pics on the web..... Kees, special thanks to your comment relating to the lifeboat cover , will keep that in mind.... Greg, appreciate and thank you for your kind remark for the strake width, I was already thinking of taking the momentary aluminium "clinker strips" down from the small boats hull and doing them over again, we`ll see (at least for a "fair compromise" to visual aspect) Denis, these are always the little things that go around in my mind, and I do some trials now and then for to determine the final version to be built... Dan, the idea was to use some suitable brass stock that could possibly do for the machine framing in one piece, the last winch-frames I made in scale 1:96 had to be soldered together from several bits, and the fixing in position for soldering was quite some fiddeling work Piet, many thanks for your comment to resembling the wheel-Teeth per file in the visible portions. The wheel transmission guard on one of Steve`s pics was also first thing that my eye caught when looking at that related pic (having same thoughts as yours...) Nils
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    Thank you very much John, It will take some time and a little experiencing until I get a prototype done, so that it looks halfway like a winch. If it can be approved afterwards the other 5 will follow quite swiftly... Nils
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    Thank you very much Bob (Rafine), Pete, and Bob (cap`n), for your compliments.... and all the "likes" Nils
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    a brilliant built ship Patrick !! All decks removeable, just fantastic , Will there be stereo sound when those two diesels roar up, whilst she`s leaving the port moles behind ? A real little gem out of your shipyard Nils
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    Update Build log part 31 ( starting /making the winches, scale 1:144) the winches will basicly be made of brass, the body framework is from stock 12 x 12 x1 mm squaretube. I have given up the idea of using real mini-toothwheels, and will use discs resembling the different toothwheel diameters instead. On the slow spool shaft there will be the winding-line drum the brake drum and two spool cones outside the frame. The fast shaft will bear two spool cones as well. The drive will be by two steam cylinders and crosshead, with crankshaft connection to the wheels outside on the "crankshaft" Nils this diagram comprises the main basic parts of the steam winch (there will be 6 in total) frame with mounted large drum and brakewheel 12 x 12 x 1 mm brass squaretube and scale figure for size relation
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    panels with doors and windows look very good Bob, Nils
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    thank you very much Piet, yes, for the scale there has to be a sacrifice in detail and a compromise in optic now and then (if one is not a profi builder), I see this with the intended winch toothwheels, that I thought could be arranged functional, but have to give up this now for exactly that reason..... The two steam cylinders per winch cross-head driven cam rods are creating the same problems.... It worked out on the 1:96 "Heinrich Kayser steamship" winches, but that was fiddely enough. Nils
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    thanks very much for your comment Pete, Nils
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    Update I`m still waiting for mini toothwheels to arrive, in order to build the cargo winches in brass, as good as possible to scale. In the meantime I`m checking with the lifeboats. A raw protptype was already made (as shown in an earlier pos of this thread). Probably I will make resin cast boats after that prototype in series production. For weather protection I made a "cavas" cover out of wood, that will be fitted on the sample boat when making the silicone mold. Around the sheerline there will b a strong fender rope A few weeks ago I found a boat (in scale 1:144) from a british model web shop which is a good alternative for using, but that`s a rather expensive solution to go. Also compared with the scale figures that boat seems to be a wee bit to small, although my first made prototype is only 1mm longer and 0,5 mm wider, I think it looks more seaworthy.... I will let the impressions work on my mind to find the best solution Nils This is a wonderful detailed looking cast boat both figures are 1:144, the male of course is slightly taller, that`s natural... I have the feeling that this boat is a bit too small ( although it`s nominal in scale) This is the first built prototype to suit the figures in scale, it looks a more rough water resistant boat the clinkering is a bit wider, but I wanted it to be seen afterwards, when the boats are in their davits
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    Hi Charlie, hollowing out the room for the great cabin is a smart idea, it will give a beautiful stern with those windows Nils

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