Mirabell61
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Thank you very much Andy and John, The more feedback I get, the more I learn about these old steamers... Andy yes you`re right, I was too fixed on the centerkeel of the Ferris type ships (where I have the frameplan from). The aspect of less draft without that keel allowing increased tonnage load makes sense. I can imagine there is a slight disadvantage without a keel standing out for lateral less corse holding reason. I decided to leave the version I have as is, but shall allways carry the "Andy-Version" in mind for the future Keep these good comments of yours coming in, they are much appreciated. John Thanks very much for your comparison scetches of bar- and flat keels, this rounds up the design versions very well Nils -
Andy, many thanks for your comment.... I appreciate very much that you know so much of the design of these lakers. I`m not sure if I understood you right there, do you mean the ships bottom along the keelline should be flat, and flush with the hull skin ? The keel in centerline is in the moment only standing out about 1,5 mm, wich I would`t mind about. Bilge keels and center keel are horizontal at the same level. Nils
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Update I started with the metal plating today.... It will take a few days and my 0,125 mm thick self adhersive aluminium foil roll is coming to the end. lets see how far I get with it... Nils
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Many thanks for your comments B.E. and John, B.E. the idias for solving some of the tricky sequences come with the progress.... John Yes you`re right, I do`nt know either, as I have no pic on this detail from the movie. Thanks for your detail showing the make / function of the compression stoppers. Great input, I`ll save this for another ocasion and they shoud`nt be difficult to make in brass or so, even the swivel handle and the locking pin
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Update this is the template for the aft rounding. I also started with the stairs for the three islands... Nils I have to find out if the copy shop is able to print the name lettering onto transparent self adhesive foil in white letters, so that cut out names names can be brought on the black hull
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I love this build ! A beautiful rigid lightweight POF design mate. A true boatbuilder skill is showing here. The lines are very impressing, and your measures to make her watertight for radio controlled sailing are wonderful, well done. Nils
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Update I`m working on the anchor gear, today I made one of the two workable mini chain stoppers, the anchor tubes at the forcastle, and the anchor fairleads Nils for documentation (all decks) where the frames and supporting structure are situated I attched a scale before mounting the closed decks the anchors are from cast metal, one can see where I plugged off hole in the skin made by an error the anchor fairleads are from brass-coated steel forecastle deck outlet of the anchorchain tubes the raw forecastle deck is on one of the two chain-stoppers
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Wunderbar ! great work Peter, I also like the sewing of your sails, welldone, a very fine model Nils
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Cap San Diego by mikegr - 1/160
Mirabell61 replied to mikegr's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1901 - Present Day
Very nice work indeed Mike, I love the design of the Cap San.. ships of the Hamburg Süd line, I have myself worked for Blohm & Voss in early work days. You`ve managed to get those elegant lines transfered onto your model. Nils -
good job so far SHJ, its going to be a fine ship after restoration. The sails are well and neatly sewn, you have bolt ropes sewed on all around, and your cleaning procedure looks great, well done. The hull shall require some special care and I`m sure you`l manage that as well.... Nils
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Many thanks Peter and John, Peter, good to hear that you are back on track, keep the pics coming..., I remember when once my chebec, in build stage, fell off the table and right onto the bow sprit. The sprit could be shafted and the rails replaced, nothing to be seen of the broken parts any more. John, yes I dicovered those winches from a Hamburg based web shop, and also found they need a little deburring and cleaning up, in generel they have a good cast quality. I have an idea what the poop bulkhead face covers will look like. The color is "desert sand". The door bulleyes ar slightly smaller in diameter and the silicone "glassing" worke well Nils
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Many thanks Peter, I`m pleased to hear from you again, hope you are well. hows your Bellerophon getting along to date...., or did you interrupt the build ? Nils
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Hi Andy, thanks for your kind comment ....... I am continuing with the vertical panels to the bulkheads for poop, forecastle and middle island. Here starting with the doors. Each door gets a bulleye. Also the aft bumper rail is mounted and I`m preliminary positioning some of the load geer winches in dry fit. Also the rudder has been plated. Unfortunately I have no building plan for all the super structure, and so I have to download lot of stand pics from the Sea Chase movie and to evaluate how things fit together. The hull itself I adopted from the Ferris type wooden Steamer, just about the same rating and tonnage as the Ergenstrasse aka the Corsicana Laker Nils I found these nice steam driven winches in scale 1:100, I wo`nt build them again myself like I did for the Heinrich Kayser model. They come in size to match for 1:87 scale as well The 4 bulwarks are fitted the rudder is plated these will be the first doors. The low cost bulleyes are made from hollow rivets and the "glassing" is made from 3mm round extruded silicone sealer
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Thank you Gary, most self adhesive aluminium foil (used on ductwork, etc.) is too thin for good results. For poncing the best results were with 0,125 mm thickness. Nils
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Very nice build Gary, you`ve chosen a great boot.... Nils
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very nice work Jon ! Nils
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Hi John, I still have some of that self adhasiv aluminium foil 0,125 mm thick with acetat glue film and protective pull off cover foil rearsides, same as I used for my other models with riveted skin. The plates are cut from the roll wih a paper guillotin for straight edges. The wood surface has been primered with a nitro based primer (Einlassgrund) for a good contact surface. I hope that the remaining rest of this batch will last for the complete hull. It seems to be taken from the market lately, and an alternative wich is only unfortunately 0,1 mm thick will be available. I did`nt try it yet, but guess it would suit as well. The poncing tool I still have for 1, 2, and 3-fold riveting lines Nils
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Update As a workship she is getting a a plain steel-metal deck on forecastle, poop and both welldecks instead of planking decks Nils
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Very nice accurate work Mike, Nils
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