Mirabell61

Many thanks for you`re compliment John....

I just came from the copy shop and placed an order for the shipnames and homeport (aft rounding and forecastle sides). The lady said it would be best to print in white on black self adhesive foil. See what comes out when finished...

The pics are showing the cutting of the 30 x 50 mm plating pannels with the paper table-guillotine, while the siliconed paper protection foil is still on. The gluefilm is acetat and it sticks like hell. A tool is actually required to remove the plating again

Nils

many thanks Phil,

I would be pleased to see other metal plated model ships at the forum. I wish you much fun and success with your projects in planing

Nils

Update

getting along with the plating job. My worries have calmed down, looks like there will still be enough foil on the roll

Nils

the waterline is marked again

here, to be seen for Andy, the bottom is nearly flat

looking great Craig

Nils

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

1 hour ago, steamschooner said:

coming along very nice. Nils

Thank you steamschooner

Nils

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

7 hours ago, Jim Lad said:

Most of them didn't have the locking pin.

Thank you John

Nils

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

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

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

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

Lovely work B.E.

Nils

Wunderbar !

great work Peter, I also like the sewing of your sails, welldone, a very fine model

Nils

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

8 hours ago, Jim Lad said:

Looks good, Nils.

 

Many thanks John,

here all 4 buklhead faces are completed...

Nils

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

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

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

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

Very nice build Gary, you`ve chosen a great boot....

Nils

very nice work Jon !

Nils

Thank you very much Mic

Nils