Mirabell61
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Thank you John, I`m putting on the last stringer on the port side today. The heel with the outcut for the 4-blade prop is in work as well as the rudder arrangement. Nils -
hello Bruce, welcome and its nice to have you on board Nils many thanks B.E. I read the German version, der Seefuchs of "The Sea Chase" a couple of weeks ago, and was looking if anyone had ever built a model of the Ergenstrasse, but in vain, no results. What I found on the web was the original Laker steamer which transfered into the movie ship. I also remembered some drawing data I had filed some years ago of the Ferris typ wooden steamer. What came out is now my new project Nils
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the rudder is going to be attached to the Ruddershaft with on-soldered tabs the peace of wood (dummy rudder) is only a help in soldering and for alignment of the tabs for position and thickness Nils
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very nice fisher boat Maurino and painted in mediteranian colors, well done Nils
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update made the bilge keels, the raw standplates,and the pedestals Nils the raw standplate prior to staining and the two pedestals. Am again using brass parts of a candle holder and made a 5 mm center boring the bilge keels are from aluminium flat 2 x 15 mm. Here in the pic the alum. strips are appr. 12mm wide, but that was too narrow, so they wii be rejected am experimenting a little how to get the prop / rudder area. The upper aft area (poop sides) will be vertically planked Nils
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do`nt worry Grant, your good in time for watching the logs begin, thanks for looking in ..... Nils
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John I´m happy that you like it, stay tuned Roger many thanks for your information ....... Nils I started with the stringers yesterday, 6 on each side, it takes a little tuning on the position of the frame outcuts, but in generell it fits good. There are now 2 out-cuts in the lower part of the keel and press-in counternuts in the squarebar (topside) for taking up the M5 pedestal spindles for the standplate the stringers are relatively thin planks but get there strength through the bending. They provide (after sanding) a good surface for the later planking The press-in nuts ..... where spindles go through
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excellent work Sascha, I love all those details for example the funnels, and others, great work Nils
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Many thanks Druxey, I`m following a certain pattern of sequences but now and then there are some slight necessary changes depending on how the progress works out, as this is completely a scratch build Nils
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Dear fellow builders, I`m pleased to find all this nice response with my Ergenstrasse introduction, and shall be posting the first available pics of the log herewith....... Gary the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse was my most detailed model to date, I`m pleased that you liked it Mark thanks for looking in and further enjoy the build Paul I`m very pleased you like it Roger thanks very much for your kind and interesting to read input on this behalf Andy Yes, I remember it was a waterline-model kit from the webs homepage of Sylvan models. The pic in my introduction was just to give an idea what a Laker steamer would look like Nils dimensions / data hull, frameplan and lines taken from wooden Ferris design steamer (Emergancy Fleet) frames adopted to transparent paper glued onto 3 layer birch plywood frame set up on the base building board a lot of jigsaw work..... the raw cut tiles for better handling the hull shape is coming on with every frame, the edge outcuts are for placing the stringers here to be seen, the square bar "backbone" of the hull. This will also take up the mounting spindles for the stand pedetals an additional keel bar is placed underneath the square bar next in progress will be the mounting of the stringers and check of the lines staking
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I`ve just kicked off my new project, It`s a tramp Laker Steamship based on an 3 island superstructure and on a real appr. 2150 tonnage freighter built in 1918, now in (H0) scale 1: 87. Who still remembers the Warner Bros movie "The Sea Chase" of 1955 staring John Wayne in the roll of capt. Ehrlich of the ERGENSTRASSE and Lana Turner as an attractive female agent as the only passenger. I investigated and found out that the Laker ship "Corsicana" aka "Margaret Shafer" had been engaged for the movie in 1955, hereby renamed to ERGENSTRASSE. For my model I used the Corsicana`s data for the Ergenstrasse rating and for hull, frameplan and general shapes those of a wooden Ferris-Ship of the American emergency fleet, being round about the length, width and depth an tonnage of the Laker Corsicana . The movie ship was fitted with the following changes compared to the Corsicana : - Masts changed from four to two, these placed in the forward and aft welldeck areas - Outer bridge ends fitted with wing cabs My model will be performed completely from scratch and in the same way as my previous models and bearing a rivited metal plating skin Data for model ERGENSTRASSE scale 1:87 (H0) Length 87 cm width 15 cm depth 7 cm I decided to fit 23 plywood frames, and to provide stringers and pine plank strips beneath the metal plating The model will set up on 2 brass pedestals and wooden stand baseplate Nils This is the Corsicana, built 1918 This is the steamship ERGENSTRASSE aka Corsicana aka margaret Schafer Captain Ehrlich aka John Wayne This is a pic from the web representing a laker steam freighter, not my model
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Congrats Rob, thats an excellent built clipper, whats next ? Nils
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Beautiful model Jim, congrats to this fine achievement Nils
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congratulations to the excellent scratch-build completion of your ship Svein Erik, I like the rivet plating giving that special nostalgik appeal, well done !! Nils
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Thank you Stephane, for your words, I have a great problem in finding additional display space in my home. For instance the #5 Elbe schooner will have no own case, and will have to share the case of the Zeesboot from time to time, as both models (one at a time) can fit in it. As this is an English speaking forum, please would it be possible for you to correspond in english rather that in French language, so that other members can also follow, thank you regards Nils
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Rob, thank you very much for your kind comment, much appreciated Nils
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