Mirabell61

Thank you Nigel,

for you nice and appreciative words

I will now concentrate on my Pegasus again...

Nils

Thank you for looking in and your comments,  Amfibius.

 

I think I have finally finished !!!

 

Have made up a deck pump from a combination of one from Caldercraft and an Amati one. Although I still have another one to do I may not fit them on the ship as there is really no space - gets a bit tight. The handle had a bit of walnut strip added both sides and sanded round otherwise it would have been flat brass.

 

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Anchors fitted.

 

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Rounded lump added for the sling to sit on - plus having been very impressed by Beef Wellington's (Jason) serving thought I'd have an attempt on the slings.

 

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Final photo

 

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Thank you for looking and and all the comments and those on the old site whose build of the Supply helped me get started. Hopefully I may have helped someone in return.

 

Again thank you

 

Regards

 

Doug

Beautiful build Doug,

a wonderfull sight your Brigg Supply

Nils

Mauro,

this Hand sewing of yours is amazing, so accurate and precise every stitch the same distance and the fastening of the bolt rope tops all...

Well done !!

Nils

Build log part 9

this is the last part of this build,

although the are some Little things I would like to add, or to Change next time I open the glass case

I was quite happy that the glass case fitted exactly on the wardrobe it is Standing on

the brass data plate is fitted within the case

Impression of the plating bow area

and Stern area

this Position is concentrating, nearly interfearing on railing, funnel stay, steering chain, Davit tackle, but all is properly fastend to it own tackle point

foredeck is a nice Meeting place for Young couples

foreseen anchoring place

the depth marking is made with regular Mirosoft Excel and to be printed out on one side adhesive transparent foil, or on Photopaper. Shall save this up to the next opening of the glass case, when the sternlight is also to be changed from green to White.

I hope the presentation of my Bohuslän build log was liked, even though the framing, planking and hull building was not shown in this case due to lack of photos

Auf wiedersehen

Nils

Great tutorial Karl,

I never used Silicon moulds yet, but this is very encouraging, wonderful gunbarrels

Nils

thank you Bob,

I got her out of the dark when I was looking for an object to do Trial metal plating on. I was satisfied with the result and transfered the technique to the other follow builds. At that time I recognized what a gem that old Lady was, and I decided, it was definately worth finalising her. Many of the original kit parts had gone lost, the Panels for cutting out the small parts were wavy, but the lifeboats I built in the early beginning, and they were carefully wrapped and secured in a drawer in my bedroom, and I still had the overview drawing

Nils

Nery nice build Ships88,

your Peregrine Looks great

thanks for reposting and for sharing These Pictures

Nils

Joe,

the compressed building time was appr. 1,5 years but because many of the started parts have been laying around idle in boxes, on cupboards, it spread over a period of at least 10 years, it was nearly forgotten by myself

Nils

Thanks David

For your comment

Nils

Druxey There ya go

 

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Kieth I am glad that you can use the saw blade trick.

 

Mark Thanks

 

And than you all for the likes.

 

 

Michael,

 

what lovely hinges together with the woodwork, it must be real pleasure for you to do These Details in such a fine precision

Well done !

 

Nils

 

I was not very happy actually with the set of four new hinges so today I began a third set, this time I did not anneal the brass but bent it cold, and scaled up just a little by using a 1/16th end mill. The picture shows a steel rod acting as a bit of a drill to clean up the holes after the milling

 

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The next picture shows the new hinge made today next to the slightly smaller earlier one. the new one looks a lot tidier to me

 

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Set up in the companionway.

 

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I added some small bevels to the door frame. tomorrow I will finish the second set for the other door.

 

Michael

 

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Thank you for your words Joe,

I am glad you like this old Steamer, it is quite a rare kit...

Nils

Bob,

well done painting on the Stern decoration, precise and accurate !

Nils

Build log part 8

the horizontal steering Segment is made from a clockwheel of on old mantel clock. Belaying clamps on lower deck railing fitted

Sven is just inspecting the starboard inflatable liferaft Containment. Here for Popeye..., slotted turnbuckles for the aft mast shrouds

Davit and lifeboat rigging, wooden oar sets to the boats

Position of the stairway from lower deck to bridgedeck. Right bottom Corner... the drainpipe opening on deck

here the steering chain leaving the wheelhouse can be better seen

the upper deck was designed in the way that the stair and its rail as well as the entrance (door and its Frame stay Standing when the comlpete upperdeck is removed. Because I made a static model of it the upper deck is now fixed on with two small hidden screws

the riveting gives the real 1914 look... to the hull

Build log part 9 (last part) tofollow with next post....

Nils

I've gotten some in a few of my Billing kits. did you slot them like that? I noticed the way you did them....very nice

Popeye,

I get These functional turnbuckles in different sizes, lengths, from M1 thread onwards from my Hobby shop and in two Versions (slotted and with eyes)

Nils

Nils,  Ah yes, why?  I could have bought them off the web for a lot less than the time I spent making them.  I guess there are two reasons.  First I didn’t have any the right size and didn’t want to wait to receive them in the mail.  And secondly it was just to see if I could.

 

Paul, glad I can be of help.

 

Bob

Nice answer Bob,

that ist he true model builder speaking...

well done !

Nils

Build log part 23

I would so much like to carry on with the bow area, but realize that there is a lot to still be done underneath the forecastle deck first. Think I will have do the stove and other Details in near future

the portside guns will be rigged Standing on the Support rails under the carriage wheels

all te svivel gunposts are only in "raw" condition, may want to get them 8-sided in upper portions

Status overview

just Setting the new guns in place for Dimension checking

I tryed to get the rudder coppering only, shiny again, used Lemon concentrate Juice, it works very easy

but I don`t know if I should have done that. I love the greenish Patina look like some others have tryed already

Nils

Build log part 7

here the baseplate for the casing, the standplate and the two pedestals have been made (pedestals again made from old candleholders)

foredeck completed together with the selfmade anchor winch

the steering chain leaves the wheelhouse, is turned 90° over a block, under the Little bench, and heads under the lifeboat towards Stern over the boats deck in guided stanchions

Stern flagpost and capstan added, and two life-raft Containments in their launching racks on the boatsdeck. The ruddershaft in its sleeve-tube goes through all decks

anchor winch

who saw the mistake ? (Sternlight should be White instead of green)

Build log part 8 to follow....

(part 8 + 9) shall be the last two intended parts for this build

Nils

Doing the guns in repeatable mode saves some time, once the method is on track...

My work desk is quite a mess, since I have my own room and do`nt have to clean up during the day, and I still have 4 more to do.

Am thinking of adding small wooden splints to the axis close to the wheels, but shall do that as last Action

Nils

Trial #1, small wire Pins secure wheels on axis

Trial #2, small wooden splints hold back the wheels (I prefer this Version)

Gun builders desk

have 10 done so far, 4 more to go..

Popeye,

a very nice looking build your Gothenburg. I`m not up to date with Billing Boats.... is this an older model ?

The kit Looks to be quite precise and comprising Details to the score

Thanks for sharing this one, shall stay tuned for more

Nils

Bob,

nice method of doing the deadeyes, respect, but lots of spanning, drilling and Fixing work....

Question, why do These yourself, is it because of "throughout scratch build" ?

Nils

Congrats to your completed build Peter,

the Irene is a wonderful built Little gem

Nils

nice use of the turnbuckles and cabling,  as I mentioned,  your metal work is amazing

Thank you Popeye,

The use of These turnbuckles is a great help to strumm set the cables and stays

Nils

The lower hull has been sanded and treenails drilled and filled with plastic wood.  So I am definitely not painting the hull.  Also, since I did a bad job on the rudder, I made a replacement out of spare wood from one of the pieces that contained the frames.  The new rudder is visible in the first photo.

Well done planking Ken,

your neat built model in all is looking wonderful

Nils

Beautiful cutter Peter,

very nice Fitting out of the deck and all Details, lloks great

Nils

David,

thank you for your comment

Nils

Build log part 6

wheelhouse with hinged door, Bridge grating, port nav. light, bell and 90° Lever for operating the steam whistle (per wire Connection to the funnel)

starboard side with lifevest chest

here a nice brass anchor, modified a bit, will be blackened later on

here again one of These Little benches on Bridge deck

Crew and Gothenburg passengers boarded for a next roundtrip, lifeboats rigged up

Build log 7 to follow....

Nils