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Hi Uwe.

very nice solution for the water-tightness. Are you still able to hold the intended waterline (weightwise)

Nils

Hi Uwe,

you mentioned sharp keel by means of brass profile and to withstand rough driving...It looks very nice

Are you intending to RC control the steamer on the water ? I did this with my boat in the beginning but had to relialize that moisture was creeping into the planking under the paint indicating several mini-cracks so I refrained from that and have a stand model instead since then

Nils

12 hours ago, KeithAug said:

Lovely deck view Nils, lots of eye catching detail.

12 hours ago, KeithAug said:

Lovely deck view Nils, lots of eye catching detail.

Hello Keith,

Thanks for you words. I`m quite through with the basic ship and am looking at the manufacturing of the sails set.

The foremast gaff sail is to  bear the lettering ( "5  ELBE) on both sides in larger black letters. I would start with this one. For doing so I need a working ink jet printer and a way to mirror the lettering (with Words program functions.

Momentary my printer does not take any paper by the infeed shaft neigther for normal paper and especially not for transfer foil I`m intending to use, and I`m looking for a way to solve that. I need to find a solution on that. I hate to invest on a new printer. At least by now I practiced to mirror with the Words function.....

Nils

Update

yes, the oars were still missing. I made two sets today from 4mm dia bamboo spars, ref. to encl. steps of manufacturing

Nils

oars from 4mm bamboo spars

Update

finished, the new set of boats. I wo`nt give them an underwater painting like the former ones, plain white hulls I think look better

Maybe I`ll put the former obsolete ones on sale at Ebay

Nils

Hi Paul,

congrats, thats a beautiful build, accurate and precise....

Nils

Update

when looking at the boats bow-and sternposts I always had the relating coment, some mails ago, by Wefalck nagging at my mind. So I decided to overwork the boats model for casting accordingly. Now the "clinker planking" ties up with the rear side of the thinned out posts, I provided  a cast  rope-fender (tawling ?) all around, and reinforced the visable frame ends inside the bulwarks. My casting tool was adjusted and a new silicone mold was made....The first results are pleasing for myself

Nils

the overworked model

fender rope attached

first cast results

Ver nice basic work with the gig Eberhard,

it looks great, and that in a so small scale !!

Nils

12 hours ago, wefalck said:

Do you really want to spoil your model with sewn sails ? I would think twice about this, because they never look right. I would rather go for something like silk-span (Japanseide), glue and paint. There are various examples for such sails her on the forum. They look much more to scale.

Eberhard,

I`ll try with one sewn sail first and see what it looks like....

Nils

Many thanks Keith,

yes. she will be carrying all 6 sails set....

I have`nt sewn sails for a long time and hope that it will work out OK, depending also on the condition of my wife`s sewing machine

Nils

Update

progress with the rigging, beams and gaffs, nav. lights...

Nils

nav. light brackets made from 0,8mm ply

fastening rails for clipping to the shrouds

rigging will go on when the sails are made

Thank you John

Nils

Update

made the sprit spar netting and the belaying rail for the 3 for-/spritsail downhaulers....

I ran out of rigging rope in the moment and expect the delivery for this week. It looks like all my leftover blocks were just in the required quantity to suit the needs

Nils

a piece of leftover mesh from my Pamir netting

the wooden strip is to prevent too much glue on the netting inside. The outer will be cut off after curing

belaying rack for the sprit sail setting lines

Hi Jim,

many thanks for your words, I also had a look at your models, starting with the excellent built Pinky Schooner.

I congratulate you to your skill on this behalf....

Nils

Thank you John,

I`m pleased that you like it

Nils

B.E.

these pumps look great, I like them very much...

Nils

Hi Jon

Hi John

I thank you both for your kind comments. I`m at the time of installing some details, before I start making the six sails. Finaly I`ve found a way to decline the lettering for the tail name and home port.

For the companion ways I decided to show one (open hatches) and the other one (closed hatches). The two gaff spars and their rigging will be next in the pipe.

The anchor attachment is also done as well as the two main sheets with tripple sheet blocks, so all is coming on quite well....

There was the question in the beginning, why the odd scale 1:51, but now the model turns out 740 mm length over all, which turns out to 37000 mm for the actual ship, who`s rating is 37 meters and therefore the scale is now corrected to 1:50

Nils

I onls put one admirals typ anchor with rigging at the stb side. A smaller one (emergency) will be placed at the inboard front bulwark later on

the forward placed companion way with closed hatches and doors. The formast boomtackle differs to the mainmast boom tackle, probably to hook it out more easily when opperating the boats

aft companionway and skylight. I chose an 8-window typ in order to allow more light down into the ship

there is a slight problem with the forward sail sheet when the boats are in place on deck. I trust this must have been the same situation as with the actual boat. The boat tackles rest (hooked in) at the davits when not in use

tail lettering and attached tail light

the upper rudder shaft will be shortend later on

Update

fitted the skylight, the mainsail sheet and the two uncompleted companionway hatches....

I`m trying to get the aft name sign and the port name reduced to the right size. The windows / excel tool allows to get the display in a rounded, bent shape, but only in a too large size. This is to compensate the tapered aft-section. I intend to print them on transparent self-adhesive foil and cut out the text for bringing it on to the hull surface. It looks like my printer has no built in decline function

Nils

thank you Igor,

your fleet of mini scale- and bottle ships is amazing and very nice to see. At least you should not have problems with the places for display. When I was young I also built a few bottle ships for the family members as a christmas present as I  had limited financial playground at that time....

Nils

Thank you John,

yes those are working bottlescrews (M1,4 )

Nils

Update

Standing rigging and shroud wires now done with tin galvanized flexible steel wire (19 x 0,1mm thick )

Nils

Thank you John,

I`m trying to plan in all the leftover blocks of my former models, so it may turn out a mix of block colors (dark and pearwood ones). 

Nils

Update

bot masts ready for the standing rigging.....

Nils

Update

Am starting with the masting and the rigging. The tackles for the boats was the first to start up with

Nils

Yes Eberhard,

I bought those beech strips some time ago already for one of my other models. Now they come handy and find their destination. Are they only available in Germany, I trust they certainly will be of international use for modelers.

Nils