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    Wow, what a beautiful model Alex ! Nils
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    Thank you very much Christian, yes, it was my aim to model different types of ships and scales. The Zeesboot in scale 1:24 is momentarily my current work in progress still waiting for deck-planking, rigging and sails Nils
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    Many thanks for your word captain ! much appreciated Nils
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    Thanks for your kind comment Yves, much appreciated Nils
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    Progress status.... after achieving a tall and narrow white book shelf yesterday on Ebay, I removed the books from the lower portion on of the "Eagle of Algier`s" sideboard. The "Hjejlen" now fits into the free space compartment with it`s glass case, as if it were made for this. I have now 7 glass cased models in my working office, the 8th one "Gorch Fock" 3 mast barque and in lack of space, had to move upstairs to it`s new mooring place for display.... Nils
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    A lovely build Tim, your Bounty model will surely be a great eyecatcher here on the sight...... Nils
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    great figures Greg, bringing nice "atmosphere " into the diorama Nils
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    Very nice looking build Kevin, also the boats are kooking lovely..... Nils
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    good evening B.E. youve been doing an excellent job on your cutter Alert, very nice details and a nice clean rigging.... Nils
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    restoration progress.... Ships boat under davits, with oars and grapnel anchor... Nils 2 oars and grapnel
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    thanks for showing this make of a grapnel anchor Geert, very inspiring ! Nils
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    Congrats to CAF Model team, that first 3D seaman at the wheel looks great !!! Nils
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    Thank you very much Denis, and also thanks to all the "likes" I`m enjoying the restoration, which is now nearly completed, and I am wishing those fellow members who are also holding an old "Hjejlen" Billing boats kit , encoraging them to push out a build log..... if possible Nils
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    Yeah Yves, The bench-legs should have been shortened, now its too late, would be a too great surgery. Earlier one of the benches came loose and dropped onto the carpet, no problem with that, but I did`nt pick it up immediately, and you can guess what hapened, I forgot that it was still laying on the carpet and under a nasty cracking noise, that was it....... It took me some hours to mend that bench, so I`ll leave my fingers off it in the future. The ships boat is in a scale that suits the figures in a better way. It takes some painting and rigging under the davits by means of double sheave block tackles. Together with the 2 liferafts the capacity will be adequate Nils this is the 14 mm dowel I made the connection pedestal / baseplate from, it works well the ships boat is a 123 mm long Kutter from Aeronaut in scale 1:50 together with 2 oars
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    Hi Yves, thanks for your comment, I´ve been expecting a comment on the seated people zise. Usualy Preiser is my first choise, here unfortunately neigther 1:48 nor 1:50 scaled seated figures were not offered or not on stock. I can live with the substituted figures I finaly chose in scale 1:43 resp. 1:45, and was after receipt disappointed that even these were a bit too small in comparism to 1:50 regular Preiser ones. (if they had been available ) Nils
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    Progress on Restoration report : - all passengers seated, crew on their positions - Bulleyes sdewise in front section - roof in front well area has additional stabilizing posts - Bulleyes at sides of boiler room - Rigging of stern white-light lantern - Base-plate, steam ironed- down the self adhesive veneer, in order to flatten out the gentle bulbs that came there over the years _ fitted the removeable pedestals with dowels to the baseplate ( the model can be taken off the baseplate easily) - alternative figurehead still missing: steam horn, 1 larger lifeboat, 2 life-raft containers to go next to the lifeboat on port side Nils stern lantern note: passengers sitting back to back on the long benches additional bulleyes in the boiler room sides bulleyes in the front side portions passengers sitting in the beroofed front well area, additional posts for the roof stability alternatve figurehead for the bowpost (Golden Plover, instead of lost Hjejlen figure )
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    excellent build Javier !! I love these small workboats Nils
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    Hi Roger, unfortunately no, They do turn on the new established axis, but have no interacting cinematic for feathering the scoops. I cant tell if the original Billing kit provided this option. Nils Roger, guess this is what you meant for feathering the scoops.....
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    A lovely sight Peta, congrats, you built a wonderful model, it looks perfect. Also I love that little great looking dinghi Nils
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    After paint job, now passengers and 6 head-crew boarded, ready for river- and lake cruise at Silkeborg Nils on port side the paddle scoops were mounted, facing to the wrong side. I dd`nt want to disassemble the paddle wheel, as the failure is not so obvious to be seen anyhow
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    Thank you Yves, I experienced the same feeling,...... , now that the chance came, I just could`nt let it go by... Nils
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    Hi Druxey, thank you for your word jes, thats true and whenever I saw an old unbuilt kit of this one being offered (very rarely) the prices were so extraordinary high, but my mind still went pregnant with this thought (someday the time may come ! ) Cheers, Nils wish my hand would be more steady for the paint job on appr. 50 passengers...., but the hairstyles, shoes and other details will get touch-ups
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    Welcome to this topic Mark and Lars/Peter, and B.E. and many thanks for your kind comments. Also thanks to the "likes" For this kit I`m missing the 2 bullseyes for sidewise in the front section of the hull, and the golden plover figurehead for the upper bow post. Alternative parts are now ordered. The stand looks quite flimsy, so I decided to make pedestals from brass / wooden candle holders with a shaped outcuts for the keel to fit into. Small M3 screws hold these pedestals firmly to the keel. they will fit directly to the baseplate of the glass casing. The two ( meanwhile come loose) paddle wheels were glued to the hull. Now both paddle wheels have become an brass axis between outside spashguards segments and the hull. I am intending to place crew and passengers on board, like I did wth the Bohuslän steamer. Its not easy to find the right scale figures, and there are so many non occupied benches. I placed the benches on the upper aft deck, turned around, now back to back 180°, so that the passengers will face the water side of the rivers and lakes for a better view. The roof of the front well also requires some additional holding posts, as the current ones are quite flimsy, and therefore the roof quite instable Also the ships boat is not in correct scale, so there will be an alternative boat fitted under the davits.... Nils this is the "old" stand the wood / brass new pedestals New pedestals fitted to the keel (they had to be low in hight, due to the limited glass case hight ) the new brass axis for the paddle wheels, also to make them turnable crew and passenger figures, prior to painting job
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    Hi there, all you steam-paddle-boat lovers since I was a teen I had an eye on this lovely boat. It is the long time already out of production vintage Billing Boats kit named "HJEJLEN" Golden Plover, German : Goldregenpfeifer. A few days ago I could hardly believe my luck in finding this offered complete kit-built boat, on Ebay, a bit damaged, together with a suit-taylored glass case, so I invested a drive to the seller in the region of Bremen area, and picked it up. After thorough inspection back home I determined the minimum of parts and components required to restore and overhaul the charming old lady. I shall show the sequences of recovery and restoration in the next weeks to come, here in this tread. As this will be no complete new build, but certainly worth an shorter thread on this forum, as I`m sure that there is interest for this model by the one or other fellow member. Credit goes to the late father of the seller who built this steamer many years ago. It is known to be the oldest live steam, still cruising boat with passengers in the waters of Silkeborg in Denmark Nils name giver birdie, Hjejlen, Golden plover, Goldregenpfeifer
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    Hi Mike, congrats, you did a very nice job on the vintage Paddle steamer Nils

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