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  1. Mirabell61
    Update. Today I took her (cut) off the build platform, and had my first look into the hull, am pleased with it so far. Outside against the bow-post and the side skin I installed the integrated round pod that later on takes up the mushroom typ anchor, (3 tons in real weight). Its the first time she settles on her own standplate Nils the pod for the mushroom anchor later on. It faces downwards to a certain angle and ends a bit above the waterline its made from 20mm round beechwood. The face is light convex, as it fits neatly into the concave shape anchor the overstanding upper frames will be cut off a sight into the hull here to be seen one of the spindle counter nuts, and the resting foot lug for the light towers stand tube. This is also why I built in the squarebar on the topside of the keel the shining through narrow plank gaps are filled with white cured wood glue. the hull at this degree of building is extreme light
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    wonderful work Valeriy, the poop deck-planking looks great Nils
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    Thank you for your words Valeriy. I`m also waiting for updated news for of your SS. Blagoev ..... Nils
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    thank you very much Roel, Nils
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    Many thanks Keith, John and Yves, Keith, I`m pleased that you look up the log reguraly, stay tuned John, yes, the blades were used already on my "5 Elbe" and "Ergenstrasse" hulls, without intermediate, sharpening Yves, right , once I used scrapers, I would`nt want to miss them for my builds Nils
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    Update did some more scraping on the hull, also built in the prop and the rudder Nils the scraping method is a very good way to take off a minimum of the planks thickness. I use 3 different scraping sharp edged blades the scraping chips are are very thin. The advantage vs. sanding is : no dust created the rudder is made and soldered from brass sheet The gap in the stempost is closed now the rudder is fully workable, but it now ca`nt be removed any more unless desoldering I fixed a metal edge to the keel and the stem in order to give more solid hold The preliminary pencil-waterline is marked up
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    Thank you very much John, Nils
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    Thank you very much Veszett, Nils
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    Update all stb. planks are on now except for the bulwarks. On the port side there are still two planks to be placed in the keel area. The planks are scraped and sanded. A few touch ups with filler in the aft area are neccessary. Aft the prop is preliminary mounted. I had to cut out the stem, because I had forgotten to insert the prop-rod into the shaft. Will close the gap later on. There are only very few touch-ups required. Before the bulwarks are done I have to do and plank the deck. Nils waiting for doing the rudder assemly I`m pleased with the planking, ten planks on the sides so far, all worked out like it should be. The forecastle sides must still be planked. There are two little outcuts in the keel-lne where the stand`s spindles will go through Later on The one-layer planking is smooth and true shape with the frames. The hull is strong and sturdy and very light, no warping to be seen
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    Super working B.E. The pinnace looks great. How did the removal of the plug frames work out ?, you replaced the prior frames with the stripe frames Nils
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    Thanks for that idea Roel, I looked up your "Chaconia build" also relating to the built in mesh, a great model I must say ! Nils
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    Excellent work Roel, congrats, a real eye catcher Nils
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    Update made a little dummy trial for the ladders and the back safety harness-ring in H0 scale Nils a 6mm wide brass ladder combined with 12 mm backrings (solder) will do .... this enables sufficiant safe climb up
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    Thanks Pacific, I`m pleased that you like the recent build log progress .... Nils
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    Hi Robert, very well done boat. Those self-configurated figures are great looking. Nils
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    Hello Uwe, many thanks for your suggestion in cutting out a bit of mesh from household articles... I had "Fliegengitter, Teesieb. etc." in mind first of all anyhow, but that would have required a round U-profile rail on the bottom side of the platform as well as an upside down U-rail on the top side as to make a sort of a framework fot inserting the mesh. I was afraid that bringing in too much heat into the construction and that already placed soldering points would open uncontrolled. Yes I`ve been applying the vertical stern planking already on my other models, and it works well. I intend to bend the bumper-rails from halfround brass profile, at least in the rounding areas and the remaining side rails will be from same sized halfround wooden shape. Nils
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    thank you for that tip Veszett Nils
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    many thanks John and Veszett, John, I`m pleased that you like it Veszett, right, it should have been a wire mesh around the platform, but I just used what I still had in material box. The idea with the cavas is worth taking it up, thanks on the enclosed pic you can see the original (right hand side) and as modeled by Helmut Thomas, a wonderful detailed gem Nils
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    Update further progress in planking and lighttower in raw build. I`m just thinking how to build the vertical climbing support ladders with their back safety harnesses, its probably going to be a trick soldering job Nils aft rounding with vertical planking prior to trimming both sides with each 7 planks a soldering job metal combined with wooden supports, the conical part after trimming to the cylindrical housing the railing is a "leftover" of my Ergenstrasse build
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    nice work Deckape, do you also posess the red lightmast and the yellow front signal mast ? Guess they should be included in the Billings Fitting set Nils
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    Many thanks Mike, exactly, these lightships have an own attract, I wanted to build the Elbe 1 since several years and always thought that it would be too ambitious for my capability, so now I`m going for it, inspired by the beautiful model built by Helmut Thomas, in scale 1:50, which brought the kick-off (see my introduction posting) allthough his project went over 4 years with many trials, ups and downs ..... My chosen scale 1:87 is smaller because the size of the neccessary display glass case for it afterwards. Nils
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    thank you very much Michel, Nils
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    Update the first 7 planks (stb side ) as well as the build in of the bilge keel on that side are on, and the light-tower is further in process, the "glassing" still has to be shortend a bit. I`ll continue with the port side planking to this degree, before moving to both bottom sides. The bilge keel cuved flats are cut from 1,5 mm aluminium flatmaterial with an electric jig saw and glued in with CA, interlocking appr. 2,5 mm depth into the frame contour as well. So far I`m pleased with the planking process, I think the hull will require a bit of "scratch-shaving" the surface instead of only sanding it afterwards, relating to the rather thin single layer planking. Nils a combination of 8mm and 10mm wide planks, all 1,5mm thick. The prior placed stringers are very helpfull for clamping the planks during assembly, and for keeping the hull-skin to true form. the tower and the top cover are made from brass, the platform will have a ballustrade with wire-mesh. I intend to build the main light lenses from a glass honey-dip spoon.
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    excellent work Vaddoc, also the inboard planking looks great Nils
  25. Mirabell61
    The hull is beautifully modeled Nils

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