Mirabell61
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A beautiful working boat Javier ! Nils -
Many thanks for sharing this video Kevin.... Nils
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Hi Igor, these 1/72 figurines out of the treasure island theme of Falconet look lovely, a pitty they`re not available in scale 1/48. Nils
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Hi Zack. sometimes it takes a longer time to search for figurine sources. But we`re lucky to be able to use the WWW today. When cosidering the scale for a new project I usualy have a short research if there would be appropriate figures available in that scale, because self-carving is not my thing, and on the other hand in my opinion a model without crew is too naked. Here a few examples of scale 1:48 crew figures (origine of metal cast or plastic). In case of the rowing boats crew there was a slight surgery to figures arms (one side) in order to to grab the oar end properly, fitting some self made tricorn hats, for individuals, etc...., enjoy... Nils
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Happy new year Doris, fantastic work with that so realistic looking mini furniture.... Nils
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wonderful progress to see Antony All the best for the new year... stay healthy and enjoy the modeling hobby Nils
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Hi Ilhan, on heritage steam merchant steamers and other early ships, later also motorships, there used to be an emergency steering device, that operates directly to the Rudder, by coupling out the the chain that drives the large horizontal chainwheel. When the ship is steered from the bridge the kinematic devices are coupled out As a steam cargo ship would immediately become unmanouverable if the steering chain breaks, and that happens "favorably" at night and in high going sea, it can be dangerous to man the emergency rudder stand at aft, and not being washed overboard. The telemotor at the bridge controlled the auxilliary steam engine winding drums that spooled up resp. spooled down the rudderchain ends for stb / port pull. Under such circumstances (broken rudder chain) my grandfathers ship the "Heinrich Kayser" foundered and went down in a North Atlantic storm with all that were on her in Dec. 1922 Nils Emergency rudder stand port rudderchain spool drum both spool drums, with the superstructure containment which bears the steam operated ruder "servo" engine, operated from the telemotor at the bridge and controlled steam valves
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congrats to your beautiful workshop Antony, love that long window front with view in the garden ? , and the simultanious lighting rows over the benches when daylight is fading Nils
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Nice and interesting build Antony, will it remain as an open built half ship, exposing the interior ?.... Nils
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fantastic little model Javier, love the details and your excellent skill in this scale !! Nils
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Very nice work, much attention paid to details ! Nils
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Good progress Dan, she`s coming on very well indeed..... Nils
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Hi Doris, incredible work, as Amalio already has said, and you certainly have set the benchmark to the lonely high side of card ship modeling. When looking at your superb photos I am in awe every time of your skills. Next to your ornamentation and sculpturing techniques, also in finding the wonderful warm and right wooden tone for those planks above the wales (in card material ! ) is more than perfect.... Nils
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Hi Kortes, beautiful build, nice and clean planking job. I like the way you tacked the planks down (next to the planks themselves), so there remain no holes in the planks, Thanks for sharing.... Nils
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Hi Reci, super planking job for hull and deck, she looks great... Nils
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Beautiful and very inspiring work dave, Nils
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filed surface.... Greg, I can remember my days as an apprentance, when the master was teaching the young guys to file a flat surface to a steel chunk, which also had to be perpendicular to the sides..... most of us had produced (common) a slight convex surface, whereby the master meant that a real good job would produce a slight koncave surface , because it was possible due to the files shape, wow !!! Nils
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Hi Wefalk and Denis, just a thought, could be that the outer propcircles (diameters) were overlapping a bit, like for instance the typical prop-arrangement for the KWdG, therefore the outcut window before the rudder heel. In that case there even had to be a staggered propshaft lengths, so that the circles did not foul each other within the "overlapping" area. It did not seem to be a handicap (Turbolences), because we know that the KWdG was the world fastest liner of around year 1900.... Here the scetch of prop arrangement... Nils note the different propshaft lengths, the prop circles are a bit overlapping within the centre window outcut area at the stern heel
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Hi Steve, thats a nice project, and I wish you all the best with your preparation planing and keel-laying soon... The Fra Berlanga reminds me a bit of the beautiful fast, slim and legendary white refridgerator cool ships of the Hamburg-Süd line, nicknamed "white swans of the South Atlantic". Perhaps you would like to google " Cap San Diego". Suggestion: If I were to do such a model in scale 1:96, without available plans, I would probably buy a card set in scale 1:250, that also includes the underwater lines, and transfer these from 1:250 to scale 1:96 onto ply-bulkheads. The hull is not so very different from The Fra Berlanga, and for the superstructures you have your pictures and access to the 20` foot model anyhow.... Cheers, Nils
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