Mirabell61

Thank you very much Andy,

I`m pleased you like this model

Nils

Thank you very much Michel,

Nils

many thanks Keith,

Nils

Nice work Siggi,

the painters are doing a good job

Nils

wunderbar Keith !

an excellent set up of the frames

Nils

Very nice work Eberhard,

and a smart Idea with that repare-tape, thanks for sharing, a few weeks ago I was looking for something alike to strap down a boat on the Ergenstrasse

Nils

Jeff,

a beautiful build of an exellent kit-model,

very well done

Nils

Thank you very much John,

I am pleased with the result, but had some trouble with the nameplates attached to the ships own stand plate on both sides. These are of printed paper ( black lettering on yellowish colored background ) glued small plates and fixed to the nameplate`s brackets. After glueing  the paper on, all was OK, but then after varnishing them with polyurethane "protection" they looked all wet and soaked through, and even with a hot air dryer I could´nt get them to look as before. Will have replace the printed paper nameplates in the next days, and leave away the varnish. I should have used photo paper for printing.

Nils

Today I finished the glass case, and my wife was so kind to clean the glass in- and outside, as well as to help  carry and  swap some of the other cases to a new display place in my hobby office.

This closes the project

Here some final pics of the casing and its build..... This was my 11th  case I built this way and I`m pleased that to date there was no broken glass. I`m not so happy of the steadily increasing prices for glass, so I`m surprised of the glasser`s offers every time.

I would like to thank all that were interested in the build log, with many likes, wows, appreciations, comments and suggestions allong the ride.

Nils

the glass-panes are held with helping aids, such as the "third hand" clamped to the cupboard above, short fixing- and distance pieces, and preliminary self adhesive tape

the angles are well keep the panes in place

after the top panel is complete stained and framed, the 4 vertical profiles are stained an cut to length

now comes the final assembly.....

here again the clamped on "third hand"

the right angle corner

mounting the top panel ( lid) to the rest

metal corners fixed with stainless steel blackend philips flat cross-head screws (M1,7 x 6mm )

the glass bonnet set down on the base with the 6 interacting positioning pins, also the are 6 self adhesive felt patches  under the baseplate to enable a smooth contact.

Valeriy, a bit late though, but I just looked at the final Pictures,

congratulations, a faboulus model in museum quality, its one of the best i`ve seen before

Nils

On 3/18/2020 at 7:48 AM, Valeriy V said:

Ventilation pipes .

Valeriy,

excellent maching of this smart idea for the tooth tracks....

Nils

On 2/18/2013 at 12:28 PM, Elia said:

The build log reconstruction begins...

A beautiful begin Elia,

Nils

Valeriy,

Wow, that looks great. Would you like to share with us how you did tooth gear belts around the vent pipes ?

Nils

Very nice planking job Hakan,

Nils

1 hour ago, Valeriy V said:

Mechanism for turning the ventilation socket.

fantastic mechanism detail Valeriy,

Nils

thanks for sharing your find Keith,

Nils

great work B.E.

my recommendation : add the tiller-lines with appropriate blocks, of course its up to you....

Nils

34 minutes ago, wefalck said:

 

One day, I have to get myself one of those dapping blocks (as jewellers call it) and matched punches ... China and India throw them onto the market at reasonable prices.

Thanks for your input Eberhard,

I was`nt aware that those dapping blocks with matching punches are juwel-makers tools, Thats a very smart idea for making vent cowls as Valeriy did here

Nils

very nice work Valeriy,

how did you machine that multi smart idea enbossing block, is it hardened after machining ?

Did you need to aneal the brass rounds prior to shaping with the punch ?

The final soldering and trimming of the vents looks great.the relative thin wall-thicknesses, do not bring too much  topweight to the model.

Nils

very nice skylights Valeriy,

I like the way you do this precise machining in brass

Nils

On 1/22/2024 at 8:36 PM, Jond said:

Nils

 

thank you for your kind comment.  I regularly watch your work and I must say it inspires me especially at this small scale.

 

cheers 

Thank you Jond,

Nils

Igor,

thats a very nice little gem you have produced

Nils

wunderbar Valeriy !

Nils

Hi Roel,

many thanks for your comment. The "Heavy weight punch" is a print on canvas, I like Geoff Hunt`s maritime paintings very much. Its because I`m short with display space that there are models in front of that wonderful picture.

Nils

The model is finished, but not yet the glass-casing for it.

I ordered the glass panes at my local glassers yesterday, and am meantime working on the baseplate and the frame parts (double slot) wooden liners ......

I have used this method to date on all my casings

Nils

the baseplate with edge-profiles and bottom liners

the look from beneath

the bottom liner profiles with reinforcement angles and brass sleeves to fit the 6 adjusting brass pins (here without stain treatment)

the model will stand on its own standplate in the casing. This allows to remove it at any time, whereby the upper bonnet can be lifted off the

6 pins

The case corners, hopefully precise cut panes of 4mm thick glass will fit exactly into the slots The wooden slots have slightly surplus of appr 1 mm in length in order to compensate possible wood shrinkage