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  1. Mirabell61
    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
  9. Mirabell61
    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
  13. Mirabell61
    The hull is beautifully modeled Nils
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    Thank you very much John, I`ll make a sigh of relief, if the planking works out well later on Nils
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    Update slow but steady, all stringers are on, I received the prop, and the "glassing" of the light-tower is fitted in to the top cover. One side of the hull has been sanded flush with the frame-contours. Nils the upper stern rounding will be vertically planked the 4-blade brass propeller the glassing per plexiglass tube fitted in to the top cover all stringers on today
  16. Mirabell61
    Update have just received the wooden liners for the stringers and for planking. Also the plexiglass tube material for the light area on the mid mast has arrived. The the top cover for the light tower I made from brass sheet. Nils The planks are 1,5 x 8 and 1,5 x 10 mm, The stringers are 2 x3 mm this will later on be the light on the lighttower, the cover I cut from brass sheet beginning with the portside stringers. all frame top-sides have been glued to the lugs of the base board. before planking the frame edges will be carefully sanded flush with the hull outer contour
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    many thanks Sascha, sure, I`ll try to keep up with the detailed reporting. I also love to read and see detailed process of fellow builders projects, I think that is a splended and appreciated feature of this MSW forum. Nils
  18. Mirabell61
    lovely work Keith, she`s getting along very nice Nils
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    Many thanks Keith and Michel, Keith, this was the easy and many times approved part of the early hull making ... Michel, now starts the part where I have to add balsa blocks or so, for doing the stern-roundings. Also some of the slots for the stringers have to be tuned for better and more accurate alignment. Nils
  20. Mirabell61
    Update All frames cut out and (dry-fit) mounted with keel bow and stern parts. Nothing is glued together yet. The stringer liners and the pine-planks can be ordered now. For planking I intend to do it with 1,5x8 and 1,5x10 mm planks. The stringers will be 2x3mm Nils frames kept down to the base board with clamps. Note the reinforcement squarebar 13x13mm, this gives a strong hold all 16 frames set up
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    Very nice progress Valeriy, Nils
  22. Mirabell61
    Update Today it starts with sawdust making. The base construction plate was used fro the "Ergenstrasse", sanded over and fitted with frame-spaced little squarebar pieces that were glued on in place. The keel with bow and sternpost ist cut out and glued together, also the reinforcement 13x13 mm squarebar with pushed in counter-nuts. ( for take up of the stand spindle later on ) is made and ready for assembly. The "raw frames" are cut out from the 4mm ply sheet in order to have more handable "tiles". Then holes were dilled, in to the outcut spaces of every frame. Now the 16 single frame contours are carefully cut out, tile by tile in the good old hand jigsaw manner. I can imagine that those who are assemling kits comprizing laser cut frames are smiling here, but this is scratch-build Nils the shipyard build base with spacer lugs. This one is from former "Ergenstrasse"build, sanded over and equipped with new distance lugs. the frame spaces are taken from the sideview lines / frame plan the reinforcement squarebar with pressed in counter-nuts the lines for stringers were added on the frame plan frame-outlines on transparent paper, with drawn in notches for the stringers later on here the keel with glued on bow and stern. The cut outs take up the frames during assembly rough cut 16 "tiles" for better handling
  23. Mirabell61
    Thanks Greg for your explaining words, now its understood .... Nils
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    An very interesting model Greg, did this hyroplane ever lift off? Nils
  25. Mirabell61
    Thank you Gary, right, it did`nt take long to make up my mind what would be next, because the build of this lightship model is one of my favorites, and as always there will be many details to be carried out along the way. Nils

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