Mirabell61

Update,
 
aft deck housing roof (planked deck) with docking bridge and railing. Access will be from aft over a stairway
 
Nils
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Update
 
Mounting the aft deckhouse with docking bridge
 
Nils
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Bob,
 
thank you very much....
I did a fiddely little cabin today which is situated right in the middle on the aft structure`s roof, still need to do four lights on that area as well...
 
Nils
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Bob,
 
thank you very much....
I did a fiddely little cabin today which is situated right in the middle on the aft structure`s roof, still need to do four lights on that area as well...
 
Nils
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Bob,
 
thank you very much....
I did a fiddely little cabin today which is situated right in the middle on the aft structure`s roof, still need to do four lights on that area as well...
 
Nils
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Bob,
 
thank you very much....
I did a fiddely little cabin today which is situated right in the middle on the aft structure`s roof, still need to do four lights on that area as well...
 
Nils
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Wonderful.
 
Bob

Update
 
Mounting the aft deckhouse with docking bridge
 
Nils
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

hello Nils...........some really neat ideas,  but I'm not sure how much detail I'm willing to get into.   I had it in my mind to finish some of these projects I have open,  foregoing some of the ideas I already had for them.   this one doesn't seem to want to cooperate though.......ideas are still finding their way into the mix   I do agree that it would be a nice touch.......I'll refer it to the deck prop department  
 
thanks for the suggestion and the good word  

nice detailwork Denis,
 
do you have a fish-load for the boxes ?, also need some hoses and appropriat connections for flush cleaning boxes and deck afterwards...
 
Nils

Nils, the soldering on this model all appears to be soft solder. I have an electronic Weller soldering station with adjustable temp settings, so I will be using it.
 
The overpainting was very poorly done, there are heavy brush strokes, with the color laid on horizontally on the upper band and vertically on the lower portion. The paint is also uneven around the gold bands. I will do the color trials when the light is even later in the day. Oh and by the way the folk who you recommended for the Humbrol paint were very efficient and I have the paint already.
 
Again thank you to all who are interested in this project and who have shown it by visiting.
 
Michael
 

Hello everybody -- Since it's Halloween, I have to present my version of the Olde Play,  Bats in the Belfry.  (Or maybe just bad joke )
 
The lovely Georgian Belfry did catch my fancy after all.  I began with the stanchions, based fundamentally on those shown in FFM. 
 
                                           
The base is no doubt too wide (as will be proved below).  But this is what I'm going with.
 
Next I devised the curved canopy, simply by starting with some thick stock, measuring to the center, then two points equidistant out from there, and cut out the curved shape.
 
                                            
 
To cut the molding in the canopy, I first used my mill to cut the lower panels, in a graduated series.  That gave me the basic pattern which I could sand lightly to round over the edges.  For the curved molding, I simply set my thumbnail against the canopy's curve, found they matched pretty well, and then traced the outline of the nail onto the wood, and lightly, ever so lightly began scraping with the backside of an exacto blade.  For the headstock, I followed the same strategy as the belfry, but in simpler, stockier form.  I used blackened card for the iron straps, and the kit's bell.  Here's the finished belfry:
 
                                           
Actually, this is Belfry 3.0, the first few tries finding a better home in the scrap pile -- but I'm discreetly drawing a veil over those details.
 
Now the spar racks teased me a bit.  I couldn't really work out a solid basis for any dimensions.  The kit plans don't show the rack, but simply an inner railing.  What I came up with is based on the overall length of the breast railing/belfry/spar rack configuration, allowing room for a scaled seaman to pass by (in the fuzzy video of Master and Commander that runs through my head). 
 
In short, I worked out these two:
 
                                            
 
After a bit of consideration, and the simple test of laying a spar in the rack to see how it fit, I found that they needed some filing and refining.
 
Then came the slow process of the rail.  The stanchions were easy, as I cut the timberheads with the exacto, and the sheaves with the mill.  The railings required careful measuring for the placement of the stanchions, cutting the mortises for the stanchions, then scraping the molding on the edges.  I followed the advice of FFM of gluing a thin (molded) strip along one edge to close in the stanchions, and it worked brilliantly.  Until I found that I needed to file the ends off the rails a bit since they overlapped the spar rack, at which point the ends fractured at the out corner of the mortise.  Repeatedly.   Finally, I just took the bit that had broken off and glued it onto the stanchion as it stood in the rail:
 
                                             
If you look more closely than politeness dictates, you'll notice the gobs of glue on the port stanchions.  And those were there until they became solid enough to scrape away.
 
I don't know what's next.  Work is, well, work, and lots of it.  As the weather cools, I find being outside very desirable, so my modelling time is even shorter than before.  But Fly still calls to me.
 
Meanwhile, following Peter (aka Flyer) and BE's gestures of presenting lovely views from their different treks, I thought I might offer a view from my study window:
 
                                             
 
It ain't the Lake District, it ain't Iceland, but it's what the Southern Plains has to offer on a mild day.
 
Cheers,
 
Martin
 
 

Great job on the belfry and rail Martin. They look just right.
 
Bob

Update
 
Mounting the aft deckhouse with docking bridge
 
Nils
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

nice progress Denis,
 
looks very good with the canvas at the railing....
 
Nils

Pawel,
 
that "Totem Pole looking ladder" is great, simple and effective...
 
Nils

Wonderful making of gratings Pawel 
 
Nils

nice detailwork Denis,
 
do you have a fish-load for the boxes ?, also need some hoses and appropriat connections for flush cleaning boxes and deck afterwards...
 
Nils

Update
 
Mounting the aft deckhouse with docking bridge
 
Nils
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Update
 
Mounting the aft deckhouse with docking bridge
 
Nils
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

Good fix of the stairway parts and positioning for soldering. Are you going to going to torch solder ?
 
 
Nils

another work week out of the way........I was checking to make sure I did the logs on these past few updates.   finding that I did,  and am all caught up,  I transferred them to my file in the memory stick,  and I thought you might like to see the difference in the design of the fish box.  
 

 

 
the box itself looked kinda choked......the receiving bins would not have been able to do their job.   with the modification,  the bins are opened more and conceivably,  can accept a net full of fish.   the second idea that I have will further automate the box,  in how the catch is moved from the receiving bins,  to the sort area.....and then,  into the hold.   that will be a little bonus,  I'll throw in for fun  

Nice work, Denis!

On a trawler it is the details that really bring it to life.  I remember going to a show and saw a couple models of Northsea trawlers forgot to bring a camera so no pics.  but the details were what brought them to life. from the rigging and the nets to the donkey engine and a cup of coffe or tea in the pilot house.  keep it up.
David B

thanks Mark     when the winch is done.........all this can be added to the mid ship.  this will  also include some rigging  
 
thanks for the good word!