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Ras Ambrioso

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About Ras Ambrioso

  • Birthday 11/03/1936

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    Bradenton Florida USA
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    Model building, gun collector, target shoooting

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  1.    Ras Ambrioso reacted to a post in a topic: Pelican 1943 by FriedClams - 1:48 - Eastern-Rig Dragger
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  17. Ras Ambrioso
    Keith, I just found your build and will be following it from today. I love the steam paddlewheelers and will be looking at yours in such a small scale. As you know, I just finished Zulu that is one of those with a very forward boiler that was positioned to balance the weight of the paddle and engines aft. I will go back and read the whole post to date. I am sure you will find a lot of my wows.
  18.    Canute reacted to a post in a topic: ZULU 1916 by Ras Ambrioso - 1/48 scale - sternwheeler - FINISHED
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  22. Ras Ambrioso
    Thanks a lot Keith.
  23. Ras Ambrioso
    Thank y'all (pardon my southern). I am overwelmed with your comments.
  24. Ras Ambrioso
    Well, here it is. Zulu is now completed. It has taken me one year and four month to complete which is nothing compared with Wefalk and Valeriy builts. This scratch built model of an Indian river boat is now FINISHED. I again thank all of you for the likes and comments. I learned quite a lot on this built and expect to do better in my next project: the fictional US Navy river gunboat San Pablo during the Boer revolution in China's as presented in the 1966 movie The Sand Pebbles, starring Steve McQueen. Ras
  25. Ras Ambrioso
    After several weeks with poor progress, today I achieved about 98.5% completion. Missing items are, the mast (stack) position light (that is now drying its clear lenses of gorilla glue) and its rigging. I could not make the decal for the white lettered "ZULU" for the ships name so I and wound up getting the letters from Amazon. Also necessary will be a check out of the handrails that have been damaged by the fact that I built the railing before completion of other tasks in the corresponding decks. I also used an extremely thin (0.25 mm) brass wire. Should have used thin thread. Also, I skipped the galley stack. But, I could not wait to show you the "Almost Finished" Zulu. Expect to complete it early next week and I will prepare an album for the gallery. I thank all you followers for you likes and your valuable comments.
  26. Ras Ambrioso
    Great stories Phil. I am learning a lot about minesweepers. Thanks.
  27. Ras Ambrioso started following USS Cape (MSI-2) by Dr PR - 1:48 - Inshore Minesweeper
  28. Ras Ambrioso
    The main construction is done and now it is time to make the accessories. Some have been built while I waited for paint to dry or glue to set. This week I fixed the railings on the boiler deck and started the dingy. I was going to use the mold I made for Amapá but I had a few Billings ship boats at different scales and checked them out with the plans. This whaler hull was just about right. The stern was cut and a transom made from styrene was added: The original Billings was modified to match the scale size of the dingy: An here it is with its ancestor whaler: Trim and painting will follow. Next the davits. Thanks for the likes and comments.
  29. Ras Ambrioso
    The construction of the paddles continues. I knew there was some use for those mini-cloth pins. The finished product. I am amazed I have not heard from any of my followers about the fact that the paddle wheel cranks could not complete a revolution. (See post # 94). While building the hull I used two solid wood pieces to make the sponsons. I didn't realize that the cranks will actually rotate below deck. So I just painted a hole in the deck since this is a static model. Hope you don't mind. More forethought in the next build. So here is the final setup of the propulsion gear. To be continued.
  30. Ras Ambrioso
    The Florida central lakes is one of my favorite places with interesting towns like Tavares, Howie on the Hills, Mount Dora, etc.etc. The area comprises several lakes that are joined by beautiful canals where you can enjoy the primitive Florida. We boat on it regularly and have explored the Oklawaha river. This river connected with the St. Johns river around Palatka and from there with Jacksonville. While entrepreneurs like Flagler and Plant improved the coastal market with the railroads, the Oklawaha river connected central Florida with the market with its fleet of steamers like Okahumkee. After following your build I purchased the book and will put the steamer this steamer in the list of future projects. Thank you for bringing such historic ships to my attention.
  31. Ras Ambrioso
    Thanks Valeriy: you and Wefalk are my models.
  32. Ras Ambrioso
    Maybe I am getting lazy in my old age. I agree with Wefalk on his system. I have used before. The African Queen And Krick's Patricia I have these model on the finished models gallery. They were done many years ago.
  33. Ras Ambrioso
    Have to say that there was another build (I think Peerless) where the insulating of steam pipes was discussed. In Zulu the steam pies are supposed to be 3" (at scale would be 1/16"), the insulation would be 1-1/2"(at scale 1/32") with a total of 3/32" outside diameter. The tubing used is just that: 3/32". Therefore, consider the pipes are insulated and painted brass. 😏
  34. Ras Ambrioso
    This is what Zulu will look when all parts are put together. After this photo, the paddles were painted and the engine mechanics and the steam piping was completed . First , the eccectrics. Then the pitmans and the fitting of the cross tree in the engine cylinders. An overhead look at the piping fore and aft. Currently working on installing the buckets (aka paddles) in the wheels. Thanks for the likes and comments.
  35. Ras Ambrioso
    Thanks to all for the likes. To Keith: I have the same thoughts often but never build anything twice. I take the mistakes as lessons for the future. To Daniel: I joined this forum in 2019. At that time I operated with a +/-1.0mm tolerance. But by watching other people's work I was inspired to try harder and try to control my shaky fingers. I remember and advise from my shooting coach: "aim large = miss large; aim small = miss small". Since then, I have reduced my to tolerance to close to 0.5 mm. I still have to do a lot better to match guys like Valeriy and Wefalk.
  36. Ras Ambrioso
    Great woodwork. Looks fantastic. Regarding the CA, I found that acetone tends to dissolve it. I have used to get metal pieces separated and to wipe set glue from my fingers. Don't inhale too much of it though!

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