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  1. Papa
    Good grief--what was I drinking? I just discovered that i put the stern wheel support timbers on upside down last November. Must have had too many glasses of wine before getting to work. See the image below. The curved part should be down and the flat up. Fortunately the glue did not adhere well to the varnish on the deck and I was able to remove them without damage and install correctly. The corrected support timber is below. On a separate topic, I wish MS had done the profile plan sheets in scale. There are many items that have to be positioned by guesswork--for example the stern wheel! I assumed the the "not to scale" drawing was proportioned correctly and some simple ratios between the actual model and the plans gave me a number that looks reasonable.
  2. Papa
    Started on the paddle wheel assembly yesterday.
  3. Papa
    I have my PhD in mathematics, from Brandeis University (1972). I worked for many years in the NSA and later for private industry in the area of communications security. And as a visiting professor at GWU. Been retired for about 10 years now. Ron
  4. Papa
    Thanks. I started the log late in the build and it is kind of slapdash but I hope it helps. Blighty's build log has a lot more images if you need to see some detail. Ron OBTW, why "Pythagoras"? You don't happen to be a mathematician do you?
  5. Papa
    Thanks Blighty
  6. Papa
    Actually, the stair support was floating. That is now fixed. Completed the pilot house and stairway and attached. I didn't think that it made sense for the stove pipe to go through the roof in front of the door. So I moved it over to the opposite corner where it attaches to a small wood stove, not visible in the photo. Also installed the stacks. I still need to paint the shields at the base of the stacks and the stove pipe cap.
  7. Papa
    Very clever clamps. I will adopt those the next time i plank!
  8. Papa
    Whoops. Just noticed that the right stair support is misaligned. Need to fix that!
  9. Papa
    Assembling the pilot house stairway, and painting the wheel. Thank you chemistry for super glue!
  10. Papa
    Pilot house wheel under construction using tooth picks and styrene. Not prefect put it is mostly hidden anyway.
  11. Papa
    The Texas is in place. I am now working on some details for the pilot house. I was inspired by Kurt Van Dahm's Chaperon to include the ship's wheel and a stove in the pilot house.
  12. Papa
    I am speechless. Amazing work
  13. Papa
    Glued the Texas on today. I discovered after I had glue on everything that the etched line showing where to put the Texas was significantly off center. Had to measure and draw some new guidelines; seems to be good now.
  14. Papa
    I've painted the Texas and assembled the pilot house. Notice that I added some 1/8" sq and 1/16" sq reinforcements. This is especially important when one uses water-based paints as the sheets have a tendency to warp.
  15. Papa
    Attaching the roof trim around the skylight.
  16. Papa
    I have attached most of the decorative railings. Everything fit perfectly together. The skylight is done and attached. I assembled the skylight fully before attaching to the deck to ensure that it was square. I am working on the Texas (which I placed on the skylight for the photo). I decided to assemble it before adding the 1/32" sq. battens. The battens are a bit more tricky to add this way but I was concerned that they would interfere with bending the fore and aft sections. Although the sections are pre-bent using a supplied jig, there is a lot of fiddling to get the curve right when everything goes together. Since the battens are laid over the grooves that need to expand as the sections are bent, i thought it best to do them last.. I may actually get this model finished in less than 1 year! I appreciate all the "likes" and comments. Ron
  17. Papa
    Finally got to adding the bull rails. Also adding the photo-etched rails and decorative supports.
  18. Papa
    Thanks Blighty. It has been a fun build. A great vacation from rigged ships.
  19. Papa
    The hurricane deck is coming along nicely. I am using strip styrene to make the bands on the stacks and sheet styrene for the decorative crown at the top of the stack. I also mitered the top railings on the stair rails rather then the butt and overlap joints shown in the plans.
  20. Papa
    That must have made for some messy stern wheels! I guess I need to get some model chickens for back there!
  21. Papa
    So it is literally a chicken coop? Wouldn't that need some ventilation. I thought it might be for a "seat of ease".
  22. Papa
    Started constructing the various and sundry items for the hurricane deck. Here are shots of some poles, galley stacks, hog posts, and chicken coop. (can someone tell me what the "chicken coop" is for?
  23. Papa
    Well, Thanks. I hope I can keep up with frequent postings.
  24. Papa
    The hurricane deck is on.
  25. Papa
    Had a 2-3 month absence from the shipyard while camping in Florida. Now I am back at work on the Chaperon. Here are the 2 latest photos.

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