Dan Vadas

Here are most of the pieces of the crankcase. All of them have been folded and glued ready to assemble :


 
The crankcase assembled :


 
The barrels and other accessories fitted to the crankcase. That concludes the engine, I'll put it aside for now :



 
Danny

Thanks Richmond .
 
I've made up all the side covers. The louvred one (top left) was particularly tricky to make :

 
Danny

Here are most of the pieces of the crankcase. All of them have been folded and glued ready to assemble :


 
The crankcase assembled :


 
The barrels and other accessories fitted to the crankcase. That concludes the engine, I'll put it aside for now :



 
Danny

Well done Toni, she looks great .
 
Danny

Thanks Richmond .
 
I've made up all the side covers. The louvred one (top left) was particularly tricky to make :

 
Danny

Thanks Richmond .
 
I've made up all the side covers. The louvred one (top left) was particularly tricky to make :

 
Danny

Thanks Richmond .
 
I've made up all the side covers. The louvred one (top left) was particularly tricky to make :

 
Danny

I have finished the base.  I am not totally satisfied with it but it will do for the time being.  The base is marble and the edges were roughened up.  The pedestals are turned from pear and drilled to accept a threaded rod which screws into a captive nut in the keelson.  Thanks everyone for following this five year epic journey.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

Here are most of the pieces of the crankcase. All of them have been folded and glued ready to assemble :


 
The crankcase assembled :


 
The barrels and other accessories fitted to the crankcase. That concludes the engine, I'll put it aside for now :



 
Danny

Looks great.

Here are most of the pieces of the crankcase. All of them have been folded and glued ready to assemble :


 
The crankcase assembled :


 
The barrels and other accessories fitted to the crankcase. That concludes the engine, I'll put it aside for now :



 
Danny

Here are most of the pieces of the crankcase. All of them have been folded and glued ready to assemble :


 
The crankcase assembled :


 
The barrels and other accessories fitted to the crankcase. That concludes the engine, I'll put it aside for now :



 
Danny

Here are most of the pieces of the crankcase. All of them have been folded and glued ready to assemble :


 
The crankcase assembled :


 
The barrels and other accessories fitted to the crankcase. That concludes the engine, I'll put it aside for now :



 
Danny

Fixed . A tip for those who don't know - don't simply hit the "Quote" button when replying as it copies the ENTIRE post to the reply. If you want SOME of the original post in your reply - highlight the appropriate passage (Shift + Left or Right Arrow or drag with your Mouse) and click the little "Quote Selection" button that appears. BTW - you can Edit your OWN posts if needed.
 
Back to you Ed , Danny

Young America - extreme clipper 1853
Part 304 – Spanker Boom 2/Gaff 1
 
Done with rework, back to moving the ball forward - hopefully.  This post describes completion of the boom rigging.  Gaff rigging seen in these pictures will be covered in a later post.
 
The first picture shows the corrected topping lift spans as well as cosmetic repair to the boom at the old band position.  The foot ropes and the boom sheets are also shown in this picture.
 

 
The three lines running vertically to the gaff in this picture will be described later.  The boom sheets are luff tackles with lead blocks, one on each side of the boom just aft of the wheel enclosure.  Each consists of a double block shackled to the boom band, a single block hooked to a deck eyebolt, a second lead block also hooked to a deck eye, and finally a cleat in the deck to belay the fall.  The next picture may show this more clearly.
 

 
The sheets control the sweep of the boom.  The boom is also fitted with an inhauler and outhauler that attach to the clew of the spanker sail.  In the absence of sails, the outhauler is stopped at the gooseneck, runs aft over the boom to a sheave near the end, back under the boom to a cleat near the foot, with the remaining line coiled on the roof of the cabin.  The line and boom sheave may be seen in the above photo and the inner end in the next.
 

 
The inhauler is a very short line on the no-sails model.  It is stopped at the end in a block strapped to the gooseneck and belayed just below on the spider band, where most of this line will be coiled on the model.  This line would also be secured to the clew and run out by the outhauler when setting the sail.
 
The next few pictures show fabrication of the gaff.  In the first, the spar has been shaped by the usual methods. The 40' spar is 9" at its maximum diameter, which occurs 1/3 in from the outer end, as on the boom.  Five inch thick wood blanks have been cut to form the jaws of the yoke that will secure the gaff to the spanker mast.
 

 
The jaws were first glued and clamped to the sides of the gaff, then shaped.
 

 
Cross bolts were then added using black monofilament.  In the last picture an iron band around the jaws has been fitted and the necessary blocks have been lashed to the spar and to eyebolts in the band.  After the addition of lashing eyes on the jaws and clipping of the excess block lashings, the gaff will be ready to go up.
 

 
Ed

There are three sections in each of the two barrels, and 17 rows of fins in each barrel. Cutting,folding and gluing the fins took the best part of two days :




 
Danny

As I mentioned somewhere in the Log Dave, I know NOTHING about Stagecoaches. So the answer is I DON'T KNOW . I merely followed all the kit's instructions - first time in a long time .
 
Thanks all for the well wishes and comments. The grandson loves it, and it's still intact after 18 months .
 
Danny

There are three sections in each of the two barrels, and 17 rows of fins in each barrel. Cutting,folding and gluing the fins took the best part of two days :




 
Danny

Thanks guys. Denis, I doubt you did much wrong on yours, it looks great in the pic .
 
I've made the tail-light/rear mudguard assembly :


 
Now to start the motor. This has 13 pages of parts, so it may take a while.
 
Danny

Hi all, this is the start of my latest Card model- a Yamaha MT-01, which was built between 2005 and 2012. As I did with the other Yamaha (YA-01) I built this will be a very truncated Build Log, consisting of pics of the major stages. Here's a pic of how it will look (hopefully ) :

 
I started this one by building the wheels to see if I would carry on with the build. If you saw my YA-01 the wheels were the hardest parts to build, and didn't turn out 100% on that one. This time they turned out a LOT better, not perfect due to the tags, but still good enough to keep going . The design, being mag wheels, was different to the spoked wheels of the YA-01. Here are some pics of the wheels :

 
My method of fitting the last part - a band in the middle of the tyre. I glued extra card between the tags to get them the correct distance apart and stabilise the whole unit, which had significant distortion and stress before I added them :


 
Punching out the cooling holes in the twin disc rotors :

 
The completed front wheel :


 
And the HUGE rear wheel. I'm fairly happy with the way they turned out, so the build will continue :


The two wheels for comparison :

 
Danny

Mad, I tell you, mad.... Well done, Dan.

just two days?! 😯 take it easy with the coffee, will you? 😂 took me best part of three weeks... 

There are three sections in each of the two barrels, and 17 rows of fins in each barrel. Cutting,folding and gluing the fins took the best part of two days :




 
Danny

There are three sections in each of the two barrels, and 17 rows of fins in each barrel. Cutting,folding and gluing the fins took the best part of two days :




 
Danny

There are three sections in each of the two barrels, and 17 rows of fins in each barrel. Cutting,folding and gluing the fins took the best part of two days :




 
Danny