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  1. Lucius Molchany
    Work continues on the side wheel covers.I cut the slots and drilled the holes out of .20 styrene and used cut down ammo canisters from a Tamiya 88 for the louvers.
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    Thanks!
  3. Lucius Molchany
    Covered the side wheel covers with wood planks.After the glue dries I will sand it down.
  4. Lucius Molchany
    Making the side covers out of sheet styrene.Mocking it up to check for fit then adding details.
  5. Lucius Molchany
    Thanks!I have diverse interests!
  6. Lucius Molchany
    If anyone is interested in seeing the paddle wheels turn you can go to youtube and put philo426 in the search icon to watch the vid
  7. Lucius Molchany
    I think the drawings and instructions sre quite good and clearly illustrated.
  8. Lucius Molchany
    Well I am not yet skilled enough to make it with spokes so I will use the kit supplied white metal hemispheres as appliques.
  9. Lucius Molchany
    I decided to use a slot car chassis to motorize the paddle wheels.Low voltage makes them spin at a realistic rpm.
  10. Lucius Molchany
    I decided to make the paddle wheels out of .80 styrene with mahogany paddles.Just started so many more paddles will be added.
  11. Lucius Molchany
    Cut out and installed tge stern rail.I found if you first cut a large diameter circle first and place the model upside down and use a pencil to trace the contours of the stern it works out well.
  12. Lucius Molchany
    Cut out and put on the railing.After the glue dries I will contour the stern,
  13. Lucius Molchany
    Yes it will be necessary to construct hollow structures to accomplish this goal.
  14. Lucius Molchany
    Thanks!I am hoping to motorize it so that the side paddles rotate. THAT WOULD BE COOL,,!
  15. Lucius Molchany
    Installed the keel and the stem.I used mahoga`y because the basswood kept splitting.I had to putty the gaps and drilled the mast holes and constructed the bowsprit and jibbom.As is my normal prsctice,I had to use heavy plastic for the doublingsvbecause the wood kept spltting when i attempted to drill the holes so close together.
  16. Lucius Molchany
    Forgot to mentionnthat I tried something a bit different and used a cut off wheel in my Dremel to cut the vertical portions and a 1/2 inch chisel for the horizontal psrt.Worked quite well and afforded me precise control of the delth of the cuts.
  17. Lucius Molchany
    Cut out and indtalled the deck.
  18. Lucius Molchany
    Ok I cut the gun ports and slots for the side wheel sponsons,I also drilled out the air ports and hawes pipe.
  19. Lucius Molchany
    The magnet idea was successful and a good idea.
  20. Lucius Molchany
    Thanks the kit is 1/128 scale so I guess 3/32 should be about right.
  21. Lucius Molchany
    Working on thinning down the bulwarks on the Harriet Lane and wonder how thin it should be brought down to.The plans call for 3/32nd but I wonder if it should be thinner.
  22. Lucius Molchany
    Just started the solid hull Harriet Lane,Shaped up the fan tail but I sanded a hole in the hull near the stern so I filled it with my trusty Bondo automotive spot putty.
  23. Lucius Molchany
    Both side plates are now installed.It was a bit tricky to install the blocks and nuts.It was necessary to put the display stand up on blocks to stsrt and tighten them.To conceal the exposed screw heads ,I will go to the craft store to buy small round magnets which will then be epoxied to the wooden spheres.
  24. Lucius Molchany
    Yes it is necessary to prime the bare wood but you can airbrush the paint and it came out just fine including copper for the bottom.
  25. Lucius Molchany
    Got the side plates stained and clear coated.

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