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    Some more photos
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    Hi Brain its John from england who is building the Cairo I have lost your email address mine If you still got mine could you post me youremail address and I will send you some photos of the finished boat. Zetec
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    Hi Brain thanks foe the comenents yes I am hopeing to make the top deck so I can take it of to show the inside. John
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    This next lot of pictures show some of the planking finnished and the type of light I used on the inside were you cant see the type used which are LED with a plastic cover put on them.
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    This is the next lot of pictures which show the wires for the lights and the start of the planking.
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    Hi her are a few more pictures of my build. I am sorry to say they do not show a work in progress as some of the photos I took got delated by my wife in error so this is all I got of building the top. I used aluminium angle and cut and bolted them so that there were gaps in them so the bends of the wood could go through. I cut the ends of the top pieces of wood so I could bend them to the shape I wanted and then glued a thin piece of ply to hold them in the right bend. The pictures that are missing show how I made the sides. I then started to plank the inside and outside putting in the wires for the lights I am useing on the inside.
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    Forget to say I also put the wire in from the outside so that I can get the lights to work. John
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    I made up the hatches that are on the deck and fitted them into place and then started to do the floor and the sides of the boiler pit. I cut out to openings to show were they got the coal for the boiler from. I now started to cover the deck in 2mm x 5mm lime wood planks. I then cut out the beams that went across the back put the planks in on the sides and then put in new crossmembers. All done with no problems. John
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    Hi Brain hope you are now over all your troubles and back in good health. I do like the work you have done so far keep it up. I am asking a question on the small boats on the Cairo you say you used a Model Shipways 5.25" kit model as a base for these 4 boats. I thought I might copy you idea as I dont know if I could scratch build them. I have looked for this kit but cant find it is it possible for you to let me have the Make and model and kit number for the one you used. Sorry to use this build log I asked a question on the Cairo site a while ago I how know why I got no reply with what you have had going on. The answer to that question is no longer required. Thanks in advance John
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    Hi Brain hope you are well. I am haveing a problem in trying to get the sizes of the guns i have a couple of plans but when I scale them I get different sizes. Also when I look at your pictures they look bigger I dont want to make them and find out there the wrong size. So if possible could you give me the length of the guns and also the size of the timber you used to make the gun carriages. Thanks in advance John
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    A few pictures of the planking of the hull. I have not showed pictures of doing the planking it as its a standard process. I did steam the planks that go around the stern I bent them to shape pinned them in place untill dry before I glued them. I put 4 blocks on the inside so I could put threaded inserts in so I can hold the hull down. I can now put bolts throuhg my building board into the hull to stop it from moveing as I build it. The last picture showes the blocks inbetween the frames.
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    Hi Brain thanks for that info. I have found some resin ones in this country so not the cost of the postage. I cant find a picture of the paddel wheel that I can size the spokes and the rims what did you use and what size. Thanks again John
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    Like the look of this boat so will be following along. John
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    Hi Brain glad to see you are back building again I like the look of the one you have just started. Could I please ask a couple of questions on items that you used on this model I am thinking ahead so I got them when I need them. What are the sizes of the rigging blocks or strapped blocks you used on the gun carriges and also the size of the ropes. I want to get the right size first time as the postage is more than the items. I got the bulbs and the lights you used the lights are very good. Many thanks in advance John
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    All the frames fixed into place.
  16. Zetec
    All the frames cut out of 5mm plywood and fixed in place. I cut all of these out by hand as I do not have access to a saw bench
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    The 3 keels have been cut out the centre one from 10mm yellow pine wood and the 2 outer ones from 5mm plywood. They will be held temporary in place by some plastic blocks.
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    Plan drawn out and fixed to board. I have had problems in getting a plan printed because of the format it was in so I have drawn this one up
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    .Hi I live in England and a had an idea that I want to build an ironclad river gunboat so I started to find out some information and plans that was when I came across the build of USS Cairo 1862 by MPB521 I liked the look of this model so much that I thought I would have a go at building one. This is the first time I have tried to build a model with so much wood work it will be a steep learning curve so please be patience with me as I am not very good at writing up and posting pictures of what I am building. I have been modelling for about 15 years and have manly built British Lifeboats and there trailers. I intend to build the model at a scale of 1 to 50 and build the hull using 5mm plywood for the frames and then clad the bottom and sides in lime wood. And then build the frame of the casemate area and then the top deck and cabins again in lime wood. I want to build the outside of the model first and when this has been built I will go about building and fitting out the inside. I decided to do it this way as I am not getting any younger and with health problems so if I could not finish it I would at least have a model to look at and may be for someone else to finish off in the future.
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    Hi Brain sorry to be a pest but how many lights do you get as it works out at £29-00 for 1 or £75-00 plus £25-00 postage for whats in the picture. Thanks John
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    Thanks for that info but what I wanted was info on the [ Lanterns on the sprues. Were you got them from name of item etc. Thanks John
  23. Zetec
    This build has got better and better it looks magnificent a job well done. This gives me some thing to aim for with mine I will start a blog in the new year. You said that if you could help you would try. Could you please give me the name and address of the people that made your lights on page 4 could you also tell me what part number or reference name of these lights as I would like to try and get some. I started of trying to build a Radio controlled model and after seeing what yours looked like when finished I changed my mind and hope I can build one to get near to what yours lookes like. Hope all goes well with what you are having done. John
  24. Zetec
    Hi I came across your build site as I was looking for information on the USS Cairo that I have just started to build. What a lovely model you have built. You must be very proud of what you have achieved. I only hope mine will come out looking something like yours this now gives me a bench mark to aim towards. John

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