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Looks like they cut that beam to add the hatch but cut it off center, then added the hatch on center. Interesting. Bob
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Guy, Someone went on the City of Oakland (Hoga) derelict in the mothball fleet and took pictures of some of the deck and rusted pipes. But I can always use more pictures. I have a question. What color was the Woyot YT 150? In the old black and white pictures of the Hoga YT 146 sea test the hull is dark and the cabin is light, but in the Pearl Harbor pictures the whole tug is one dark color. The Nokomis YT 142 drawings say Haze Gray (which is pretty light) but I don't know when that was added. I am trying to make it as it was at Pearl. Any help will be appreciated. That’s quite a show of the YTM 415 going down. What I noticed is that there are stabilizers on the bottom of the hull. I don’t find any reference to them anywhere. Not even on the drawings of the Nokomis YT 142. Maybe they were only on the later built tugs. Bob
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Guy, Don't worry. I have tons of pictures. Tom, Me too. Bob
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Simply Beautiful. Bob
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Michael, Glad to have you aboard. Hope you had a good time at the coast. John, Yes the Hoga is finally taking shape and no one is more thrilled than Cap’n’Bob. Popeye, I too love the shape of the old tug hull, but not many were of the length to breath ratio of 4:1. That’s one of the reasons I had to draw it. Don’t worry about CAD I used to use a drawing board and many MSW members still do. Try it you might like it. Bob
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Keith, John, Thanks. With encouragement like yours I know I’ll make it. The first thing was to decide how to build this boat. Solid hull, I don’t consider myself a good enough carver. Plank on frame, why make frames when no one will see them. I finally settled on plank on bulkhead. So it was back to CAD. Draw every fifth station to show the deck chamber and a slot to fit onto the new keel drawing. Cut them out of 1/16" plywood and glue it all together with the deck. Now it's on to the planking. Bob
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SS Vinal Haven by TBlack - FINISHED
captainbob replied to TBlack's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1851 - 1900
It's always a challange to figure out how to build a scratch build and you've done a great job. Bob- 326 replies
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SS Vinal Haven by TBlack - FINISHED
captainbob replied to TBlack's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1851 - 1900
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She's a lovely boat and your detailing makes it look full size. Bob
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Nice cabin design. She she be fun to sail. Bob
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It’s like the little train. I think I can, I think I can, I think I can. But Bob, you always work in 1:48 or larger. I think I can, I think I can, I think I can. I mean You just make it smaller don’t you? I think I can, I think I can, I think I can. Crossed fingers. Fading into the distance. I think I can, I think I can, I think I c… Bob
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Amanda by Tblack - FINISHED - RESTORATION
captainbob replied to TBlack's topic in - Build logs for subjects built 1851 - 1900
Tom, What a remarkable difference from where you started. Fine job. Bob -
John, Thank for the encouragement. Guy, The Woban Class boats were 100 feet LOA so at 1:48 (1/4” = 1’) she would be 25 inches long. When I was doing RC, I would have made it that size with working fire monitors so I could spray all the other boats. I no longer do RC. This build will be a static build at 1:96 or 12.5” LOA. The CAD program I use is DraftSight. The same company that put’s out SolidWorks. It is a free 2D copy of an old AutoCad program. Bob
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SS Vinal Haven by TBlack - FINISHED
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Glad to see you back, Tom. I’ve missed the updates on the Vinal Haven. She’s looking good. Bob -
That's a fine picture of the stag, John. Looks just like yours. . Bob
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Looking good, Tom. Not much more to go. Bob
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That's beautiful. Both the line drawings and the poats. Bob
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Many years ago I played at designing boats and dreamed of building them and sailing as a way of life. Well that never happened. Life got in the way. All these years later it was good to see I can still take a partial set of lines and add sections as needed to finish a set of plans. In this case I took the pdf. drawings of Nokomis and traced them into cad and added the rest. I cannot say they are any better than the models but I feel better about them. So now I can start making sawdust. Bob On the Nokomis drawings there were 60 stations between perpendiculars. That is 18” per station. I was given stations 17, 30, 31, 45 and 47. The profile and the deck.
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She's looking good, Walter. It won't be long before she's in the water. Bob
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Years ago there were studies about how stress made you sick and they came up with a list of things that caused stress and how much stress each caused. Death in the family was number one but marriage was in the top five. Set aside as much as you can and take care of yourself. We don’t want you to get sick. Bob
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Robbyn, We model builders are a creative people. We are like the writer who says, “I should have said it this way.” Or the artist that says, “The color is wrong in that area.” For me when others see my boats they say, “WOW” and “That’s amazing.” But when I look at my boats I see the mistakes and where I could have done better. Creative people never create perfection in their own eyes. I have a cross stitch sign over my work bench to remind me of this. It says: “Nobody is purfect.” Bob
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It's always nice to see your work. Bob
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Thanks to all of you. I'm sure with all the help and encouragement I will get there. Bob
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Good looking trusses. At this rate you'll be in the water soon. Bob
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