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At the lower right side of your entry it says, "like this". How could anyone not like this? She's well done and beautiful. Bob
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That's what I like about this forum. I always remove the hull and then have trouble holding it to draw the water line. Thanks Michael. Although Nils' boats are bigger the scale is smaller, so I know it can be done. I have the material, so I might try. Bob
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Come on in Gary. I have shoulders broad enough for all of you Bob
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Couple questions of Sherline Mill purchase
captainbob replied to sfotinos's topic in Modeling tools and Workshop Equipment
Sa far as the metric question. Buy what you are used to using. My machine is in metric but I don't think in metric, so it's always b problem to change my thinking for the job and a lot of the time I make mistakes in the conversions. Bob -
TB, you're right. The waterline is the same height from the building board on each station and the step at the deck makes it easy to bend that first plank to the correct shape. Patrick, thanks for the encouragement. But I'm not sure about, "flying". Angarfather, it is nice to have you and other, who have seen the Mariefred, along for this build. If any of you see me missing something don't hesitate to point it out. Bob
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Nils, My preference is to build in 1:48 but I live in a smaller house now. Now I build to keep the finished boat less then 15" long. Bob
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I finally got a start on the Mariefred. The drawings I received from the museum in Stockholm were the best drawings I have ever received. When I get drawings of a boat the first thing I do is scan them into my computer and open them in an ancient copy of AutoCad. Then I check length, breadth and height as though I were designing her. Usually there are errors that must be corrected. But these drawings lined up and were correct. When designing a boat the designer draws one side of each bulkhead these then have to be redrawn and each one needs to be mirrored to make a full width bulkhead. These are then transferred to and cut out of wood sheet and mounted on a board. That is where I am at the moment. Bob
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Tom, Sorry but I missed your post. Your boat does look very much like the Mariefred. Bob
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Thanks John, it should be a fun build. And if I run into trouble there seems to be a lot of people here that are familiar with her. Bob
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She's looking good, John. Such a nice little boat. Bob
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Dave, Up next is the SS Mariefred a little passenger boat, possibly a ferry but nothing says so, that operated between Stockholm and Mariefred in Sweden. Bob
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Hi Ken. Thanks for the offer. We used to vacation in Cambria each year, until we got too old to make the drive. We always stopped at Morro Bay on the way. Wish I had known you back then it would have been nice to get together. Bob
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So much detail in such a small space. The funnels are great. Bob
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Thanks, Dr. That's one of the things I like about MSW, There are people all over the world who can and are willing to help. Bob
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Well I see I'm going to have to be careful with this build. There are too many people who have seen and/or been on her. Well, at least when I get confused there will be people who can hopefully answer my questions. Bob
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Thank you Roger. I just realized from looking at one of the drawings that she is built of metal. I had just opened this to correct my earlier statement. Be that as it may, I am going to build her of wood. Bob
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Russ, I believe the main parts of the boat are wood. But in some pictures such as one picture of the bow the spray guard on top of the rail is dented so it is metal. Welcome aboard, Michael and Nils. I hope this turns out to be another ‘fun build”. This is a picture dated 1903. I will try to build to this time. Bob Bob
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Mariefred The coal-fired steamship Mariefred was built in 1903 for the trade-Enhörna Stockholm-Mariefred. She has sailed under the same name and with the same steam engine ever since. The vessel has been owned by the same shipping company, Gripsholms-Mariefred Ångfartygs AB since 1905. All this makes Mariefred one of the worldwide unique ships and an indispensable part of Sweden's cultural heritage! Built at South wharf in Stockholm in 1903. Length 32.84 m, width 6.33 m. Coal-fired steam boiler. Speed 10 knots. 230 passengers.
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Thanks Gary. And now on to other builds. Bob
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Thanks Popeye and I still have window film left, Thanks. Thanks Lawrence, They were fun to build except, as always, during a build I get thinking of the next build and I have to force myself to finish this first. My next build will be the SS Mariefred. I got good drawings from the museum. I should apologize to them. The first set of drawings were just off the web and not from the museum that holds the drawings. Hope to see you all soon at the new build. Bob
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Thanks Keith. Bob
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From four simple tubes and a few small pieces, comes such beauty. Well done. Bob
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