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wefalck got a reaction from Mike Y in A Dutch 17th century pleasure vessel by Ab Hoving - CARD
Over the weekend I have been to London and as our hotel was around the corner, my wife suggested that we visit once more the Wallace-Collection. Sir Richard Wallace and his father have put together also a nice collection of Dutch paintings, including a good number of seascapes. For a colleague over in the forum of the 'Arbeitskreis' I took pictures of several hoeker-like vessels (https://forum.arbeitskreis-historischer-schiffbau.de/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=1874) and also what I think may be an early form of a 'boeier'. In any case, judging by the carved and gilded decorations, it is obviously a pleasure-craft:
J. van der Heyden (1637-1712): View of the Westerkerk, Amsterdam.
Perhaps Ab can correctly identify this vessel ?
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wefalck got a reaction from Canute in AEG G.IV - Creature of the Night by DocRob - FINISHED - Wingnut Wings - 1/32
How does the Maxima Chameleon fishing line look like, is this a monofilament?
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wefalck got a reaction from mtaylor in AEG G.IV - Creature of the Night by DocRob - FINISHED - Wingnut Wings - 1/32
How does the Maxima Chameleon fishing line look like, is this a monofilament?
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wefalck got a reaction from Egilman in AEG G.IV - Creature of the Night by DocRob - FINISHED - Wingnut Wings - 1/32
Greg, what do you mean by 'dernier line'? Dernier normally is a measure for the fineness of a thread (1 den = 1 g per 9000 metre) and was also used to classify ladies' stockings and pantyhoses. There are other systems, such as the tex.
I am not a great fan of monofilament, as it tends to be relatively springy and, thus, knots tend to unravel, unless immediately secured with some varnish.
Some time ago, I became aware of this high-end Japanese fishing line. It's braided, available in 'steel-gray' and down to diameters of 0.06 mm: https://fish.shimano.com/en-GB/product/line/braided/a155f00000c5ijoqa3.html. Quite pricey. I have not tried it myself, because I didn't have a need for 'wire-rope', which it might simulate quite well.
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wefalck got a reaction from jerome in wheels-metal-rolling-machine/eels metal rolling machine
I have seen historic and contemporary films on YouTube that show the use of English Wheels and there may be one or two that show the construction of shop-made ones.
To be honest I don't really see a need for such a gadget in ship-model building. In the automotive sector they are used to reproduce complex and tightly curved panels with beads or similar features. If you use single copper-plates or even whole strakes in most cases no particular shaping apart from pushing it snug against the wooden hull would be needed. In the worst case you could gently rub on it with a round wooden dowel or something like this on a soft and thick cardboard.
In boat-building the vertical iron panels for so-called Francis-patent boats were hammered to shape over wooden formers. The same later in the early years of the car industry, before mass-production.
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wefalck got a reaction from Roger Pellett in wheels-metal-rolling-machine/eels metal rolling machine
I have seen historic and contemporary films on YouTube that show the use of English Wheels and there may be one or two that show the construction of shop-made ones.
To be honest I don't really see a need for such a gadget in ship-model building. In the automotive sector they are used to reproduce complex and tightly curved panels with beads or similar features. If you use single copper-plates or even whole strakes in most cases no particular shaping apart from pushing it snug against the wooden hull would be needed. In the worst case you could gently rub on it with a round wooden dowel or something like this on a soft and thick cardboard.
In boat-building the vertical iron panels for so-called Francis-patent boats were hammered to shape over wooden formers. The same later in the early years of the car industry, before mass-production.
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wefalck reacted to DocRob in AEG G.IV - Creature of the Night by DocRob - FINISHED - Wingnut Wings - 1/32
Yes, it´s monofilament. With the braided line, it might be more difficult to pass it through the ´turnbuckle´ tubes, especially the second pass after looping through the eyelet.
Cheers Rob
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wefalck reacted to DocRob in AEG G.IV - Creature of the Night by DocRob - FINISHED - Wingnut Wings - 1/32
Got the center section rigging done. It was not easy to fiddle everything in place with different tweezers, using magnifiers, backlight and a lot of care not to break anything. Now I have to stretch my back and help myself to a nice stiff cocktail.
After testing the stability of the center section, I decided, I could take a peek with the outer wings inserted. She´s a big bat. Somehow the wings disturb the view onto the more interesting middle section, but I will build her with complete wings anyway. Cut away outer wings is scheduled for my Felixstowe maintenance build.
Cheers Rob
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wefalck reacted to Brinkman in One more small cog c. 1410 by Brinkman - scale 1:13
Thank you all for the likes!
Here is the rudder. I really liked the elegant flow of it and it felt wrong to keep the rudder boxy in cross section so I gave it a simple hydrodynamic shape.
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wefalck reacted to muzzleloader in Dom Fernando II e Gloria by muzzleloader - 1:50 - cross-section
Weekend update. The chain is on backorder but work must go on. Continued work on the installation of the deck beams.
The little sailor can't stand of his own, must have had a hard night.
The channels where shaped with a scaper cut into a utility knife blade. This is the first time i've used a scraper to shape parts so it took a couple of hours, the Brazilian cherry is hard and did not shape easily. They are just dry fitted for now.
The beams are almost finished and planking is started. The end beams will go in with the planking to help support them. The chalking is 100 lbs black paper. I tried using thread but these planks are 1/16 thick so it did not work.
The chain lockers. The one on the left has a false floor to reduce the amount of chain needed. I will probably leave the other open.
Thanks for watching and for the likes.
Mark
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wefalck reacted to Skip C in Nantasket 1878 by Skip C - scale 1:72 - Sidewheel Steamer
Kind of like this. This is just a quick proof of concept. Do you guys have any tips on figuring out deck camber? I think I have a photo of the original ship that shows the camber. Thanks!!! This is getting good now.
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wefalck reacted to Skip C in Nantasket 1878 by Skip C - scale 1:72 - Sidewheel Steamer
I figured out the curved transom. Now I have what essentialy is my cutting tool. I will use this hull form to cut out all the frames... I hope!!!
I watched a tutorial online where a guy does this to make an airplane wing, so I think it will work for ships frames. I should have it done this weekend.
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wefalck reacted to Skip C in Nantasket 1878 by Skip C - scale 1:72 - Sidewheel Steamer
So even though the loft looked good before, there were a few issues that needed to be addressed. I spent 5 hours yesterday fixing all the lofting issues, and modeling the Transom. At one point I didn't think I was going to figure it out. Although it looks simple, it was a bear in Fusion to get right. I would still like to tweak it a little. It is a bit square, and I would like it to terminate with a little more rounded end. But for all intents and purposes it is ok. I can focus my attentions on getting the real model correct, I think that is more important.
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wefalck reacted to Cathead in Nantasket 1878 by Skip C - scale 1:72 - Sidewheel Steamer
Looking at that sketch reminded me of the stern of the steamboat Arabia. This was a Western River sidewheel steamboat built in 1856, a very different context than yours, but the geometry is somewhat similar. The Arabia's stern was recovered and is now on display at a museum in Kansas City, where I took a bunch of photographs of it (both exterior and interior) while planning a scratchbuilt model of her. If you're having trouble conceptualizing the stern of your vessel, perhaps it'd be helpful to look at these photos, since so few real-life examples of these hulls remain? I wrote a whole thread on researching that model, here's the relevant post where I share all the stern photos, and below is one just for an example (I don't want to spam your thread with lots of these):
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wefalck reacted to Skip C in Nantasket 1878 by Skip C - scale 1:72 - Sidewheel Steamer
1st attempt at lofting this hull. I am getting excited. I have tried to model this 5 times before, and this is the 1st time I lofted something that is acceptable. I do believe I can create some frame templates from this. Now I need to work on the aft deadwood section, and I am having a little difficultly with the transom, but I think I will be able to work it out. It should be interesting to see where this goes, as I have never gotten this far with the model. I always get stuck with the lofting process. (That is Fusion 360 Lofting, not actual ships lines lofting..." 😁
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wefalck reacted to Skip C in Nantasket 1878 by Skip C - scale 1:72 - Sidewheel Steamer
Here are a couple of better pics of the "Nantasket"... I have also began collecting post cards of her. I believe one of them shows her under the Brooklyn Bridge.
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wefalck got a reaction from Egilman in AEG G.IV - Creature of the Night by DocRob - FINISHED - Wingnut Wings - 1/32
How does the Maxima Chameleon fishing line look like, is this a monofilament?
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wefalck got a reaction from FriedClams in Caroline N by mbp521 - Scale 1:64 - Mississippi River Towboat
Thanks, Kurt, these are interesting insights into the operation of such tow-boats. Of course, if these flanking rudders can move, they make perfect sense, when going backward.
This would be a classical application for Schottel-props, but I gather they may be too delicate for the shallow rivers full of debris. There is also a limit to the amount of HP they can bring into the water. Turnable pods with Kort-nozzles would obviate the need for all those rudders, but again debris might be a problem and the shallow draught needed.
In the early 20th century for working on shallow (central and eastern) European rivers systems, where the props worked in half-tunnels were developed. Some tow-boats also used early forms of water-jet propulsion to aid maneuvering and turning in tight bends.
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wefalck got a reaction from FriedClams in Caroline N by mbp521 - Scale 1:64 - Mississippi River Towboat
I have a separate hard-drive for backing up everything (as I also use the computer for work) around once a month and I only remove images from the telephone, once I have copies on two independent devices ...
I was wondering about these rudders in front of the Kort-nozzles: do they move? If not, the boat would be quite sluggish to turn, I could imagine.
And: oh, yes, the project is coming on nicely !
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wefalck got a reaction from mtaylor in AEG G.IV - Creature of the Night by DocRob - FINISHED - Wingnut Wings - 1/32
Greg, what do you mean by 'dernier line'? Dernier normally is a measure for the fineness of a thread (1 den = 1 g per 9000 metre) and was also used to classify ladies' stockings and pantyhoses. There are other systems, such as the tex.
I am not a great fan of monofilament, as it tends to be relatively springy and, thus, knots tend to unravel, unless immediately secured with some varnish.
Some time ago, I became aware of this high-end Japanese fishing line. It's braided, available in 'steel-gray' and down to diameters of 0.06 mm: https://fish.shimano.com/en-GB/product/line/braided/a155f00000c5ijoqa3.html. Quite pricey. I have not tried it myself, because I didn't have a need for 'wire-rope', which it might simulate quite well.
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wefalck got a reaction from Old Collingwood in AEG G.IV - Creature of the Night by DocRob - FINISHED - Wingnut Wings - 1/32
Greg, what do you mean by 'dernier line'? Dernier normally is a measure for the fineness of a thread (1 den = 1 g per 9000 metre) and was also used to classify ladies' stockings and pantyhoses. There are other systems, such as the tex.
I am not a great fan of monofilament, as it tends to be relatively springy and, thus, knots tend to unravel, unless immediately secured with some varnish.
Some time ago, I became aware of this high-end Japanese fishing line. It's braided, available in 'steel-gray' and down to diameters of 0.06 mm: https://fish.shimano.com/en-GB/product/line/braided/a155f00000c5ijoqa3.html. Quite pricey. I have not tried it myself, because I didn't have a need for 'wire-rope', which it might simulate quite well.
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wefalck got a reaction from Canute in AEG G.IV - Creature of the Night by DocRob - FINISHED - Wingnut Wings - 1/32
Looks worse than rigging a miniature ship model ...
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wefalck got a reaction from mtaylor in Caroline N by mbp521 - Scale 1:64 - Mississippi River Towboat
Thanks, Kurt, these are interesting insights into the operation of such tow-boats. Of course, if these flanking rudders can move, they make perfect sense, when going backward.
This would be a classical application for Schottel-props, but I gather they may be too delicate for the shallow rivers full of debris. There is also a limit to the amount of HP they can bring into the water. Turnable pods with Kort-nozzles would obviate the need for all those rudders, but again debris might be a problem and the shallow draught needed.
In the early 20th century for working on shallow (central and eastern) European rivers systems, where the props worked in half-tunnels were developed. Some tow-boats also used early forms of water-jet propulsion to aid maneuvering and turning in tight bends.
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wefalck got a reaction from Canute in Caroline N by mbp521 - Scale 1:64 - Mississippi River Towboat
Thanks, Kurt, these are interesting insights into the operation of such tow-boats. Of course, if these flanking rudders can move, they make perfect sense, when going backward.
This would be a classical application for Schottel-props, but I gather they may be too delicate for the shallow rivers full of debris. There is also a limit to the amount of HP they can bring into the water. Turnable pods with Kort-nozzles would obviate the need for all those rudders, but again debris might be a problem and the shallow draught needed.
In the early 20th century for working on shallow (central and eastern) European rivers systems, where the props worked in half-tunnels were developed. Some tow-boats also used early forms of water-jet propulsion to aid maneuvering and turning in tight bends.
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wefalck got a reaction from DocRob in AEG G.IV - Creature of the Night by DocRob - FINISHED - Wingnut Wings - 1/32
Greg, what do you mean by 'dernier line'? Dernier normally is a measure for the fineness of a thread (1 den = 1 g per 9000 metre) and was also used to classify ladies' stockings and pantyhoses. There are other systems, such as the tex.
I am not a great fan of monofilament, as it tends to be relatively springy and, thus, knots tend to unravel, unless immediately secured with some varnish.
Some time ago, I became aware of this high-end Japanese fishing line. It's braided, available in 'steel-gray' and down to diameters of 0.06 mm: https://fish.shimano.com/en-GB/product/line/braided/a155f00000c5ijoqa3.html. Quite pricey. I have not tried it myself, because I didn't have a need for 'wire-rope', which it might simulate quite well.
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