mtaylor

If you ever get back to Dayton, PirateWhilly, visit Carillon Park and also the Air Force Museum.  Both have dispalys if the Wright aircraft and tools.  I used to live there about 30 years ago or so and they were great back then and quick Google says they're even better today.

Go back to the Byrnes site.  Click on the Tablesaw in the "Our Products" dropdown. 
The saw itself is no longer available - but the blades and screws are.
If you do not have an arbor adapter for blades with a 1" arbor - get at least one.
If you get an adapter 0.787"  (20mm)  a Diablo 4-3/8" x 36 Tooth Finish Saw Blade - D0436X  - carbide  ( kerf is 0.05" though)   will fit. Peachtree has it for $15.00
Harbor Freight has : WARRIOR 4 in., 24T Mini Table Circular Saw Blade  1/2" arbor  is on clearance for $3.00   which probably means that it will not be available for much longer.

The helicopter deck has been fitted. A third pipe was installed on both funnel caps. Hangar reconstructed.
All major pieces have need added i only need to glue the forward bridge section
 
 

Minor updates again - this kit sat on the shelf of doom since the last post. Hated it because it was pure crap. Still the only game in town so I decided to restart it. 
 
i used lead wire for conduit and started adding PE to the island. Still much more to do but here goes. Enjoy. Did I mention it was pure crap???

Fantastic job on this, it’s certainly a labour intensive model, great to see others solutions to this model. 🤛👍

Fiddly bits, fiddly bits, and more fiddly bits!
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Only X4

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X10
 
See what I mean!
Cheers

The next adventure and small intermezzo were the blocks under the fore fighting top. Here, leech- and buntline run colorfully mixed with the braces of the sprite sail yard and top yard through a wonderful collection of blocks.

The first attempt was the classic way of doing the strop first ...



... and then pull it through to the top from below and push the toggle through the upper loop.



It worked, but it was a rather messy and uneven act.



Then prepared another block, but didn't tie the top loop ...



... and pushed the free end from the bottom to the top, tied a loop there with an auxiliary thread and brought the free end back down.



Now I was able to pull the loop at the top tight from below, insert the toggle and adjust the length with the free ends of the binding, knot everything and neaten the whole thing.

It looks much better http://www.shipmodels.info/mws_forum/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif



You can see the 3 different blocks, with the outer one having two differently sized wheels.

This is due to the fact that there are four rope thicknesses in use at this point, resulting in simply beautiful details.





And it also looks very tidy from above.



And if one wonders about the different layout of the battens, very simple: the Admirality Order from 20. Nov.1802 defines the tops of great ships to be done out of fir instead of oak and to be fitted in two halves http://www.shipmodels.info/mws_forum/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif
This made the tops less haevy and far more easy to be exchanged if damaged.

Yay!

XXXDAn

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Great to see you persevering Mark.
 
cheers
 
Pat

No need for the First Mate to make the spare sail. I am pretty happy with the way it looks.  I just love my new airbrush. 

It is the first time I use one, I can see how useful this will be, now  I better get some  lessons  lol.  I tried cleaning it by holding my finger on the end and expecting it to bubble.  But it doesn't  do that. So I washed it with water, then ran some isopropyl  99.9% through it.  It will take some time to learn the tricks but I am happy today.

The mast and yard are ready to go.  I have made one oar. 27 to go lol. The twins like the sail ,although they say theirs's had blood dripping from the teeth.  But it will do. 
On to the oars and rigging , later my friend's. 
Bob M.    ..

Finally got some rain, only in the southern part of the province,  the north is still dry. People say they have never seen it this dry,
Rivers are low creeks are dry, I think climate change is here already. 
   The first Mate  has sewed the sail, she said she has enough to do a spare,  hopefully I won't need it. 


I am going to be staining the sail light green, then take my airbrush and highlite the edges and seems. If that turns out well, I will spray the Dragon from a stencil I made. Hope it turns out ok.
 The deck is finished and the sheilds rails are on, most of the sheids fit nice, one sits high and one drops right though. Lol



I had seven  deck planks left, now I belive I am going to make the mast  and paint my sail. Then some rigging, no ratlines  😐 .
And I think for this boat I am going to make it on the ocean, so a trip to Michael's art supplies  shop Is in the future. After I watch  @hollowneck, work shop on water, again lol. And I got a buddy down in Texas  who will help if needed. GRIN.
 Thank you everyone.  😊 
Bob M.
 
 

I think Mr Bob lives in one of those places where any change in climate would be an improvement. 

Piping has a certain logic.  High point vents, low point drains, bypasses around some eqipment and valves, and loops to absorb expansion and contraction in long runs.  There are industry standards for fittings like elbows, tees, flanges, etc.  Long Radius ells are formed to a radius of 1.5 nominal pipe diameters, eg a 4in nominal sized elbow is formed on a 6in radius although the outside diameter of the fitting and pipe that it welds to is 4.5in.  Metric pipe sizes while specified in metric dimensions usually correspond to American pipe sizes.  Pipe bends are usually specified in nominal pipe diameters too;  3 dia, 5dia, etc.  Unlike fittings, which are purchased from a manufacturer, bends would be made at the shipyard or by specialized pipe fabricators (where I worked for most of my career).
 
Roger
 
 

How can those of us who aren't piping engineers know for certain that all that piping wasn't just added to the ship in random patterns? 🤔😉

So now both bunker manifolds are in place. Not on Portside, because on that side the bunkerline is actually crossing over the cargo piping (due to the longitudinal piping rack). So first up is the transverse cargo piping and then PS HFO bunker pipe (DO pipe does run underneath the pipe rack, logics 🤪...)
 
First was lining out the support bars for the piping. I wanted to start aft and connect to the cargo heater system, but decided against it and started on the forward piping. Aft part will be more difficult as it's the part going over the edge of the hatch. It would also have restricted my access for the forward piping probably causing damage to the aft piping, so, first forward. 
 
Since I had the two supports of the manifold piping in place, I could now put a transverse pipe in place to line out the supports. I used normal straight pipes. I'm also building the bent cargo piping on a flat surface to have the bends in a single plane. 
As you can see I held the supports up with some copper wire attached to the beams. I used CA on 1 or 2 vertical supports and normal plastic glue (= slower curing, but stronger bond) on the rest of the supports. 

 
One of the supports near the center was a bit angled in, not leaving enough space for the aft (Inert Gas manifold) pipe to pass. I used a spreader on top of the pipe to keep them at a correct distance while using the support to keep at the proper distance. 

 
Seems to have worked. The 3 forward pipes in place. Most forward is Liquid System 2, followed by Vapour System 2 and Inert Gas line. 
For normal cargo operations the Vapour Return is not used on LPG tankers. Normally the reliquefaction plant will liquefy the vapour coming from the tanks and send the liquid/condensate back to those tanks during the loading operation. 
If for some reason the reliquefaction plants can not handle the vapour and pressure rises too much in the tanks, the vapour return connection can be opened towards the terminal, but in that case the vessel will have to pay a fine (normally vapour return is sent to a flare and is therefore considered a loss). So it's almost always connected to the shore terminal, but rarely used. 

 
This may look like major progress, but it's not. As you can see I need to make a lot of flanges for valve connections on those pipes. Lining the pipes up transversally and longitudinally is a challenge as you need to keep the longitudinal distance on the manifold equal, while you also need to keep the bends in the correct places. Again a lot of fitting, adjusting, fitting again etc. 
The forward liquid system also has a big cargo strainer connected. During loading, you normally load through the strainer (you don't want dirt in your tanks), while during discharging, this strainer is generally bypassed (but often stainers are using inside the manifold connections). Of course this means you need valves to by-pass this strainer, so again more valves to add on the system. The stainer you can see already on the starboard side, unpainted. 
 
It will take a while before I finish these lines, but once they are done, it will be quite a step forward to completion of the vessel. 

You'll be finished before you know it, Nils!
 
John

Update
 
all portholes with glassings, all doors with doorknobs and wall boxes for rolled up fire hoses are mounted to the deck housing
 
Nils

 

 

 

 

 
 
 

many thanks Michel and Rick,
 
Nils

Really well done!!
Rick

Wow, that's fast and well done ! 😉

Update
 
made the removeable deck-house together with hand rails and lightshafts with seatight hinged covers. After primering painting the deckhouse  portholes were inserted. Also the aft bulkhead was fitted out with two doors and portholes therein .... Slowly its getting shape
 
Nils
 

the making of the deckhouse

the handrails are from brass wire. There are 5 screws that position and hold down the deckhouse to the deck

 

Dechhouse with portholes

there are 10 lightshafts around the deckhouse, The doors will be next

 
 

I love brie cheese and I find the wood of the packaging useful 😉😉😉 !!!

I see that you like French cheeses....
 
Yves

The inner planking of the bulwarks ....

Thank you for the intervention, I hope to make you have fun with my sailing ship ..