SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse 1897 by Mirabell61 - FINISHED - scale 1:144 - POF - first German four stacker of the Norddeutscher Lloyd line

[Mirabell61]

i will enjoy watching her her build up to completion

 

Thank you very much for your interest Kevin,

I wish you much pleasure by looking in.....

 

Nils

[Mirabell61]

Update

 

soldering the upper davit bearings in place, beginning with starboard side

 

Nils

 

 

10 boat stations = 8 davit pairs and 2 single ones per side

 

 

 

 

 

the still unpainted wooden chunks, will later on be the nav-light cabinets, access from the deck side, per door

Edited August 7, 2016 by Mirabell61

[Omega1234]

Hi Nils

 

I always marvel whenever I see your KWDG.  Have you ever thought of entering her into model competitions?  I reckon she'd surely be a winner, even at her current unfinished state.

 

Keep up the fantastic work!

 

Cheers

 

Patrick

Edited August 7, 2016 by Omega1234

[Mirabell61]

Patrick,

 

many thanks for your nice and greatly appreciated compliment.

Competitions....., no, that was`nt my aim in any way, also no thoughts about that, just building for pleasure and a bit of challenge if I can do it.

 

Cheers, Nils

[Jparsley]

Where do I get first class tickets when she is done I got to take a tour of her She is impeccable

[Mirabell61]

Hi Jparsley,

 

welcome to the build, thanks for your kind comment.

Have booked a nice 1. Cl.  doublebed cabin for you on virgin trip...

 

Nils

[Mirabell61]

G'day Nils, she just keeps getting better and better, amazing workmanship,

 

  best regards John.

 

  PS Do you have a nice Suite on the Promenade Deck, if there is one available I will book it.

 

Hi John,

 

thanks for your compliment and your extensive look into the build log, your interest in the KWdG build is much appreciated....

 

You have an open reservation for the port side promenade deck "Comodore Suite" on the backtrip NY-Bremen

 

Nils

[yamsterman]

HI NILS

BEEN A WHILE SINCE I STOPPED BY.........YOUVE PROGRESSED MAGNIFICENTLY!!!

BEAUTIFUL WORK...I LIKE THE FULL HULL SHOT ON THE PREVIOUS PAGE..VERY EVOCOTIVE.

LOTS OF FIDDLEY BITS TO DO WITH ALL THOSE DECK FITTINGS.....LOVELY WORK.

 

CHEERS....MICK

[Piet]

I'm with you Nils, no competition, no museum, just for fun and a challenge.  We do loooove a challenge right Nils?

 

Davids are taking shape, just a few more to go

 

Cheers,

[Mirabell61]

Thank you very much for your nice compliments and comments Mick and Piet

and for all the "likes"

 

Mick,

thanks for your words, much appreciated....

 

Piet,

yes, thanks a lot Piet, the challenge alone is the drive.... 

 

Nils

[ggrieco]

As always, I'm blown away by the detail! When she's completed, she will have as many parts as the full size vessel!

[Mirabell61]

As always, I'm blown away by the detail! When she's completed, she will have as many parts as the full size vessel!

 

Glenn,

 

many thanks for your nice compliment, much appreciated, I`d like to return this also for your very fine looking "Heroine" steamboat

 

Nils

[popeye the sailor]

just look'in in on your top notch progress Nils...........really super.    have to agree with you on the museum thing.........I have a hard enough time pleasing the admiral    

[albert]

Hi Nils very nice work.

[Mirabell61]

many thanks Denis and Albert for your

nice comments, much appreciated,

 

Update...

 

although there has been much work on the frame and stanchions for the boats deck with all that soldering job, there is not so much to be seen in the progress. All the davit bearings are on. The boatsdeck and the stairways will have to be done now.....

 

Nils

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[popeye the sailor]

super photos of the entire ship!  

[EdT]

The photos of the full ship are very impressive - as is the overall work.  Very nice, Nils.

 

Ed

[fnick]

Hi Nils

 

Those overall shots are majestic! Stunning build.

 

Nick

[wyz]

Super job Nils!  It's coming along nicely.

Tom

[Jim Lad]

Thanks for the overall views of the model, Nils - she certainly looks first class.

 

John

[Mirabell61]

thank you very much for your compliments and nice words Dirk, Denis, Ed, Nick, Tom and John,

and also all the "likes" for clicking the button..

 

the progress will from now on take more time to do, before results can be seen, due to the many many detail solutions that all must be thought through....

I have the unbuilt printed set on card version in scale 1:250 which is a great help for arranging all those steps in elevations for the boats deck

The sample pic is kindly borrowed from the web, and showing a stunning well built waterline card model...

 

Nils

 

Edited August 19, 2016 by Mirabell61

[popeye the sailor]

you have some work ahead of you      have you given any thought on the ship's boats........looks to be the largest hurdle.

[donrobinson]

Truly amazing Nils, I wish I had even a tiny bit of your imagination and ingenuity. 

[Mirabell61]

thank you very much Denis and Don,

 

Denis,

I think I`ll overwork the prototype boat a bit, make it look good and try experimenting in making a mould for resin casts. If it works well, it will be the same procedure with the other two boat types. There`s no hurry in doing so, but need to learn by doing

 

Don,

I´m very pleased that you like the model, you`re always welcome to look in...

 

 

Nils

[Mirabell61]

Hi John,

 

thats a nice comment ,I`m pleased that you like the model ...

I`ve been searching now for weeks already in order to find little scale figurines in 1900 period fashions, and some suitable crew members, they are so rare and hard to find because obviously the are not being produced in the scale 1:160 any more

 

Nils

 

 

for promenade- and boatsdeck (gauge N, scale 1:160)

 

 

 

some of the crew sailors for deckwork (gauge N, scale 1:160)

Edited August 20, 2016 by Mirabell61

[captainbob]

Good find on the figurines.  They will make the KWdG come alive.

 

Bob

[Mirabell61]

Thanks very much Bob,

 

I know its a bit early to think of adding figurines already at this stage, but the search is running early for "needles in the haystack" and I had some luck with Ebay auctions to date....

I also believe they will make the KWdG come alive ...

 

Nils

[Martin W]

Hi Nils -- I agree with you & Bob there, those figures are a great find and they'll add a lot of eye appeal to your already magnificent build.

 

Congratulations on finding them.

 

Martin

[Mirabell61]

Hi Martin,

many thanks for your compliment, much appreciated....

I`m also still looking for passengers relaxing in deckchairs for taning in the ocean sunlight....., there is an Australian source for scale 1:144 (Titanic deckchairs brass- etched sets), but I find no figurines in period fashions that would lay comfortably in the semi -horizontal chair position...., trust I`m expecting too much there

 

Nils

[Jparsley]

Where did you find the figurines