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

[Mirabell61]

Many thanks Bob, Grant and Piet,....

 

also thanks to the "likes" for clicking on ...

 

Bob,

it hapens now and then that the result of a few hours work is disapproved and scrapped, decision do it again, and then the realizing, ran out of appropriate semi-material....., so order new and wait for little parcel to come by post...

 

Grant,

agree, its quite a tough scale, but due to the chosen total length of the model ( 1380 mm ) I could`nt do it in 1:100 it would been 2 Meters long !

 

Piet,

I know that feeeling in the fingers....

do you perhaps have something in mind as well (not riped out yet) ?

 

Nils

[FriedClams]

She's coming along sooooooo beautifully Nils.  Your build is a pleasure to follow and learn from.

 

Gary

[Mirabell61]

Hi Gary,

 

thanks for your nice comment,...

Two of the stairs I was`nt so happy with were made new, now ready for primering and painting...

 

Nils

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[popeye the sailor]

very nice work on the stairways........a bit forgiving if they can't be seen.   your next level is gonna look neat!   gee....I had to look back in the log to see where the half round structure came from       forward and upward Nils.........such awesome work!  

[Mirabell61]

very nice work on the stairways........a bit forgiving if they can't be seen.   your next level is gonna look neat!   gee....I had to look back in the log to see where the half round structure came from       forward and upward Nils.........such awesome work!  

 

Thanks very much Denis,

 

Nils

[Chasseur]

I like the jig. Smart move Nils!

[Omega1234]

Hi Nils

 

....I just look, and look, and look! Then shake my head in amazement.

 

Mighty fine work, Nils.

 

Cheers

 

Patrick

[albert]

Very nice work metal Nils.

[Mirabell61]

Thank you very much Jeff, Patrick and Albert,

so many nice comments, much appreciated....

 

Yesterday per coincidence I found some thin wall brass tube diam. 26 x 0,5 mm, shall forsee this for making the four stacks from in an easier way. It was until then intended (now stopped) to roll those from 0,3mm thick brass plate and to solder them over a round dowel

 

Nils

[Mirabell61]

Update...

 

The making of the nav-light housings, and the access doors to the nav-light towers....

 

Nils

 

 

sawing and filing 2 slotcuts into tube 7 x 0,5

 

 

 

cutting off the end ( sqare with a little jig and saw)

 

 

 

planing the ends in a holding jig

 

 

 

intermediate result

 

 

 

bending a right angle

 

 

 

 

preparation for soldering on the top triangle cover

 

 

 

deburring and raedy for primering and painting

 

 

 

the port / Stb glasses are made from PVC tube, paint from inside the tube

 

 

 

access doors to the nav-light towers (crew only)

 

 

 

 

[Oystein]

Nice!

I notice your lifebuoys are orange. Do you know if that colour was used this early? (I have no idea myself.)

[Mirabell61]

Hi Oystein,

 

I`m not definately sure if the lifebuoys around 1900 were in this color, the pics I have unfortunately are in black and white because the color photography came on very much later,  I presume that the classic color we know today (red /white) had not been used around turn of the century.

I read it though, that the standard marine safety color was orange. This was also the color of many salvaged rings that are offered by heritage sale houses. Perhaps one of the members knows more precisely....

 

Nils

[rybakov]

Hi Nils

 

I've been following your build with interest, beautiful craftmanship and what's more you manage to capture a flavour

of a type of shipbuilding. There were still some very similar (tough some forty years youger) old ships around when I started at sea.

Now to buoys: there was a shipwreck near Oporto in 1913 and the helm and a buoy were preserved.

Most passangers were saved althoug there were casualties, to add a little atmosphere watch the video of 

passenger transfer

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eVpSa8k1QQ

 

 

hope that helps

 

Zeh

 

[Mirabell61]

Hi Nils

 

I've been following your build with interest, beautiful craftmanship and what's more you manage to capture a flavour

of a type of shipbuilding. There were still some very similar (tough some forty years youger) old ships around when I started at sea.

Now to buoys: there was a shipwreck near Oporto in 1913 and the helm and a buoy were preserved.

Most passangers were saved althoug there were casualties, to add a little atmosphere watch the video of 

passenger transfer

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6eVpSa8k1QQ

 

 

hope that helps

 

Zeh

 

Hi Zeh,

 

many thanks for your input on this.......and sharing this great video...

Very dramatic, but also effectful the bringing out of the rescue line per rocket from the shore as well as the use of the "pants buoy" for saving persons, one at a time from the stranded wreck

 

Nils

[amateur]

Hi Nils,

 

She's looking great.

With respect to the buoys: the ones on the Titanic and the Lusitania were just ordinary plain white ones.

 

Jan

[Mirabell61]

Hi Jan,

 

...to find someone who went overboard from a fast moving ship and who perhaps had luck to get hold of a thrown out white colored  lifebuoy , is like searching for the needle in the haystack in upset waves with with breaking white foam crowns. The lookouts could not make them out by the time the ship has turned  for search, or stopped and a search boat has been set to water. there is a better chance with safety colors. Can hardly believe that "White Star Line" and "Cunard" used white colored life buoys

 

Nils

Edited January 9, 2017 by Mirabell61

[amateur]

Neither did I, but I found a discussion that only after titanic sank, there was a ruling that said that they had to be painted red/white.

Before that, it was cork covered in white canvas.

 

Jan

[pete48]

Incredible work Nils, Beautifully done, She's really coming along  

 

Best Regards,

Pete 

[Mirabell61]

Thank you very much Pete,

for your nice compliment, much appreciated,

 

Nils

[Piet]

Many thanks Bob, Grant and Piet,....

 

also thanks to the "likes" for clicking on ...

 

Bob,

it hapens now and then that the result of a few hours work is disapproved and scrapped, decision do it again, and then the realizing, ran out of appropriate semi-material....., so order new and wait for little parcel to come by post...

 

Grant,

agree, its quite a tough scale, but due to the chosen total length of the model ( 1380 mm ) I could`nt do it in 1:100 it would been 2 Meters long !

 

I know that feeeling in the fingers....

do you perhaps have something in mind as well (not riped out yet) ?

 

Nils

Well, Nils, I'm still not even half way with my Dutch VOC ship Surabaya and am planning a 1:3000 sacle Young America and a recently acquired styrene model of the Dutch submarine O16.  Just been too busy with "stuff." 

In the meantime I just come and visit all my friends here.  Your ship is coming along real nice.

 

Cheers,

[amateur]

Hi Piet,

 

Still evading Musi?

 

Jan

[Mirabell61]

Well, Nils, I'm still not even half way with my Dutch VOC ship Surabaya and am planning a 1:3000 sacle Young America and a recently acquired styrene model of the Dutch submarine O16.  Just been too busy with "stuff." 

In the meantime I just come and visit all my friends here.  Your ship is coming along real nice.

 

Cheers,

 

Thanks Piet,

 

wow scale 1:3000, (micro Cosmos !! ), I thought 1: 1250 is midget already

 

Nils

Edited January 12, 2017 by Mirabell61

[Mirabell61]

Update...

 

still working on the forward boats deck and lower bridge section. There is also a lot of deck-planking involved. The little platforms above the stairs coming up from the promenade deck, are the bases for the upper stairs that go to the bridge level (not shown here yet).

Actions that lay ahead : Its also time to think of how to install and fasten the four stacks with appr. 10 ° angle. Have already ordered a 25 mm twist-Auger type wood-drill, in order to make holes for a short 25 mm glued in dowel  to slip the brass stack tubes (26 x 0,5 mm ) on to.

 

Nils

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the joint area will be planked after the deck is permanently glued on

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited January 12, 2017 by Mirabell61

[cog]

That looks very promising, Nils. I presume you will looking far ahead each time you take another step. Like with those worm drills

[Mirabell61]

Many thanks Carl,

 

I think the english term is "Auger" Drill bit for wood.....

 

Nils

[cog]

Woodworm wood be a nice alternative for the name

Edited January 12, 2017 by cog

[popeye the sailor]

unbelievable work Nils!    very impressive!

[rwiederrich]

Love all the wood and metal you've incorporated into this model Nils.

 

Love it.

 

Rob

[Mirabell61]

Thank you so much Rob and Lawrence,

for your nice compliments....

 

Also many thanks to all the "likes"....

 

Rob,

I`m very pleased that there are so many different brass profiles available at my sources, so that these are welcome to be combined with the wooden structures. Also since the use of CA is so common, the glueing of different materials has become relatively easy. I also was able meantime to gain quite some experience with the soft soldering technique

 

Lawrence,

I am pleased with the results so far, although now and then I get stuck up a bit in order to find the produceability solution, or an alternative thereto

 

Nils

[rwiederrich]

I fully appreciate your intuitiveness in seeing the possibilities within common items that you incorporate into your build.  It is not a common thing, for some modelers to be able to *see into* something and envision making it into something else...something needed for your ship.  Fabrication of parts on an assembly line like fashion is a hard pressed skill....achieved only over time.  You exhibit much skill in this.

Experimentation coupled with an acute skill set and dextral ability is (IMV) a hallmark of a seasoned builder. 

 

I've enjoyed your build log and the adventure you have taken us on.

 

Rob