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

[Omega1234]

HI Nils

 

Wow, is all I can say.  Damn, they're gonna look nice on your KWDG!

 

Cheers

 

Patrick

[Mirabell61]

Thanks to Bob - Nick - Carl - John - B.E. - Patrick

and to all the "likes"

 

Bob `(cap`n),

I fell in love with those nostalgic bench etchings the moment I discovered these on the Australian web page, because I never saw them before, and best of all, in scale 1:144

 

Nick,

thanks for looking in, and for your nice compliment

 

Carl,

thanks again for your kind advise, much appreciated

 

John,

Thanks for your nice comment, nice play of words,.... (bench mark),..

 

B.E.

your kind comments on vents and etched benches are much appreciated

 

Patrick,

yes, I think they will be good looking on the promenade deck and other areas under the Atlantic sunshine, most occupied with sitting passengers watching the rolling sea and the ships wakes

 

Nils

Edited September 25, 2016 by Mirabell61

[Martin W]

Simply amazing, Nils.  Those chairs go beyond fabulous!

[ggrieco]

Nils, nice job with the ventilators. They look wonderful! My jaw dropped when I saw the deck furniture and thought you soldered them. After reading the text, yes CA is definitely the way to go. Still, my fingers are a little to clumsy for such delicate parts. I'd be a nervous wreck after making just one. Nice work!

[Mirabell61]

Many thanks Martin and Glenn,

for your kind appreciations....

 

Martin,

I`m pleased you like those little deckchairs.... 

I thought that I would`nt paint them and the benches, because then it would easily look like plastic

 

Glenn,

I`m also having those little flakes of CA on my fingertips, because I simply forgot to use the debond agent directly afterwards,

thanks for your compliment

 

Nils

Edited September 25, 2016 by Mirabell61

[flyer]

Hi Nils

 

Wonderful benches and chairs. That you are reluctant to smear paint over those little gems, I understand very well. However those brass parts could stand out a bit of the rest which is all in original colour. Don't you think that you could just brush them lightly with a nearly dry paintbrush with some matte wood colour (after thoroughly cleaning them, of course)?

 

Cheers

peter

[Mirabell61]

Peter,

 

thank you very much for your suggestion..., I`ll leave that final decision till later on. These tiny parts are so fragile, that the slightest "clean-brushing" may seperate the CA joints, because the glue film in the joints is so thin.

I understand your comment well, but on the other hand the

brass handrails and the brass window frames fit into the given scheme as well as with the painted surfaces....

 

Nils

[Mirabell61]

Update...

 

here 2 of the 6 swan-neck hydrants that go to the promenade-deck, just inside of the railing...

Made from anealed 2 mm brass wire, bent and solder-fitted with sleeve and flange..., they will be painted red

 

Nils

 

Edited September 25, 2016 by Mirabell61

[donrobinson]

Wonderful work Nils, your ideas and work always amaze me

[Mirabell61]

Don,

 

thank you very much for your words, thanks for looking in, I`m pleased that you like it

 

Nils

[Omega1234]

Nice work, as always Nils.  How many more of them do you have to do?  Not too many, I hope!

 

Cheers

 

Patrick

[Mirabell61]

thank you Patrick,

 

regarding to the fire Water-Hydrants, I did 6 (three stations on each side of the promenade deck)

 

 

 

I also need some bollards and cleats alongside of the promeade deck railing, started making some today, using rivets, brass strip, and wood dowels, I intend to do 14 or 15

 

Nils

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited September 26, 2016 by Mirabell61

[Omega1234]

 

Thanks Nils!

 

You're one busy chap, that's for sure. But, when you love what you're doing, time doesn't really matter, does it?

 

Enjoy and thanks for the info.

 

Cheers

 

Patrick

[shipmodel]

Hi Nils -

 

Checking in after the summer and love what I am seeing.  I second the compliments from everyone else and look forward to following your progress.

 

As for the deck chairs, here is a photo of the same photoetched ones that I used on the SS America.  I did decide to paint them with a simple brown spray, holding them down by sticking them to masking tape laid face up on some wood scrap.  They came off easily after painting without destroying the CA joints.

 

Be well

 

Dan

[Mirabell61]

Hi Dan,

 

its a pleasure to have you looking in again......

That a very nice shot with the deckchairs on your SS America, and many thanks for your tip with the face up tape and spray coloring.

BTW, how did you do the handrail portions (brown color) on the railings, did you mask then off ? is there a build log for your SS America ?

 

Regards,

Nils

[shipmodel]

Hi Nils -

 

No, there is no build log for the SS America.  I did it before I joined MSW.  I have lots of construction photos, so I may post them one day.  I thought that I had some in the NRG home page Gallery, but I can't seem to find them any more.

 

The railings are photoetch from Gold Medal Models.  I spray the entire sheet with white primer and paint.  Then the railing lengths are individually cut off and the handrail is brush painted with acrylics.  I may have mentioned this in the build log for the Andrea Doria.

 

Be well

 

Dan

[Mirabell61]

Thanks Dan,

 

for answering, what a pitty no build log, thats such a nice liner. Is it in scale 1:144 like the deckchairs ?, if I remember right the Andrea doria is 1:192.

You did a real good job with the handrail brush-painting   

 

Nils

[shipmodel]

Nils -

 

The America is at 1:192, like the Andrea Doria, the Rex, and the Uruguay.  Why change a winning style.  The chairs are the same scale.  I don't remember where I got them, but I still have one and it measures out to 3/8", which is right if the chair is 6 feet long.  Was it Tom's Modelworks ?  If anyone knows let me know, because I might need some more for a future project.

 

Dan

[Mirabell61]

Thanks again Dan,

 

I`m not sure if Tom`s Modelworks (Australian web shop) has deckchair etchings in scale 1:192..........., Post run house to house was 18 days and absolutely no problems with customs, and Paypal payment

 

http://www.tomsmodelworks.com/catalog/index.php?cPath=23_40

 

Nils

Edited September 28, 2016 by Mirabell61

[Mirabell61]

A little update...

 

fitting in of the aft mast and setting it`s rake...

cleats, bollards and hydrants for promenade deck...

trial to brush paint the deck furniture (slats of the benches only...

 

Nils

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[captainbob]

Looking good, Nils.

 

Bob

[Mirabell61]

thank you very much Bob,

 

Nils

[popeye the sailor]

great looking sub assemblies nils...........awesome way to make bollards!   deck benches and chairs are really neat !   very nice work  

[Mirabell61]

Denis,

 

thanks for your nice compliment my freind, much appreciated,

In the moment I`m planing on dry-fitting the aft half of the boats deck. Then it has to be planked in the foreseen places. This ca`nt be glued on, before all fitting out on the lower promenade deck is completed. (no access later on)

Also there are several stairways, several vent-tubes, deck furniture, passengers, fastening of aft shrouds and backstays etc. to be fixed in place, primering and painting.... I`m thinking it through over and over, regarding to "what must go first", and always something comes to mind, that was forgotten to consider  before...

 

Nils

[popeye the sailor]

that's to be expected......these ships have quite a few sub assemblies.  no two of that,  and three of those with these babies!  thank the good lord,  you have the other part of the build to think about,  to keep you from getting a mind cramp during the mass production     that's scratch building to a tee......your the designer.   I've painted myself in a corner a few times.......don't like the feeling either     your careful planning is paying off greatly....it quite a ship!

 

every once in a while......one gets a peek into the interior of  the model.  to cross section the model,  one would see the construction,  and what it's taken to arrive at the model we see.   there's a lot of wood there     the metal detail is fantastic!

[Mirabell61]

Thanks Denis,

 

nice compliments of yours, I wish I were so far to build the stacks, (have gathered some 26 mm diam. plugs to wrap the metal funnel skin around already) , or at least to install more details of the superstructure that makes it look more like the ship should look like.

 

Nils

[captainbob]

.... I`m thinking it through over and over, regarding to "what must go first", and always something comes to mind, that was forgotten to consider  before...

 

Nils

 

It seem like I'm always trying to figure out how to wiggle through all the parts I've installed in order to mount something I forgot.

 

Bob

[Mirabell61]

I agree Bob,

 

thats probably one of the challenging things a "scratch builder" faces, but its also the pepper and spices in the meal...

 

Nils

[Omega1234]

Nils and Bob - very true words!

[popeye the sailor]

Thanks Denis,

 

nice compliments of yours, I wish I were so far to build the stacks, (have gathered some 26 mm diam. plugs to wrap the metal funnel skin around already) , or at least to install more details of the superstructure that makes it look more like the ship should look like.

 

Nils

 

 

 

I think she looks very much the part.........the name on the bow gives her away