chborgm Posted June 16, 2015 Share #1 Posted June 16, 2015 Growing up in Pittsburgh I feel in love with the steam driven paddel-wheelers, (that gives away my age). I have built the Chaperon, and have decided to take on the Portland. I just ordered the kit, and will keep you posted. jbelwood, Blue Pilot, tasmanian and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBlueJacket Posted June 17, 2015 Share #2 Posted June 17, 2015 There's a nice Portland build on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10152720184325928.1073741831.593315927&type=1&l=8d5b89f0c5 Mirabell61 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chborgm Posted June 17, 2015 Author Share #3 Posted June 17, 2015 Thanks!! This will be a great help. I just finished the Confederacy, and I see this represents a whole new set of problems.After I finished the Chaperon I am sorry that I didn't light it, so I am definitively going to put lights in all sections so these pictures will really help. Clarence Mirabell61 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philg88 Posted June 26, 2015 Share #4 Posted June 26, 2015 Looking forward to your build, Clarence. I wouldn't mind adding the kit to my future build list but at first glance it seems Bluejacket don't ship outside the US. I guess I'll have to make do with watching yours! Cheers, Philip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chborgm Posted June 26, 2015 Author Share #5 Posted June 26, 2015 I thought that did, there was just an extra cost. If they don't you ought to think about Model Shipways Chaperon. I really enjoyed building it. I did not do a build log on it though. Philg88 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chborgm Posted June 27, 2015 Author Share #6 Posted June 27, 2015 While waiting for my kit to arrive I was looking for pictures of the Portland. I found that my friend has a painting that has been in his family for over 100 years. I have included some photos of the Portland lighthouse with the Portland in the background hexnut, Landlubber Mike and Philg88 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chborgm Posted June 30, 2015 Author Share #7 Posted June 30, 2015 The UPS man brought my kit yesterday and I have just opened it. This is certainly going to be different than my previous kits which all but one were large sailing ships, and all were Plank on bulkhead. The YouTube video will be a big help. I will take most of to day reading the instructions, and reviewing the plans. I know I want to put lights on it, and think I have that figured out. I start adding picture when I have something to show. Clarence Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrBlueJacket Posted June 30, 2015 Share #8 Posted June 30, 2015 BlueJacket ships all over the world, but the shipping cost is more than domestic of course. Philg88 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chborgm Posted July 3, 2015 Author Share #9 Posted July 3, 2015 I have the hull in fairly good shape. I want to add the sponsons before I do the final shaping. Before that I am going to do the "deck mock up". This puts all the decks temporarily together with wood screws, so that you get a real feel for how things line up and how they should be assembled. This is a highly recommended step in the instructions. Mirabell61, coxswain, mtaylor and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chborgm Posted July 3, 2015 Author Share #10 Posted July 3, 2015 I put the mock up together. It really has helped me get a feeling for how the ship will look, and the work ahead. I'll now get back to finishing the hull, and work on some of the sub assembles GuntherMT, hexnut, coxswain and 6 others 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chborgm Posted July 5, 2015 Author Share #11 Posted July 5, 2015 I have the sponsons roughed in, and am now ready for a lot of sanding and filling, and sanding a filling trippwj, Philg88, bhermann and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chborgm Posted July 9, 2015 Author Share #12 Posted July 9, 2015 I got tired of sanding so I started the paddle Wheels. mtaylor and trippwj 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chborgm Posted July 9, 2015 Author Share #13 Posted July 9, 2015 GuntherMT, hexnut, Philg88 and 5 others 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chborgm Posted July 9, 2015 Author Share #14 Posted July 9, 2015 I can't master getting the pictures and the text together. Trying to hold the three wheels on the axle and add the 24 paddles. is tough so I built the fixture a both that maintain the correct alignment of the whells while you added the paddles. It worked fairly well. mtaylor 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chborgm Posted July 9, 2015 Author Share #15 Posted July 9, 2015 Philg88, jbelwood, mtaylor and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chborgm Posted July 14, 2015 Author Share #16 Posted July 14, 2015 I have the hull painted and have a little touch up to do where the paint leaked past the tape. ( my fault) Mirabell61, GuntherMT, Philg88 and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirabell61 Posted July 14, 2015 Share #17 Posted July 14, 2015 beautiful build Clarence, those metal paddle wheels look great Nils Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chborgm Posted July 14, 2015 Author Share #18 Posted July 14, 2015 I have started paneling the starbord bulkhead for the ladies salon. The plan calls for much more trim and molding than I am going to do. The main reason is the scale. At 1/8" to 1' a strip 1/32"x 1/16" is a 2 x4 in real life and the plan calls for a real life 2 x 12 in some areas . So I decided to not be historically correct, and use 1/32" x 1/32" strips and then after they are glued sand them to reduce thickness. coxswain and Philg88 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chborgm Posted July 25, 2015 Author Share #19 Posted July 25, 2015 have almost completed the ladies saloon and the lights have been added. I have taken several pictures of the construction up to this point, but forgot to set my camera to a low file size and the pictures came out to big to include in the post. So all I have are pictures of the assembly together. It has not been glued yet because a lot of last minute touch up and final fit. The lights a 12v 5mm clear leds. antanasp, mtaylor, coxswain and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuntherMT Posted July 25, 2015 Share #20 Posted July 25, 2015 have almost completed the ladies saloon and the lights have been added. I have taken several pictures of the construction up to this point, but forgot to set my camera to a low file size and the pictures came out to big to include in the post. Looking good. You can easily re-size your large photo's to fit. If you are using a Windows PC, simply open up the photo's in the included "Paint" program, and in the upper left portion of the 'home' tab tool bar at the top you'll see a 'resize' option. Click that and a pop-up menu will open. Click on the radio-button next to "Pixels", and simply change the larger of the Horizontal / Vertical numbers to 1200. Click Ok, click save. You now have a 1200x on the long side photo that you can use on the forum. Make a copy first if you want to keep the original large photo. I'm sure there is something similar on Mac, but I don't know what it would be called. mtaylor 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chborgm Posted July 25, 2015 Author Share #21 Posted July 25, 2015 Thanks I haven't used paint in several years, and hadn't thought about going that route. I give it a whirl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chborgm Posted July 25, 2015 Author Share #22 Posted July 25, 2015 Here is are some pictures that I had in hi res two of the walking beam in work and the ladies saloon mtaylor, Philg88, coxswain and 5 others 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.Coleman Posted July 26, 2015 Share #23 Posted July 26, 2015 I like the curtains in the windows. Nice touch good work mtaylor 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chborgm Posted August 4, 2015 Author Share #24 Posted August 4, 2015 Still have a few details and touch up to do,but basically have the main deck completed. The lights don't look to bad. I was trying to get a different glow to the freight deck from the passenger area. It didn't come out like I wanted, but it's to late to change. And if one of the leds give out it can't be serviced. schooner, mtaylor, Philg88 and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chborgm Posted August 27, 2015 Author Share #25 Posted August 27, 2015 Have the Saloon deck enclosed. Still need to put up the stern supports, add the stairs, the rub strips and some touch up. riverboat, cristikc, Philg88 and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philg88 Posted August 28, 2015 Share #26 Posted August 28, 2015 Nice work! Are you sure you have enough monitors? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chborgm Posted August 28, 2015 Author Share #27 Posted August 28, 2015 at one time I did a lot of computer related work at home, and I separated my work on two computers.Since I never throw anything away I keep two machines really only using one. Adding lights to the ship has complicated construction. The wires always seem to get in the way. I don't think I would do it again. mtaylor 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philg88 Posted August 29, 2015 Share #28 Posted August 29, 2015 Yes, it can be difficult to work around the wiring but I think that the end result is worth it, as shown by your pics above. Cheers, Philip mtaylor 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chborgm Posted September 16, 2015 Author Share #29 Posted September 16, 2015 I just laid things together to see how it looks I put some mini incandescent bulbs in the pilot house to tone down the brightness I have the nav lights on, bur I'll wait to get the masts up to turn them on. Philg88, schooner, mtaylor and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chborgm Posted November 26, 2015 Author Share #30 Posted November 26, 2015 Some later views. All I have left to do is the Port forward section. Hope to finish by year end. ulrich, schooner, Mirabell61 and 7 others 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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