Landrotten Highlander Posted March 3, 2021 Share #91 Posted March 3, 2021 Are you certain you used the right gears? When I compare all pictures it appears to me you have the Mercury gears working fine, but there is a discrepancy with the Venus gear - in the instructions the gear-pair on the Venus stage appear to be of similar size, while yours appear to be very different. Before the lockdown I worked with a group of people on the Hachette Victory, and in that project one had to be very careful, as very often the wood for two or 3 teps further would be delivered with one issue. For instance, you were provided with kit parts in issue G, but when carfully looking at the instructions you need part of the wood provided with G, but also some provided with D and some wood would be left for a step discussed in issue P. Did I confuse you? So were we at first... Canute, John Levine, cog and 1 other 4 Quote Heghlu'meH QaQ jajvam Slainte gu mhath L.H. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egilman Posted March 3, 2021 Share #92 Posted March 3, 2021 3 hours ago, Landrotten Highlander said: When I compare all pictures it appears to me you have the Mercury gears working fine, but there is a discrepancy with the Venus gear - in the instructions the gear-pair on the Venus stage appear to be of similar size, while yours appear to be very different. I agree here with LH, the images in the instructions show two gears that are almost the same size, where your assembly shows two gears that are distinctly different size.... Not being critical, but you sure you have the right gear? John Levine, Canute and popeye the sailor 3 Quote Current Build: F-86F-30 Sabre by Egilman - Kinetic - 1/32nd scale In the Garage: East Bound & Down, Building a Smokey & the Bandit Kenworth Rig in 1/25th scale Completed: M8A1 HST 1930 Packard Boattail Speedster M1A1 75mm Pack Howitzer F-4J Phantom II Bell H-13's P-51B/C Temporary Suspension: USS Gwin DD-433 F-104C Starfighter "Blue Jay Four" 1/32nd Scale Terminated Build: F-104C Starfighter ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Quote: "Relish Today, Ketchup Tomorrow" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjdale Posted March 7, 2021 Share #93 Posted March 7, 2021 John, As others have suggested, check your gear sizes for the Venus gear. In your Photo #2, Step 1 it shows part #28 (41-tooth gear) on top and part #34 (39-tooth gear) on the bottom. There is a difference of only two teeth in these gears. Your subsequent photos look like there is a larger difference in size. I've just had a close look at mine, and the difference in overall size is negligible, as shown in the instruction pictures. I suspect you have somehow got a wrong gear in there. Egilman, popeye the sailor, Canute and 3 others 6 Quote Grant ____________________________________________________ Current builds: African Queen - Radio Control / Live Steam Previous builds: The Shipyard at Foss' Landing (Diorama), Hannah - Ship in a Bottle, NRG Capstan Project, 1869 Allerton Steam Pumper, Medway Longboat , Alfa Romeo Spider Gran Touring (Pocher) , Da Vinci Flying Machine, 1949 Chris Craft 19' Racing Runabout - Dumas - Radio, Bomb Vessel Granado, 1742 - Cross Section - Scratchbuild, HMS Victory (Mamoli 1:90), Cutty Sark, Armed Pinnace, Bounty, Santa Maria At another place: Stephenson's Rocket (OcCre 1:24) (click the title to follow the link) In the Gallery: Lancia Armata 1803, Bomb Vessel Granada, 1742 Cross Section, 1949 Chris Craft 19' Racing Runabout Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Levine Posted March 13, 2021 Share #94 Posted March 13, 2021 An imbecile, I am! 😜 I decided to review all of the assembly steps from the beginning, and in the process I discovered on Instruction spread #3 parts list is a 47-tooth gear disk (Part #38, Item #2), which is part of the Earth gear set assembly, and had used THAT, instead of the 41-tooth gear disk (Part #28, Item #2, on instruction spread #2). No wonder it wouldn’t engage properly! I was certain I had counted the teeth on all the gear disks. There’s a real quirk in the way the issues and parts are distributed: They give you parts before you need them, and make you wait for the next shipment. You always have parts for future use laying around… Anyway. I think I’ve got it Sussed! popeye the sailor, Egilman, Canute and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Levine Posted March 13, 2021 Share #95 Posted March 13, 2021 (edited) Thanks folks! I discovered my mistake several days ago, before I got to see your suggestions. I appreciate all of the responses!👍👍 Edited March 13, 2021 by John Levine cog, mtaylor, popeye the sailor and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Levine Posted March 13, 2021 Share #96 Posted March 13, 2021 On 3/3/2021 at 10:45 AM, Landrotten Highlander said: Before the lockdown I worked with a group of people on the Hachette Victory, and in that project one had to be very careful, as very often the wood for two or 3 teps further would be delivered with one issue. For instance, you were provided with kit parts in issue G, but when carfully looking at the instructions you need part of the wood provided with G, but also some provided with D and some wood would be left for a step discussed in issue P. Did I confuse you? So were we at first... BINGO! Thank you, LH! That’s EXACTLY what happened! mtaylor, Egilman, Landrotten Highlander and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jim_smits Posted March 30, 2021 Author Share #97 Posted March 30, 2021 (edited) On 3/13/2021 at 9:24 PM, John Levine said: BINGO! Thank you, LH! That’s EXACTLY what happened! Hi there I’ve come back to the thread very late! glad you got your gearing problems sorted. Jim Edited April 9, 2021 by jim_smits Canute, Egilman, mtaylor and 2 others 5 Quote Jim-----Current builds:HMS SnakeHMS HoodMechanical Solar SystemCompleted builds:HMS Ballahoo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
popeye the sailor Posted April 8, 2021 Share #98 Posted April 8, 2021 that's an interesting way to do a selfie glad you found and corrected your problem. mtaylor, Egilman and Canute 3 Quote I yam wot I yam! finished builds: Billings Nordkap 476 / Billings Cux 87 / Billings Mary Ann / Billings AmericA - reissue Billings Regina - bashed into the Susan A / Andrea Gail 1:20 - semi scratch w/ Billing instructions M&M Fun Ship - semi scratch build / Gundalow - scratch build / Jeanne D'Arc - Heller Phylly C & Denny-Zen - the Lobsie twins - bashed & semi scratch dual build Billing T78 Norden in dry dock: Billing's Gothenborg 1:100 / Billing's Boulogne Etaples 1:20 Billing's Half Moon 1:40 - some scratch required Revell U.S.S. United States 1:96 - plastic/ wood modified / Academy Titanic 1:400 Trawler Syborn - semi scratch / Holiday Harbor dual build - semi scratch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Levine Posted May 26, 2021 Share #99 Posted May 26, 2021 On 2/24/2021 at 1:07 PM, gjdale said: John, Do you have the complete instructions for this? I ask because I too have built this Orrery and had no difficulty with getting things to go together correctly. If you do not have them, I can send you a PDF copy of them. Hi Grant, I got a shipment today, and they skipped 2 issues: #19 and #21 were not included. I contacted Eaglemoss, and they assured me they will be coming soon (out of stock). Meanwhile, I have a bunch of parts I not quite sure of. Building the main gears is pretty straightforward, but there are some new parts I haven’t seen yer, and I’m curious as to how much I can pre-build while waiting for the missing issues/parts. If you have a PDF of the complete set of instructions, I’d LOVE to have a copy. I enjoy reading through them before actually starting a build, anyway, so it would be greatly appreciated if you could send that file. My email address is: EMAIL ADDY REMOVED Thank you so much! 👍👍 John John, I removed your email addy. MSW gets crawled by a ton of "bots" and you email will fast end up with spammers and other miscreants. Send Grant a PM with your email in it which is the safest way. Canute, mtaylor and popeye the sailor 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjdale Posted May 26, 2021 Share #100 Posted May 26, 2021 John, No problem. Just PM with your email address and I’ll send you a copy. popeye the sailor, Canute, Old Collingwood and 2 others 5 Quote Grant ____________________________________________________ Current builds: African Queen - Radio Control / Live Steam Previous builds: The Shipyard at Foss' Landing (Diorama), Hannah - Ship in a Bottle, NRG Capstan Project, 1869 Allerton Steam Pumper, Medway Longboat , Alfa Romeo Spider Gran Touring (Pocher) , Da Vinci Flying Machine, 1949 Chris Craft 19' Racing Runabout - Dumas - Radio, Bomb Vessel Granado, 1742 - Cross Section - Scratchbuild, HMS Victory (Mamoli 1:90), Cutty Sark, Armed Pinnace, Bounty, Santa Maria At another place: Stephenson's Rocket (OcCre 1:24) (click the title to follow the link) In the Gallery: Lancia Armata 1803, Bomb Vessel Granada, 1742 Cross Section, 1949 Chris Craft 19' Racing Runabout Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Levine Posted May 28, 2021 Share #101 Posted May 28, 2021 On 5/25/2021 at 8:47 PM, John Levine said: John, I removed your email addy. MSW gets crawled by a ton of "bots" and you email will fast end up with spammers and other miscreants. Send Grant a PM with your email in it which is the safest way. Great! Thank you. I thought about it before including my email addy, but I hadn’t found the PM feature yet. I’m still new here! 😉 Canute, popeye the sailor and mtaylor 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Levine Posted May 28, 2021 Share #102 Posted May 28, 2021 Sent, Grant. mtaylor, Canute, popeye the sailor and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Young Posted October 8, 2021 Share #103 Posted October 8, 2021 My wife and I just finished the complete orrery this evening. It took almost two days to build the complete model start to finish. I was not very impressed with Eaglemoss Customer Service. I was extremely impressed with the build quality of the model. It is excellent. Barry Young Canute, popeye the sailor, Egilman and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Levine Posted October 20, 2021 Share #104 Posted October 20, 2021 On 9/6/2015 at 6:36 AM, jim_smits said: I'm please with the result but I think it will probably require a couple more 'coats' to get full and proper coverage and get the best detail to stand out. Hi Jim! I know, this is old, And I’ve been tearing my hair out with this, between out of stock parts, and incorrect parts being shipped, but I’m really having a problem applying the shoe polish, and getting it to stay in the engraved areas. Help me please! Thanks, John. popeye the sailor, mtaylor and Canute 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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