John Cudahy by steamschooner - FINISHED - 1/4" scale - Steam Tug

[captainbob]

What a nice little ship's boat.  That's the way I need to build mine.

 

Bob

[steamschooner]

I was not happy with boat version 1 so I went for version 2 which came off the plug as can be seen below. I still need to add ribs and such. we will see if there is a version 3

[Omega1234]

Lovely work on Version 2, Steve!

 

Cheers

 

Patrick

[captainbob]

She looks good.  Well done.

 

Bob

[steamschooner]

OK, I have managed to get boat number 2 ( life boat ) version 1 finished. I think it's a keeper!  So now I have both boat shells done. Now comes the easy part, adding the detail to the work boat and making a cover for the life boat.

[Omega1234]

Hi Steve

 

They look great!  Nice and neat planking.

 

Cheers

 

Patrick 

[steamschooner]

Thanks Patrick, I think I can make these two work and am glad to get them done to this point.  They are fussy little buggers to build.

[captainbob]

 They are fussy little buggers to build.

 

You sure have that right.  I'm trying to build a couple for the Pequot.  Yours are great.

 

Bob

[steamschooner]

Bob,  You have shown us all what you can do so no doubt your boats will turn out great as well.

[Omega1234]

Bob,  You have shown us all what you can do so no doubt your boats will turn out great as well.

 

I concur!

[steamschooner]

Like the work boat I ended up making another plug and building a shell on it. If it was a real boat it would leak like crazy, but this is a " paint grade boat ".  I am getting a small collection of them, but still need the practice and improvement. First two photos are of lifeboat version 2 still on the plug. Two more of version 2 off the plug. My growing collection And my plugs which you can see the different shapes.

[Omega1234]

Hi Steve

 

Love those boats, especially the one that's been painted.

 

Are you using all of these boats?  Or, are some just for practice?

 

Cheers

 

Patrick

[steamschooner]

Patrick, Some of them are version 1 which will be put aside (the two that have some paint ) The two that are version 2 will get painted and used on my model.

[steamschooner]

Since I now have boats built for my project, it follows that I will need boat davits. The only info I have on these is what I can pick out in the photos I have. These are some shots of what I came up with. I still need to add cleats, limit strap and a collar for locking in place. I have temporary pins in pivot points at this time. Every thing will get cleaned up and blackened.

[Omega1234]

Hi Steve

 

Well done. They look great!

 

Cheers

 

Patrick

[Jim Lad]

Just catching up with your build.  She's really coming along very nicely.

 

John

[steamschooner]

Thanks for stopping by John,  I did spend some time in the shipyard the last few days. I put together two storage lockers that will be placed on the main deck just forward of the cabin.

[Omega1234]

HI Steve

 

Nice!  She keeps looking better and better with each update.  

 

Cheers

 

Patrick

[ggrieco]

She's looking beautiful! I love the ship's boats.

[steamschooner]

Early on ( not early enough ) with my build I realized I had better think about how I was going to mount this when finished.  I had not made any provisions for this either. On the same lines I had not intended to out fit the engine room. Since I did outfit the engine room I thought well might as well add a couple LED lights. I do not how much it will help in being able to see down into that space. I want to mount the switch  and battery some where outside the display case and in the base board. As for placement of the pedestals I had to have access on the inside of the hull. This is what I got.I played around on the lathe and turned these brass blobs  Had a friend mill the keel slots for me. Now I need to find a nice piece of wood for the top of the base. It will be layered I am thinking.

[Omega1234]

Hi Steve

 

I like the idea of the LED lights.  Hopefully, you'll be able to post some night shots once they're installed.

 

Cheers

 

Patrick

[steamschooner]

Just got done making some fire buckets for my project now I need a rack to put them in.

[Omega1234]

Hi Steve

 

They're almost too good! What's the secret to how you did them?

 

Cheers

 

Patrick

[steamschooner]

Patrick, check out my post under Making Fire Buckets in the metal working, soldering section. I give a run down on how I made them.

[Jim Lad]

Just catching up with what you're doing, Steve.  Your tug is really coming along and looking first class.

 

John

[steamschooner]

Well, It's been awhile since I posted a update. I have not gotten a lot done is why  Have been working on the boat davits but nothing to show yet. Did manage to put together the spot light mounted on the wheel house roof. First picture is of spotlight parts and the inside wheelhouse control. This is how the spotlight looks like on the cabin top. sorry for the dark picture.

[mtaylor]

Steve,

 

That's lovely bit of work for the spotlight.  The control is very realistic.  

[steamschooner]

Well I spent a little time down in the engineering space and have put together a little work bench.

[Jim Lad]

Lovely work, as always, Steve.

 

John

[Roger Pellett]

Steve,

 

Nice model! Your engine room needs a couple of huge 3 to 4 feet long open end wrenches and perhaps a pry bar 5 ft long. The whaleback steamship SS Meteor with a 2000 ihp triple expansion engine has some as long as 6 ft. These engines had a tendency to lock up with a piston on "dead center.and these tools were needed to roll the engine past this position. Some engines had a flywheel with a number of holes around its periphery. A pry bar could be stuck in these holes. Meteor has a heavy disc pierced with holes on its Stephenson reversing gear. Hanging nearby is a huge spanner wrench that fits the holes in this disc. This allows the slide valves to be manipulated to accomplish the same purpose.

 

Roger Pellett