Harriet Lane by philo426 - FINISHED - Model Shipways - scale 1/128

[Lucius Molchany]

Just started the solid hull Harriet Lane,Shaped up the fan tail but I sanded a hole in the hull near the stern so I filled it with my trusty Bondo automotive spot putty.

[Lucius Molchany]

Ok I cut the gun ports and slots for the side wheel sponsons,I also drilled out the air ports and hawes pipe.

[Lucius Molchany]

Cut out and indtalled the deck.

[Lucius Molchany]

Forgot to mentionnthat I tried something a bit different and used a cut off wheel in my Dremel to cut the vertical portions and a 1/2 inch chisel for the horizontal psrt.Worked quite well and afforded me precise control of the delth of the cuts.

[Lucius Molchany]

Installed the keel and the stem.I used mahoga`y because the basswood kept splitting.I had to putty the gaps and drilled the mast holes and constructed the bowsprit and jibbom.As is my normal prsctice,I had to use heavy plastic for the doublingsvbecause the wood kept spltting when i attempted to drill the holes so close together.

[trippwj]

Coming along very nicely! She builds into a pretty model, and you are definitely making her pretty.

[Lucius Molchany]

Thanks!I am hoping to motorize it so that the side paddles rotate. THAT WOULD BE COOL,,!

[trippwj]

Thanks!I am hoping to motorize it so that the side paddles rotate. THAT WOULD BE COOL,,!

 

That would be very cool!  Are you going to scratch build the deck-house structures so there is room for battery and motor?

[Lucius Molchany]

Yes it will be necessary to construct hollow structures to accomplish this goal.

[Lucius Molchany]

Cut out and put on the railing.After the glue dries I will contour the stern,

[Lucius Molchany]

Cut out and installed tge stern rail.I found if you first cut a large diameter circle first and place the model upside down and use a pencil to trace the contours of the stern it works out well.

[Lucius Molchany]

I decided to make the paddle wheels out of .80 styrene with mahogany paddles.Just started so many more paddles will be added.

[Lucius Molchany]

I decided to use a slot car chassis to motorize the paddle wheels.Low voltage makes them spin at a realistic rpm.

[trippwj]

Sweet! Interesting approach to the paddle wheels - are you leaving solid or going to try for the spoked look?

[Lucius Molchany]

Well I am not yet skilled enough to make it with spokes so I will use the kit supplied white metal hemispheres as appliques.

[skipper1947]

Looks good philo426. I haven't seen too may solid hull kits of that size (actually, I haven't seen that many solid hull kits). How are the instructions?

 

Regards,

Skip

Edited December 13, 2015 by skipper1947

[Lucius Molchany]

I think the drawings and instructions sre quite good and clearly illustrated.

[Lucius Molchany]

If anyone is interested in seeing the paddle wheels turn you can go to youtube and put philo426 in the search icon to watch the vid

[skipper1947]

Thanks philo426. On my way to look at the youtube video.

 

Later, that same day..

 

Wow, you have 60 videos of different model and guitar subjects. Cool. And your paddel wheels look good.

 

Regards,

Skip

Edited December 13, 2015 by skipper1947

[Lucius Molchany]

Thanks!I have diverse interests!

[Lucius Molchany]

Making the side covers out of sheet styrene.Mocking it up to check for fit then adding details.

[Lucius Molchany]

Covered the side wheel covers with wood planks.After the glue dries I will sand it down.

[trippwj]

Looks great!

[Lucius Molchany]

Thanks!

[Lucius Molchany]

Work continues on the side wheel covers.I cut the slots and drilled the holes out of .20 styrene and used cut down ammo canisters from a Tamiya 88 for the louvers.

[Lucius Molchany]

Painted up the side covers.

[Lucius Molchany]

Looking good!

[Lucius Molchany]

Starting to lay down the finish with my air brush after a coat of gray primer.2 more coats and I will mask off the waterline and paint the top sides semi gloss black.

[Lucius Molchany]

Thanjs for the likes guys,nothing much happening but waiting for the paint to cure enough so that I can mask off the waterline and paint the black top sides.

[Lucius Molchany]

Masked and painted the black topsides.The blue 3M maskingvtape is greatvfir producing a clean line.