Papa Posted June 3, 2017 Author #31 Posted June 3, 2017 Assembling the pilot house stairway, and painting the wheel. Thank you chemistry for super glue! Cathead, russ, Blighty and 2 others 5 Quote
Papa Posted June 4, 2017 Author #32 Posted June 4, 2017 Whoops. Just noticed that the right stair support is misaligned. Need to fix that! Quote
Papa Posted June 11, 2017 Author #33 Posted June 11, 2017 Actually, the stair support was floating. That is now fixed. Completed the pilot house and stairway and attached. I didn't think that it made sense for the stove pipe to go through the roof in front of the door. So I moved it over to the opposite corner where it attaches to a small wood stove, not visible in the photo. Also installed the stacks. I still need to paint the shields at the base of the stacks and the stove pipe cap. Tigersteve, coxswain, Cathead and 5 others 8 Quote
pythagoras Posted June 12, 2017 #36 Posted June 12, 2017 Hi Ron, Great job you have going there. If you don't mind, I'll pull up a barrel, have a seat and join the gallery. I've just started my Chaperon last week, and looking forward to the voyage. Pythagoras (tom) popeye the sailor 1 Quote
Papa Posted June 12, 2017 Author #37 Posted June 12, 2017 14 minutes ago, pythagoras said: Hi Ron, Great job you have going there. If you don't mind, I'll pull up a barrel, have a seat and join the gallery. I've just started my Chaperon last week, and looking forward to the voyage. Pythagoras (tom) Thanks. I started the log late in the build and it is kind of slapdash but I hope it helps. Blighty's build log has a lot more images if you need to see some detail. Ron OBTW, why "Pythagoras"? You don't happen to be a mathematician do you? popeye the sailor 1 Quote
pythagoras Posted June 12, 2017 #38 Posted June 12, 2017 Hi Ron, A mathematician of sorts. I'm a retired high school math teacher from upstate NY. (34 year Pythagoras (tom) popeye the sailor 1 Quote
Papa Posted June 13, 2017 Author #39 Posted June 13, 2017 21 hours ago, pythagoras said: Hi Ron, A mathematician of sorts. I'm a retired high school math teacher from upstate NY. (34 year Pythagoras (tom) I have my PhD in mathematics, from Brandeis University (1972). I worked for many years in the NSA and later for private industry in the area of communications security. And as a visiting professor at GWU. Been retired for about 10 years now. Ron pythagoras and popeye the sailor 2 Quote
Papa Posted June 13, 2017 Author #40 Posted June 13, 2017 Started on the paddle wheel assembly yesterday. reklein, russ, popeye the sailor and 4 others 7 Quote
Papa Posted June 14, 2017 Author #41 Posted June 14, 2017 Good grief--what was I drinking? I just discovered that i put the stern wheel support timbers on upside down last November. Must have had too many glasses of wine before getting to work. See the image below. The curved part should be down and the flat up. Fortunately the glue did not adhere well to the varnish on the deck and I was able to remove them without damage and install correctly. The corrected support timber is below. On a separate topic, I wish MS had done the profile plan sheets in scale. There are many items that have to be positioned by guesswork--for example the stern wheel! I assumed the the "not to scale" drawing was proportioned correctly and some simple ratios between the actual model and the plans gave me a number that looks reasonable. popeye the sailor, Cathead and Ryland Craze 3 Quote
Papa Posted June 16, 2017 Author #42 Posted June 16, 2017 I made up 4 "storypoles" to maintain the proper spacing and alignment of the paddle frames for gluing. I think I will stain the whole assembly and paint the paddles red as suggested in the instructions. reklein, Cathead, Ryland Craze and 4 others 7 Quote
Papa Posted June 17, 2017 Author #43 Posted June 17, 2017 There are 2 sets of rear stairway frames, part 114 P/S. I used the one on the right, never noticing the set on the left until just recently. The pair on the right matches the gap in the battens and the drawing on sheet 2. Has anyone else noticed this? There are no other stairs in the model. Was this an error or what? Ron Gove popeye the sailor and pythagoras 2 Quote
Papa Posted June 20, 2017 Author #44 Posted June 20, 2017 Lots of little bits to take care of as one moves toward the finish. Paddles, masts , the ramp, life boats, stern timbers. Tigersteve, pythagoras, Blighty and 4 others 7 Quote
Papa Posted June 25, 2017 Author #45 Posted June 25, 2017 I ran out of the strip wood needed for the paddles. While waiting for Model Expo to ship some more I thought I would get as far as I could on the paddle wheel. pythagoras, Cathead, Ryland Craze and 3 others 6 Quote
Papa Posted June 28, 2017 Author #46 Posted June 28, 2017 I received the needed strip wood from Model Expo. They are really great at supplying missing or broken parts. Now waiting for the red paint to dry so that I can finish the paddle wheel. In the meantime I've started rigging the front boom. The lines are very fine and don't show up well in the photo. Cathead, Ryland Craze, popeye the sailor and 1 other 4 Quote
Papa Posted July 2, 2017 Author #47 Posted July 2, 2017 I got the stern wheel in place and am working on the rigging. She is very close to being finished. As careful as I was on the paddle wheel, it is a bit skewed. I think I should have added the planks alternating on opposite sides to relieve stress. Anyway, it isn't noticeable. I was very unhappy with the look of the laser cut anchor decoration on the smoke stacks and ended up making one out of styrene and leaving it unpainted. Ron popeye the sailor, Ryland Craze, Cathead and 3 others 6 Quote
pythagoras Posted July 3, 2017 #48 Posted July 3, 2017 Hi Ron, She looks great. Very well done. Btw, what is the diameter of the wheel you have made? It appears that you have added a finish to the decks. Did this have any influence on gluing any items to that finish? Pythagoras (Tom) popeye the sailor 1 Quote
Papa Posted July 3, 2017 Author #49 Posted July 3, 2017 I don't recall the diameter of the wheel. I think it was around 1" radius. I adjusted the diameter to fit inside the pilot house with what seemed a natural clearance. The decks are varnished and I haven't had a gluing issue. Sometimes I scrape a bit of finish off if i am thinking ahead. The varnished also saved my butt on a couple of errors where I was able to remove a previously glued item. see an earlier post (#42). The plans show simulated bolts on the paddle wheel. There are a dozen per paddle and a dozen paddles. I couldn't face making 144 tiny u-bolts! so they are left off. I looked at some other logs and they also left off the bolts. Cathead 1 Quote
Papa Posted July 4, 2017 Author #50 Posted July 4, 2017 The rigging is moving along. Not nearly as tedious as a full rigged ship but tying black thread over a black background (hurricane deck) is a frustrating experience. pythagoras, reklein, Ryland Craze and 4 others 7 Quote
Papa Posted July 8, 2017 Author #51 Posted July 8, 2017 The instructions for Chaperon recommend that you attach the tie-down cables for the pilot house before adding the roof. I did not do this. Now i am paying for it. Threading a "rope" through the bracket under the roof and behind the decorations is not an easy task. Tweezers and lying the boat gently on her side is working, but it would have been so much easier to do it early on!. Ron Gove Cathead and popeye the sailor 2 Quote
Papa Posted July 10, 2017 Author #52 Posted July 10, 2017 Almost finished!. Just have to rig the lifeboat davits and the flagpole. reklein, Tigersteve and popeye the sailor 3 Quote
Papa Posted July 14, 2017 Author #53 Posted July 14, 2017 Seems to be taking me forever to finish the Chaperon. Got the starboard lifeboat rigged up and am working on the port side. Tigersteve, Cathead, popeye the sailor and 1 other 4 Quote
Papa Posted July 16, 2017 Author #54 Posted July 16, 2017 Well, Finished At Last! Just need to make a base. I apologize for all the clutter in the photos reklein, Cathead, Tigersteve and 5 others 8 Quote
Cathead Posted July 16, 2017 #55 Posted July 16, 2017 Looks really good. Nice color balance and crisp-looking work. Well done, and thanks for sharing! popeye the sailor and Tigersteve 2 Quote Eric Missouri River craft (scratchbuilt): 1893 steamboat Peerless; 1853 steamboat Arabia; 1865 steamboat Bertrand; Lewis & Clark barge; keelboat; 1876 steamboat Far West; Nautical builds (kits): USS Cairo; NRG capstan project; NRG half-hull; Viking longship; US revenue cutter; 18th century longboat; Bounty launch
Tigersteve Posted July 16, 2017 #56 Posted July 16, 2017 Agreed- nice work. Congrats! Steve popeye the sailor 1 Quote Current: Mayflower- Model Shipways Completed: Lowell Grand Banks Dory- Model Shipways English Pinnace- Model Shipways 18th Century Longboat- Model Shipways
donrobinson Posted July 17, 2017 #57 Posted July 17, 2017 Something about these paddle wheelers that catch the eye. Congratulations on a job well done popeye the sailor 1 Quote Completed: MS-AVS, Amati Trabaccolo, Dusek ship's boat, AL-Mayflower, Batelina - MarisStella, MarisStella-Trabakul Liburnian Novilara - MarisStella, 17th Century Battle Station, Ragusian Galley-MarisStella Current: Barque Stefano - MarisStella, On Hold: Amati Pegasus
Papa Posted January 17, 2018 Author #58 Posted January 17, 2018 Thanks for the nice comments. I thought this was one of my nicest models and it only took about one year! There certainly is something romantic about paddle wheelers. Ron popeye the sailor and Jim Rogers 2 Quote
popeye the sailor Posted January 17, 2018 #59 Posted January 17, 2018 got to the party a bit late she's a very nice looking river boat Ron! I have the King of the Mississippi waiting in the stash.....can't wait to start it. nice clean build and paint work very well done! 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
Papa Posted January 17, 2018 Author #60 Posted January 17, 2018 5 hours ago, popeye the sailor said: got to the party a bit late she's a very nice looking river boat Ron! I have the King of the Mississippi waiting in the stash.....can't wait to start it. nice clean build and paint work very well done! Thanks Popeye. I see you live in Manchester. I spent some time near there; went to UNH in Durham class of 1965. popeye the sailor 1 Quote
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