Cap San Diego by mikegr - 1/160

[mikegr]

3d printing parts doesn't mean that are ready always there is work to be done in many cases

Model boats were from an old era with planking effects on sides. So I had to sand them down to give the desirable plastic look. Ropes added as well as bilge keels 

 

[mikegr]

 

Lot of work small progress.

Bridge part fell off, many pieces broken especially those made from older resin with 0 elasticity.

All repaired, added communication antennas and radar masts. All cranes in place except those at the funnels. These are fragile need to tighten down with rigging.

 

Edited August 28 by mikegr

[KeithAug]

Looking very smart. Welcome back.

[Jim Lad]

Good to see her still progressing.

 

John

[Dr PR]

What resin are you using now. Is it flexible when hardened?

[mikegr]

13 hours ago, Dr PR said:

What resin are you using now. Is it flexible when hardened?

I am using ABS like Anycubic. Its far more forgiving than the standard. Water washable only. 

Sometimes I add 20-25% of this

https://www.resione.com/?srsltid=AfmBOor4fbt1yKBu436_fjSO-zH-xqWDL-jqFQZXMiapGbvLijodaTKF

 

This is even more elastic any gives  smooth plastic feel texture. Its also very quick maybe 1-1.5 sec per layer.

However if you want to print long and thin items like masts, gun barrels most probably these will bend after curing so its not always the best option

[Dr PR]

Thanks.

[mikegr]

Small update on the rear side of the accommodation deck. Ladder added, fireplaces and some wooden doors

[mikegr]

I forgot to make a whole mast. Its thicker that the others and has has a big pulley. 

Lower tip and pulley were made with 3d parts. The base and the main part were made of plastic and wood respectively.I even managed to make it movable up and down. Not that its important, I just wanted to do it.

After assembling the parts it was time to put it in place. I decided to try my luck in rigging. What a painful experience it was. Trying to give the right tension was quite difficult. A big respect to those who deal with rigging at wooden sail ships. Maybe this 1/160 scale make things more tricky, 

Note the wire crossing the deck and over the crane. This is what I call, faulse rigging. This does not exist on plans. Its purpose its to give the right tension to wires from pulley to the main mast. If brass had been used instead of wood, the increased weight may have done this job. A lesson for the future. However its not that unreal as many other cranes are tighten in this way according to my reference pictures. But enough rigging for now.

Last progress was in bow section, only anchor and chain is to be added.

[KeithAug]

On 11/13/2024 at 5:05 PM, mikegr said:

This is what I call, faulse rigging. This does not exist on plans.

I can't imagine that the crane hook was left to dangle when underway. Another option would be to secure the hook to the deck and then tension the cables.

 

Everything looks very good.

[Javelin]

That is indeed how it's done Keith. Either connected to a pad-eye on deck or part of the hatch structure, you'd have a sling (often steel wire) connecting the hook to deck and then tensioned to avoid the hook swinging around. 

Fixing the boom itself was sometimes done the way it is done on the model, so it doesn't look off to me. 

[Jim Lad]

When under weigh, the derricks would have been stoed. The heavy lift derrick would be stowed vertically against the mast.

 

John

[mikegr]

it seems that when its not in use its kept vertically as seen on this photo, with a cover for the top end

 

it seems also that other crane mast are securedwith ropes to the bulwarks

In the future i will follow the model instructions for rigging as real one is highly complicated.

I was about to visit myself Hamburg In November and takes pictures but because of my mother's health issues my travel postponed to next April, too late by then.

[Jim Lad]

The rigging of the derricks is really quite straightforward when you can see it as a diagram. The drawing below illustrates how they work.

 

By the way, when at sea the ordinary derricks would also be stowed - as can be seen of the derricks on the left of your first image above.

 

John

 

[mikegr]

The bow section is almost complete.

At the rear I begin to add rails. As this is a cargo ship there are rails only on accommodation area and on crane platforms.

There is a lot ofmini paintjob repair to do when done adding parts.