King of the Mississippi by Adrieke - FINISHED - Artesania Latina - Scale 1:80 - with LED lighting

[john46]

Thanks Adrieke, the windows are looking good.

 

John

Edited April 1, 2013 by john46

[Adrieke]

thanks David and John

 

David i was inspired by the lights on carlosys king of the mississippi . he has his buildlog on here too

[Adrieke]

for the doors i have tried a few times to bend the 1x4 sapelly to get the curved top but its to sharp an angle and too small a piece

 

i ll give it a go again with the electric plank bender (soldering iron) but i am not sure if i stil lhave enough of the wood left

 

i tried with a solid door (2 strips of veneer glued to the metal door part) it needs a doorknob to finish it off

 

doesnt look too bad

 

[john46]

Adrieke, doesnot look bad at all. Of Course you are designing now your own "Adrieking of the Mississippi". Maybe it is an idea to glue two or three thin horizontal strokes of dark wood spreaded vertically on the doors, than they are not looking that massive.

 

John

[Adrieke]

thanks John

 

it definately needs something to make it look better but i also have been workign (in my mind) on a different door more like the ones supplied

 

i ll try that out tomorrow

 

stil going to have a few more evenings of finishing off the windows.

[wim500]

Adrieke,

I have to admit the 4 pane windows are looking good .

Sapelli isn't easy to bend because of its structure, I like Johns' idea.

[Sjors]

Hoi Adrieke,

 

I'm with Wim.

The 4 pane looks great!

A little bit more work but then you have something 

I still looking over your shoulder.

 

[Adrieke]

thanks Sjors and Wim

 

not much time today for building but i finished another 4 windows almost half way

[Sjors]

Hi Adrieke,

 

You have more time then I have…..

Only working and not building 

I'll wait for your progress.

 

[Adrieke]

i try to make time as even 20 minutes building or just going over the next thing to do, makes me relax and i can cope with another day of work

[DCIronfist]

I will have to see if I can find this zen approach lol

[Adrieke]

hope you do

 

you know even when things dont go well with my build i am still in control of it, something i cant say about the rest of my life

 i just put the problem aside work on something else and then you usualy find a solution (sometimes with the help of MSW)

[wthilgen]

Build a door jam for the door much like you did for the window. The door fits in the  jam, no curve needed.

[Adrieke]

HI Bill

 

i like to keep the curve at the top. i got an idea in my head that i ll try out over the weekend

 

i have done a few more windows and dit a bit more planking

 

all holes are now almost to the correct size so only a bit of sanding should make the windows fit

 

i did the same for the windows on one of the curved walls.

 

 

 

[Tophog]

Very beautiful build.

[Shazmira]

Adrieke, Wow, she is looking very nice! I love these old paddle wheels, and am seriously thinking of heading in that direction for the next build, and leave the rigging behind for a bit. I love the idea of lighting, it adds a great amount of ambiance to the model.

[Tophog]

Very nice build. looking forward to seeing more. I am planning a trip this summer on the 'Delta Queen' for a little trip up the Mississippi River.

[Adrieke]

thanks for the nice comments geoffrey and robbyn

 

i choose this one because after my first small build i wanted to have a bit more wood working experience before starting on a bigger fully rigged ship

 

adding the lights was a bit of challenge after seeing carlosys model but its actualy not too difficult

[Adrieke]

after 2 days of counting and drooling over the Gorch Fock i am now back to window making

 

hope to have them finished this weekend

[Adrieke]

well i didnt finish the windows but i feel like i did do a lot

 

first the painting of the windows shutters is almost done

 

i have also started installing all the windows on one side and also 1 at the front

 

finaly i tried out the windowshutters on one window to see how it looks

 

i suspect i ll be working on the planking and windows of the 2nd deck stateroom the rest of the week

[wim500]

Adrieke, it's a lot of work on the windows and shutters, but they are really looking good.

[john46]

Nice painting Adrieke, the windows are looking good as well.

 

Regards,

John

[Sjors]

Very nice Adrieke,

 

You did a good job at the windows.

 

[DCIronfist]

Windows are looking great

[Adrieke]

thanks for the comments Wim,John,Sjors and Dcironfist

 

although i have run into a bit of a problem

 

if you look closely on the picture wiht the shutters you will notice that there is not enough room to put the shutter next to it

 

first i couldnt think why then it dawned on me that the orginal metal windows where smaller then the holes. about 0.6mm on all sides

that translates into 1.2 mmm. i made the windows to just fit the holes leaving only about 9 mm between windows with the shutters each being just over 5.1 mm.

 

the only option i got is to grind of about  0.6 mm of each shutter

[john46]

Adrieke, sorry about that. How does it look if you overlap the window frame a bit with the shutter ? Grinding off 0.6 mm of each shutter will affect the appearence of the tapered side of the shutters for which reason two shutters can look as one (and there are a lot of shutters to grind off. . .  ).

 

Regards,

John

[Adrieke]

i have tought about that but i would need to cut into the frames because i have installed them sticking out about 1 mm.

 

my idea is to grind of the taperd side where it sits against the window.

[john46]

Agree, that appears to be the best solution without affecting the "look" of the shutters.

 

John

[wim500]

Sorry to hear this Adrieke, and it's indeed the best option to grind the shutters a little bit.

To keep both sides of the shutters equal it's maybe better to grind both sides, it is an option.

[DCIronfist]

Oh my that must be a bummer . you did all that work to get the shudders done just to find they don't fit. I know you will recover from this.

 

David