Elbe 5 1883 by Mirabell61 - FINISHED - scale 1:50 - pilot schooner as she appeared c. 1890

[Mirabell61]

Update

 

yes, the oars were still missing. I made two sets today from 4mm dia bamboo spars, ref. to encl. steps of manufacturing

 

Nils

 

 

 

 

oars from 4mm bamboo spars

[KeithAug]

Lovely deck view Nils, lots of eye catching detail.

[Mirabell61]

12 hours ago, KeithAug said:

Lovely deck view Nils, lots of eye catching detail.

 

12 hours ago, KeithAug said:

Lovely deck view Nils, lots of eye catching detail.

Hello Keith,

Thanks for you words. I`m quite through with the basic ship and am looking at the manufacturing of the sails set.

The foremast gaff sail is to  bear the lettering ( "5  ELBE) on both sides in larger black letters. I would start with this one. For doing so I need a working ink jet printer and a way to mirror the lettering (with Words program functions.

Momentary my printer does not take any paper by the infeed shaft neigther for normal paper and especially not for transfer foil I`m intending to use, and I`m looking for a way to solve that. I need to find a solution on that. I hate to invest on a new printer. At least by now I practiced to mirror with the Words function.....

 

Nils

 

[Mirabell61]

Update

 

beginning with the sails, thin cotton cloth preparation. With the first misfortuned contemt to print on the inc-jet transferpaper (Number on the sail), I probably wrecked my HP-printer. I does`nt take any sort of paper anymore from the paper infeed shaft. I shall now consult a professional shop for printing on cotton-fibres. Shall get the results not before wednesday this week.

Meantime made the compass colum, hinges for the skylight covers, bulleyes for the companionways sides (light to the stairways ), and a grating for the helmsman ....

 

Nils

misfortuned attempt with the number and mirrored lettering in the sail and the Hamburg-flag

 

using my last piece of cotton cloth

 

Am planing to rig 6 sails to the schooner

 

hinges for the skylight covers and compass colum, also grating for the helmsman

 

bulleyes for the companionway sides

[Jim Lad]

Just catching up after being away birding for a bit, Nils.  She's looking great.

 

Sorry to hear about your printer misfortune!

 

John

[Mirabell61]

Many thanks John,

yes, I beleave the transfer paper was too thick for the paper infeed of my HP printer (allthough it was to be working with an regular inc-jet printer).

I now changed the brand and ordered a CANON Pixma TS 3451 multifunction inc-jet, hoping to have less trouble with it...

 

Nils

[Mirabell61]

Update

 

I`m just coming from the Hamburg based Copy Shop where I had placed the order to print the number and lettering to the sail cloth two days ago, and am delighted with the result, its better than I have expected, the young lady that took up the order has done an excellent and well understood job. The lettering is exactly in the same sail location-area on both sides of the cloth and good visable from furtheraway, so the pilot schooner can be well identified.

I just hope that I will manage to sew the sails with duckllines and boltropes all around accordingly, without messing it all up

 

Nils

 

 

[Ian B]

very nice touch Nils-----  I'd would be very pleased with that too

[bruce d]

Well done!

[Mirabell61]

Thank you very much Ian and Bruce for your nice comments

 

Nils

[KeithAug]

On 7/5/2022 at 8:47 AM, Mirabell61 said:

ordered a CANON Pixma TS 3451

Nils -  I bought a Canon TS8050 several years ago and found it to be quite temperamental, possibly due to my incompetence. I hope you have more success. Good start on the sails - as you say the printing looks excellent.

[Jim Lad]

Your copy shop has done you proud, Nils.

 

John

[Mirabell61]

Many thanks Keith and John,

now I have to groove myself in again with my wife`s old electric sewing machine

 

Nils

[Blue Ensign]

I always love the look of your models Nils, and Elbe is no exception.

 

Beautifully drawn sails, and a great idea for the  printing.

 

B.E.

[bruce d]

11 hours ago, KeithAug said:

Nils -  I bought a Canon TS8050 several years ago and found it to be quite temperamental, possibly due to my incompetence. I hope you have more success. 

So it is not just me. It took some time before getting used to my Prixma but eventually I became comfortable. I found when doing artwork always adjust the print settings to the highest quality output, the Prixma does a good job on that setting. 

The sails look great!

[Mirabell61]

Bruce,

the sail lettering was not done with my new Prixma, but upon order in a copy shop. I do`nt know what type of printing method they are using. I`m anxious to use my own new printer for transfer foil application

 

Nils

[Mirabell61]

On 7/8/2022 at 10:05 AM, Blue Ensign said:

I always love the look of your models Nils, and Elbe is no exception.

 

Beautifully drawn sails, and a great idea for the  printing.

 

B.E.

Thank you very much B.E.

yes, once an interesting new project is identified i do some research to find out and learn more about it. The world wide web is an great achievement for doing so. I like to build boats I did`nt do before and it certainly  must turn out as something spooking around in my mind continuously before I get started, also considering possible scale and how I would preferaly display the ship / boat and its features when its finished. Last not least I gain many thoughts how to tackle  the one or or other modeling sequences as far as my capability allows. there is for instance my to date incomplete "Zeesboot" which still requires decks planking the rigging and the sails. Seeing the new fantastic Zeesboot project of Javier Baron in "scale 1:100 ! " today,  encourages me very much to go on with it, once the Elbe is completed.

 

Nils

[Mirabell61]

update

 

today I started with sewing the sails, in This case the foresail is the first one out of six sails. The reef strops still need to be shortend and locked with molten ends, and I must gain some more experience with the machine-sewing on of the bolt rope. The duck inter-connecting-seams remain as pencil-lines. in scale 1:50 the ducks are 10mm broad, which is an actual width of 20 inch

 

Nils

 

 

 

 

This is the scetch of the sails  (not scaled)

 

these are the two sewing foot tools I am using

 

the polyester bolt rope is 1 mm

 

[KeithAug]

Neat job on the bolt rope Nils. Did you buy the rope?

[Jim Lad]

A very professional looking job on the sail, Nils.

 

John

[Mirabell61]

Many thanks Keith and John,

 

Keith, I found a german web-shop that sells international for all zises of model rigging rope ( in cotton and in Polyester Quality). Language German / Englisch
https://www.rigging-ropes.com/

 

John, I just spoilt the large main sail by having the pattern cut/transfered too short, what a shame!. Should have measred twice at least.  I stopt the sewing immediately when recognized. Now my cotton cloth is all used up, will have to find some place to get new cloth in the same quality. The last cloth was from IKEA, but that was years ago

 

Regards, Nils

 

[KeithAug]

9 hours ago, Mirabell61 said:

Keith, I found a german web-shop that sells international for all zises of model rigging rope

Nils - thank you - very useful. Pity about the cloth, i always find it difficult to get the right stuff.

[Mirabell61]

19 hours ago, KeithAug said:

Nils - thank you - very useful. Pity about the cloth, i always find it difficult to get the right stuff.

Keith,

with help of my wife`s memory I made out a cotton cloth shop, that provided exactly what I needed, allthough it looks a bit cleaner white color, but in actual the mainsail could have been replaced with a new one as well...

 

Nils

[Mirabell61]

update

as I´m always on the search for nice scaled figurines I came across this one, its the "foul weather sailor 001" in scale 1:48 from Shapeways. He will be my outlook crew member for the Elbe schooner.

I find it very cute and would like to share the find here at MSW.....The painting is done by myself

 

Nils

 

 

[wefalck]

Not bad, but I think at that time the oil-skins and the south-wester would have been a dark grey or something like this.

[Mirabell61]

I think you may be right Eberhard, but I like a color spot on deck. The sailor probably wears one of the first new fashion oilskins 

 

Nils

[Mirabell61]

Update

 

hi fellow builders, I was in hospital with a surgery which is to a great deal overcome now, so no updates in that time.

The No. 5 Elbe model is on the finishing line, but I still have to fit the ratlines and a few minor adjustments. Also my PC was broken down and I had the lokal PC doktor to fix it. This evening luckily its running again, so here some pics of the progress.....

 

Nils

she is approaching an incoming steamer, so the starboard boat is maned with crew and pilot, the bow turned into the wind and the sheets loosend, ready for lowering away the boat leewards

 

meanwhile the shoners crew is busy on deck

 

the pilot and 2 crew members in the boat

 

this is my dummy arrangement for practicing the clove hitch for the ratlines

 

aft station with outlook and helmsman

 

 

 

sailor checking and belaying the jib sheet

 

 

 

 

Edited August 25, 2022 by Mirabell61

[carlo_l]

Hi Nils, very nice and clean work on this model! Love the sails 😃
Carlo

[Paul Le Wol]

Hi Nils, all of the action onboard makes your #5 Elbe even more beautiful. Glad you are feeling better.

[bruce d]

Hello Nils, it is looking good. 

Glad to hear you are recovering.

 

Bruce