Mirabell61 Posted January 20 Share #31 Posted January 20 Lovely build Steve, it looks great Nils Canute, Keith Black and mtaylor 3 Quote Current builds -Lightship Elbe 1 Completed - Steamship Ergenstrasse ex Laker Corsicana 1918- scale 1:87 scratchbuild - "Zeesboot" heritage wooden fishing small craft around 1870, POB clinker scratch build scale 1:24 - Pilot Schooner # 5 ELBE ex Wanderbird, scale 1:50 scratchbuild - Mississippi Sterwheelsteamer built as christmapresent for grandson modified kit build - Chebec "Eagle of Algier" 1753--scale 1:48-POB-(scratchbuild) "SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse" four stacker passenger liner of 1897, blue ribbond awarded, 1:144 (scratchbuild) "HMS Pegasus" , 16 gun sloop, Swan-Class 1776-1777 scale 1:64 from Amati plan -"Pamir" 4-mast barque, P-liner, 1:96 (scratchbuild) -"Gorch Fock 2" German Navy cadet training 3-mast barque, 1:95 (scratchbuild) "Heinrich Kayser" heritage Merchant Steamship, 1:96 (scratchbuild) original was my grandfathers ship -"Bohuslän" , heritage ,live Swedish museum passenger steamer (Billings kit), 1:50 "Lorbas", river tug, steam driven for RC, fictive design (scratchbuild), scale appr. 1:32 under restoration / restoration finished "Hjejlen" steam paddlewheeler, 1861, Billings Boats rare old kit, scale 1:50 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steamschooner Posted January 20 Author Share #32 Posted January 20 Thanks Nils, Happy to get some shipyard time in. Your recent build turned out real nice Steve mtaylor, Mirabell61, Canute and 1 other 3 1 Quote Zipper hydroplane(Miss Mabel ) finished John Cudahy Scratch build 1/4" scale Steam Tug 1914 Steam Tug Scratch build from HAMMS plans 1820 Pinky "Eagle" Scratch build from; American Ships Their Plans and History Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAGIC's Craig Posted January 20 Share #33 Posted January 20 (edited) I am delighted to see your update, Steve. Yours is one of the builds that has that special attraction for me. Very nicely detailed. Before we headed out to WESTPAC, we were issued a grey painted Boston Whaler with outboard to stow up on the boat deck. Handy for light duties but when it became necessary to send a crew back to secure a towline to a loose, ammo-loaded barge - as Typhoon Rose bore down on us - the bosun mates were glad to have one of the motor whaleboats to take them out and back as the seas were beginning to get ugly. Craig Edited January 20 by MAGIC's Craig mtaylor, Keith Black, Canute and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steamschooner Posted February 26 Author Share #34 Posted February 26 I thought I would show my method of making some handwheels for my project. I start by making some rings of 28 ga brass wire. OD of ring is the size needed for the handwheel I need. I had some P.E. handwheels from a watertight door set. I than drill a center hole for the wheel shaft. The rings and P.E. hw were tinned on one side. I used a jig to center both parts tinned sides facing each other. They were than soldered together in the jig. Once removed from jig they were trimmed up and cleaned up.Only needed a few of difference sizes. Ah the joys of sratchbuilding Steve Keith Black, Harvey Golden, FriedClams and 6 others 9 Quote Zipper hydroplane(Miss Mabel ) finished John Cudahy Scratch build 1/4" scale Steam Tug 1914 Steam Tug Scratch build from HAMMS plans 1820 Pinky "Eagle" Scratch build from; American Ships Their Plans and History Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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