Cangarda 1901 by KeithAug - Scale 1:24 - Steam Yacht

[Rick310]

Unbelievable Keith! Thought I was looking at actual pictures of the owner’s cabin!
Rick

[ERS Rich]

Inspirational!

[Javelin]

Incredible! As Wefalck said, difficult to distinguish between the original and the model... And to think that most of it will not even be visible!

[gak1965]

Unbelievable! That is absolutely astonishing work!

[KeithAug]

Steve, Francios, John, Craig, Rick, ERS, Roel and Gak - thank you for your supportive comments and also thanks to everyone for the likes.

 

I am trying to get ahead before Christmas impinges on workshop time. This year will be the first Christmas without our daughter at home - not bad going seeing as she is now unbelievably 41. She pointed out recently that it was about time that I stopped holding her hand when she was crossing the road, I felt a bit stupid because I never noticed that I hadn't stopped doing it. We are not at home for Christmas - the grandchildren are now 6 and 2 and their parents have decided it is time to break with their practice of alternating Christmas's between grandparents, they are staying at home. It is our turn for Christmas day with them and we are on child care duties as of the 21st Dec. 

 

Anyway - recent progress:-

 

I need to finish off a few bits of internal detail in the owners cabin. The portholes were the major outstanding parts.

 

The bolted flange of the porthole is the most obvious feature. It is painted white to match the internal finish of the room. I made all the flanges that I needed in one go - 20 in all. I made the flanges from 1/32" plasti-card cut from sheet.

I then drilled each piece to form the bores of the flanges. These were all mounted on turned spigot of dowel with double sided tape holding them together. A hollow section of dowel was then used to compress and retain the pieces, the compression being provided via the tailstock.

The flanges were then cut to size on the lathe.

The assembly was then taken off the lathe and the flange holes were drilled on the mill using a rotary table.

The finished flanges were then separated using white spirit.

I then fitted the rivets (brass pin heads) to one flange and made a simulated hinge from a pin and bits of brass tube.

Simplified lugs for the closures were made from plasti-card followed by assembly.

Having made one I proceeded with another 9. The other 10 will be left for later.

At this stage I also made the bedside wall mounted light - among the portholes in the next photo.

The portholes are actually mounted in recesses in the walls but this was a a detail that I thought I could do without.

I haven't made the chairs yet - something to worry about later. 

 

I am planning to move on to the aft guest cabin. Like the owners cabin it has a glazed deck hatch above it. It is a much tighter space and given its position closer to the stern is quite a complex shape. It could prove to be an interesting test.

 

Hopefully one more update before Christmas.

 

 

 

 

[Keith Black]

 I'm amazed as always. 

[Rick310]

You constantly amaze Keith!!!

Rick

[BANYAN]

Wow Keith , despite becoming accustomed to your excellent engineering/metal-smithing skills and results, you continue to amaze.  What a great result with those portholes, and that cabin (close-up photos) is so life-like.  That is something very difficult to achieve so I 'doff' my hat in salute mate.

 

cheers

 

Pat

[mcb]

Outstanding

mcb

[Rick310]

Keith, how did you drill the holes in the flanges for the portholes?  Did you stack them like you did to drill the holes for the rivets?

Rick

[Jim Lad]

That's all looking quite reasonable, Keith! 😄

 

John

[KeithAug]

On 12/8/2025 at 6:27 PM, Rick310 said:

Keith, how did you drill the holes in the flanges for the portholes?

Rick - Drilled individually using the mill as a drill press with an 8mm brad point wood drill.

 

Thank you for your comments Keith, Rick, Pat, mcm, and thanks to all my other visitors.

 

Edited December 9 by KeithAug

[KeithAug]

Moving onwards I have started the aft most guest cabin. Constrained to fit into the narrowing hull, over the prop shaft and near the screw this cabin was presumably reserved for the mother-in-law. The plans for this room are markedly different to the available photo's. 

On the plan this cabin has a "sort of" double berth - constrained to narrow markedly at the foot end. On the starboard wall is a large seat. A large locker is shown on the port side aft with a door opening towards the centreline. 

 

Only the double birth remained as per the plan.

 

In the next photo - looking forward the double berth is on the port side but on the starboard side is a single berth. A narrow locker partially segregates the two berths.

The next photo is looking aft. The port locker door is no longer on the longitudinal wall. Both photographs show quite a lot of draws and one quite ornate ventilation grille together with one much smaller one at high level - supply and extract no doubt.

My late decision about the modelling of internal detail prompted some corrective works to the hull. The forward wall of the cabin sits at frame 63 but I had cut the middle out of this frame. The replacement middle can be seen lying in the hull ready for installation.

Now installed:-

The wall behind the starboard single bunk seems to be at frame 64 and MDF blocs were installed to create this wall and the centre line locker.

Some of you with long memories will recall that I omitted all the even numbered frames because I dint feel I needed them to get an accurate hull form. The aft wall of this cabin sits at frame 70 so once again lack of planning prompted some rework. A new frame was cut and glued in place.

The complex hull curvature is causing me a lot of head scratching as I struggle to work out how to model the various features as well as how it all fits together. I am starting to install various horizontal shelfs to pick up the positions of draws, bed bases etc. I have also blocked out the aft port side locker.

Not a very exciting update I'm afraid but progress is progress no matter how small.

 

 

 

 

[Keith Black]

 Keith, watching you make the cabins and furnishings reminds me of Bean's dollhouse you made last Christmas. Does she still enjoy her dollhouse? 

[Jim Lad]

Keith, that cabin looks as though it would be very comfortable - until they turned the engine over!

 

John

[KeithAug]

55 minutes ago, Keith Black said:

Does she still enjoy her dollhouse? 

Keith - Bean said only last week - Quote - "it is my best present because when I opened it it was full of presents" ------- we had wrapped the accessories. Yes she plays with it and Benji does as well - he is in charge of disorganisation. His passion however is choo choos. He is now 2yrs 3months and quite a character.

 

17 minutes ago, Jim Lad said:

until they turned the engine over!

John - fortunately being a reciprocating steam engine I guess it is very quiet. The prop shaft wizzing round 12" below the floor however might be a different story. 

 

[Wintergreen]

21 minutes ago, KeithAug said:

The prop shaft wizzing round 12" below the floor however might be a different story. 

I guess then, that you have to make certain that the shaft and prop are well balanced?

I have browsed through your progress of late, and for every new installment my mind went "no way? come on, seriously man?" like. for every. new. update. Impressive, so impressive.

 

Keep it up!

[Keith Black]

32 minutes ago, KeithAug said:

Bean said only last week - Quote - "it is my best present because when I opened it it was full of presents" ------- we had wrapped the accessories. Yes she plays with it and Benji does as well - he is in charge of disorganisation. His passion however is choo choos. He is now 2yrs 3months and quite a character.

 That's so cool. Is there a train layout in your future? 

[KeithAug]

6 minutes ago, Keith Black said:

Is there a train layout in your future? 

There is an old one in the loft above the garage. However I have been steadily buying LEGO electric train track off eBay. He is coming over for a few days between Christmas and New Year and it will all be set out ready for his arrival. 🙂

[Keith Black]

16 minutes ago, KeithAug said:

There is an old one in the loft above the garage. However I have been steadily buying LEGO electric train track off eBay. He is coming over for a few days between Christmas and New Year and it will all be set out ready for his arrival.

 As sobering as life can be there are times that make it all worthwhile. Enjoy the Holidays, Grampa.  

[michael mott]

Hello Keith, I have just spent some time catching up on your work, exquisite is the word that comes to mind. Also realized how much I have been missing during my absence. 

 

Michael 

[MAGIC's Craig]

Welcome back, Michael!  'Tis a delight to once again see you posting.

 

[Dr PR]

Are you going to let Benji play with the trains, Grampa?

 

I had some old Lionel trains from when I was a kid - recovered from my folk's storage shed. We put them up around the Christmas tree and the grandkids ran the wheels off of them.

[KeithAug]

8 hours ago, michael mott said:

missing during my absence. 

Michael - You are back - i was only wondering what had happened to you a couple of days ago. Very pleased to see you are still functional.🙂

[KeithAug]

3 hours ago, Dr PR said:

Are you going to let Benji play with the trains, Grampa?

 

Phil - I fear his big sister and mother are into train disasters. How fast can it go round corners with the mini figures on the roof being a favourite game. Benji is by far the least of my worries.

 

12 hours ago, Keith Black said:

Enjoy the Holidays,

Thank you Keith and the same to you and yours.