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**Michael Mash** · #81 04-17-2016, 05:38 PM

Beautiful.
The interior with the boilers is full of great detail.
Mike

**USS MONITOR** · #82 04-18-2016, 12:53 AM

This condenser is challenging. Lots of tiny pipes! First attempt at something so small and complex. There is more to this, mostly on the far side, where several rods are linked to the engine.

[FRD-- Instead of trying to feed the large discharge pipe through the hole in the framing, and risking mangling everything, I just cut it off, and glued the tail end on the other side of the hole, giving the impression it goes through.]

**FRD** · #83 04-18-2016, 06:13 AM

Yeah Michael, this condenser is a complex little feature, very small, after assembling the condenser, the engine should be a breeze.

**USS MONITOR** · #84 04-18-2016, 10:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FRD

Yeah Michael, this condenser is a complex little feature, very small, after assembling the condenser, the engine should be a breeze.

I was hoping that would be the case!

**Michael Mash** · #85 04-18-2016, 11:22 AM

Just got to love that condenser.

**talls6** · #86 04-18-2016, 02:21 PM

Beautiful work. Suck wonderful detail.

Darren

**FRD** · #87 04-19-2016, 08:33 AM

Segmenting that discharge pipe at the bulkhead is a good idea, I'll save that for Ver. 3.

**USS MONITOR** · #88 04-28-2016, 07:17 PM

Some shots of the other side of the completed condenser. Plus views of it in place, reunited with the severed discharge pipe. [Yeah, I probably should have waited to install it, so I had more room to work on the blowers...]

**FRD** · #89 04-29-2016, 07:32 AM

That Condenser is very small, it would easily fit on a penny.

**USS MONITOR** · #90 05-25-2016, 11:01 AM

[Not much to report lately, due to work schedule.]

Here is the starboard blower housing and flywheel. They get mounted to the coal bunker bulkhead behind the frame stanchions, and will be connected by a leather belt. You can see the belt pulley on the back of the blower, and the drum inside. The blower is complete, except for the square intake that goes over the opening, funneling in air from above the deck. The flywheel still needs the linkage that attaches it to a steam cylinder.