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04-24-2018, 07:44 PM
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Hull work is looking good Jim. Interesting speculation about the propeller size.
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04-27-2018, 02:37 AM
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Hi Jim,
Very interesting project you have here, beautiful ship. Question though, do you have your photographs of the real ship (thread # 5 and 6) also in Hi-Res like the ones from Kentyler ?? I always like to see all the details in photographs as much as possible !! John.
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04-29-2018, 03:28 PM
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Thanks Elliot and John.
Regarding pics I always rescale to 640:480 before uploading. Otherwise they take too long to display. No more progress on the model as I was attending the Northeast conference. 66 models entered. Great time. cheers Jim
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05-01-2018, 07:42 PM
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OK back to work.
Finishing the area around the stbd stern. The rudder support/prop enclosure was a mess. It was an extension of the plywood spine, cracked and the prop opening ugly. SO I cut it off and built a new on out of 1 mm card and card stock and added the prop attachment. The rest is the "steel" plating around the stern. It will need some cleanup because of excess glue. cheers Jim
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05-02-2018, 01:35 AM
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Nice save there Jim. Looking good.
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#66
05-04-2018, 08:06 PM
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Some progress, cleanup around the rudder/prop area.
The stdb side is completely plated with "steel" sheets. Some sanding will be required before painting. Next the port side. cheers Jim
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05-08-2018, 10:04 PM
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Hull plating seems to be going well Jim. No surprises in it?
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05-14-2018, 02:58 PM
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Thanks Elliott. The worst problem is that the paper gets pushed in between the ribs
do to handling, particularly when the glue isn't set. Creates an ugly dent. I thing I will experiment with putting on a solid piece instead of the under strips. Of course this whole build is an experiment. The prop on the drawings is a 2 blade but I couldn't find one to buy so a 3 blade it is. My excuse is that ships evolve and the 1880 power plant was probably trashed later. Possibly they indexed the 2 blade prop vertical and locked it when sailing to reduce drag. The wood prop support may not be strong enough for the metal prop. May have to change it.cheers Jim
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05-18-2018, 07:00 PM
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Well this is the result of the experiment. It sort of worked as expected in that the
curvature of the solid piece makes it stiffer. Unfortunately as the bow is approached it has to be a 3 dimensional curve, thus the slit. It would work better if used on the 6 central ribs, which are identical. Anyway it is one rib too short and doesn't fit at the keel so it has to come out. That's for next time. cheers Jim
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