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๐ฌ Re: Plankety Plank
29 days ago by ๐ฌ๐ง neilw (
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Hi Doug
It will be painted as the skin thickness is only 1.5mm so does need reinforcing with epoxy and glass, trying to keep the hull light but strong. There will be some nice varnished timber on display and deck will be done the same as my BYMS with 3mm x 1mm mahogany planks with 0.25mm black styrene as caulking, all varnished. The varnished deck is a step away from authenticity but breaks up a sea of grey. Have enough proper varnish to keep me busy with the larger boat in the workshop that still needs a last few coats of varnish when it gets a bit warmer. ▲
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Remove Ads ๐ฌ Re: Plankety Plank
29 days ago by ๐ฉ๐ช RNinMunich (
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Hi Neil,
I suspected it might be mahog๐Really nice work๐ Ya know, that would look really really great flattened off and varnished๐ How about turning her into a 4 masted schooner? The hull has the sleek lines for that. she could look sooo majestic on the wet stuff๐ฎ Would be a great shame to cover ever scarcer mahog with black or grey paint.๐ญ I would seal it with Deluxe Materials Ezekote resin, diluted with 20% water. Then two coats of Ezekote neat. Flatten with 180 wet & dry. Then work down to 1500 -2000/3000 W&D and then spray varnish. Flatten with 3000 W/D and polish. You'll end up with a hard shell finish with the look and feel of glass๐ And all the grandeur of the wood grain will be on show. (For the coup de grace; I polish with auto surface finishing paste.) Cheers, Doug๐ ▲
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๐ฌ Re: Plankety Plank
29 days ago by ๐ฎ๐น AlessandroSPQR (
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Hi Neilw, I was also wondering what type of wood it was. I had thought about mahogany but was doubtful because the one we use has a reddish shade. I was also a little surprised by the coarse grain of the wood.
I understand from what you say that it was hard work but it turned out well. Don't you intend to do the second planking? ▲
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๐ฌ Re: Plankety Plank
29 days ago by ๐ฌ๐ง neilw (
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Hi Doug
The timber is mainly 5mm x 1.5mm mahogany with a mix of 2mm x 1.5mm and 3mm x 1.5.mm on the turn of the bilge. As it is only available in 1000mm lengths I had to scarf joint many planks as the hull is 1.2m. Glad this part is finished. ▲
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๐ฌ Re: Plankety Plank
29 days ago by ๐ฉ๐ช RNinMunich (
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What a planker!๐๐
(Maybe you're too young Neil to remember the old TV series 'Only Fools and Horses'.) Looks like it would be a shame to paint over that wood. What wood type is it? Cheers, Doug๐ ▲
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๐ฌ Re: Plankety Plank
29 days ago by ๐บ๐ธ jumpugly (
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Looks great Neil!
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๐ฌ Re: HMS Medway Queen
1 month ago by ๐ฉ๐ช RNinMunich (
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Jump,
My German mates have an expression for that. 'Es gibt nichts was es nicht gibt'. Basically meaning 'There is nothing that is not.' Sort of covering all bases๐ Cheers, Tschรผss, Caio, Salut shipmates wherever you hang out. Doug๐ ▲
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Remove Ads ๐ฌ Re: HMS Medway Queen
1 month ago by ๐ฌ๐ง neilw (
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USS Wolverine looks great, though at 1:48 might be a bit too big at over 10โ.
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๐ฌ Re: HMS Medway Queen
1 month ago by ๐บ๐ธ jumpugly (
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Will wonders never cease!!!!!
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๐ฌ Re: HMS Medway Queen
1 month ago by ๐ฉ๐ช RNinMunich (
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A Paddler Carrier! Whooda thought it๐ฎ
Original built 1912 as a luxury Cruise Paddler 'Seaandbee', converted to a Training (Freshwater) Carrier, operating on Lake Michigan in 1942. Second USN ship to carry the name 'Wolverine'. Nickname for the state of Michigan apparently. You learn something new every day๐ (Fรผr Wolle und Michel; Man learnt nie aus!) Cheers All, happy paddling. Doug๐ ▲
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๐ฌ Re: HMS Medway Queen
1 month ago by ๐ฌ๐ง roycv (
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I suppose the ultimate paddle steamer has to be the USS Wolverine! Check it out for a surprise!
Roy ▲
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๐ฌ Re: HMS Medway Queen
1 month ago by ๐ฌ๐ง neilw (
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All the paddle wheel components are 3D printed using Carbon Fibre PLA, the float shafts are 2mm stainless threaded bar, everything else is fixed with M1.7 screws.
It took a couple of goes to get the right diameter holes printed to get floats to rotate without friction. The paddle wheels are based on Graupner ones, I scaled it to 1:48, increased the float width to be correct for the Medway Queen then increased the thickness and the width of the eccentric rods to be as large as possible without jamming the rotation. They have been tested in my test tank and run at higher speeds than they will encounter when in use on the boat. If they fail I have a backup plan of printing a set of non-feathering paddle wheels. ▲
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๐ฌ Re: HMS Medway Queen
1 month ago by ๐จ๐ฆ RPLedm (
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Very nice paddles.
What method did you use to make the great circle rims? What materials did you use? How long did it take you? ▲
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๐ฌ Re: HMS Medway Queen
1 month ago by ๐ฎ๐น AlessandroSPQR (
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Hi Neilw, another ship model with paddle wheels is added, fantastic. Great start.
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๐ฌ Re: HMS Medway Queen
1 month ago by ๐บ๐ธ jumpugly (
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Whoa! That's a serious build! Keep us looped in Neil!
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๐ฌ Re: HMS Medway Queen
1 month ago by ๐จ๐ญ Mike Stoney (
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I wish you every success with your project! Really crazy great ship model!
I will follow you! Best regards Michel-C. Ps: Please enter the mass of your project ▲
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๐ฌ Re: HMS Medway Queen
1 month ago by ๐ฌ๐ง roycv (
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Hi looks good and an interesting project.
As far as construction goes can you note when you remove the planked hull from the baseboard whether it sort of springs off? I have twice had hulls done in this way slightly hog when they are removed from the board, perhaps only by an 1/8th of an inch over the entire length but the planking does bring with it a lot of tension. Regards Roy ▲
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