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Clyde Puffer. Scratch Built.
… Scotland. Built between 1856 and 1939, these stumpy little steamboats achieved an almost mythical status thanks largely to the short stories by Neil Munro. Due to the poor road network up the West coast of Scotland these ships were vital i …
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RAF Crash Tender (46”) by Vintage Model Works
… a mm out anywhere could accumulate errors, so I decided to steam and bend the gunwhale stringers and dry fit them as well. This will help prove all the frames correct height port & starboard before I commit to glueing. It looks OK eyeballi …
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12 Volt Conversion Completed!
… I like, I like it alot! The brown smoke, reminds me of live Steam!
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Wheel Boxes
… e of the wheel box as well as the height of the side boxes. steamed 2 thin strips of wood into shape and glues them to the plates. Then glued the 2 preformed wheel box shapes to the plates. Once dry, using the preformed boxes cut out 2 whee …
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funnel mounts and deck hatches
… ch was almost perfect for a mold for the thin wood that was steamed to shape and then held on the heart to fix the curve in place. next to do is to make up the front and back of the wheel boxes and stick the "curved" wood to that
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end of week report LOL
… erior of the funnels drill holes in the front mount for the steam generator funnel and finally mount the funnels to the mounts (so not too much just for those 2 bits)
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Deck Parts
… reate, paint all of those first of course also looking at a steam generator to go into the front Funnel so a hole will be drilled into the mount for that as well
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Ram48 Sound Generator - Cont!
… erator! Take a look at the Video Gallery. For a Test of the Steam Engine Sound Generator! Or take a look here! https://youtu.be/LHcmt44yMvI
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RAM48 Sound Generator!
Captain's Log: Tug Brooklyn is a 1910 Steam Tug. So, Why not have it sound like a Steam Tugboat! I ordered the RAM48 Steam engine sound generator. All I have to do is install it! The RAM48 doesn't go connected to the motor. Like other RAM s …
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Paddle Tug Iona - the hull
… t. The deck stringers need to bend in 2 directions, so some steaming with a carpet steam cleaner attached to some tubes worked and the wood clamped in place to dry. Outboard sponsons (?) were fitted to make a frame for the paddle boxes to f …
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PS Iona - misc fittings
… amaged when you catch it with a stray arm, tool, etc. Brass steam fittings turned on my lathe. The forward hatch was built in case extra ballast was needed, but has had a beneficial side effect. No ballast was needed and the hatch is filled …
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PS Iona - paddles
… ed against feathering paddles having talked to a few paddle steamer builders - it seemed more complicated, used slightly more battery power and in 1:36 scale would make little difference to performance. Having built one now I would probably …
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Paddle Tug Iona- paddle boxes & superstructure
… paddle boxes was remarkably easy, once the 1mm ply had been steamed for bending. I decided to build the boxes first and make sure the paddles fitted inside later, the idea being that all this would come apart for maintenance should it be ne …
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Rubbing fenders, more epoxy & hatch coamings.
… he hull sides. These are made from 6.5mm x 5mm obeche strip steamed and bent to shape and fixed with 30 minute epoxy, unfortunately the strips are not quite long enough to do this in one piece even with the rear rubbing fender in place at t …
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Fitting the rubbing strakes.
… he which needed a gentle curve towards the bow, rather than steam the wood I soaked it in water for a few minutes to soften it and then used a heat gun while bending the strip gently to the required curve. When the wood had cooled and dried …
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Totnes Castle 1894
… s the true depth of hull. increased depth for stability, as steam plants are top heavy, experience again.
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Clyde Puffer
… ful compound engine ready to go. He tested the boiler under steam recently to 80lb and all is well.Will post more pictures as and when. Les Breame
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Brooklyn is almost Completed!
… appreciated! So, will figure out a different way to put. My steam whistle.....
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Guywires in Place!
… in total. But I'm not placing the last 2 until. I place the steam whistle speaker in the Captains cabin! I'm going to use the Captains cabin. As part of the speaker for the steam whistle! It should work out OK, Fingers crossed!
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Thwarts
… te wood? Current state of build attached. She will have two steam pinnaces, probably four cutters and two or three whalers and a dinghy.
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Running Light Switches!
… port/starboard. And one for the forward main deck light and steaming ahead light!
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Postponed Maiden Voyage!
… rrive in the mail! I have one last detail to add which is a steam whistle! But, have to wait on that for now! I think her Maiden Voyage, will be late sept early oct!
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Running Lights arrived!
… ing to put deck lights But, am not! I figure port starboard steaming ahead. and one Lamp is enough! also don't want to run all those wires! Still waiting for some resisters to arrive in the mail. And also waiting for some Slide DPDT switche …
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engine
… by two 3/8" square. The square drilled through the centres (steam passages). Cylinders 5/8 hexagon, turned off centre to leave one flat. Also 1/8" left at each end to take six 10 BM studs for the end caps. The throttle - reverse mounted upr …
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Funnel
… the camera that makes it look pink) small brass tube to the steam whistle and the whistle made out of a bigger dia tube, a ladder added out of the scrap box and the completed funnel ready for fitting
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Gunwhale rubbing strakes
… trakes As these pieces will be under stress they need to be steamed into shape prior to fitting so out with the wallpaper stripper and modified tube (1/4 BSP fitting in the bottom of an old piece of IKEA cloths rail).For the gunwhale strake …
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Motor Mounted!
… he motor and gears make a unique sound. Kind of like what a steam engine. Might have sounded like back then! I like the clanking of the gears! I must say the Dumas motor is a hefty. And well worth the money. Look forward to many years of se …
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Roof Skins
… roof skins are all compound curves so they will need to be steamed and formed before fitting as they will definitely have to hold their shape as there isn’t as much to fasten them to in terms of framework. After final fitting I will glass …