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📝 HMCS Sackville
3 months ago by 🇨🇦 gordc (
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It's been a while since I updated my blog and I've made some progress. Still lots of details to add, depth charge rails and throwers, carley floats, mast and rigging, ammo lockers, etc.
I've replaced the steam plant with a powerful electric motor and I'll sail it in the spring.
I've replaced the steam plant with a powerful electric motor and I'll sail it in the spring.
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📝 Hog Chains on a Sternwheel Riverboat
1 year ago by 🇨🇦 gordc ( Master Seaman)
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I'm thinking of building a sternwheeler but I can't find a detail of the way the hog chains are connected to the frames of the shallow draught wooden hull. Can anybody direct me to a website or other resource? Thanks.
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💬 Re: HMCS Sackville
3 years ago by 🇨🇦 gordc ( Master Seaman)
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Hi Gary, the site glass is a standard 3/16 inch glass tube. I guess it needs cleaning out. Cheers, Gord
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💬 Re: HMCS Sackville
3 years ago by 🇨🇦 gordc ( Master Seaman)
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Hi Martin, I've taken a break and worked on my model railway for the past few months. I'm going to get back to it now I can silver solder outside. I need to make a larger gas tank.
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📝 Steam Engine Exhaust Modification.
3 years ago by 🇨🇦 gordc ( Master Seaman)
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It's a great idea. Does the stack condenser slowly fill up with condensate or is there enough heat from the stack to prevent it?
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📝 HMCS Sackville
3 years ago by 🇨🇦 gordc ( Master Seaman)
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Here are a few photos of the model and the steam plant. The various fittings are coming along slowly.
The dust you can see on the boiler is from a dry chemical fire extinguisher. I decided to fire up the boiler in the back yard and discovered that the gas valve on the burner was difficult to get at. The packing on the valve stem started leaking at some point and propane collected in the forepart of the hull. It went whoosh and ignited a paper towel I'd left under the boiler feed in case it leaked a bit. (It didn't.) Anyway, I dashed for the extinguisher and the boat disappeared in a cloud of yellow powder! That stuff is really makes a mess.
I'm going to cut an access hatch in the deck in front of the wheelhouse to get at the gas valve and I'll have to make sure the the valve stem is tightly packed. I'm also going to add some sort of ventilation fan to prevent the gas from reaching a flammable concentration. I don't want to give the boat a viking funeral when I finally get it in the water.
The dust you can see on the boiler is from a dry chemical fire extinguisher. I decided to fire up the boiler in the back yard and discovered that the gas valve on the burner was difficult to get at. The packing on the valve stem started leaking at some point and propane collected in the forepart of the hull. It went whoosh and ignited a paper towel I'd left under the boiler feed in case it leaked a bit. (It didn't.) Anyway, I dashed for the extinguisher and the boat disappeared in a cloud of yellow powder! That stuff is really makes a mess.
I'm going to cut an access hatch in the deck in front of the wheelhouse to get at the gas valve and I'll have to make sure the the valve stem is tightly packed. I'm also going to add some sort of ventilation fan to prevent the gas from reaching a flammable concentration. I don't want to give the boat a viking funeral when I finally get it in the water.
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💬 Re: HMCS Sackville - WWII Corvette
5 years ago by 🇨🇦 gordc ( Master Seaman)
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It's been about 18 months since my last post. I've finally got the boiler steaming - the burner raised the 1.1 litres of water in the boiler to a pressure of 50 psi in about 20 minutes. I hope to conduct sea trials in the next few weeks. I'll post a video if my efforts are successful.
I got sidetracked last summer building the whaleboat. I bought second-hand copies of Harold Underhill's books on how to build plank-on-frame models and followed his instructions.
I got sidetracked last summer building the whaleboat. I bought second-hand copies of Harold Underhill's books on how to build plank-on-frame models and followed his instructions.
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💬 HMCS Sackville - WWII Corvette
6 years ago by 🇨🇦 gordc ( Master Seaman)
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Hi Dave,
I like your idea of bringing heated feed water in a thermos flask.
As for using a flat burner, there are cross tubes in the flue so it wouldn't fit. When Spring comes I'll experiment with different size jets to get the optimum heat out of the burner.
I like your idea of bringing heated feed water in a thermos flask.
As for using a flat burner, there are cross tubes in the flue so it wouldn't fit. When Spring comes I'll experiment with different size jets to get the optimum heat out of the burner.
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💬 HMCS Sackville - WWII Corvette
6 years ago by 🇨🇦 gordc ( Master Seaman)
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Hi Taffy, thanks for the support. if I can't sort the boiler out this summer, I'll admit defeat and finish the ship as a static model.
Here's hoping.
Here's hoping.
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📝 HMCS Sackville - WWII Corvette
6 years ago by 🇨🇦 gordc ( Master Seaman)
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I haven't made a lot of progress in the past year but the funnel is ready for painting and I'm pleased with how the 4-inch gun has turned out.
Sea trials did not go well last summer. I had no success with the boiler - the burner still gave me trouble. I tried different sized jets but it still took over 30 minutes to get up steam and by then the fuel tank was empty. I'll build a larger tank before next summer.
Sea trials did not go well last summer. I had no success with the boiler - the burner still gave me trouble. I tried different sized jets but it still took over 30 minutes to get up steam and by then the fuel tank was empty. I'll build a larger tank before next summer.
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💬 HMCS Agassiz
7 years ago by 🇨🇦 gordc ( Master Seaman)
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Great model Rod. The details and weathering are excellent.
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💬 HMCS Sackville - WWII Corvette
7 years ago by 🇨🇦 gordc ( Master Seaman)
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The boiler is 10 inches long and 4 inches in diameter. I designed it using the guidelines in one of Martin Evans' model engineering books. The centre flue is roughly 2 inches in diameter. The boiler volume is just over 1 litre to the top of the gauge glass.
I bought the ceramic burner from Maccsteam. After lighting with gas, I switch to a liquid propane/butane mixture which turns to vapour in the evaporating coil on the outside of the flue.
I bought the ceramic burner from Maccsteam. After lighting with gas, I switch to a liquid propane/butane mixture which turns to vapour in the evaporating coil on the outside of the flue.
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📝 HMCS Sackville - WWII Corvette
7 years ago by 🇨🇦 gordc ( Master Seaman)
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About 25 years ago I started building a Stuart Turner double 10 steam engine and soon after, I decided to build a boat to put it in. The photos show how far I've got.
It's a model of a WWII corvette, HMCS Sackville. The original ship has been restored and is on display in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
I've built it to a scale of 5/16" to the foot in order to have a displacement of roughly 40 pounds, which I figured I would need to accommodate the steam plant. it has an overall length is 65" and a 10" beam. The 5/16" scale also means that I have to make all the fittings for the boat from scratch. I'm working on the 4" gun right now.
I had the hull in the water for the first time last September and discovered that the pitch of the propeller needed increasing and that the boiler couldn't make enough steam to keep the engine running at 600 rpm. The boat just sat there going nowhere.
I've increased the propeller pitch and enlarged the burner orifice on the centre-flue boiler to increase the heat input, so I hope to do better this summer.
It's a model of a WWII corvette, HMCS Sackville. The original ship has been restored and is on display in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
I've built it to a scale of 5/16" to the foot in order to have a displacement of roughly 40 pounds, which I figured I would need to accommodate the steam plant. it has an overall length is 65" and a 10" beam. The 5/16" scale also means that I have to make all the fittings for the boat from scratch. I'm working on the 4" gun right now.
I had the hull in the water for the first time last September and discovered that the pitch of the propeller needed increasing and that the boiler couldn't make enough steam to keep the engine running at 600 rpm. The boat just sat there going nowhere.
I've increased the propeller pitch and enlarged the burner orifice on the centre-flue boiler to increase the heat input, so I hope to do better this summer.
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