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Post by swanrail on Apr 10, 2008 16:59:23 GMT 1
Now that I have finished most of my decking, I have been doing a catch up. All brass parts completed upto issue 59 and mostly painted. Gun turret Caesar brass clad and installed, waiting for guns to complete. Prop shafts greased, installed and brass props fitted. Rudder posts greased. As I have already completed the decks in issue 60, I shall now install my electrics for the motors, as the hull is mainly complete, only needing the extras, such as booms, anchors, deck fittings, etc. Now the weather has improved, most of my day is taken up with garden/house chores, so the build will have to slow down. As it seems to be mostly brass parts with little demands, this should be no problem over the summer months.
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Post by markus on Apr 10, 2008 18:46:39 GMT 1
your planked deck looks fine ! still envious on your M2-threaded brass props, wonder who delivered them.. markus
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Post by rem2007 on Apr 10, 2008 20:20:17 GMT 1
looks great Don, oh the joy of pushing a lawnmower round the garden and picking up landmines. well I guess it beats shovelling snow!
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Post by eric on Apr 10, 2008 23:29:03 GMT 1
Lovely job Don, superb.
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Post by swanrail on Apr 10, 2008 23:46:58 GMT 1
No idea Markus, but they arrived in a package from Germany.................................................. ;D
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Post by Mark on Apr 11, 2008 3:52:14 GMT 1
It's looking very good indeed Don.
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Post by matt on Apr 11, 2008 10:02:04 GMT 1
Looks good Don. I can see you have been very busy and it shows. Makes me want to get a spurt on. I think I had a strike in my dockyard for the last month. No work carried out. I will have to get the whip out.
Matt
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Post by Smackmback on Apr 11, 2008 12:57:50 GMT 1
Swanny, I have to admit that there were times back there when you were working on the foredecking, I would look at the photos and say ...ooooooo kkkkkkkk. BUT now that you have finished the decking to this stage, I take my hat off to you sir, you vision of the deck was realised, congratulations
Bob
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Post by swanrail on Apr 11, 2008 17:16:07 GMT 1
Thanks for the kind words guys. In my case, I always know what want as a finished job, and just get started without thinking of the consequences!!! Just by having a go, taking it steady and overcoming problems as you go along (and yes, I did have several to contend with, one being my after superstructure warped after being built on the deck many moons ago, such that when it was reunited, somehow the after port side beecame 3mm off the deck, so after much thought, managed to correct it), then you will get there. Beauty of wood is that most mistakes can be corrected, often best left overnight so that the initial panic attack can be replaced with rational thinking!!!. However, brass work is not so kind, and I find it much harder to work with. Hence my motto below......................................
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Post by david on Apr 11, 2008 18:02:18 GMT 1
Well done Don, The deck looks impressive, you must be very relieved at finishing it! David
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Post by swanrail on Apr 11, 2008 22:19:21 GMT 1
Yes, thanks David. Still have two (small) decks to complete on the forward superstructure then that should be it as far a deck planking goes. I have been very keen to get the main hull finished before the summer season of outside work starts, hence my part scratch build plus the decks. I cannot understand why Hachette did not do the same? (finish the hull before starting the superstructure that is!).
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Post by david on Apr 12, 2008 21:54:53 GMT 1
I cannot understand why Hachette did not do the same? (finish the hull before starting the superstructure that is!). I'm with you on that one Don. I was wondering how you had decided to plank the join between the bow and the removeable deck. The Brower book p.144 seems to show a line of margin planks behind the front breakwater. It seems to me that, given that there is an array of stays both in front and behind the breakwater, the breakwater itself might best be mounted on the removeable deck; certainly this gives the best chance of hiding the join. No doubt Hachette will provide PE's for these stays. Securing the Breakwater to the fixed bow decking would be the most solid but it would also present difficulties with the rear stays. I'd be interested to read your thinking on this one. David
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Post by swanrail on Apr 12, 2008 23:46:46 GMT 1
Hi David, I have given many hours thought on how to install the forward breakwater, helped by the excellant model by Peter Beisheim. As there is not much info about, his well researched model has been the inspiration for mine (including making me carry out mods!!!), and I use his photos all the time now to see where I am going and how things fit together. Therefore I decided to fit the breakwater margin plank on the fixed part of the deck, as going by his photo 66, the bow end has stanchions going down INTO the deck planking and NOT the margin plank, whereas on the afterside, there are a limited number of angles plates (solid) on each side, which will sit on the margin plank when the breakwater is fitted at the forward end of the margin plank. This arrangement means that the breakwater will stay put when the removable deck is lifted, and the small gap virtually hidden behind the breakwater, whereas if the breakwater was fitted to the removable part, then the gap would be more noticeable being in the open as it were. For those who have not yet seen Peters superb 200 to 1 model, i would ernestly suggest going to : www.bismarck-class.dk/shipmodels/german_models/bismarckbeisheim.htmland see how our model will (hopefully) look when finished. I was also rather pleased to see that Peter has gone for the distressed look to make more realistic (in my opinion too many models look pristine and plasticky), so this has given me a good excuse for my poor attempts at spray painting!!!!!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 13, 2008 1:25:47 GMT 1
Just been thinking the positioning of the breakwater on the deck, (for those of use with the removable deck and foredeck joined) won't be quite so hard
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Post by swanrail on Apr 13, 2008 11:48:31 GMT 1
p.s. another advantage of having the small gap between the fixed and removable parts aft of the breakwater is that that component can do its proper job, ie keep water off the main deck when shipping water over the bow!!!(wind gale force 8 at a scale of 200 to 1? )
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