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Post by Glenn on Nov 10, 2006 19:33:02 GMT
Yep had a good couple of weeks away exploring an old gold mining ghost town in NSW. Its coming along nicely boatmadman. Have put all the updates on the website as backup.
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Post by boatmadman on Nov 16, 2006 12:31:04 GMT
nice holiday, did you come back with a few nuggets? Here are pics of progress so far. The hull lines are starting to show nicely now, still a lot of work to do though! note the use of the best clamps money can buy .. masking tape! I knew there must be a better use for an ironing board.
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Post by Glenn on Nov 18, 2006 21:13:47 GMT
Its coming along well boatmadman. No gold nuggetts - plenty of pics. How did we ever get on before digital cameras came along? ??
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Post by boatmadman on Nov 19, 2006 17:38:19 GMT
Hi Glenn, Yes, digital cameras are great, no worry about if the pic comes out as you want anymore! Latest pics, this is the easy (?) part! cutting the planking to fit in the gaps! Will soon be the real exciting part...sanding,filling,sanding,filling,sanding...... There wont be much progress over the next 10 days or so, we are off to Florence on Thurs for a long weekend.
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Post by Glenn on Nov 21, 2006 7:35:07 GMT
Have a good time in Florence boatmadman. Dinna ferget ta tak ya digital camera. Are you going museuming???
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Post by boatmadman on Nov 29, 2006 22:50:37 GMT
Hi, Back from sunny Florence. What a fantastic place, didnt have long enough really, guess we will have to go back again! Have made a little more progress now, finished the planking, just need to attack it with the orbital sander now. I have also raised steam on the boiler for the first time, and sorted out a few leaks around the fittings!
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Post by boatmadman on Nov 30, 2006 15:50:23 GMT
Had a good day with the orbital sander and filler. Looks a mess now, but they always do at this stage. I also roughed out and fitted the stern blocks, overseen, as you can see, by Ginnie. Ian
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Post by Glenn on Dec 4, 2006 9:45:32 GMT
boatmadman - I backed that up on the website and I just LOVE your Ginnie.
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Post by boatmadman on Dec 6, 2006 16:52:42 GMT
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Post by Glenn on Dec 8, 2006 1:19:10 GMT
boatmadman - I was just wondering whether the glues, filler, etc. are epoxy based, or a more traditional form? No doubt epoxy technology is pretty good and I assume you have to stick with it all the way through to the final painting, if you start with it.
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Post by boatmadman on Dec 9, 2006 15:02:50 GMT
Glenn,
The glue used so far is an evo stick exterior wood glue, which I think is pva based. Easy to work and weatherproof. It dries clear and it says, stronger than the wood itself, though I havent tested this. This is ok for models, but for full size boats, I use an epoxy two pack system. That gives joints stronger than the wood itself, something I tested by driving over a joint - the wood broke, the glued joint was undamaged.
The filler is a standard car body filler, epoxy based, sands to a very smooth finish suitable for painting.
Once the hull is ok, I will be coating it with probably 3 or 4 thin coats of twin pack epoxy to strengthen and waterproof it. Internally, it will get 2 coats of epoxy with a layer of v light glass cloth. This waterproofs and makes it v strong.
The finished epoxy can be painted over with enamal or acrylic paint. I have also used car body paint with good results.
Maybe a few words about materials is in order!
The keel is made up from one peice of clear pine in this case. This particular boat is a bit different from others I have done in that the keel structure is partly extrenal to the hull. Most modern ships, with the exception of sailing vessels, have a smooth bottom, often with bilge strakes on the turn of the bilge.
The planking on the model is cedar. I got this wood from a wood reclamation yard, its previous life being tongue and groove cladding. I cut it into 3mm x 10mm wide planks using a small bench circular saw.
Ian
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Post by boatmadman on Dec 11, 2006 19:21:55 GMT
Hi, Well, I removed the build shadows, wonder if I have enough room inside! ;D Found my first mistake though, I only built to the deckline, should have gone right up to the top of the bulwarks. I will just have to add more planking now. Wont take long - these things happen!
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Post by boatmadman on Dec 11, 2006 21:01:13 GMT
Glenn,
I am starting to look at the wheelhouse and engine casing construction now. From the pics it looks like the wheelhouse had 2 windows facing forward, 1 each side at 45 deg to the front, 2 on each side and 2 plus a door on the rear, with the door exiting onto the top of the engine casing.
What do you think?
Ian
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Post by Glenn on Dec 12, 2006 19:53:45 GMT
boatmadman - that sounds about right. First chance I get I will post all the best pics I have of the wheelhouse/deckhouse structures on your page on the website - might start a new page as its getting pretty big. I'm not sure of the early steam drifters, but I remember seeing somewhere that they were a fairly standard item fabricated out of steel - even the timber drifters. Will get onto it asap.
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Post by boatmadman on Dec 12, 2006 20:26:39 GMT
Thanks Glenn.
I suspected they would be a standard design for all the boats, simple and cheap!
I am not sure if I saw somewhere the early drifters had a wooden wheelhouse and steel engine house, I may (probably) be wrong though.
Ian
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