Model Boat Mayhem
The Shipyard ( Dry Dock ): Builds & Questions => Working Vessels => Topic started by: Taranis on April 20, 2020, 06:05:33 pm
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Spurred on by Mark T :-)) I'm starting a fresh thread devoted to completing this model that I started in January 2017 and 3 months later abandoned her in favour of a larger scale Tug.
All photographs in chronological order can be viewed in this gallery which is constantly updated.
https://techno.smugmug.com/Smitt-Rotterdam/
14th January 2017
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Today during ballasting
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My top deck remains a dry fit until everything else is done that needs access.
On final assembly the bow bulwarks will be overlaid with glass cloth and finishing resin then feathered in.
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(https://photos.smugmug.com/Smitt-Rotterdam/i-XWKgrtb/0/c97687e4/X3/2EFB6678-716B-4A26-B6DB-3465D4FA95F9-X3.jpg)
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About time too {-) Thats a tricky bit of the ship your doing there!
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Went quite well did that :-)) I'm looking forward to fitting the deck and glassing it in.
Magnets fitted for rudder servo hatch
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Fitting the deck edging makes a big difference
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(https://photos.smugmug.com/Smitt-Rotterdam/i-ZBx852D/0/b1bc737c/X2/F06B3961-7132-4DA1-88FB-AE44CE52FEAD-X2.jpg)
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Smitt-Rotterdam/i-fRvSgbV/0/81fbcd3a/X2/98BFDB9F-B794-423B-ACFB-223EA96C8AFA-X2.jpg)
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Found this great photo of Smit Rotterdam on Facebook...
(https://www.modelboatmayhemimages.co.uk/images/2020/04/20/93687075_2494519644145064_6145806615246274560_o.jpg) (https://www.modelboatmayhemimages.co.uk/image/ZAPse)
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Nice picture thanks
This reminds me
Why can't billings supply decals that match their model? surely no more expensive to make them correct than incorrect >>:-( otherwise why bother at all.
As supplied
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What is required
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Smitt-Rotterdam/i-qnGpvbm/0/ce0b9f3c/L/3149A999-2B94-483C-820A-D6774368EAC9-L.jpg)
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Smitt-Rotterdam/i-TZfL8HR/0/e5e3a497/XL/90975792-0622-422F-9582-216546A6A7C9-XL.jpg)
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Today I've been whittling away at the laser cut parts and throwing away all the waste sheet.
Making and fitting the climbing rails is the height of tedium. Here I use a cable tie to ensure all are protruding the same
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I'm not aware that it's been mentioned already but HALFORDS are on click and collect during lockdown so if you need paint just order and pay online to collect at the store of your choice. I'm just waiting for a text when my order is ready
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I'm not aware that it's been mentioned already but HALFORDS are on click and collect during lockdown so if you need paint just order and pay online to collect at the store of your choice. I'm just waiting for a text when my order is ready
So are B&Q Andy if you need anything from there - I don't envy you doing those climbing rails but they do look ace O0
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Only a few hundred to do {:-{
I've made the funnels and mast demountable with magnets.
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Smitt-Rotterdam/i-z2twRXR/0/6734d340/X2/5A1F308D-CE98-4254-BD25-3211DBDFEC39-X2.jpg)
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Smitt-Rotterdam/i-NrbhM73/0/77c844c2/X2/03E6BED8-76A4-4175-9407-6DFF6616D112-X2.jpg)
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Smitt-Rotterdam/i-cSDfs92/0/52503dda/X2/3AEB095A-CE9F-44EE-8665-36464BAFE9C6-X2.jpg)
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So are B&Q Andy if you need anything from there -
I tried the B&Q website. I was invited to join the queue - "Your estimated wait time is: more than an hour". I didn't bother waiting!
{:-{
Greg
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So now the mast locates very well and can be treated as a sub assembly
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(https://photos.smugmug.com/Smitt-Rotterdam/i-D5GQqGN/0/49630510/X2/17D1C3A6-ACA4-4CC2-90A7-8262B62656DC-X2.jpg)
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Smitt-Rotterdam/i-GQBX3bd/0/b2dd5e68/X3/9AD3B7C3-6FB3-42EE-AAB5-6D6DFAF81C48-X3.jpg)
The supplied copper wire is far too flexible to make a decent job of the window cleaning rails so I substituted brass 0.5mm
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(https://photos.smugmug.com/Smitt-Rotterdam/i-33zspVK/0/616b7f38/X2/4BEDF6E2-D0D2-4497-8347-6DEB5E5242E1-X2.jpg)
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I was confused by these due to incorrect instructions in Billings manual stating the colour to be white %%
So I asked on Billings Farcebook.
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(https://photos.smugmug.com/Smitt-Rotterdam/i-hJV6JgJ/0/9b43af3b/X2/2433CC01-AE45-4CEF-8B13-96307AFB1978-X2.jpg)
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Smitt-Rotterdam/i-VPLxwHK/0/107a81ec/XL/97B43156-BD9C-423B-AAB3-6599C44EF50E-XL.jpg)
Basically they are big black and rubber {-)
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Just as well you checked Andy, plans indicate white, but should be black :o
Regards,
Ray.
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Hi Andy,
Yes surely yokohamas should naturally be black but thats easy to say when you know. But most if not every yoko I've seen are covered with a matrix of tyres and chains of sorts also (ours were plastered with tyres on the DSV).
It's not very clear on web photos but if you look on here they're definately not smooth in outline http://www.haagsemodelbootclub.nl/smitrotterdam/ (http://www.haagsemodelbootclub.nl/smitrotterdam/)
...so if you want to be accurate and show your model off a bit better (I know you like this) you maybe need some little modelling extra detail I think?
...happy to be proven wrong!
(at your scale could easily be replicated with very thin slices of polystyrene tube cyano'd in place)
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I really wasn't going to bother {-) but having said that I just ordered rubber O rings from Ebay %%
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Hi Andy - Another forum member david48 asked me to post this picture here for you to see
(https://modelboatmayhemimages.co.uk/images/2020/04/24/17AFE23B152B47CFBDE2A5B5697E16D2.jpg)
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Thank you both :-)
Yes I think the O rings will be worthwhile especially now I see your example. I've ordered 1mm x 3mm and 100 initially which is only 25 per Yokohama
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One of the cradles completed.
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The 1mm O rings will make these a perfect fit
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I found a plastic pipe that fits the crane towers so thought I'd try it rather than the recommended 1mm brass rod supplied.
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Should be ok when painted?
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Smitt-Rotterdam/i-NC95tJg/0/3f19fcb9/XL/B6D5F8BB-C115-45AA-9FC7-AEB798404F84-XL.jpg)
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Smitt-Rotterdam/i-QDCGc4p/0/ecd7d7e9/XL/9F4CA8B6-4785-444E-BBF3-173AE0F6D033-XL.jpg)
Generally chipping away at it in all directions
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Nice picture thanks
This reminds me
Why can't billings supply decals that match their model? surely no more expensive to make them correct than incorrect >>:-( otherwise why bother at all.
As supplied
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Smitt-Rotterdam/i-7P2tSXD/0/d903ffe8/L/3F858FF5-327D-4656-A47E-3A8044A6ECD3-L.jpg)
What is required
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Smitt-Rotterdam/i-qnGpvbm/0/ce0b9f3c/L/3149A999-2B94-483C-820A-D6774368EAC9-L.jpg)
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Smitt-Rotterdam/i-TZfL8HR/0/e5e3a497/XL/90975792-0622-422F-9582-216546A6A7C9-XL.jpg)
Hi Andy I see what you mean . I built this kit years ago. Still have it. The transfers I had were not like that . No blue backing on the Smit logo and no Black backing on the name. A case of the old tranfers were better
John
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Thanks for confirming John. The original was TR155. Those supplied now are TR155a
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I'm now working towards completing the mid deck so I can glue the top deck in place.
Just the superstructure wall to paint and windows to fit. Deck is finish painted.
Apart from the hull all the paint is Billings paint pots which give an eggshell/satin finish but has poor covering properties so requires many coats for the desired quality.
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Smitt-Rotterdam/i-TM2hNv9/0/4b632e2e/X3/85606F4C-5197-4286-88FC-A0AD49F31DAD-X3.jpg)
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Smitt-Rotterdam/i-399ptX3/0/f4b06597/X3/DDE56B76-77CE-40ED-9339-99695233B716-X3.jpg)
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A lot of distractions lately but all good .
Progress is slow but still moving.
I decided I will substitute all brass rod and copper wire with appropriate size stainless steel. I see no point in fitting brass only to paint it pale grey. Stainless will be left unpainted, job done.
Still working towards being able to final fit the top deck
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I'm still nowhere near fitting the top deck but rather working on the working deck with some fiddly erections to get them out of the way. I've sprayed the brass legs with Tamiya metal primer before applying two coats of Billings Yellow by brush.
To fix to the deck I've used a blob of canopy glue on each hole and used CA on the outer ends of the cross beam.
Looking ahead to sailing I think I will need to fabricate covers for the wash ports and avoid getting water on the deck as she sits very very low in the water back there
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Smitt-Rotterdam/i-HNr6Fdk/0/0c57cd1f/X3/7ACD2E82-42C3-4A00-9CD0-194E8F22CB6D-X3.jpg)
(https://photos.smugmug.com/Smitt-Rotterdam/i-LBMwXPM/0/b35af99a/X3/631ECF7C-9757-4450-BAC0-73B27A0C55E1-X3.jpg)
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The rest of todays progress
The products used.
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(https://photos.smugmug.com/Smitt-Rotterdam/i-98Q4VHk/0/4dcbd089/X2/3F255D64-6702-4554-8501-FD57F1614356-X2.jpg)
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I have been grateful for your comments always, Taranis!
I have admired the Smit Rotterdam all my life (but I chose Smit Nederland for my first build anyway - I thought it would not be as difficult {-) )
Now seeing you at work - I admire your workmanship. Really wonderful to see how you work! and the build is turning to be a beauty, for sure!
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There is irony for you because I had wished I had bought the Smit Nederland but I did not do enough research for my first model. This is why I put her in storage after only 3 months to build the 1:32 Portgarth. However now I have restarted I am enjoying building her again. I am not looking forwards to the railings %%
Thank you for your kind words O0
I have a Nordkap in the cupboard for future as I got it very cheap
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I'm also following this with great interest, you are truly talented and making her into a very nice model. I built this kit a few years ago and I strongly suggest that you try to weatherproof the hatches. They sit very low at the stern, and should you get water there with the ports locked it has nowhere to go except down the hatches. Or else you are only to sail on flat waters which would be sad as they really behave splendid in choppy seas. In fact, the swell she produce might also end up on the aft deck.
Keep up the first class build, watching in awe.
Hama
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Looking great, first class Andy O0 O0 O0
Wilhelm
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Thank you Hama, is that a model pictured? looks real %%
Thank you Wilhelm
Thank you to Marco Zee on Billing Facebook for catching me in time to point out the error in Billing instructions :-))
This part is completely wrong and at the very least needs part 242 rotating and then it needs broadening to the same thickness as the post.
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At the point where I was informed
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Part 242 revised
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(https://photos.smugmug.com/Smitt-Rotterdam/i-rdPC82F/0/bed697f5/XL/35C9238B-D32A-40C3-B6DC-740294E3BA0F-XL.jpg)
All posts same height
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Next this part leaves one thinking how does F39 connect? It seems to me that it needs an eye forming in the end. I find it impossible to produce this with the 1mm brass rod.
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My answer is to use brass split pins
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Trial fit
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Perhaps you might be interested to know that someone started a Boulogne Etaples yesterday on Billing boats facebook. Making rapid progress and just glassed the hull already :-))
EDIT I could not resist and just bought one from CMB :-)
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Perhaps you might be interested to know that someone started a Boulogne Etaples yesterday on Billing boats facebook. Making rapid progress and just glassed the hull already :-))
EDIT I could not resist and just bought one from CMB :-)
...got a link or is it a private feacething blocked for normal folk to see?
Rotterdam's interesting! I never realised she had drop down bollads "king pins" but thats wrong terminology for this (more an AHT thing) but did make me wonder if she handled a wire over the stern, but you just showed the stern roller to go in hand though it looks a bit light so nothing serious presumably. Was wondering also if she was a salvage tug? I was googling specs. again today but not come up with much. For some reason I was wondering what the capacity was -hp, bollard pull, pumping (salvage) etc.
....nevertheless a nice build to watch thanks. I semi-scratch built the Nederland years ago as I didn't like all the idea of the wood in the Rotterdam kit.
Rich
PS: I took receipt of the little Waveney kit couple of weeks ago: built one almost 30 years ago and the kit has been down-graded since! Some random cheap and thin wooden parts, and I never saw stickers like home printed bits of paper before, they're not even in the right colour!
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Hi Rich thank you, as far as I know she was built to tow oil and gas rigs onto station plus salvage. More recent years under Svitzer
Facebook group for Billing boats https://www.facebook.com/groups/2316898798387354/ (https://www.facebook.com/groups/2316898798387354/)
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What kind of ship is this?
GLOBAL DESTINY (IMO: 7402439) is a Tug that was built in 1975 (45 years ago) and is sailing under the flag of Panama.
It’s carrying capacity is 2686 t DWT and her current draught is reported to be 7 meters. Her length overall (LOA) is 74.83 meters and her width is 15.78 meters.
(https://photos.marinetraffic.com/ais/showphoto.aspx?photoid=865877)
https://www.giantmarine.com/download/ocean-towage/old/specs_rotterdam.pdf (https://www.giantmarine.com/download/ocean-towage/old/specs_rotterdam.pdf)
167 ton bollard pull
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So this morning I fitted the Hydraulic towing pins, being attached to the deck with canopy glue.
I used the no longer available Halfords Appliance white on these, 3 coats.
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(https://photos.smugmug.com/Smitt-Rotterdam/i-2kr6gTV/0/774a826d/X2/46503438-EF54-40C8-8918-343D7F1CD75D-X2.jpg)
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Fitted and checked deck parts that might be difficult if done after deck fitting.
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A final important message during CoViD building :-))
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Can't help but see a mouth wide open face in this picture {-)
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Moving on. I knew these were a problem from the beginning over 3 yrs ago, I decided to sort them today.
The turned brass rollers have been machined too short and I imagine this applies to every kit produced {:-{
They simply will not stay in the stirrups
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So some 1.5mm brass rod and two sizes of brass tube later I have a fix
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For effect
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What kind of ship is this?
GLOBAL DESTINY (IMO: 7402439) is a Tug that was built in 1975 (45 years ago) and is sailing under the flag of Panama.
It’s carrying capacity is 2686 t DWT and her current draught is reported to be 7 meters. Her length overall (LOA) is 74.83 meters and her width is 15.78 meters.
(https://photos.marinetraffic.com/ais/showphoto.aspx?photoid=865877)
https://www.giantmarine.com/download/ocean-towage/old/specs_rotterdam.pdf (https://www.giantmarine.com/download/ocean-towage/old/specs_rotterdam.pdf)
167 ton bollard pull
...cheers, it cuts off right at the interesting bit on salvage kit! LoL.
I think she's broken up now? Something about a fire or loss of propulsion needing a tow to port. Last AIS is to Pakistan in 2015 and no movement since so that's usually a one-way ticket dragged up the beach.
I heard a couple of times there's only one guy making the brass Billings fittings, pretty much in his shed out in Denmark. Not sure how true it is but surprised to see something has not been right. Easily rectified though I guess.
Coming on lovely, still intrigued about the deck colour though.
Rich
....Darnit, there is a shipspotting link somewhere here. I run 2 virus checkers on top of basic MS protection and they all light up whenever something comes even close to shipspotting.com!
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Thanks Rich :-)) Deck colour is specified in the Billing instructions. Yes I know it is completely wrong but I like the contrast {-)
They are great at accurate laser cutting but a bit slack on instructions, however that said this is the top skill level so I expect they expect the modeller to step up a gear O0 Begs the question why did I buy it as a first model? {-) {-)
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I made this over 3yrs ago and never was quite sure about it. I added the handles and grab ropes today and still not sure but then it is very tiny :(( barely as long as an AA battery. I suppose in the big picture it won't draw much attention like an iPhone does %%
I guess its the last men off raft?
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This is interesting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thDX55zFpOw
At 9:18 Smit Singapore has an encounter with Smit Rotterdam at sea.
Picture quality is not great, but the feeling is O0
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Have you given up on this one
Dave
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Mothballed again
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Hi All
Near completion of Smit Rotterdam and noted your comments re:wash ports. Has anyone experienced ingress of water on pond conditions ? Any practical solutions for making aft hatch watertight and accessible?
Cheers :}
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Not that far yet Ken but unless there is a mishap there's no need to access the rear hatch and I would apply a bead of clear silicon before placing the hatch for a final time. Once set any protruding silicon will just thumb off.
The centre hatch has an upstand within that should keep the motor compartment dry. Could possibly increase the height of that as an afterthought.
I expect some water to get on and across the aft deck but my thought of fitting wash port covers was correctly pointed out as a way of trapping water on deck.
P.S. Welcome to Mayhem O0
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Hi Andy
Thanks for reply. Hoping servo will behave so will seal aft hatch. :-))
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FYI after a long delay this kit is now back in stock in the UK today at Cornwall Model Boats. I doubt you will find it anywhere else.
Billing started construction of a new factory after which COVID struck causing increased demand just as production was nil %%
They are getting back in the game producing models in batches as fast as possible.