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Re: Building the ALASKA
« Reply #225 on: May 06, 2016, 02:14:13 pm »
Alan she looks great on the water. Just to refresh my gray cells I reread this thread from the start again, a fantastic build.
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Re: Building the ALASKA
« Reply #226 on: May 06, 2016, 02:23:10 pm »
Thank you Gerald
I appreciate that
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Re: Building the ALASKA
« Reply #227 on: May 06, 2016, 02:38:10 pm »
I've a few remarks about not having a whistle and they are right but I've no knowledge in that field
I found one in America for $35 but it's $49 to post !!

Can anybody help me with plans or how to make a whistle that looks like the picture below
Thank you
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Re: Building the ALASKA
« Reply #228 on: May 06, 2016, 04:05:24 pm »
The problem with whistles is they do not scale well, if operated by steam at scale size all the dogs around would be the only ones to hear it. You would have to conceal a larger one out of site to get a good sound, or record the real one and play it on a sound system.
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« Reply #229 on: May 06, 2016, 04:24:30 pm »
That's probably good advice and I was thinking it would be waist of steam
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Re: Building the ALASKA
« Reply #230 on: May 06, 2016, 05:13:25 pm »
Bonjour Alan,
I confess, I am a huge fan of the steam whistle and all my boats have one ;)
In France they are also awfully expensive. Personnaly speaking, I prefer buying  JMC ones https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GA-D4mQ3I9g (about 60,00 €) or Ludger Kiefler ones  : http://www.dampfmodellbau-keifler.de/ (idem) : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ba6h9oHJ_H0

Here is an example of plan, Jacques CLABAUX is a very famous steam passionate in France  :
http://www.vapeuretmodelesavapeur.com/sifflet/index.html

Yes, they are out of scale, expensive, do not sound like ream ones, but they represent steam, especially when I am asked "where is the electric engine?" ...

A friend tried an electric one with a +/- 10 Watt amplifier... Outside, we could not hear it  <:(
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« Reply #231 on: May 06, 2016, 07:45:50 pm »
Hi Rhanrane
Loved the whistle in the first link, the JMC one.
I typed in google "JMC steam whistle" and found out it's a beer in Canada.
I'm afraid a bit got lost in translation.
I did translate the drawing, very clever but I need it to look more like the original.
If you know where I can get one of the JMC whistles in English i would be grateful.
Alan

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Re: Building the ALASKA
« Reply #232 on: May 06, 2016, 08:14:22 pm »
Bonjour Alan,

Here is JMC site,  in France steam = vapeur ==> http://jmc.vapeur.free.fr/

Whistle = sifflet and its associated RC valve = vanne radio. The price I mentioned is for a"sifflet" and its "vanne radio" Reference ACD16.

Tell him I gave you the information, I am a good and demanding client ==> he will take care of you, and if you need help, I speak English and French  ok2 .

Be careful, by default, we use metric measures and the RC valve is 6x75. I guess he can adapt measures for you as he sells also to foreigenrs.

And I hope you will also like this video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9cC0AUeuxM The blue boat with my launch has also a JMC whistle.
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Re: Building the ALASKA
« Reply #233 on: May 06, 2016, 08:49:41 pm »
Bonjour Alan,

Here is an example of home made whistle (unfortunately not by me) for my Cote d'Emeraude tug : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRBMj0lImus
You can notice that its length has impacted its sound.
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Re: Building the ALASKA
« Reply #234 on: May 07, 2016, 12:24:03 am »
Hi Alan thank you so much for sharing your wonderful build and also for your helpful replies to mine and others questions you must be very proud of alaska  :-)) ,when is the next one?
Cheers
John
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Re: Building the ALASKA
« Reply #235 on: May 07, 2016, 07:42:03 am »
How very kind of you to say so, thank you John.
Yes I am very proud and I,ve loved loved every minute
I have learned so much.
Cheers
Alan
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Re: Building the ALASKA
« Reply #236 on: May 07, 2016, 09:41:08 am »
Your Alaska turned out really beautiful. A whistle would certainly be a great addition, it should be very popular with the onlookers ☺
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Re: Building the ALASKA
« Reply #237 on: May 07, 2016, 09:48:23 am »
I forgot to add that it is really easy to build a whistle youself. I've built a very small one just using 3 different brass pipe diameters and a Dremel tool. Here: http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showpost.php?p=13454602&postcount=24

You can hear it as well https://youtu.be/kv1SFV-0ONA
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Re: Building the ALASKA
« Reply #238 on: May 07, 2016, 10:07:54 pm »
Thank you, really good load whistle.
I think we could be whistling soon
cheers
Alan
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Re: Building the ALASKA
« Reply #239 on: May 09, 2016, 10:10:06 pm »
The longer the whistle the lower the frequency and sound. I was thinking that you could hide a larger one in the stack and hock it up with a smaller scale one.
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Re: Building the ALASKA
« Reply #240 on: May 09, 2016, 10:38:39 pm »
I,ve found one that looks right
I,ll let you know how I get on
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Re: Building the ALASKA
« Reply #241 on: June 04, 2016, 10:18:22 pm »
Well we now have a whistle !! Just like the real one and it's on the remote control.
Canopy now made and fitted,
Just thought you may be interested.
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Re: Building the ALASKA
« Reply #242 on: June 05, 2016, 10:57:29 am »
Beautiful!
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Re: Building the ALASKA
« Reply #243 on: June 05, 2016, 12:49:44 pm »
Thank you kno3, thats very kind of you.
Just to remind all what the real one looks like

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Re: Building the ALASKA
« Reply #244 on: June 05, 2016, 04:35:03 pm »
Looks fantastic.
Will you be able to sail her next to the full size one?
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« Reply #245 on: June 05, 2016, 07:40:40 pm »
I don,t think the current or the waves on the Thames would allow it
but it,s a nice thought, thank you for your comment
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Re: Building the ALASKA
« Reply #246 on: October 09, 2016, 10:20:10 pm »
Hi All
Well I've had a bit of time off but now just finished the steam control to the whistle, I found it a bit wet strait from the boiler so I've piped it in loop to the back of the boiler and fitted a control valve.
This also worked out fine to fit the servo and control arm. This way it allows me to control the steam feed with the length of the control rod to get a perfect pitch from the whistle.


I have also finished the steering platform with gear controls and even a fire bucket courtesy of my wife.



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Re: Building the ALASKA
« Reply #247 on: October 09, 2016, 10:28:26 pm »
A special thank you to all the members of the forum that have made this build possible. I couldn't have done it without you and indeed to the owner of this forum for going to the trouble to help us all.


The last bit is a video of Alaska sailing with the old roof, as you will see it's a bit top heavy so I replaced it with a much lighter one, all is now ready.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20gzf4xAfWg


Thank you again


Alan

 
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Re: Building the ALASKA
« Reply #248 on: October 09, 2016, 10:46:38 pm »
Superb job Alan you must be very proud
cheers
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« Reply #249 on: October 09, 2016, 11:48:15 pm »
Yes I sure am
Thank you John
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