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[kno3]

Pictures...? That's what makes forums interesting, so please post some.

[kno3]

Hello. Here's a short video of my steam tug on trial in the bathtub.
http://www.youtube.com/v/6wJSdGhEffo&hl

I have finally added some lead ballast (lead sheet used for roofing) and now the tug floats deeper, as it should.
Been also working on the steam plant in the last few days: Added a valve to empty the condensed water from the oiler too, a useful thing to have.

But I'm still not happy with the burner, as it isn't very reliable and sometimes the tank won't feed the burner. It can also overflow if the valve is forgotten open or something else goes wrong (don't ask me how I know, the whole inside was on fire this afternoon, when the burner overflowed because I had forgotten to close a valve before refilling - luckily I had a biottle of water handy and no serious harm was done, except for a molten electrical wire).
The space in the hull is very cramped, so I'm considering using a simpler and more reliable burner. I'm thinking about using one with wicks and maybe 2 or 3 "mushroom-style" vaporisers. What else would you suggest?

[Proteus]

go to Gas you will never look back have a look at   http://www.forest-classics.co.uk/ceramic_burners.htm    for some ideas, also these are some advertised on ebay at times, but you will find it takes up less space and is better at heating ,,,BUT you cannot drink it like you can now         


Proteus

[kno3]

Thanks, but I still haven't given up on alcohol 
I'd like to try building a new one and if that one doesn't work either, then I'll consider gas.

[kno3]

And, by the way, who makes those burners and gas tanks? I'm trying to find out if they are available here in Germany too.

[Proteus]

Bixhead engineering is I think part of Forest Classics.


Proteus,

[kno3]

Didn't have much time for my ship lately, but I managed to do some bits: added a steering wheel, a machine telegraph and a voice tube to the bridge and position lights to the roof. The lamps and wheel are bought ready-made, the rest is made from brass leftovers I had on my workbench.

[kno3]

Also changed the ventilators with larger ones, because the ones I had seemed a bit to small.

[SteamboatPhil]

Thats really looking good no Kno3 

[Bunkerbarge]

Looking absolutely beautiful.  How did you make the cowlings for the ventilators?

[kno3]

thanks. I didn't make them. They are cast in brass and I bought them from this shop:
https://ssl.kundenserver.de/www.elde-modellbau.com/sess/utn;jsessionid=154906da6204aee/shopdata/0020_Beschlagteile/0145_L=FCfter/0020_L=FCfter+I/product_overview.shopscript

or

http://www.elde-modellbau.com/

[craftysod]

A beautiful model,as i have said to BB in the past,bare wood looks fantastic,shows the workmanship that goes into building these craft,well done

[kno3]

Added some more details: a lower gunwale(the white stuff is the by-product of the cyanoacrylate used to glue it in place, and should disappear with the first clear coat). Then a brass arch over the skylight in the back, to keep the towing rope away from it, brass rails both sides of the cabin, and painted the bases of the air vents in black, to match the chimney.

[oiler]

where did you get that neat displacement lubricator? And by the way that is a very nice boat you made there very talented craftsmanship .

[Bernhard]

hi.......Looks GREAT.......well don

regards Bernhard

[Bernhard]

ho  Oiler...... you can get them her

http://www.modellbau-niggel.de/

Bernhard

[Archibald H.]

Hi KNO3
That 's certainly is a very nice model you're building there.
I was wondering, is your model not getting to topheavy? As far as I can see it's based on a St. Canute hull, a hull that rolls very easily.
Cheers, A!H.

[kno3]

Hi all!

Oiler, the displacement lubricator is from Niggel, Bernhard gave you the right address.

Archibald, it was top heavy before I added ballast and it was floating too high on the water. But since I have added lead sheet to the bottom of the hull, everything is ok. I put it in the bathtub and knocked it over so the boat rolled until the edge of the deck was at water level, and it straightened itself quickly.

[andyn]

Don't hold me to this, but i think you must like brass.

Superb work there, its looking great

[kiwimodeller]

ho  Oiler...... you can get them her

http://www.modellbau-niggel.de/

Bernhard

Hi, that is an interesting site, can anybody explain to me how to get a version in English? Thanks, Ian.

[wideawake]

I agree.  I shall be ordering a lubricator definitely.  I found that babelfish translated the product info pretty well.   The main thing to note is that the threads all seem to be metric, not ME sizes.   Not a problem for my purpose as the twin I acquired on ebay also seems to have metric threads (to my surprisse) but will need possibly neeed adaptors made up if one was to be integrated into a plant that was built using conventional ME threads.

Cheers

Guy

[kiwi]

Hi Ian,
try Google Translator, free from google. Works good. I use it with both explorer and firefox.
Firefox has a free translator add-on too.
Kiwi

[kno3]

I agree.  I shall be ordering a lubricator definitely.  I found that babelfish translated the product info pretty well.   The main thing to note is that the threads all seem to be metric, not ME sizes.   Not a problem for my purpose as the twin I acquired on ebay also seems to have metric threads (to my surprisse) but will need possibly neeed adaptors made up if one was to be integrated into a plant that was built using conventional ME threads.

Cheers

Guy

I think Mr. Niggel might also be willing to do custom threads, you can ask him in an e-mail.

[oiler]

ho  Oiler...... you can get them her

http://www.modellbau-niggel.de/

Bernhard

Thank you sir, you are an asset to this forum and a big help

[kno3]

You might have noticed the small condenser on my steam plant. Well, yesterday I decided to build a bigger one, as the small would fill up too early.
Started with brass sheet and soldered it together. The somewhat odd shape is due to the crowded hull of my tugboat. It will be mounted on the boiler directly.
The lower pipe connections are the steam inlet (which goes up inside almost to the top), a drain pipe (which will have a plug, or a small valve if I find a suitable one) and on top is the exhaust to the chimney.