Model Boat Mayhem
The Shipyard ( Dry Dock ): Builds & Questions => Steam => Topic started by: JosephHuntley on December 29, 2016, 07:28:37 pm
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hey guys I finally came across some awesome drawings and the cool part is they have already been corrected of errors by the team that was going to restore one of the ships.
I am giving a link to all I have on the ship along with my excel sheet for the offsets and my curve files
here is my problem I got all the curves tested in solidworks and they indead have been fixed up however I am missing the info for a couple dimensions to enter into the curves for the stations to complete them.
I am missing the Half-Siding, the Deck Sheer and the Plank Sheer Dimensions to finish the curve files off properly
http://www.proflooney.net/Steamer-Schooner-Wapama.zip (http://modelshipbuilder.com/e107_plugins/forum/hyperlink)
it is The Steamer Schooner WAPAMA Circa 1915
above is zip file of everything I have its the drawings, an excell file I made of the offsets, and all the curve files I made for importing into Solidworks (unlike some other cad programs I have to make each curve file as a separate file
these are some really really nice plans and I want do do a good job on it as its one of the few sets of drawings where i can actually understand them as a newbie to ship modelling. I just am having some problems at the moment figuring out what those 3 missing dimensions come from so I can enter them in the proper space in my tables
thanks
Joe
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Bonjour Joe,
Whan I click on your link, I see "404 - Not found" {:-{
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ok it is a bug in the forum linking stuff copy and paste the url and it will work
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Bonjour Joe,
Everythinhg is correct with your procedure :-)) "Bonne construction" !
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The offset is all good and even matches the lines drawings. But not complete I can't find which ones, however I brought it in and tracing the rest then the fun trying to loft the surface
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ok here are the dimensions for the sheet I used for layout to match the full scale
sheet 00006a i used for profile on the front plane and also for the stations on the right plane. I didnt cut the sheet I just used the wole sheet but the drawings are different scales thus the different szes.
for profile view:
Length: 3167.24720294in
Height: 2446.57474368in
For the Stations:
Length: 2111.33276274in
Height: 1630.92208528in
using those dimensions when you do the curve files in cad program with the offsets I have in the excel file they match up perfectly
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well lofted it up tonight guessing and fudging around. lil more tweaking and I will have it close enough
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Bonjour Joe,
I am not a specialist at all, but I find that the shape of the hull under the stern is not in phase with the installation of a propeller. I would have seen a verticale surface at the propeller shaft exit and a horizontal one for the keel heel which will support the rudder. I have seen no propeller or rudder representation in your .zip => Are you sure the drawings are correct ?
Found on the net :
http://images.google.fr/imgres?imgurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.loupiote.com%2Fphotos_m%2F3478678409-wapama-steam-schooner-richmond-kaiser-naval-shipyard-san-francisco.jpg&imgrefurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.loupiote.com%2Fphotos%2F3478678409.shtml&h=334&w=500&tbnid=HjayhbIX9DbrkM%3A&vet=1&docid=AEfuxvHczM3SkM&ei=qXNnWIuHIcaZaOqwkLAF&tbm=isch&iact=rc&uact=3&dur=11805&page=0&start=0&ndsp=15&ved=0ahUKEwjL__bkiJ7RAhXGDBoKHWoYBFYQMwgoKAwwDA&bih=638&biw=1366
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i found where got from heres some really good shipyard and other photos https://www.loc.gov/resource/hhh.wa0212.photos?st=gallery (https://www.loc.gov/resource/hhh.wa0212.photos?st=gallery)
and https://www.loc.gov/resource/hhh.ca1521.photos?st=gallery (https://www.loc.gov/resource/hhh.ca1521.photos?st=gallery)
yes it used a flat bladed aircraft type looking propeller it wasnt a normal ship prop
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you can see it in this photo http://navy.memorieshop.com/McCullough/Richmond/On-a-barge-is-SS-Wapama-May-5.jpg (http://navy.memorieshop.com/McCullough/Richmond/On-a-barge-is-SS-Wapama-May-5.jpg)
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I havent drawn the keel and rudder area in yet I am trying to get the hull shape tweaked first and add them later. it is easier to draw that way
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OK no problem, you have answered to my possible concern :-))
Besides this, The propeller is quite original and I wonder if it is efficient... I will go on following your build with a great interest.