Model Boat Mayhem
Mess Deck: General Section => Chit-Chat => Topic started by: woodbutcher on September 27, 2010, 01:25:46 am
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have been modelling forever but just stated again after a 20 tear break to raise latest batch of daughters. First boat back is Llotd B.Gore(1944 Miki tug) as it was in 1952.Scratch built including drawings. 1/35 model made from scrap materials from my repairs to full size boat (now Ku'ulakai).Hull is yellow cedar ribs and planks, with purple heart guards and cap rails.Lights horn diesel sound and working tow winch etc.Boat is in Steveston B.C. Canada which is where I live. I build local boats from scratch, will send photos. Al
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more photos from Al.
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and more photos. Al
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Nice models
and welcome aboard :-))
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and still more, hopefully no repeats.Al
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and more again. I hope these have been of interest. Al
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Beautiful models! I love the Gore. You'll have to tell us how you did the working winch. Want to make a couple of those.
welcome aboard
John
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Well you haven't lost your touch after 20 years then! :-))
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'And what a touch. Your details are superb, do you have any construction blogs ?
Your most welcome here, I can tell you. We love to see how it's done.
All the best
ken
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sorry, no construction blogs, computer is mostly beyond me. Little aluminium gillnet boat is scrap styrene (tennis tournament score board),the sienne boat Northern Dawn is left over yellow cedar blanks from the Lloyd B.Gore build,drop stern ramp and net drum are left over copper sheat from somebody's roof. Life boats on the Gore are card stock layed up over wooden plug. I am a shipwright in real life so these models are both easier and harder at the same time. It can take a couple days for me to cut ,fit and install a plank (for example shear plank from stem back 24' ,4 1/2" thick and 8" wide on the full size Lloyd B. Gore;now called Ku'ulakai)while on the model I can lay up the hull in a week.The live boats take about an hour to lay up over the plug, another couple to finish, the lanterns take about an hour each,as they are turned from plexiglass rod then brass wire is added. The tow winch is based on a fishing real (with spooling gear) with new end made of copper or brass and driven off the center shaft through a converted flow control valve gear set (from hot water heating system but I have repositioned the output and the drive, good gears and case though) and powered by a deconstructed servo, using the motor for drive and the electronics for speed and direction. Hope this has been of some interest. Al
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welcome, Ive just bought some plans for a log pusher, so the photos of yours will come in handy,
bye the way,I think yours look great :-)).All the best Tony.
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Tony; good luck and thanks for the compliment. Al
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photos from today at the pond with some web on the drum (will take a month or two to hang net properly) and mast and booms roughly tied on to check stability issues, makes it a little more tender but the Northern Dawn can handle it. Drop stern ramp woks, and the drum turns properly. Al
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more pics of Northern Dawn in the pond .Al
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and one more of the Northern Dawn with some of our pool decorations in the background, Al.
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another fine model there al O0 will you 'shootng the nets like ron b's seiner?? regards ray
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Ray, the idea is to make a herring set, which means a 200fathom net and a power skiff so there is 35' of scale net to hang and a scale aluminium power skiff with a kort nozzle and a qualified skiff man to run its radio. The first few sets should be interesting. Al
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another weeks work, another day at the lake, sloughmacs tug in background, my Lloyd B. Gore and still jury rigged Northern Dawn in foreground. Al
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A couple more.
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Very very nice :-))
All the best , stoney
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fantastic work. :-))
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Sir that is some vary nice work.
Myself I have only every made one wooden ship, It was an African Queenie looking thing from a kit.
Was nice until we put a steam engine in it. On is maiden voyage it went right to the bottom of the pond.
I have been doing plastic kits since.
Cheers Krampus