Model Boat Mayhem
The Shipyard ( Dry Dock ): Builds & Questions => Working Vessels => Topic started by: old shrimper on April 30, 2013, 07:55:33 am
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HI
Guys / Girls
I Have just started on my amsterdam build , in the process of fitting the steering nozzle 85mm OD diameter from the prop shop ,and waiting for the kort prop to be made
so i thought i'd start on the superstructure as i don't want to glue all the decks in place in case i have to go back and change some thing with shaft line
i must say i'm very impressed with how easy and well all the laser cut parts fit together ( unlike the dumas die cut parts in the tuna clipper kit )
i'm about halfway through the superstructure and im wondering how you guys that have built the amsterdam before did the glazing of the windows ?
i can see i won't be able to get inside some of the cabins (3 levels ) to stick the tinted plastic card on from the inside ,
if i paint it in levels and put the glazing in as i go , is one way but i won't be able to repaint the whole thing without getting over spray on the windows unless i tape them up then i will have a tape line round them
what do you guys do in these cases
thanks Bob
(http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj529/atomicmaloo/MODEL%20BOAT%20PIC/DSC01630.jpg)
frame sika flexed in
(http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj529/atomicmaloo/MODEL%20BOAT%20PIC/DSC01624.jpg)
85mm od propshop nozzle
(http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj529/atomicmaloo/MODEL%20BOAT%20PIC/DSC01626.jpg)
have deleted all the kit aputure timber at the top to get the nozzle in and shifted the shaft and log back 45mm to reach the pivot point of the nozzle
(http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj529/atomicmaloo/MODEL%20BOAT%20PIC/DSC01625.jpg)
raised the shaft line 4mm so the nozzle does not hang down under the keel and clears the hull by 1.5 mm
(http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj529/atomicmaloo/MODEL%20BOAT%20PIC/DSC01627.jpg)
deck just sitting there so i can start on the superstructure
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I always put the glazing in last, if I can still get my fingers in. %)
Ken
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Hi,
I added glazing only to the windows in the 3rd level and spray painted before adding the glazing and the top deck. All the other openings are without glazing because of the sound module (speaker) underneath the super structure. The glazing would have muffled the sound to much.
Regards
Wilhelm
Good luck with your build.
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(http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj529/atomicmaloo/MODEL%20BOAT%20PIC/DSC01657.jpg)
steering nozzle all fitted up and fared in and anchor boxes recessed
not going to stay with the original paint scheme plane just doing a seagoing tug with orange hull and white superstructure with a different name
to many AMSTERDAMS out there
(http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj529/atomicmaloo/MODEL%20BOAT%20PIC/DSC01655.jpg)
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ok here a few more pic of the fat girl
(http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj529/atomicmaloo/ve%20ute%20stuff/DSC01660.jpg)
(http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj529/atomicmaloo/ve%20ute%20stuff/DSC01662.jpg)
(http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj529/atomicmaloo/ve%20ute%20stuff/DSC01661.jpg)
getting the ballast right before i seal the decks on on
(http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj529/atomicmaloo/ve%20ute%20stuff/DSC01663.jpg)
(http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj529/atomicmaloo/ve%20ute%20stuff/DSC01664.jpg)
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Hi Bob, thats looking good very neet build :-))
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Looking good, Bob. The kit seems to have changed somewhat since I built mine, more than 10 years ago. The wood in mine was die cut, not laser, the anchors are recessed whereas mine just go through a hole in the hull, and there appears to be a raised moulding at the top edge of the hull. There may well be other differences which I have not noticed. Hopefully some of the fittings are better now, especially the stanchions which in mine are white metal that break if you look hard at them. That said, I enjoyed building the kit, and still enjoy sailing her.
Peter.
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thank for the encouragement guys
i recessed the anchors my self by choice as i thought they looked very unrealistic just stuck through the hull
the laser cut wood is a very good quality cut and fit, just break out and fit virtually
there is a raised molding all the way round at the deck line
the buffers are just there to protect it when bashing round the pool i thought about leaving them there ,but not sure whether they look a bit big
what do you think ? it just foam filler rubber from under the eaves on a corrugated tin roof
not going to do all the stanchion stuff just the little brass handrails, as im not sticking to the plane just using the kit as a base and changing stuff as i go ( i hate doing hand rails )
i would by some ready made , if i could find the right configuration /size
i might bring the front bulwark back farther towards the break in foredeck to , give it a more modern look ill see what it looks like if i can find some 2 mm sheet
waiting for my NEW /replacement ESC to arrive so i can do the wiring harness and close up the decks
cheers Bob
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Like the model......Love the test tank :-))
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Like the model......Love the test tank :-))
Most of us have to make do with a bathtub or if we're really decadent a kids swimming paddling pool
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har har yer well now the kids have left home its about all it gets used for
we were going to fill it in and put a gazebo in its place but the cost was over the top , a few year ago we turned it into a fish pond for a year or so , you still had to run the pumps etc
so wasn't any cheaper to maintain
never by a house again with a pool
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(http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj529/atomicmaloo/MODEL%20BOAT%20PIC/DSC01666.jpg)
starting to extend the upper bulwarks on the raised deck and second story wheelhouse instead of the rails
(bit different )? needs painting to see the full effect
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changed the color scheme(http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj529/atomicmaloo/MODEL%20BOAT%20PIC/DSC01670.jpg) a bit
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So what colour do you call this Bob?..........Seafood Sauce ?????? {-) .....Derek
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had to say to much reflection
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C'mon Derek, he has done a bit of prawning up in the Gulf O0 O0 of course he would be partial to a bit of seafood sauce, I know I am :-)) :-)) and those banana prawns :o :o are the size of baby lobsters %% %% {-) {-)
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well if its the color you're referring to it air sea rescue orange (just like the coast guard color )
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couple more pics
engine hatch ready to fill and paint
(http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj529/atomicmaloo/MODEL%20BOAT%20PIC/DSC01676.jpg)
(http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj529/atomicmaloo/MODEL%20BOAT%20PIC/DSC01677.jpg)
made the stern 5mm higher to give a bit of shere
(http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj529/atomicmaloo/MODEL%20BOAT%20PIC/DSC01678.jpg)
bulwarks instead of rails
(http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj529/atomicmaloo/MODEL%20BOAT%20PIC/DSC01679.jpg)
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Like the model......Love the test tank :-))
some pic of the test tank since we got the plastic grass put down
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Very nice test tank old shrimper O0 .....but just two things
1. don't you feel sorry for the magpies & sparrows that are attracted to the GREEN plastic grass looking for seeds?
2. don't you feel sorry for the neighbours going past if you are skinny dipping in daylight hours? {-) {-) {-) {-) {-) {-) {-) {-)
Derek
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Mate,
Looks like you could be in Cairns or nearby :-)) :-))
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NO to bouth DECOY
YER just on the south side of cairns 10 min from CBD
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Thought I recognised the mountains in background.
My younger sister 'flits' from Cairns to Sydney and back.
Very nice area :-)) :-))
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nice spot in the winter summer is a bit howugoing 40deg isn't my cup of tea
have do a bit more on the TUG soon it is a runner now ,trying to think up a good color scheme seeing as how the orange dident go down real well ;) [size=78%](not black / white though [/size] :} [/size][size=78%]) [/size]
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Nice shots of the pool area Bob,you did a great job on it ( close to the road for skinny dipping :embarrassed: ) ,with the Amsterdam bob I will have some Orange left over from my build , catch you later..........
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ONLY FEMALES UNDER 25 AND OVER 18 ARE ALLOWED TO skinny dip ( i wish )
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(http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj529/atomicmaloo/MODEL%20BOAT%20PIC/DSC01657.jpg)
steering nozzle all fitted up and fared in and anchor boxes recessed
not going to stay with the original paint scheme plane just doing a seagoing tug with orange hull and white superstructure with a different name
to many AMSTERDAMS out there
(http://i1266.photobucket.com/albums/jj529/atomicmaloo/MODEL%20BOAT%20PIC/DSC01655.jpg)
Is that a Satellite dish on the rear deck?
Len.
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%) :o ...& Len asks ..... "Is that a Satellite dish on the rear deck?"... {-) {-) {-) {-) {-)
Could always be one of his 18 to 25 year old females who bought a plate over for the skinny dipping party ;) .........Derek
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OK seriously now what color for the TUG ? not black
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Red & Green
ken
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OK AT LONG LAST
HERE IS a link to the first sea trials havent finnished it yet with all the ESC problems we had
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uqh2veO0zBs&feature=youtu.be (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uqh2veO0zBs&feature=youtu.be)
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Looking good, Bob :-)) I notice the typical Amsterdam turning in reverse, mine does that too, although I thought that the Kort nozzle might stop it, or were you doing it deliberately?
That's a nice bit of water - where is it?
Peter.
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hi Peter
i was on full lock in rev
to just show how well it steers in rev with the steering nozzle you can do figger 8 s no worries
it does steer a bit better one way then the other even though the nozzel turns the same to port and starboard
it has got a tendency to prop walk in reverse if you pull up quick BUT SO do the real ones
very happy with it now on 7.4 v at 50% throttle on 12v it was just crazey fast you could only use 20% throttle or the bow wave comes over the front
the water hole (small river turns into a big river in the wet the water is over the sugar cane railway bridge at times ) is called ROSS & LOCKE just south of Cairns were you turn off to go up the GILLIES range to the the Tableland
cheers Bob